7 Football Clubs Based In ACTIVE War Zones
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2023
- From FC Desna Chernihiv in Ukraine to AS Dauphins Noirs in DR Congo, HITC Sevens takes a look at a number of football clubs around the world who face the enormous challenge of being based in an active war or conflict zone.
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Alfie, thank you for featuring a club from Myanmar and for spreading awareness about the internal conflicts in our country. It's truly a shame that much of the Burmese people's plight has been hidden away from Western media. Sending lots of love and support 🇲🇲❤️
Apologies for our western media and the horrific agenda they have ❤❤❤ heart goes out to you and all the people in your country !
May Allah bless ur country and stop the fighting!
The Freddy Adu tributes must never stop 😂just makes me laugh every time
Could you possibly do a documentary on Haitian football. After Viollette beat Austin FC and the fact the country is teetering on the edge it would be interesting to find out why
Alfie, your content continues to be among the best in the world of football-based youtube! Truly a step above. I appreciate that you delve into what football really means -- the political, familial, communal, etc. aspects of the sport, and that you stand up for your values (cuz they're good values)!
Hey Alfie thank you for including Hanthawady United FC from my Birth Country Myanmar 🇲🇲 all the exposure counts!!
Every Ukrainian, Syrian, Somalian and Yemeni league teams be like
I assume some more than others e.g., not every Ukrainian stadium has been continuously shelled in a month long siege.
Sad
theres no war in ukraine, theres a special militar operation.
Mexico
Myanmar, too
Proper comment now: The DR Congo has been a serious hotbed of violence for years, and it's one of many problems that I don't think federation with the other six countries in the EAF would really solve. However, the Congolese LINAFOOT top flight is one of the strongest in Africa despite these massive problems; while AS Dauphins Noirs haven't had a particularly illustrious history within the competition, the league itself routinely produces decent sides. Who can forget the time TP Mazembe made it to the final of the Club World Cup and managed to play Inter Milan reasonably close, for instance? The CAF Champions League has been won by multiple DR Congolese sides in its history and they routinely make deep runs in the tournament. There's a lot of talent and a lot of hope in the nation's football; I just hope that there's more that can be done through sport, and indeed any other means, to bring peace and unity to a nation riven with strife and violence.
I was about to say, that's funny, I've seen a guy posting about the DRC (and other nations) trying to get a video on it. Making it funny that you also mentioned it. Then I saw your name and your comment above 😂😂
@@slayingroosters4355 Yeah, I try to add a proper comment on the video as well as one for the usual request, especially when the video deals with subject matter relevant to my request. Just seems churlish to only leave a copypasta comment on every video, y'know? =]
“Balancing the books” being a picture of Man City was funny though
You could say Violette AC from Haiti, a team thats only playing the Concacaf Champions league since their league is basically shut down due to the conditions in Haiti. The team even has to play in the Dominican Republic because is not safe for them or teams from other countries to play in Haiti. With all these things Violette managed to beat MLS team Austin FC and went through the next round which they’ll play against Leon from Mexico.
Came here to say this also.
Mind if I ask how do they qualify for the champions league
@@thapelomatula1856 Through the Caribbean Clubs Championship. They won that tournament in 2022 and then waited for their match vs Austin FC.
Only ones I can think of are West Brom, Aston Villa, Wolves and Birmingham City
Bro ☠️
Wait, how about East London?
And walsall
@@samzy9358 yeah forgot about them 😢 poor clubs it must be tough being based in B*rmingham
@@bababababababa6124 west brom, wolves and walsall are black country and thats different to birmingham
You are one of the most well informed and genuinely smart football content producers out there. I love your content, and totally agree with the values you stand for. Please keep making videos ! ❤
You should make this video into a series of videos on this topic of football clubs in active war zones to shed some light on the clubs, and their fans going through what they’re going through
Couldn't this just be the entire Ukrainian football system? But Alfie never makes it that easy for himself.
Ukraine ain’t the only conflict
@bababababababa at no point did I say nor imply that it was. I'm not an idiot, I'm obviously aware there are many more warzones such as Syria and Myanmar.
My comment was merely intended to highlight how Alfie doesn't half-arse things. The majority of content creators would've taken the easy option and made this a Ukrainian-only video and simply jumped off the popularity of the conflict and milked it for the views and revenue. But instead, Alfie makes a high effort video highlighting wars around the world giving them all reasonably equal coverage.
@@sheldon97sheldon that’s my bad, I misunderstood your comment I apologise
Yes of course Ukraine have hugely better players than other places but it better to spread different wars to talk about what is happening there. Shame there no word on Georgia as russians are still killing thousands
When the clubs have to run away and play elsewhere, you know it's crazy
I think another shout should go to Violette AC in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They recently made headlines for beating Austin FC 3-2 on agg in the CONCACAF Champions League, despite having just three players on the bench in the away leg because the rest of their team couldn't get their visas approved.
I'm gonna put in another request for a hypothetical starting XI for the East African Federation, a proposed federation (big surprise there) of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. None of them are exactly what you'd call powerhouse footballing nations, with the exception of the DRC, but with plenty of players from those nationalities in the French and German leagues there's bound to be some diamonds in the rough. I did actually send Alfie a Twitter DM detailing my own attempt at an EAF first team, complete with a kit design and a subs bench, but since that didn't get a response I can only assume it got lost in the post. It's not like he'd ignore an unsolicited private message about putting together a national football team for a country that doesn't exist, right? Right?
This is request number 17; calling it a streak feels a little disingenuous considering I miss days a lot of the time due to my health. I intend to go for as long as I can until Alfie either makes the video or tells me to bugger off. I'm sure you have your own opinions about which is more likely. =]
plenty of French and Belgian players can be plucked for the DRC- Lokonga, Lukaku, Benteke, Steve Mandanda, Axel Disasi , Kimpembe etc could literally carry the whole EAF region
@@SantomPh This is indeed the case, and they're all good picks. For my part, I tried to put together a team that wasn't just a DR Congo What If XI, because that's... kind of not in the spirit of things. The other six nations do have the odd very strong player - Youssouf Ndayishimiye just won the SuperLig with Besiktas and is currently doing reasonably well as a centre-back for Nice in Ligue 1, while Mike Trésor has been having the season of his life for KRC Genk and is currently on the highest number of assists for the Belgian Pro League this season - and while the latter has played in the Belgian youth setup, they've both got Burundian heritage. They both deserve to be in the side as more than bench players, IMO. You're right though - there's so many excellent players in the Congolese diaspora that an EAF team could rapidly become DRC With Full Supporting Cast.
I am totally sad to hear these respective clubs are based in a war zone but I am extremely so hopeful to see them overcoming the conflicts which have been currectly going on,good friends!!!🙏
Wow thats a seriously hot take you have there
@@MenWithVen Does a take have to be controversial to be valuable, or right?
@@VenomTNT it just comes across as fishing for likes
@@MenWithVen Good friend,I was extremely so seriously saying and never ever to expect the likes to come my way!!!
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now.
The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore.
How they were very close to moving to ireland
How they went up the English football leagues.
It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
Give up.
@@MenWithVenas my idol John Cena once said never give up
Good idea
@@yasin_GD now John cena walks around in dresses
@@MenWithVen no it’s ok
We need the dark companion piece to the 7 killers video you made: 7 Footballers who were murdered 😬☠️
andres ecobar 😢
100% 🙌
@@user-mc7fr1mg4c "Life doesn't end here..." 😔
Do a video on how cazoo somehow sponser loads of teams across Europe
Great & informative as always. Can you please do a video about Maltese football? Thank You
Another interesting and we'll put together video, thanks
Why did Bayern really Sack Naglsmann? Second in league with no terrible results and a brilliant CL campaign so far! Still in the cup.
Apparently they wanted to have the Bundesliga wrapped up by March or something.
@@soundscape26 Sounds like a Bayern move tbh. Bundesliga is expected sooner and sooner. God forbid they hit a series of events like Man United where they see a massive dip in form for the better part of a decade.
they can't stand being anything but first.
Interesting, good job 👏🏻
Have you thought about making a video about Southend United. I know you sometimes do 'what has gone wrong with...' videos and this seems like a club in real peril
Please do a deep dive analysis of the Preamier league referees and VAR inconsistency! We need it!😁
Andy Dougan's book "Dynamo" should be read by every football fan.
Please do a Ipswich town video
Video idea:
7 Terms only diehard Association Football fans understand.
Alfie, What on Earth is going on with Football in East Africa? It's the most underperforming part of the continent relative to North, South, West and Central Africa.
the photo on 10:20 (acab) where was it sourced from as this graffiti surfaced in Barcelona in 2018, when we had a week of burning bins as a result of the catalán politicians were sentenced.?.
In that week, it was felt there was outside interference in these protests, which led to the bin burnings.
Can we please get a video on the current situation at Wigan? It is very bad
I am once again asking for a video about Algeria's unofficial FLN team (1958-1962)
Still hoping for that Austrian Wunderteam video 😇✌.
Not forgetting hull city
The Shaktar Donetsk team who played in their last home game at the Donbas arena. Where are they now please?
Mate. Can you explained how serie c & d works.
What about "What On Earth is going on at Angers SCO"?
hopefully you will also make a video on how animosity between british countries affected its clubs. probably wont.
British countries - there are only 3. England, Scotland and Wales.
it rarely has, since football was organized well after the union of the constituent countries. In the modern era, England, Scotland and Wales have not particularly had "animosity" between each other apart from players choosing a country other than that of their birth using ancestors they didn't know.
Alfie got that dawg in him
The word according to HITC
Any team based in Syria and Yemen I say
Please make a video on Albert joahasson
Palestinian football is remarkably durable, because Palestine and its people are remarkably durable - it is a source of indescribable pride for me, to be able to say my family hailed from Jerusalem, the capital city of the wonderful nation that is, was, and will forever be Palestine.
So thats why they use so many children as shields!
Never mentioned in the Quran, never been 'Palestinian', never will be. You and your terrorist state can piss right off lad
What year did Jerusalem become the capital of Palestine ? Where was their parliament ? Who was their first leader ?
5:34 sorry, what Premier League?
P.S. Desna has been a club riddled with problems for the last 6-7 years at least. They were once controlled by a mafia criminal who fled from Ukrainian prosecution to (how unexpected) r*ssia, but still ruled the club. There are also rumours that they might not have survived long enough, even in normal conditions. They were just too troubled with finances and management.
P.S.2 I'd say out of all Ukrainian clubs Mariupol should have been more talked about. Because we don't even know the extent of the city's destruction at this point and don't know when it'd be possible to even start rebuilding it.
Had a bit of a quiver at the start
What about all of the London clubs?
When you said PSG I thought you joked about the famous PSG to say there was another PSG
Luton town numba one baby
Mexico is basically a warzone. Even tho most of the clubs are owned by a cartel, id argue because of the amount of deaths that happen every year in Mexico that it is a warzone in some cities.
Day 10
Dream OFC XI all the OFC teams played as one nation in international Football
Day 4 of trying to get Alfie to make a video about puertorican football
This is some Cheese ….. ⚽️
Celtic and Rangers definitely
What did Everton do to you Alfie?
And this seven could probably beat hule with their eyes closed
Two years ago DC United would have been on this list.
Day 11: Rise and fall of Klaipėdos Atlantas
How about the most spectacular own goals ever
Just type that in youtube and you’ll find lots of videos of crazy own goals, don’t know why you want Alfie to make a video about that.
Did you see that yesterday Russia (who are banned from participating in competitive play) played a friendly with Iran (who are not banned but who would want to seen playing a friendly with either one)??
friendly games don't count, so who cares
Where can you watch it
I thought Tottenham would've been here.
“France isn’t at war”
West Africa: “am i joke to you?”
Ye right french army were on strike from 1939,,,to 45
You forgot Luton
Alfie is the 🐐
Alfie
ANY TOPIC BUT THE VIDEO IS ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES
If The B.B.C had a football club they could very easily be on this list as at this point in
history The B.B.C is like a
War Zone 😂.
Here's a question that would make a video. Why don't Asian European and countries from the Americas play international friendlies in Africa against African teams??
logistics. It's just too expensive and exacting to do so. Africa has a very difficult air travel connection network compared to Europe or Asia. Remember when Aubameyang and his Gabon team were stuck at an airport in Gambia? Or when Adebayor's Togo were shot at in their bus to Angola because no flights were available? Just getting to any African country that isn't Egypt or Morocco is a nightmare for most countries who will have to transit at least twice. South Africa, one of the top teams in Africa is situated at the deep end of the continent, with few direct connections to Asia or Europe.
African teams like Nigeria, who have mostly European based stars will probably play friendlies in Europe and not in Africa. Not that long ago Ghana and Brazil played friendlies in Portugal for the same reason
In Europe there are several connecting hubs players can use, plus countries are much smaller and closer together. Even teams like Australia will use a European country as a base for friendlies, given the nightmare logistics from down under.
You rarely get Latin American teams playing friendlies at home against non-Latin American teams- if Ecuador are going to play Poland, for example the game will not be in Ecuador but in some European country.
Tottenham should be there, the stadium is basically in the middle of the demon’s playground
Demons?
Oh, you mean disaffected young people with no opportunities.
You’d turn into a born again choir boy if you’d go to an actually dangerous place
Try walking around Luton Towns ground, more Afghanistan than the piece in this video
@@richardmurray2068 Have done that several times with no problems.
AS Dauphine Noir and Gratin Dauphinoise are two COMPLETELY different thing and to confuse both would be a crime.
Send Alfie to the gulag in DR Congo
Love how the channel is slowly becoming a political affair channel 😂 keep it up Alfie
I created an all-time XI with no overlap of international careers - no player was active for their national team at the same time as any other player.
Here it is (with the years of each player's international career listed in parentheses):
🇩🇪 Oliver Kahn (1995 - 2006)
🇩🇪 Manfred Kaltz (1975 - 1983), 🏴 Bob Crompton (1902 - 1914), 🇧🇷 Thiago Silva (2008 - ), 🇩🇪 Andreas Brehme (1984 - 1994)
🇺🇾 José Leandro Andrade (1923 - 1930), 🇮🇹 Ugo Locatelli (1936 - 1940)
🇮🇹 Valentino Mazzola (1942 - March 1949)
🇧🇷 Pelé (1957 - 1971), 🇧🇷 Neco (1917 - 1922), 🇭🇺 Zoltán Czibor (May 1949 - 1956)
Manager: 🇨🇿 Karel Petrů (1931 - 1935)
How about making a video featuring an XI you created using this limitation (and without using uncapped players)?
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 475)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
good idea, hope Alfie makes it a video
My homie keep on it will come
at 5:30 - wait... the russian premier league has provisions to integrate these ukranian sides into their league. seems a bit overconfident, no ?
FIFA won't recognize any team from the occupied regions or Crimea as being Russian.
what about the iraq leauge somlaia yeman south sundan brukeno fasso mail Ethiopia Afghanistan
Etophia haven't reached 2018
Could arguably put Liverpool and Everton on this list
Based France take could learn from them
you've basically inherited their gridlocked government system, so yeah
I will keep asking for a video about the downfall of Liga MX and how it went from being North America's best football league to falling behind the MLS
Omg as a Mexican I'm really ashamed of the Liga MX
Where is FC Qarabag?
The United States of Football
Not mentioned: Chicago Fire
Uno
Used to like your videos, but to many adverts recently
Very Thankful I don’t live in one of these third world countries
Is not a conflict it’s a occupation
They are not mutually exclusive.
its a conflict cause hamas keep sending 16 year old children to attack IDF soldiers.
No Chicago fire
P
russian death hands are almost in half of this list! Ukraine, Syria, even Myanmar
Spelt it wrong again johansson
Что же вы не расказываете о клубах их Белграда и другой части Сербии, забомбленных американцами?
Bro, that happened decades ago you dope.
I personally think Alfie has made this video rather sarcastic and uncomfortable to watch, putting PSG as a joke for the 5th choice imo was very very unnerving for a very serious video and a bit of a pisstake for the very serious idea of the video, I am rather appalled at HITC Sevens for this.
That can broadly be put into dark humour category.
He's from Kingston Upon Hull, he can relate.
Do you have to mention Freddy Adu in every video? It’s getting boring. Find some new material Alfie.
well...
no offense.. but any list of clubs in warzones that neglects Aston Villa and Birmingham FC is in my opinion incomplete...
Thanks Biden!!
I love your entire body of work Alf but this isn’t one I can watch beyond the intro man. For my own mental health. Appreciate the highlight though. 🫶🏼
Football as are all Olympiads, have all shared in controversy, culture and world civilization but theirs is a complex ever winding relationship which transcends clubs and individuals when the scales of war are pulled upon so freely and carelessly as though war was child’s play… and in saying that I see the very irony. Again, appreciated, supported. 🫶🏼