DID YOU KNOW THE CLUB THAT WON THE UEFA CUP FINAL AT THEIR HOME GROUND?



 The 2002 UEFA Cup final between Dutch side, Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund of Germany at the Feijnoord Stadion in Rotterdam was the first time since the introduction of single–match finals in 1998, that the final had been played at a finalists home ground. It paid off for Feyenoord as they capitalise on the sending off of Jurgen Kohler (which was his last match as a professional footballer) in the 31st minute with a 3-2 victory with two goals from Pierre van Hooijdonk and Jon Dahl Tomasson while Marco Amoroso and Jan Koller scored for the Germans.

AT WHAT AGE DID DENNIS BERGKAMP MADE HIS EUROPEAN DEBUT FOR AFC AJAX AMSTERDAM?

The teenage Dennis Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp made his European debut for AFC Ajax Amsterdam under Johan Cruyff aged 17 against FF Malmo of Sweden on 3rd of March, 1987 in the quarter final 1st. leg in Malmo of the defunct UEFA Cup Winners Cup. Regardless of his phobia for traveling by air, he had to fly out to Sweden on the day of the match, after sitting for school examinations the previous afternoon which his team lost by a goal to nil, but still won the cup. He played 239 matches and scored 122 goals for his home town club till 1993.

DO YOU KINOW THE FOOTBALLER NICKNAMED BELLO DI NOTTE?

Boniek at Juventus

Zbigniew Boniek, arguably Poland's best footballer ever was nicknamed Bello di notte ("Beauty at night") by former Juventus FC President Angelo Agnelli because of his performance at evening matches for the Old Lady of Turin where he spent three seasons appearing 133 times and scoring 32 goals. He formed a very successful duo with Michel Platini, and with the help of the group of Italian World Champions Dino Zoff, Claudio Gentile, Antonio Cabrini, Gaetano Scirea, Marco Tardelli and Paolo Rossi.

DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY EUROPEAN COUNTRY THAT HELD ALL THREE EUROPEAN CLUB TROPHIES IN ONE SEASON?



Marco van Basten

 Italy is the only country to have won all three European club diadems in the 1989/1990 season. AC Milan won the UEFA Champions Cup (now UEFA Champions League), the UEFA Cup Winners Cup was clinched by Sampdoria and the UEFA Cup was captured by Juventus FC. Interestingly, all three teams were beaten by AS Roma in the 1990/1991 Coppa Italia campaign.

DO YOU KNOW THE STRIKER THAT WON TOP SCORER AWARDS IN THE SPANISH PRIMERA LIGA AND THE ITALIAN SERIE A?

Christian Vieri while at Atletico Madrid

The Italian goal bomber, Christian Vieri achieved a rare feat while he was playing active football. He is arguably the only footballer to have won the Pichichi and the Capocannoniere (top scorer) titles in Spain and Italy. He scored 24 goals in 24 Spanish Primera Liga matches for Atletico Madrid to win the Pichichi award in the 1997/1998 season while he won the Capocannoniere award at Inter Milan in the 2002/2003 season with 24 goals from 23 Italian Serie A matches.

WHICH CITY HAS WON THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WITH TWO DIFFERENT CLUBSIDES?

The city of Milan in Italy is the only one that have won the UEFA Champions League with two different teams: Inter Milan and AC Milan. The two clubs have won ten trophies and therefore being the most succesful in the history of the tournament. They once met in the Semi Final of the 2002/2003 season and AC Milan triumph 1-1 on away goals rule even though they both play at Stadio Giusseppe Meazza, San Siro. 

 

DID ZINEDINE ZIDANE SCORE WHEN HE MADE HIS DEBUT FOR FRANCE IN 1994?




Zidane the Maestro

  Zinedine Zidane widely regarded as one the greatest players of all time, earned his first cap with the Les Bleus of France as a substitute in a friendly against the Czech Republic on 17 August 1994, which ended in a 2–2 draw after Zidane scored twice to help his team erase a 2–0 deficit. He had 108 caps and scored 31 goals.