Soccer Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A defender carelessly trips an opponent inside the defender's own penalty area while the ball is in play. What restart should normally be awarded?
A dropped ball
An indirect free kick
A penalty kick
A corner kick
2. How many league points does a Premier League club receive for winning a match?
2 points
3 points
1 point
4 points
3. Two clubs are level on points. Club A has scored 60 goals and conceded 40, while Club B has scored 55 and conceded 30. Which club has the better goal difference?
Club A, because it scored more goals
They have the same goal difference
Club A, because its goal difference is +20
Club B, because its goal difference is +25
4. An attacker receives the ball directly from a teammate's throw-in while standing beyond the second-last defender. What is the correct decision regarding offside?
The attacker is automatically offside because of the position
No offside offence can be given directly from a throw-in
Offside applies unless a defender touches the ball first
The throw-in must be retaken from the same spot
5. Across three Premier League matches, a club records one win, one draw, and one loss. How many points has it earned?
2 points
3 points
4 points
5 points
6. When is a goal scored under the Laws of the Game?
When most of the ball crosses the line, even if part remains above it
When any part of the ball touches the goal line between the posts
When the whole ball crosses the goal line between the posts and under the crossbar, with no offence by the scoring team
When the goalkeeper touches the ball behind the goal line
7. Which English knockout competition includes Premier League clubs and can also include non-league clubs that advance through qualifying rounds?
The FA Cup
The Community Shield
The UEFA Champions League
The EFL Trophy
8. A player receives a second yellow card during the same match. What follows?
The player is shown a red card and sent off
The opposing team is awarded a penalty kick
The player receives a final warning but stays on the field
The player must leave temporarily and may return later
9. At the moment a teammate plays the ball forward, an attacker is level with the second-last defender and then receives the pass. What is the correct offside decision?
Offside, because the pass travelled forward
Onside only if the goalkeeper remains on the goal line
Offside, unless the attacker first moves back toward midfield
Onside, because being level with the second-last defender is not an offside position
10. Why does the referee add time at the end of each half?
To ensure both teams have an equal number of attacks
To extend every half to the next full five-minute mark
To replay periods when neither team had possession
To compensate for time lost through substitutions, injuries, and other delays
11. In the standard 20-club Premier League format, how many league matches does each club play in a full season?
36 matches
42 matches
40 matches
38 matches
12. A defender is the last player to touch the ball before it crosses their own goal line, outside the goal, with no other offence. What restart is awarded?
A corner kick
A throw-in
An indirect free kick
A goal kick
13. A defender deliberately kicks the ball to their goalkeeper, who then handles it inside the penalty area. What restart is normally awarded to the opposing team?
A penalty kick
An indirect free kick
A direct free kick
A corner kick
14. Through ordinary league promotion, from which division do clubs move into the Premier League?
League One
The Championship
The National League
The Scottish Premiership
15. A Premier League player receives a straight red card during play. What normally happens to the player's team for the rest of that match?
It may replace the player after ten minutes
It must substitute one of its remaining players immediately
It continues with one fewer player
It keeps eleven players but loses a substitution
16. Which season was the first played under the Premier League name?
1992-93
1990-91
1988-89
1995-96