Three quizzes, a few minutes of your time, and a genuine test of whether you actually know the game as well as you think you do. BBC Sport's daily football quiz suite has become a quiet habit for a large chunk of the UK football audience, and it is not hard to see why.

What the three formats involve

The flagship is Who Am I?, a player-guessing game built around progressive clues. You start with minimal information and unlock additional hints with each wrong answer — the fewer clues you need, the higher your score. It rewards broad knowledge of football history rather than simply recognising the biggest names in the current Premier League.

Five in Five operates on a straightforward brief: five correct answers inside five minutes. The time pressure is the point. You may well know the answer given unlimited thinking time, but whether you can recall it under the clock is a different question.

The third format, Brainteaser, is the most punishing of the three. You have five lives before the answer is revealed — though given the difficulty level BBC Sport tends to set, some regulars will tell you five lives is not always enough.

Who sets the questions?

According to BBC Sport, Wednesday's edition was compiled by Joe Rindl alongside BBC Sport user Murray Hope from Craigellachie in Scotland (the platform invites readers to submit quiz ideas via a contact form). That collaborative element is part of what keeps the questions varied — a mix of professional editorial judgement and genuine fan knowledge from across the country.

Why daily quizzes have grown in football

The format is not new. Puzzle-of-the-day products have grown significantly across sport since the Wordle boom of 2022 made the concept mainstream. Football has proven a natural fit: the sport generates enormous amounts of statistical data, a globally shared frame of reference, and — crucially — fierce pub-argument culture that translates well into competitive quiz formats.

For UK fans specifically, the depth of football history available as quiz material is vast. From non-league groundsmen-turned-internationals to obscure loan spells and forgotten cup runs, the game on these islands has enough accumulated detail to sustain daily questions for decades without repetition.

Where to find them

All three quizzes are available daily on the BBC Sport website. The broadcaster also runs dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes pages that archive previous editions, so if you miss a day — or want to argue with a friend about a clue — you can go back through the back catalogue. Notifications are available if you want the quiz delivered to your device each morning rather than remembering to seek it out.

BBC Sport also links the suite to its Match of the Day Predictor, which has its own separate deadline each gameweek. If you are already in the habit of logging in for the Predictor, the quizzes are a natural companion piece.

Worth your five minutes?

For anyone who follows football at more than a casual level, yes. Who Am I? in particular tends to surface players that highlight genuine gaps in knowledge — the kind of career you half-remember but could not have named unprompted. That is precisely what makes it useful rather than just enjoyable: it shows you what you do not know, which is a more useful mirror than a quiz that only confirms what you already do.

Frequently asked

Where can I play BBC Sport's daily football quiz?
You can find all three daily quizzes — Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser — on the BBC Sport website under the Football Quizzes section. You can also sign up for notifications to have each day's quiz sent directly to your device.
How does the BBC Sport Who Am I? football quiz work?
You try to identify a footballer using as few clues as possible. Each wrong guess unlocks a new clue, and the fewer clues you need before guessing correctly, the higher your score.
Can fans submit ideas for BBC Sport football quizzes?
Yes. BBC Sport invites readers to send in quiz ideas via a contact form on the quiz page. Questions are set by a mix of BBC editorial staff and submitted ideas from fans around the UK.