The Most Corrupt Football League On Earth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- 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.
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💀
Late as hell but that’s crazy as hell messed up to. Would you use a Tajik team in fifa if it was in fifa like the national team or league?
Somehow, I do not doubt this for one second. I'm sure the principle has a name, but it refers to when something may or may not be necessarily 100% true, but is believable enough that people end up believing it anyway.
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?
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
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.
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
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
SUGGESTION: 7 COUNTRIES WHICH COULD BE NEXT FOOTBALLING POWERHOUSES
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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 ...
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
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!’
“Surely this is so kinds of joke joke as this is one of the most corrupt nations in the world” great quote
I know these videos don't get as much recognition but they are sooo interesting, keep it up man❤️
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
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
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.
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 is the type of content I never thought I needed but now that I have it I can't get enough of it.
I visited Tajikistan and it was incredible. Such friendly people. This is your best video yet, thanks.
You might need to do a new most corrupt league video after the super league announcement
Day 50: Ranking every barca transfer since Neymar's sale
''The Most Corrupt Football League On Earth''
The Brasileirao: are you challenging me?
Liga MX is probably the most corrupt. I am Mexican.
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
Me: let's watch the most corrupt leagues
HITC : lemme give you some history class
Lol👍😂
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
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 ❤️
Thank you for your efforts in these videos its truly appreciated
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 👍👍👍
this channel helps me gain some valuable knowledge ...thank you alfie!
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
This is utterly brilliant, Alfie. Genuinely excellent documentary
Football is massively corrupt the world over, it really is a shame how referees effect the majority of matches. The bigger the league or contest the worse it is. Diving being its biggest blight.
these are some of the best most well researched videos on this platform
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😂
Didn’t expect to learn about Tajikistan today. You always manage to keep us on our toes
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.
I love this type of content. Great documentary 👍
Love these type of videos Alfie, keep it up!
I have been liking these videos intertwining history with football. They are quite fascinating and interesting.
Liga mx is very corrupt we got rid of relegation because the owners want to merge with the MLS. All the teams use public funds in some capacity to fund the clubs. The owners have an unspoken rule to recieve a percentage of a players transfer fee indefinitely if they came through their academy. One-third of the clubs are funded by narcos, the league has become a joke, the owners make up rules and competitions in order to make more money and only rich individuals get a chance to tryout for teams which is why we love football so much but our national team is awful. Not to mention there are many allegations that in order to join an academy scouts ask for money and or sexual favors. We used to play in the copa libertadores but the owners backed out of the competition because they're used to getting everything going their way but the conmebol wasn't having any of it. There's also the fact that most teams pay much more for players who aren't very good wich has the authorities investigating most of the teams for money laundering.
This is the kind of content that nobody does better than Alfie!
The Italian league has got to be up there as one of the most corrupt. Theres been several major cases of the years that I can remember from match fixing in the 1980’s through to Juventus being relegated for something similar only a few years ago. Paulo Rossi played in the 1982 World Cup and ended up as top scorer and lifting the trophy having just returned from a lengthy ban for being involved in the match fixing scandal.
You should do a HITC History channel
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.
12:16 How do you just put your self in the position of "star center forward"
When your dad runs the country. Dude was probably an absolute donkey
If you did a history channel, I would watch the shit out of it. Great content. Thanks for sharing.
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.
I’m from Tajikistan and yes the domestic league is too suspicious in terms of game results. Plus, many government positions are held Rahmon’s family and relatives
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
I liked this video. A serie of videos about football in dictatorships would be really interesting.
Amazing video! Loving the historical context provided in the start
The 7 biggest clubs that are no longer around
Most clubs get refunded once they fail to exist...
Like Rangers, Parma and Palermo.
@@EdwardElfigo ok what about bury chester Halifax Scarborough all went out of business but reformed as a different club with a different name
@@Chalks38 exactly, they aren’t big clubs, big clubs can’t really fail, due to how important they are in a vast community.
And if they ever do, they’ll get refunded with the same name, unless there’s a military mess like in the Steaua Bucarest situation.
@@EdwardElfigo I’m sure across the world there must of been club who have gone and I asked for the 7 biggest clubs not 7 big clubs?
FC Tirol Innsbruck
Thai farmers bank
I love how this is basically a crash course in the history of Tajikistan
This video is crazy! Great content
Really enjoy these types of videos on the off the grid nations and the very bloody off the gird football leagues and nations
The dark tourism show on Netflix did a great episode on this country.
You are thinking of Turkmenistan
@@mattshipley570 oh bloody hell. My bad. Still worth a watch
@@1234legend1234 same region though. Probably just as corrupt, if not more
@@mattshipley570 it seems once the USSR fell it just left pockets of power vacuums and sadly the wrong men took advantage.
This was a great video, more corruption/scandal videos would be great.
Probably the best video if seen from you, keep up the good work!
Surprised to see it is not the greek superleague.
I really love these types of videos man I hope you keeping making tgem
A fabulous (as always) commentary....nice one......enjoy your holiday !
I completely forgot this was a football video
I am surprised that my country (+62) are apparently not the most corrupt country especially when it comes to football...
Yeah I'm surprised on how poorly researched this video is. Tajikistan FA's corruption is just a child's play compared to the Indonesian counterpart.
@@lontongstroong I don't think so though. Alfie's already did well for this vid, tbf. (Regardless of the truth, lmao).
Love these kinda vids mate, keep it up
It's time to learn GEOGRAPHY NOW!!
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.
0:39 - did you know, that is the world's highest flagpole
I thought that's in Baku? At least that's what Azerbaijanis told me if I remember right
@@jlkanne8330 you might be right actually... they keep trying to out-do eachother
You should be on BBC Four or something. Keep the good content coming!
here after FC Istiklol became the first Tajik team to make the Asian Champions League round of 16!
When you get more contextual information here than you will ever do in main stream news media. Something has gone seriously wrong.
Thanks for the video and a very informative and useful political analysis.
Imagine my surprise when I clicked on this and found out it wasn't Liga MX
Well done video, nothing held back as it should be
the budget liverpool badge has me cracking 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
Hey Alfie.. I would like to know about how you feel about the decision made in the Juve vs Nap match.
Video idea: Worst direct replacements of iconic players in terms of squad number, like Ronaldo->Mariano, Suarez->Braithwaite,
Oh man that alliance 🤣. Another great video!
They are doing well in the AFC Asian cup right now
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
Can you please make a video about the decline of the Scottish football?
Was it ever elite?
@@sbongadlamini388 yes. Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen have European trophies with Dundee United making finals. When English teams were banned from playing a lot of top players like Gascoigne came north of the border.
@@CallumBlyth maybe it's the quality of the players...
@@CallumBlyth
I remember Gazza's particular flautist contribution to healing the sectarian divide between Rangers and Celtic.. 😄.
@@sbongadlamini388 John McGinn, Kieron Tierney, Virgil Van Dijk, Victor Wanyama, Andy Robertson, Mousse Dembele, they’ve all come from the Scottish league. There’s still quality in the league, granted not as high as in the past but it’s still a respectable league. It’s not a pub league like some muppets down south think it is. I remember when Joey Barton came up and everyone thought he’d boss it but he was useless. Temu Pukki scores more for Norwich in the Premier League last season than he did for Celtic over 2.
Brilliant video bro
The Soviet football pyramid would make a great video (I think). I wonder who won the last Soviet Cup?
🇷🇸Ling Long Superliga Srbije absolutely deserves honourable mention.
do you realise what this video is on mate?
Niece history and football facts, I can't tell you how much I love this channel
Another great vid mate 👍
This channel is now basically real life lore with a football theme in the background
This is amazing video very knowledgable thanks
Can you make a video on Johor Darul Takzim, and how they ruined Malaysian football? I'm from Johor state, and even I hate that team.
I thought it was the Malaysian Football Federation was the most hated
@@geraldclydeabella3350 As much as I think TMJ is a decent guy, he instantly ended the passion for the teams roger than JDT. And the FAM let it happen.
@@3dsaulgoodman43 good idea. My friend from malaysian said many football fans in malaysia really despice them so much
@@3dsaulgoodman43 and my friend told me they even buy player from back door. I dont know if that true
It's, to some extent, kinda like what Real and Barca did to La Liga or Bayern in Bundesliga. Business wise, they did absolutely great job (which as an Indonesian myself, makes me a bit envious. Our league is just rubbish tbh). But yeah, their domination is just too much.
No the Super leauge is here
I always passed my geography tests because of my passion for international football