Football quiz: managers who won trophies ... then got sacked

Claudio Ranieri was sacked in February 2017, nine months after he led Leicester to their first ever league title. Where was his final game in charge?

Manchester United sacked Louis van Gaal on 23 May 2016. Which player scored the final goal of his tenure two days earlier?

Real Madrid won the Champions League in 1998 and sacked their manager, Jupp Heynckes, a week later. How did the club’s president, Lorenzo Sanz, try to justify the decision?

José Mourinho left Chelsea in September 2007 after a disappointing 1-1 draw against Rosenborg in the Champions League. What happened to Chelsea in the competition that season?

Bobby Robson won the Cup Winners’ Cup and Copa del Rey in his first season at Barcelona, but it wasn’t enough to save his job. Who took his place?

Three managers have won European trophies for Chelsea this century. Which of them made it through the summer and was still at the club when the following season began?

Which club replaced their manager in May 2015 straight after he had secured them promotion to the Premier League?

In his four seasons as Real Madrid manager, Vicente del Bosque won La Liga twice and the Champions League twice. But apparently that wasn’t good enough for the club. He was sacked in 2003, a few days after he had won the league title. What else happened at Real Madrid that week?

Carlo Ancelotti was sacked by Chelsea in 2011, a year after he had won the Premier League and FA Cup. In which two countries has he won league titles since leaving Chelsea?

Which club won the league title in 1975, sacked their manager in 1976 and have not been champions of England since?

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