Question of the day #263 Football

      X is one of the most successful European football club in 20^th century. They won European Cup consecutively from 1971-72.  X is the only Dutch club with an IPO listed on the stock exchange, Y.  What are these ‘X’ and ‘Y’ I am talking about? What is the stock price of 'X' as of August 20th 2014?

Question Of The Day #14: The Executioner

And, there we go for the week's final question on Football.

After whom was the shared home ground of these two football clubs originally named?

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The UPC-Arena (formerly Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium) in Graz, Styria, Austria, is the home of the football clubs SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK. It was built in 2000-01 and was named after bodybuilder, actor and governor of the U.S. state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was born near Graz.
In December 2005, when Schwarzenegger did not stop the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams, an intense discussion in his hometown began about what to do with the stadium that bore his name. After some days, Schwarzenegger revoked the city of Graz's right to the use of his name, ending the debate.

Question Of The Day #13: Legendary!

Identify the Legendary Footballer in the video tribute.

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Lev Yashin

Question Of The Day #12: Identify.

Weekly Theme: Football.

X is a retired footballer and current manager of a premier league club. During his playing career, he won league titles in three different countries. He won four straight league titles at one club before moving to their arch rivals and winning a fifth league title in a row destroying his old team 5-0 on the way. He then joined a Japanese second division club and helped them in promotion before returning to Europe and winning another league title. He made his debut for the national football team on his 18th birthday.He captained the national team for a total of 28 matches, including the victorious  Confederations Cup tournament. He was officially named the best player of all time from his country by the nation’s FA.  His younger brother also a footballer was part of a club side that won 9 consecutive league titles. X has never received a red card. He was twice Manager of the Year in his home country.

Identify X.

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Michael Laudrup

Question Of The Day #11: Glory Days!

Weekly Theme: Football.

Connect. (Be Specific, Exhaustive List)

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First clubs from their respective countries to win the European Cup Winners' Cup

Question Of The Day #10: Identify.

Weekly Theme: Football

X started his career at Leeds United. X was sold to a northeast club in England, even though he made the first team squad at Leeds. He impressed at the club but he also suffered a number of injury problems. His performances in Europe for them led to a European giant club signing X. Injuries blighted his time there, as he failed to make a single appearance during the entire season. He endured an awful debut as he scored an own goal and was later sent off for two bookable offences.  He went on to play 14 times for them before re-joining his hometown club on loan and eventually on a permanent transfer. He then joined a London club for whom he scored in a cup final. He later signed on a pay-as-you-play deal with Stoke City and later returned to his hometown club when his contract expired.

Identify X.

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Jonathan Woodgate.

Question Of The Day #9: Fair & Handsome

Weekly Theme: Football

Connect.

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Billy Wright, Gary Lineker, Stanley Matthew, John Charles - They were never booked throughout their career.

Question Of The Day #8: Are you ready to die for Football?

Theme for this week's Questions: Football.

Connect.

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These football teams lost many of their members in three different air disasters. Torino FC-1949, Man United-1958, and Zambia National Football Team-1993. Ref: http://www.totalprosports.com/2011/09/08/13-tragic-cases-of-athletes-killed-in-plane-crashes/