Avoiding the Drop

And here, as promised, are the answers-

• Please name the all-time leaders in league appearances for the following leagues and the number of appearances the player made:
  • Bulgaria- Marin Balakov (545)
  • Cyprus- Ioannis Yiangoudakis (450)
  • Estonia- Maksim Gruznov (407) or Andrei Krolov (229)
  • East Germany- Eberhard Vogel (440)
  • Finland- Rami Nieminen (459)

• What record to all of these players share? All-time leading scorers for their respective leagues.
  • Hennig Enoksen- Denmark
  • Petar Zhekov (or “Jekov”)- Bulgaria
  • Sergei Bragin- Estonia
  • Mihails Miholaps- Latvia
  • Jacques Fatton- Switzerland

• What country has at least two teams with each of the following nicknames (some are similar, not exact) and what are the teams? Argentina
  • The Lepers- Independiente Rivadavia and Newell’s Old Boys
  • The Milkmen- Tristan Suarez and Leandro N. Alem
  • The Dairy Farmers- Canuelas F.C. and Claypole
  • The Academy- Argentino de Merlo, Racing Club, and Racing Cordoba
  • The Rotters- Rosario Central and Central Ballester

• What tournament was won by all of these teams? The Great Wall Cup
  • Chinese National Team (twice)
  • Waldhof Mannheim
  • Romanian U-21s
  • Legia Warszawa
  • Watford F.C.

• Only one country has won both the men’s and women’s “World Military Championships,” what is the country? North Korea.

• What award did Tessie Agius win three times in four years? Malta’s Woman Player of the Year.

• The Scottish National Team started playing international matches on November 30, 1872- when was the first time they played a country other than England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, or Wales, who was the opponent, what was the date, and what was the score? May 26, 1929, Scotland 7 Norway 4.

• Fifteen pairs of brothers have appeared in matches for the Netherlands, but how many of those pairs of brothers have appeared in an match together for the Oranje? Seven.

• Eighteen father-son combinations have represented their countries at the World Cup, but only one combination represented different countries- who where they, what were the two countries, and what World Cups were involved? Martin Vantrola (Father), played for Spain in 1934 and Jose Vantrola (son) for Mexico in 1970.

• Only one Algerian has ever scored a goal for the French National Team- who is he? Said Brahimi.

Congratulations to WSR and Andrew M. who both got all the answers correct and who have both already received their prizes.

I’ll be back tomorrow with, I hope, a holiday themed challenge…