The Most Corrupt Football League On Earth
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- čas přidán 16. 10. 2020
- From the 2006 Calciopoli scandal to the 2015 investigation into FIFA and the organisation's president Sepp Blatter, football - like most sports - has been plagued by corruption over the years.
However, there is perhaps no more brazenly corrupt football / soccer league in the world than the Tajik League, which is the top flight of football in Tajikistan. One of the most secretive and repressive states on Earth, very little is known of Tajikistan, and even less of the nation's football scene.
So in this documentary, HITC Sevens delves into secretes behind the Central Asian nation, it's ludicrous football league, and what the future might hold for the nation's leader & the people of Tajikistan. - Sport
HTIC sevens a obscure history channel with a bit of football thrown in.
If it wasn't for his voice, I would've thought I clicked the wrong video 😂
It's great.
Just another episode of “How football is involved with malicious politics”.
That's perfect
@Kason Moses proud of yourself?
As a Tajik myslef I love this video. The accuracy is spot on. The people of the country are afraid to speak up and are scared to protest and start another war because they’ve already been through one civil war and nobody wants to see that again. Interesting fact: One time a ref gave Rustam (presidents son) a red card and he proceeded to attack the ref have him replaced and continue the game. Another time one team nearly beat them and ruined their 27 game win streak and they had their wages withheld for a few weeks.
Wtf💀
Alfie is the man who can make up the most ridiculous video ideas. Yet they are still always brilliant
Yeah I eat cheeseburgers all day all night long! My body just need the vitamins!!
My history test is in the bag now
Lol
Amen
Me and my friends started following the league during the lockdown. The faroese league and Tajik Higher league were the only leagues still going. Picked teams from a hat and I now supposed recently promoted Dushanbe 83. Promising first season 🤣 one of the lads lucked out with Istiqlol
Named after Esteghlal from Tehran
Did you support anyone in the Faroese league?
@Vla Lua nice. I support B36 torshavn, HB's rivals, but when faroese teams play in the europa- or champions league qualifications, everyone supports each other
How can you possibly find a channel that has the games on 😂
Belarus too was still playing
If only you became a teacher we could actually learn something 😂
Have you ever been to a school?
This guy is funny as Comical Ali Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf Baghdad Bob Comical Ali, with mad claims on history
😂😂😂😂😂
You would have learned that the flag of Tajikistan is actually the flag of Uzbekistan, for example 1:01
Brilliant video.
One slight thing to remember when discussing China is that there is a historic community of ethnic Tajiks in Xinjiang. If there was a free Western Turkestan state or even if China gave minority commmunities the ability to organise in China they could be a destabilizing effect on Tajikistan. If they are all locked away or surveilled in ways lifted straight from Foucault then they won't cause any problems for the corrupt tyrants ruling the country.
@mPky1 nah he's explaining why tajikistan doesn't care about xinjiang too
After Juventus were given 3-0 win and Napoli were deducted a point....Seria A can get a shoutout as well..
@Julian it's not though
@Julian how is that fair?
@Julian its not
@Julian Doesnt matter when they were told to play. If a player from napoli has corona, these things dont matter. Napoli made the sensible decision not turning up and risking the every players health and they get rewarded with a points deduction. You just sound like a deluded juve fan who cant accept that the league favours juve
@@morgantodd8445 you need to read the full story, not the bs the English speaking media is telling you.
The decision was correct as Napoli decided to not come despite the fact that the local authority didn’t force them not to.
I liked Tajikistan. The people were friendly and Dushanbei was an interesting place to walk around. That said: it's nowhere near as developed as any of its neighbours and you get the feeling it could erupt quite easily.
It's less deveoped than Afghanistan?
@@anteveic327 I'm guessing Afghanistan is out of the question. He probably referred to the other former USSR republics
I have a Tajik friend who is a really nice guy too. Wish Tajikistan will get the freedom and democracy they deserve soon...
@@LuigiLuigi728 democracy lol
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India probably if they used more NorthEastern indian footballers mostly
@Guru Ghantal true but mostly young talents are found there
@Guru Ghantal height doesnt matter in football at all and never will. Physically weak players can train and get stronger with half decent club or league structure. I personally dont know anything about indian football, but your point is pretty weak
Obvously the United States. Then, many nations in Africa like Nigeria, Ghana and Algeria.
Polska
should include tha liga mx where they got rid of relegation, u can buy a spot in the liga mx, and got rid of anyone above a certain age who isnt from mexico from the 2nd division, basically making it a youth academy
If you think that things are crazy in Tajikistan, have a look at their neighbour, Turkmenistan
Yeah i thought tajikstan was fine
This neighbor is so crazy, there's not even a border between the two
Ok not next door neighbour. But in the same neighbourhood
that be like second North Korea
Turkmenistan. The only country were they released the election results a day earlier and have pop stars sing songs about "the leader".
The Caucasus and West Asia seem to be something out of a simpsons episode.
I know these videos don't get the same kinds of views as the regular XI or sevens, but they're really what sets your channel apart from the rest. Super interesting and something I wouldn't have ever known about otherwise. Massive plaudits for all the work you put into these documentary style videos 👍
Yes
1:11 that’s the uzbekistan flag lol
Glad im not the only one who noticed. Lol
@@anthonylong9067 hehe I thought its Brasilia
@@timurkral3781 that isnt anywhere close to the brazil flag.
It’s clearly Seychelles
@@anthonylong9067 okay, just look 🇺🇿 its Brazil
@@timurkral3781 no. That’s india
I like how Alfie has basically just gone ‘okay I wrote this entire documentary about history/politics, now i need to loosely link it to football so I still get payed!’
As a San Marino fan, it's kind of a comfort to know there's at least the slightest possibility that there might be a worse team out there. More confident than being a Knicks fan, at least.
San Marino are nowhere near Tajikistan
Yeah thats true@@Anonymous-kd2yy
Imagine wanting to watch a video about football, just to learn about history and politics. That is super cool!
Football is politics nowadays .....burlesconi etc ...
I know these videos don't get as much recognition but they are sooo interesting, keep it up man❤️
I really enjoy these types of videos, I don’t always watch them on the day they come out as I don’t have time most of the time, but I have channel notifications on and I always make sure to sit back, relax and watch your videos, keep it up, Alfie, you’re running a great channel here ❤️
This is the type of content I never thought I needed but now that I have it I can't get enough of it.
I remember our national team going away to Dushanbe for an Asian Cup qualifier back in 2017. Phil Younghusband curled in a delicious free kick in a 4-3 win, though the Tajiks almost came back into the game due to a dodgy penalty given by the ref from one of the most blatant dives you'll ever see. Was a good game.
Phil Younghusband! He was my Football Manager hero the only time I got into that game.
Funnily enough, that's how he was discovered to be eligible to play for the Philippines. Someone or another was playing FM, saw in the database that he was of Filipino descent through his mother, and called our football federation. He soon won his first cap and is now our record goalscorer.
@@saintroddy oh wow that's fantastic! Thanks for that!
THE 2ND BEST GAME I ATTENDED WAS THE PHILIPPINES VS TAJIKISTAN ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER! Phil Younghusband's 50th goal and securing our spot in Asia is one of the best feeling I will carry throughout my life
@@zaphster11 shame we're absolutely shit now
Man, this channel is criminally underrated. I have only recently found out about it, and binge watched many of the videos. You guys deserve as much, if not more attention than your counterparts in HITC sport
“Surely this is so kinds of joke joke as this is one of the most corrupt nations in the world” great quote
Czechia: Hold my beer
Czechia:
Roman Berbr, vice-president of the Football Association of the Czech Republic, was arrested. Criminalists detained him and eighteen other people on suspicion of corruption and influencing the results of matches, and one person is being investigated at large. At the headquarters of the FACR in Prague's Strahov and other parts of the country, the department of the National Headquarters has been intervening against organized crime since the morning.
I went to Tajikistan & met some swiss football fans who were travelling to every country to watch a game! It's a cool country though, but a noticeably lack of fair wealth distribution...
Schwiizer überall
This is utterly brilliant, Alfie. Genuinely excellent documentary
Thank you for your efforts in these videos its truly appreciated
Video idea Alfie : The rise and fall of Luton Town FC
You could argue that they're on the rise again as well, they probably won't go up to the Prem anytime soon but they're well run and I can imagine them stabilizing in the second tier and staying for some time.
@@carlosbarton763 they spent almost all of the 1980's in the top tier. sadly missed out on europe in 1988 due to the ban on english clubs. half their team got england caps.
this channel helps me gain some valuable knowledge ...thank you alfie!
I visited Tajikistan and it was incredible. Such friendly people. This is your best video yet, thanks.
Easily your best video to date. Even though it only briefly mentioned football on a football based channel, the video was incredibly informative and interesting. We know so little of these central Asian ex USSR states, videos like this always pique my interest. Great job 👍👍👍
these are some of the best most well researched videos on this platform
You might need to do a new most corrupt league video after the super league announcement
This channel deserves over a million subs with the quality of content that we get. And I'm sure you'll get there soon. Thanks Alfie and everyone else involved.
Cracking video, mate. Proper documentary type video. Channel keeps getting better and better.
Amazing video! Loving the historical context provided in the start
Love these type of videos Alfie, keep it up!
I love this type of content. Great documentary 👍
This channel needs to be shown in schools. This video was like 5% football and 95% geopolitics and history. Great explanation about Tajikistan and opening people's eyes to a repressive regime. Btw, for me, the "Middle East" is comprised more of countries like Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and many more. Tajikistan is more Central Asia for me. Still, excellent. Tajikistan is a beautiful country, shame. Off to watch Drew Binsky and hear what he has to say about Tajikistan and then more HITC Sevens!
A fabulous (as always) commentary....nice one......enjoy your holiday !
Probably the best video if seen from you, keep up the good work!
Really enjoy these types of videos on the off the grid nations and the very bloody off the gird football leagues and nations
Didn’t expect to learn about Tajikistan today. You always manage to keep us on our toes
It's my birthday and I was hoping for a documentary thanks Alfie:)
Mine aswell, happy birthday to you
Happy birthday mate. Today is also the birthday of my late grandfather, who was very dear to me. He was a great man, I hope you enjoy your day, just like he enjoyed his.
Happy birthday!!!
@@balazsmolnar8262 you too man
Happy birthday have a good one it’s Saturday
This video is crazy! Great content
This was a great video, more corruption/scandal videos would be great.
I have been liking these videos intertwining history with football. They are quite fascinating and interesting.
Day 50: Ranking every barca transfer since Neymar's sale
I really love these types of videos man I hope you keeping making tgem
Love these kinda vids mate, keep it up
That was very interesting. Truth be told I don't like football but have subscribed to your channel. Keep at it!
One of your best videos yet
Me: let's watch the most corrupt leagues
HITC : lemme give you some history class
Lol👍😂
Oh man that alliance 🤣. Another great video!
This mans channel is too interesting, I don’t think we appreciate it enough
I did a central asia history module in my second year at uni. Thank you for providing me with more information here than I did then.
Albanian Superleague: **Am I a joke to you?**
Why you say that?
@@electrix1873 our league has a long history of corruption. Most recent and infamous example was Kukësi v Skënderbeu, 2017, second to last game of the season, basically title decider. Skënderbeu got 3 players sent off because of dodgy referee decisions and Kukësi who ended up champions were favoured a lot by the ref. Also the government and the Albanian FA (its crooked president Armando Duka to be more precise) have been trying to undermine the European success of any Albanian club not called Tirana or Partizani for years.
@@tarkanbashllari1627 It was only one season,and that was because of the elections
@@electrix1873 our league is sadly very corrupted because the header of our federation choose the winner of the league since the beginning of the season and every game is just fixed. It is also a political thing because the president of the clubs are mostly involved in politic
@@tarkanbashllari1627 Cypriot League is far more corrupt
Niece history and football facts, I can't tell you how much I love this channel
Well done video, nothing held back as it should be
This is amazing video very knowledgable thanks
A superb video. My compliments.
''The Most Corrupt Football League On Earth''
The Brasileirao: are you challenging me?
Liga MX is probably the most corrupt. I am Mexican.
Awesome video!!! Loved it
Cheers for the great content!
Yet another brilliant video
Another great vid mate 👍
I loved this video. Thanks!
Another Fantastic Video
I love these types of videos keep them up please
Brilliant video, but heartbreaking!
Awesome vide dude!One of the best you have made.Could you please make a video about corruption in Serbian football and the connection to the president,huligans,ruling political party and the support of Russia and Nato to a president whose party and possible political allies won 248 out of 250 possible seats in the parliament while tens of thousand of people protested in the streets.Ono of many emerging European dictators in the same place such as Macron,Orban and similliar.But his connection to football is huge.I don’t know if you are going to read this but a video about him would be awesome.
Tajikistan: We have the most corrupt football league
Romania: Hold my bribe
Bulgaria: Hey wait for me!
Italy. Back in my day
France - quietly sips wine in the corner
Argentina: can i join too?
@@sakshamsharma5429 lol remember marseille did in the 90s
Impressive and realistic coverage.👍
Hey Alfie, just a quick thing: you say that Tajikistan is "closed off" for most of the world. However, as far as I know it's not, it's actually a decently popular destination for "adventure tourists" who travel along the Pamir Highway.
Closed off in the sense of most people have no clue what's going on.
@@h3nder Isn't that more that people don't know what's going on due to Tajikistan's obscurity on the World Stage more than the country being "closed off" though? To me, a country being closed off implies that it's incredibly difficult if not impossible for outsiders to see the country, like in communist Albania, North Korea or Turkmenistan. Like, Vietnam ranks horrendously in terms of democracy, press freedom etc but that's obviously a really popular tourist destination and you can't call it closed off.
Dunno, I'm probably just splitting hairs as I've been planning a tour of the Stans when we can travel again so I had the place on my mind.
@@nwahnerevar9398 agreed, the term is better applied to Turkmenistan in the region. Definitely a split hair considering the pace and amount of quality content on this channel, but yeah I agree
Great video mate.
Brilliant video bro
Great vid 👍🏾
Where did you source this information from
I liked this video. A serie of videos about football in dictatorships would be really interesting.
You should be on BBC Four or something. Keep the good content coming!
This is the kind of content that nobody does better than Alfie!
Hmmmm...Bulgarian First Division is also very corrupted!
And talking about that-Please do the Ludogorets video soon!
??????????????
Bullshit.
How is it corrupt?Ludogorets is just like PSG-better and with a lot bigger budget than anyone else in the league.You sound like an idiotic levski/CSKA fan...oh wait.
@@upthevilla9505 Where did that big budget come from? 🤔
@@pepkata1391 Kirill Domuschiev 😱
@@upthevilla9505 no, you are wrong! Ludogorets are basically paying referees and they are doing that for almost 10 years when they were promoted to the first division. Also the are based in some random ass town in Bulgaria with a Turkish population and have no fans nor history. That’s why we all hate them!
@@asentseto I love how he did the video and pretty much quoted this😂
Nothing depressing about this video!! Glad to see Dnipro get a mention as I seen a few of their games when i stayed in Dnipro though they have gone down hill since europa league final!! Great documentary btw thoroughly enjoyed it
A video on Southeast Asian football would be much appreciated. Ranging from JDT's win in the 2015 AFC Cup, the period of league dualism in Indonesia during 2011-12, Vietnam's golden generation, how Ceres-Negros are dominating ASEAN football, and also the rivalry between Muangthong United and Buriram United as well as Muangthong United and Port would be quite interesting.
I love this channel because basically it is a history lesson aswell
Thanks for the video and a very informative and useful political analysis.
For a supposed football channel, this guy actually makes really interesting history lessons with the odd free kick thrown in.
"the most corrupt football league on earth"
*CF America would like to know your location*
Both Chivas and America
@@fulltime2583 the whole league in general. Even the bad teams lol
Nigerian league will like to be challenged
Tigres is the best team tbh (they got relegated in 1998 but moved up a year later)
@@devinpapadoilos942 lmao
If you did a history channel, I would watch the shit out of it. Great content. Thanks for sharing.
Love it bro❤
Brilliant video
You are a good man. Respect
I love these videos
Incredible video
Impressive research!
What a video btw your knowledge is amazing
great video
Not gonna lie I really liked the more political aspect of this video, would love to see more where you partially speak on the football system of a country and partially talk about how politics have implicated them or even helped the football leagues of a country
This video is like John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" and that's great. Thank you.
You should do a HITC History channel
Good quality content.