DO YOU KNOW THE LAST BRITISH PLAYER TO BE THE TOPSCORER IN A EUROPEAN CUP / UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE COMPETITION?

Ally McCoist for Rangers F.C in the 1987/1988 season was the last British player to come Top Scorer in a European Cup / UEFA Champions League competition. He tied with Gheorghe Hagi of Steaua Bucherest, Jean-Marc Ferreri of Bordeaux, Rabah Madjer of F.C Porto, Petar Novák of Sparta Prague, Míchel of Real Madrid and Rui Águas of Benfica all on 4 goals.

DO YOU KNOW THE TWO REAL MADRID MANAGERS SINCE 1989 THAT HAVE SURVIVED TWO CALENDAR YEARS?

                           

Jose Mourinho & Vicente del Bosqu

Since the year 1989, only Vicente del Bosque and Jose Mourinho have survived 2 calendar years as Real Madrid manager.


In 1999/2000, Del Bosque took over from John Toshack in November 1999 and he lasted till June 2003 when his contract was not renewed. 

Mourinho took over the Real Madrid managerial reigns from Manuel Pellegrini in July 2010 after he led Inter Milan to a treble of the Italian Serie A, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League in the highly successful 2009/2010 season. He threw in the towel at the Santiago Bernabeu in May 2013.

DID YOU KNOW THE ONLY PLAYER TO HAVE EVER WON THE SPANISH LA LIGA TITLES FIVE TIMES IN A ROW PLAYING FOR TWO DIFFERENT CLUBS?

Danish football legend Michael Laudrup is one of the few illustrious players to have played for the El-Clásico rivals of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid intermitently from 1989/1990 season to the 1995/1996 season. Laudrup is the only player ever to win the Spanish La Liga five times in a row playing for two different clubs in the 1990/1991, 1991/1992, 1992/1993, 1993/1994 for FC Barcelona and in 1994/1995 season for Real Madrid.

He appeared for Real Madrid in a 5-0 win over FC Barcelona and also played for FC Barcelona when they beat Real Madrid 5-0 while he was playing at Camp Nou. He is now the manager of Swansea City in the English Premier League (EPL) replacing Northern Irishman Brendan Rodgers who left for Liverpool FC.

DO YOU KNOW THE SCORER OF REAL MADRID'S WINNING GOAL IN THE 1997/1998 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON?

 Predrag Mijatovic

Montenegrian Predrag Mijatović scored Real Madrid's winning and only goal against Juventus in the final of the 1997/1998 UEFA Champions League season at the Amsterdam ArenA which was incidentally his first goal for that season under German coach Jupp Heynckes. 

He was signed from Valencia CF in the summer of 1996 after he scored 28 goals in 40 Spanish Primera Liga matches to lead them to second position which got him got him the Spanish Footballer of the Year honours in the 1995/1996 season.

DID YOU KNOW THE STADIUM WHERE BAYERN MUNICH WON THE 2000/2001 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

Bayern Munich led by Ottmar Hitzfeld won their 4th UEFA Champions League trophy at the Stadio Giusseppe Meazza in San Siro Milan. The Bavarians beat Spanish side, Valencia CF 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra-time in the 2000/2001 season. 

It was Bayern Munich's first title since 1976 during the era of Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Ludwig Schuster and Sepp Maier. The 2000/2001 season final saw the two previous seasons losing finalists clash, Bayern Munich losing to Manchester United in 1999 and Valencia CF losing to Real Madrid CF in 2000.

DO YOU KNOW THE PLAYER NICKNAMED ''CASQUE D'OR'' FOR HIS PENCHANT FOR SCORING LAST MINUTE HEADERS?

Antoine Kombouaré earned the nickname of "Casque d'Or", which means "Golden Helmet" in French because of his penchant for netting tie-deciding headers. He displayed this in in the 1992/1993 season for Paris Saint-Germain FC's UEFA Cup campaign against Real Madrid CF of Spain in the quarter final where he headed a dying seconds goal to secure a 4-1 victory. Kombouaré had already scored a decisive goal in similar circumstances against RSC Anderlecht in the previous round.

DO YOU KNOW WHICH COACH THAT HAS THE DISTINCTION OF WINNING DOMESTIC LEAGUE TI



Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello have managed clubsides like AC Milan of Italy, Real Madrid of Spain, Juventus of Italy and AS Roma also of Italy and he has the distinction of winning the domestic league titles with every of this clubs he has coached throughout his career.

DO YOU KNOW THE CLUB THAT HAVE THE WORST WINLESS RECORD IN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

Partizan against Arsenal in 2010

The team with the worst winless record in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League is Partizan Belgrade, who have played in the group stage twice and lost all 12 of their matches. They lost home and away clashes to FC Porto, Olympique Marseille and Real Madrid in 2003/04 and then to Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal and SC Braga in the 2010/2011 season.

DID YOU KNOW THAT CHELSEA WON THE UEFA CUP WINNERS' CUP IN 1971?

Peter Osgood

The late Peter Osgood is one of Chelsea FC's finest player as he was nicknamed Wizard of Oz. In 1971, he was part of the Chelsea FC team that lifted the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, defeating Real Madrid CF 2–1 in a replay at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens, after the original tie had finished 1–1, with Osgood scoring Chelsea's goal in that game. In the replay he scored again, the opener, as they went on to win 2–1.

DID YOU KNOW THE PLAYER THAT SCORED THE FASTEST GOAL IN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

 The fastest UEFA Champions League goal came from the Dutch striker Roy Makaay, who netted for Bayern Munich against Real Madrid in 2007 after 10.2 seconds. He took the record from Gilberto Silva, who scored after 20 seconds for Arsenal FC against PSV Eindhoven in 2002. Third on the list is Alessandro del Piero for Juventus against Manchester United in 1997 and in fourth came from Clarence Seedorf against Schalke 04 in 2005. Alexandre Pato's effort for AC Milan against the reigning champions FC Barcelona on September 13, 2011 came after 23 seconds. Remarkably that only put it fifth among the fastest goals in the competition.

 

DID YOU KNOW WHERE THE SPANISH NAME "REAL" CAME FROM?

As the Spanish Primera Liga continues to be dominated by FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the number of professional clubs with the prefix "Real" in Spanish football is seven (Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Betis Balompie, Real Murcia, Real Zaragoza, Real Racing Club de Santander and Real Mallorca). It actually mean Royal and stemmed from the support that football gained from King Alfonso XIII in the early years of the last century.