Test your soccer trivia IQ with the ultimate Premier League history quiz

Just over a quarter of a century ago, the English Premier League burst on to the scene. On the surface it was just another name for the top division in English football, but the change that the game of soccer has undergone in the last 25 years is in no small part due to the Premier League.

PREMIER LEAGUE HISTORY QUIZ

Just for kicks, we’ve compiled a Premier League history quiz of a dozen questions to separate fair-weather fans from true die-hard trivia hooligans. Click the big blue button below to get started…

PREMIERE LEAGUE HISTORY QUIZ

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Question 1

Which team won just one game in a Premier League season?

A	QPR in 2002-03
B	Watford in 1999-00
C	Sunderland in 2005-06
D	Aston Villa in 2015-16
E	Derby County in 2007-08

Question 1 Explanation:

During the 2007-08 season, Derby County played 38 games, losing 29 of them, while scoring only 20 goals and earning a meager 11 points.

Question 2

Only one manager has led seven different Premier League clubs. Who?

A	Alan Pardew
B	Mark Hughes
C	Graeme Souness
D	Harry Redknapp
E	Sam Allardyce

Question 2 Explanation:

Over his managerial career, Sam Allardyce saw time at the helm of the Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham, Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Everton. He also managed England for one game.

Question 3

In which year did the PL title race go down to the final day?

A	2011-12
B	2003-04
C	2009-10
D	2006-07
E	2000-01

Question 3 Explanation:

The race for the Premier League title went to the final day of the 2009-10 season with Chelsea one point ahead of Manchester United. Chelsea's 8–0 win over Wigan Athletic was enough to secure their first title since 2006, despite Manchester United's 4–0 defeat of Stoke City

Question 4

Who scored the 20,000th Premier League goal in the 2011-12 season?

A	Zlatan Ibrahimovic
B	Marc Albrighton
C	Leighton Baines
D	Clint Dempsey
E	Yakubu

Question 4 Explanation:

In 2011, Marc Albrighton scored the 20,000th Premier League goal when he got the equalizer for Aston Villa in a 2-1 defeat at home to Arsenal. In 2016, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 25,000th PL goal.

Question 5

How many teams competed in the Premier League's inaugural season?

A	14
B	16
C	22
D	20
E	18

Question 5 Explanation:

Premiere League was comprised of 22 clubs for its first three seasons before downsizing to the now-familiar 20.

Question 6

Who is the all-time leader in Premier League assists?

A	Cesc Fabregas
B	Frank Lampard
C	David Beckham
D	Ryan Giggs
E	Wayne Rooney

Question 6 Explanation:

Manchester United's Ryan Giggs, the most decorated player in football history, holds the all-time record for Premier League assists, with 271.

Question 7

What player was second-fastest to score 100 goals in Premier League?

A	Harry Kane
B	Andy Cole
C	Frank Lampard
D	Thierry Henry
E	Wayne Rooney

Question 7 Explanation:

After Alan Sherer, who score 100 Premier League goals in 124 appearances, Harry Kane is the second-fastest to the benchmark, doing so in 141 games.

Question 8

Who is the only goalkeeper to win the PL Player of the Season award?

A	Peter Schmeichel
B	Petr Cech
C	Joe Hart
D	David de Gea
E	David Seaman

Question 8 Explanation:

Denmark's Peter Schmeichel is the only goalkeeper to win the Premiere League Player of the Season award, earning the honor for his dominating play for Manchester United during the 1995-96 season.

Question 9

What team finished as the PL runner-up three consecutive seasons?

A	Arsenal
B	Manchester City
C	Chelsea
D	Newcastle United
E	Manchester United

Question 9 Explanation:

Arsenal won the Premier League title in 1997-98 before finishing runner-up to Manchester United the next three seasons.

Question 10

Who scored the first sub 5-minute hat-trick in PL history?

A	Thierry Henry
B	Robbie Fowler
C	Sadio Mane
D	Sergio Aguero
E	Alan Shearer

Question 10 Explanation:

Robbie Fowler scored nine hat tricks in his Premier League career, but his fastest (4:33) came at Anfield against Arsenal in 1994. In 2015, Southampton's Sadio Mane broke Fowler's 20-year old record by scoring three times in 2 minutes 56 seconds!

Question 11

How many London-based teams played in the PL's first season?

A	Six
B	Three
C	Five
D	Two
E	Four

Question 11 Explanation:

The London-based clubs in the Premier League's inaugural season were Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Chelsea, Wimbledon and Crystal Palace.

Question 12

Who was named Premier League Player of the Season two years in a row?

A	Nemanja Vidic
B	Alan Shearer
C	Cristiano Ronaldo
D	Gareth Bale
E	Thierry Henry

Question 12 Explanation:

Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidic have been Player of the Season on two occasions each and are the only players to have won the award more than once. Ronaldo is the lone player to have won in consecutive years (2007 and 2008).

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