7 Football Clubs Founded & Owned By Companies

[@MarkBustos2]

Cruz Azul has 9 league titles. A few years ago Cruz Azul was supposed to have sponsorship with FC Barcelona to supply cement for the renovations of Camp Nou.

[@P3TER_Official23]

And why did it break down?

[@MarkBustos2]

@@P3TER_Official23 as of now the deal is on hold due to FCB's financial trouble.

[@P3TER_Official23]

@@MarkBustos2 I see, makes sense

[@randommexican154]

That’s my team

[@MarkBustos2]

@@randommexican154 same boat.

[@reneperez9119]

I’d never think the day would come for my team Cruz azul to appear on your channel 😅. Sangre Azul 🚂💙

[@moiseslugardo8501]

And for our club to be on the thumbnail. Pura Sangre Azul 🚂

[@JF1908x]

I’m coming to watch them next year 🎉

I was surprised as well but so proud of our team. #Vamosporladecima 💙💙

[@thebeasts2125]

After the loss to Monterey 😹💯

[@alanramirez484]

@@thebeasts2125 they are the stronger team, nothing to be ashamed. Our team grew a lot since el Potro came to our club.

[@Fvghhcxssadhjnvvchjk]

In fact, most soccer clubs in Japan, China, and Korea are founded by corporations. Although the naming of teams with corporate names has been banned in Japan and China, the relationship between corporations and club teams remains strong.

[@IHSpark7325]

Not always. They're nowadays criticised for underinvesting.

[@BOABModels]

Yeah, in fact the China one was recent I believe as mentioned in a Tifo video not long ago.

[@Ese96Agboaye]

Rugby clubs in Japan also have sponsor names too, right?

[@GreekHouseEffect]

it's funny because suddenly every Chinese club changed their name

[@Fvghhcxssadhjnvvchjk]

@@Ese96Agboaye Yes, in rugby and baseball, most teams have the name of the company. Most rugby and baseball teams have corporate names in their team names. This is no longer allowed in Japanese football clubs due to the emphasis on community-based football.

[@JimmyNDriver]

Glad to see Vauxhall Motors get a mention here. Only 20 minutes from my house and they have a lot of youth teams and fantastic local talented children play for them across Cheshire and Merseyside. Shame that they had to drop out of the National League North into the 11th tier (West Cheshire League) in 2014, but they’re on their way back now it seems.

[@DaCoDgamer]

Absolutely love it when HITC mentions/talks about anything mexico

[@joelthorpe4170]

Alfie is the funniest bloke on KZbin. His dry and sarcastic introductions are brilliant 😁

[@MjolnirMarks]

His delectable medley of jabs are a splendor too.

[@samayala7657]

I’ve been a life long cruz azul, never thought it’d be featured on the channel haha cheers alfie 💙

[@eeeeewewew]

Would love to see a similar video but for clubs with any strange Origins. Not just companies but any unusual beginnings. Love the videos Alfie keep up the good work.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

13:55 Really surprised Alfie didn't do a "Train to Busan" joke there.

[@heichan8657]

that is left for an exercise to the viewer

[@anophelesnow3957]

Third division in Korea? Zombies on the pitch. Etc.

[@paudieish]

A Busan Zombie mascot wouldn't be as terrifying as the recent Partick Thistle's mascot 😅

[@SeanDJames]

As much as I enjoy all the information on soccer teams, for me the best part of your videos hands down has to be the insight into the financial, political, and social aspects that contribute to the clubs and their communities. Keep up the great work.

[@BusquetsFC]

That's why this is the people's channel, brilliant.

[@JF1908x]

It’s called football

[@jaredfranco10]

@@JF1908x no it’s soccer and let us be man

[@JF1908x]

@@jaredfranco10 no, it’s football “man”

[@beard6329]

@@JF1908x no bro its soccer bro yk bro, bro..

[@oscaralbertoguerrero9143]

CEMEX rivals to Cemento Cruz Azul, also owns a Football club in Mexico.... They were not the founders though. Tigres, originally founded by the University of Nuevo León, now managed bye CEMEX. Mexican Cement companies have been very participative at the Mexican Football landscape, either as owners or sponsors. Xolos de Tijuana is another mexican club founded and currently owned by the same company.

[@cesarsandoval7910]

Tigres also the smallest club in Mexico btw.

[@alexchimi7093]

Long time subscriber, amazed to see my club on the thumbnail. Top class content like always, great to see an informed AND informational take on Cruz Azul.

[@cooldogdude]

Hell yeah! Mi maquina celeste on the thumbnail! 🚂💙💙💙💙💙

[@michaelay4900]

Day 1: 7 less known/competitive top-flight leagues that saw world class players played in there. (For example the Hong Kong Premier League) (Preferably those who attracted these players throughout a longer time, rather than the oil money leagues that only do so in recent years)

[@pedromegashit9999]

Great video as always, thanks for the knowledge and the talk sport (& Rory) slander

[@chongqingcapybara1306]

Shanghai SIPG, where Oscar is playing now, owned by Shanghai International Port Group who operates all the public terminals in the Port of Shanghai , definitely deserves to be mentioned

[@rodycaz8984]

Damn! For a second there I thought Club Sport Emelec (the club I support) was going to be featured. We're no longer owned by an electric company though (it doesn't even exist anymore, LOL). Greeting from Guayaquil, Ecuador.

[@thegloriouspyrocheems2277]

Day 69 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing comeback to European competitions in 2021 seeing the early exit of Greek giants AEK Athens in a sensational win in Athens!

[@shaqtaku]

Hey Alfie, thanks for your detailed videos. You are hands down the best football related channel on YT. I have a small request: would you include chapters in your videos so I can skip ahead to the parts that are particularly interested in? Thanks

[@no_soy_rubio]

There was a Vauxhall Motors team based in Luton too until they folded in the 90s

[@davidmarchant9386]

Rolls Royce has a team also

[@imjodanc]

Seeing Cruz azul, or any liga mx team in this channel feels weird, but I love it.

[@yunggekyume5393]

Burger King was actually invented by the Dutch Midfielder Wouter Burger in 1962 🇳🇱

[@archstanton6102]

Surely that would be Whataburger?

[@naj_z]

Why are people liking this? Haha

[@asianlad9203]

I thought we would get mentioned in the vid cuz of the title but since we didnt make it imma put this here: In the Hong Kong Top division we literally have 50% of the teams that has corporate mentions in the football club names, which I dont know if its is but its prob one of the highest out of any country's top flight

[@diegogalvan1810]

I was very surprised to see Alfie use Cruz Azul for his thumbnail

[@michaelward5370]

Another great video, Alfie! You should do a video on clubs founded by religious groups, ie. Glasgow Celtic, founded by father Waldorf to help the Irish community in the east end of Glasgow! I personally can't think of any more, but I'm sure you could find seven! Keep up the good work, mate!!

[@Scotify25]

Vauxhall Motors once knocked QPR out of the FA cup on penalties after a replay

[@mattmanson1077]

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[@aussieaussie4848]

That whole Korea football bit was ridiculous. I bet alfie loved that whole thing

[@benrasjid]

There's quite a few teams formed and owned by Companies in Indonesia. Most of them are the remnants of Galatama, Indonesian semi-professional league from 1979 to 1994. Semen Padang FC (yeah it's their real name) is one of the clubs that still exists in the country's football pyramid. It's named and still owned by a state-owned cement company Semen Indonesia, through their subsidiary in the city of Padang, West Sumatra. Another example is Semen Tonasa FC, a South Sulawesi based club which also owned by another subsidiary of Semen Indonesia there. There's also Bank Sulselbar FC in South Sulawesi, owned by a bank with the same name.

[@depekthegreat359]

I knew that Cruz Azul would be introduced in this list and of course,I like these and the other respective footballing clubs daily and ever in this world and other planets,good friends!!!LONG LIVES TO ALL THESE RESPECTIVE FOOTBALLING CLUBS DAILY AND EVER IN THIS WORLD AND OTHER PLANETS,GOOD FRIENDS!!!🙏

[@Drizno]

Prior to this video I knew nothing about Busan, Korea. I now feel educated, thank you Alfie!

[@edgarfierro6935]

Me, my dad and my brother are big Cruz Azul fans and I never knew that part of Cruz Azul history. That's for making this video

[@jprime6590]

Cruz azul ❤💙❤️💙

[@comradewiskers2864]

Cruz Azul gang stand up 💪😎

[@MjolnirMarks]

Imagine an Away Days series with Busan. The team never park the bus. Full-steam ahead, nobody will derail their plans for success.

[@IFlyinBaconI]

Love these random topics, genuinely love them . Great video as always

[@MastinoNapoletano420]

American Football teams were also founded by companies. The Chicago bears I think was started by a food manufacturing company. Great video as always Alfie. Hope all is well.

[@Patrick61804]

Green Bay Packers were founded by Indian Meat Packing company

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

There is a club in the northern zone of Thai League 3 in Phayao province owned by a rice milling company named "โรงสีแม่ใจธนะโชติวัฒน์ พะเยา" which literally means "Maechaithanachotiwat Phayao". Maechai refers to the name of the district where the mill is located although officially, it is spelled Mae Chai (two words, our romanisation is still a mess when it comes to names of individual entities). The whole Maechaithanachotiwat is the name of the milling company.

[@danielhaidar4059]

All the company clubs i know are in germany. RB Leipzig, bayer leverkusen. Vfl wolfsburg off the top of my head

[@abdelrahmanyosry1186]

El makwaloon is just one of many company's clubs like Enippi FC , petrojet and Farco fc and they're very very successful with a lot of impact on the Egyptian football

[@GabrielRodriguez-mc4me]

Speaking of Cemex, they're the main sponsor for Tigres, and they used to run a cement plant where I live, here in the US.

[@CarlosRamirez-lj6dq]

They run a cement plant close to my house here in the US too

[@filux7329]

the DFB rule regarding companies in club names is so confusing: how is Bayer Leverkusen allowed when Red Bull Leipzig isnt? With Bayer being one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in germany

[@nummer3357]

They established the rule when Bayer Leverkusen already existed is my guess. So DFB let them keep their name but would not allow new clubs to take company names.

[@JF1908x]

Leverkusen are a real club too, so there’s literally no comparison between the two.

[@soundscape26]

@@JF1908x But they also have the name of the company splashed in the club's name so the question is legit.

[@dernik3797]

hey, could you please make a video about bohemians prague, a club that bought the name and logo of bohemians 05. this resulted in there being 2 clubs with the same name and crest in the czech first division in 09/10. and from what i've seen some other weird stuff was going on with them that season. might be something interesting to look at.

[@irvingodinez5782]

Cruz azul 💙 they will always have my love.

[@kiranpandiyan159]

I wish Alfie looked into ISL too. There is Jamshedpur FC, which is owned and operated by Tata Steel of Tata Group (the biggest conglomerate in India). Their association with football is actually way older with their academy being the most famous football academy for a very long time. I wish they buy a stake in West Ham considering both are related to Iron. All hail Tatas ❤️🔥

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

I respect Tata and his achievements with the company.. but I honestly hate franchise culture coming to football

[@liam8664]

Would rather listen to Alfie ramble about cement companies and Korean transit systems for 5 hours than listen to Rory Jennings for 5 minutes

[@fahim113]

I don't even like football but love the videos you produce. Some of those jokes were truly dad joke territory. A second channel perhaps?

[@rockaway0beach]

A fact I like a lot is how many football clubs are a product of railroad companies, or their workers. On one extreme, how in Argentina there are at least 4 teams named after a single railroad line (CC Rosario, CC Santiago del estero, CC Tucuman, and Instituto Atlético CC)

[@neonyzr]

7 worst cases of second season syndrome

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Minor correction on Vauxhall Motors - them and Opel were just sister marques under GM before, not Opel being higher on thd totem pole

[@tommymdladlana8255]

Alfie had so much fun with Busan Transportation Coperation Football Club

[@michaelgibbons4738]

One team that always stands out for me is Airbus UK Broughton in the Welsh league

[@aston-s]

There is enough for a second one of these videos surely...

[@jojo120997]

Red Bull Leipzig not only had to change it´s name but also its badge. They had up to the 3rd tier the red bull logo with the sun as a badge but when they got promoted to the secon tier they changed it into a ball

[@Jothamvw]

Actually, Philips is headquartered in Amsterdam these days.

[@encorefootball]

It's odd to think most European clubs started as community owned teams in 19th and early 20th, but are now nearly wholly owned by corporations and oligarchy all but in name only

[@dragunova54]

Petrokimia Putra owned by PT. Petrokimia once won the Indonesian league in 2002 but were relegated the next season Semen Padang FC also did won the Indonesian league back in 2011/2012 but at that time there were 2 top leagues because of the divided football federation PKT Bontang owned by Pupuk Kaltim also had several stints in the Indonesian league

[@Luigiman_95]

My club in the thumbnail!!!!

[@TylerAven10]

14:30 Incredible

[@RockTheChef]

Think we need 7 you've just imagined, in the style of 7 real company teams. Research and all :) It's Dynamo B&Q that did it for me.

[@paha4209]

Just here to say i road the Busan subway before. So thank you Busan Transportation corporation.

[@rogerelwynjones1366]

Alfie what about Airbus UK FC in the welsh premier league?

[@calvinthomas1876]

The Owners are named on Wikipedia as "Broughton Wings Sports Social and Social Club". All they have done in the past is take on the Company name of whoever owns/runs the factory to the football club. Have been called Hawker-Siddeley amongst others in the past. Hope this helps.

[@eddwinmoiane175]

The Rory Jennings dig was 🔥🤣

[@Cat-cq1st]

What on earth is going on at Bayer Leverkusen??

[@p0l4k28]

Could you make a video about Hungarian side Kecskemét, who currently second only to Ferencvarosi in the top flight league table but weren't even in the first division last season.

[@AntoniusTyas]

Ah, seeing Seb in this video made me regret his decision to retire from F1 even more. Gonna miss that one-fingered salute.

[@Shock_Mike_Hawke]

The Rory Jennings shade got me lol 💀

[@krishnasadhanaofficial4292]

Missed the chance to put the amazingly named Semen Padang (Padang Cement) in there but then again you saying “semen” a number of times would warrant an instant warning from KZbin 😅😅😅😅

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

Little dig at Rory there 😂 love it

[@danielgray1414]

Was surprised not to see airbus fc here I thought of them straight away haha

[@frasermcaulay9108]

Surprised Leverkusen didn’t make the video as they were founded by Bayer and are still owned by Bayer

[@dvdv8197]

I love rock solid concrete examples. 👍👏

[@roccaflocca4312]

lol I remember Sheriff making that Cinderella CL run and cheering them on and now I deeply regret that.

[@supersasukemaniac]

You forgot Urawa Red Diamonds in the Honda FC segment, they are owned by Mitsubishi Motors.

[@mzy12]

The People’s Channel ⭐️

[@bleek760]

It’s not located in Mexico City. It’s in Hidalgos state

[@Ramtamtama]

Ah yes, the DFB rule preventing clubs from having corporate names which allows Bayer 04 Leverkusen as a name, a club founded by Bayer employees and currently owned by Bayer, and even has the company logo as the centrepiece of the club's badge.

[@Diamond-OSCandMarblestuff]

A mini team is Gremio Pague Menos Pague Menos is a pharmacy company i think

[@casper6405]

Waiting for HITC Dynamo athletic sporting FC

[@RedCloudGawdian]

Love the indirects towards lesser footballing voices.

[@arzhi_azis]

Day 335: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.

[@hi-rr2vm]

Keep dreaming bocah

[@DA-dw5zn]

Many County fans probably have our defeat at Vauxhall Motors as the lowest point of the clubs fall. I don't agree but it does get more mentions than other bad results on discussion boards.

[@cilldublin07]

now i know 10 times more about cement then i did 5 minutes ago

[@BOABModels]

Dynamo B&Q? Did it yourself, Alfie?

[@XpcAdam]

Do a video on Birmingham City's huge problems right now

[@eopoato]

What is the jazz music you use in your videos

[@francelonelo9187]

quite dissapointed that you didnt mentioned semen padang fc, one of the legends club from west sumatra that wholly owned by state enterprise cement company. even when they are relegated to 2nd tier, the club are still fully supported by minang peoples who originated from west sumatra. whenever they do away match, lot of minangese who have work or live in another province will go to stadium and support them

[@krishnasadhanaofficial4292]

Considering that “semen” is the Indonesian for cement but at the same time is also an English phrase for something entirely different, I think he missed them on purpose 😅

[@francelonelo9187]

@@krishnasadhanaofficial4292 lmao i believe he have good sense of humor, he can go through that

[@krishnasadhanaofficial4292]

@@francelonelo9187 I mean he could go through with it but KZbin’s wack community guidelines might say otherwise 🤣🤣🤣

[@giftedcobaltbee]

POV: you knew Leipzig was here

[@jakobrogan9766]

Alfie is a legend 🙌

[@MillhouseSpeaks]

Big johns should sponsor Burnley

[@wolfmanjose21]

Please put a Cruz Azul video history and now Please 🙏

[@alastar.potter]

Obolon Kyiv (beer company)

[@republicofnoobs7437]

correction: most hated club in Germany is FC Bayern München

[@DonGivani]

Nope RB Leipzig obviously !!!!

[@Rozza2k]

It's the future of all clubs, eventually no one will be able to own a club apart from the mega elite. They see what the lower class like before taking it over and ruining it

[@jazzrockr]

FC Sheriff. The ALCOA/Bethlehem Steel FC of Transnistria. Love it. (Or we can establish their CEO as the Andrew Mellon of Transnistria, at least.)

[@EricManzane]

nobody expected a wild Fredy adu

[@danielmcdivitt3467]

Dynamo b n q sounds catchy

[@constablekennedy7705]

Here before Liverpool FC Bottles the Match Versus Manchester City ….. 👀. ⚽️

[@ethanpower381]

This aged well

[@louielouie95]

You Forgot Beijing Guoan They Were Owned By Hyundai When Man United Played Them In China In 2005

[@Kriscur20]

Why did Rory caught a stray tho😭😭😭