The Rise, Fall, & Rebirth of Borussia Dortmund

[@philippjansen7199]

Shinji Kagawa didn't transfer for free; Dortmund paid a 350k compensation fee. That dude had played second tier Japanese football before and immediately became a force in the league. Still one of the wildest Dortmund transfers. Their scouting is just so good.

[@morganbartman6092]

Christian Pulisic couldn’t get signed by any MLS teams but on his amateur club teams European Tournament an undersized 16 year old Pulisic was signed by BVB after one weekend of games.

[@Bruno-xz4xj]

Their scouting indeed is good, but they didnt scout kagawa. It was kagawas agency who tried to find a club and offered him to several clubs. Kagawa was young and cheap, Dortmund broke and in need, so they signed him without ecpecting anything.

[@jtaco4101]

​@@morganbartman6092they should have left him there.

[@amodghising7615]

Their scouting is just so good.? naaaa WAS

[@savage239galvan3]

@@jtaco4101levels above sancho 🤣

[@EDvonSHRED]

Thank you very much from a lifelong BVB supporter. Maybe now at least some people get it. We are always compared to Bayern, our signings are compared to Bayerns, our wages are compared to Bayerns. People desperately want competition in the league, I get that. But you just can't compare the possibilities of both clubs. Many people worldwide just don't want to see that and just call us "not ambitious", "not serious", "only about the money". That's so easy to do, but yeah, look what being "ambitious" did to our club. Oh, and thanks for also mentioning the myth that "Bayern saved Dortmund".

[@robfortune6]

Have you paid off all of your debts and bought back all of your assets yet? I know there was a section about that in the video but I don't think that whether or not you're still in debt or if you still have assets that need to be bought back right now was mentioned (unless I missed that for some reason, sorry if I did lol)

[@lucas_dr3]

BVB don’t lose the league against bayern though, they bottle against clubs with way smaller budgets

[@EDvonSHRED]

@@lucas_dr3 This year yes, and I am perfectly fine to admit that. But in general on long term, you cant compete with Bayern. That's my point.

[@EDvonSHRED]

@@robfortune6 As far as I know we paid our debts and got the essential stuff back, only the stadium name is probably gone forever. We have some new debts due to Covid, because our game ticket sales are relatively important. But overall we are a club who can pay decent wages for quite good players - and are compared to a club who can pay wages for top-stars, has sponsorship deals worth double the amount of ours and continues to grow its bank account for 50 years now as the always richest club of the country. We would have to be irresponsible again to even have the slightest of chances - and Watzke would never ever do that. We make our own stars, that's the only way we can have some - and sell them when they get too big for us

[@Topav05]

Dortmund doesn't do enough to maximise its marketing potential as Germany's 2nd biggest club, undisputedly. That's where my problem with Dortmund's ambition is.

[@seandelap8587]

Borrusia Dortmund will always be remembered for their shock victory over Juventus in the 1997 CL final and that was really a massive shock because Juventus were absolutely world class during that period the strongest squad in Europe in fact

[@bimanatawilaga7509]

Not to say they were go to the final 3 years in a row that time but only won one

[@adampark4238]

Paul Lambert was outstanding

[@christopherr3676]

​@@adampark4238 shackled zidane

[@adampark4238]

@christopherr3676 I'm.always biased he left my team for them.

[@christopherr3676]

@@adampark4238 motherwell fan ?

[@PH-jv4ik]

You finally did it shootout to the guy who kept asking for the video. Truly the people's channel

[@maze1914]

You're welcome. I know I sent him a few emails asking 😂😂😂😂

[@J-CG]

​@@maze1914Your persistence paid off my friend 😂 been seeing you comment this idea for ages now

[@maze1914]

@@J-CG I did for the fans 🤣🤣🤣.

[@fabiosiani2887]

Hey Alfie, I would be absolutely delighted to see a video about my team Borussia Mönchengladbach! Rarely ever spoken about but once a european top club in the 70s, challenging a all-time great Bayern team around Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller for Bundesliga titles. "Die Fohlen" (the foals) as they were called, were a golden generation of mostly homegrown talent coached by later Barcelona Coach Hennes Weisweiler. Big german players who hugely contributed to Germanys 1974 world cup triumph like Günther Netzer, Jupp Heynckes and Rainer Bonhof, but are rarely ever spoken about, were part of the squad. Storys like Netzers self substitution in the DFB Pokal final to score the winning goal in overtime or the can throw against Inter Mailand would also be interesting to tackle!

[@johnnythemachine6949]

you forgot Berti Vogts

[@he_football]

I know it's not the same thing, but I saw your comment and I made a video about them as I always liked their 70s golden years kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3mXkqicZ7uUodk

[@XTheLolX301]

Ppl forget that unlike Arsenal losing the premier to City, Dortmund actually came back from 12 points behind Bayern last season

[@glencurtis6052]

Doesn't that just highlight the lack of competition from other teams?

[@XTheLolX301]

@@glencurtis6052 not really, a lot of teams in bundesliga shared the firstplace for some part of the season, the problem is the quality of bench, which only some like Dortmund or Leipzig can try to compete with Bayern Munich by the end of the season

[@beenky5692]

To be fair the reason why they were so far behind was because Dortmund had an injury crisis in the team before the World Cup with 10 players being injured. Add that with the fact that the squad went with a serious rebuild in the summer cleansed out their back line and midfield can give you the picture as to why they had a poor start. Had they been healthy all season I dont think Bayern would’ve had a chance to win. That being said I don’t think Dortmund will win even if they can stay healthy all season this year simply for the fact that Bayern was in complete disarray(by their standards) last season with their squad depth and inconsistent lineups. As a Dortmund fan, I know our club will be better than last season but I don’t think Bayern will be as bad as they were last season as they’re trying to sign Harry Kane at the moment and if they don’t they have the capital and pull to sign a class striker. Hopefully the football gods will put an end to this bs.

[@DarkarThanBlack]

More like Bayern giving away their 12 point lead.

[@salbenrosli707]

Union Berlin was leading last season for majority of the Bundesliga and they finished 4th

[@robingronwald7993]

As a Dortmund fan I am really scared. I am not sure if we are able to keep up but I am always sure that my clubs future is safe

[@reverendroar]

It’s crazy how even when they were heading rapidly towards extinction- that Dortmund kept on producing great talents and doing savy deals. I hope we can see teams like 1860 Munich, Nuremberg, Kaiserslautern, Schalke, Hamburg, Hanover, and Cologne become financially stable and win trophies again soon. The Bundesliga needs to embrace competition and help fund teams that can then thrive and compete with Bayern Munich in the near and distant future

[@franohmsford7548]

The Bundesliga needs to go back to 20 teams! A League of that size in a country the size of Germany absolutely needs 20 teams in the top tier! No....The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A should absolutely NOT reduce to 18!

[@lisaruhm6681]

@@franohmsford7548 how would you handle the increased injury risk and burden on the players due to the increased number of games?

[@franohmsford7548]

@@GamingEnthusast350 The Bundesliga teams also don't have to play in a second cup competition as like most European nations they've dropped the second cup competition years ago. I'm constantly saying {and have been pretty much since the Premier League broke away} that EPL Clubs should NOT be playing in the EFL Cup but they still are!

[@franohmsford7548]

@@lisaruhm6681 EPL, La Liga and Serie A clubs manage to play 38 games a season, why can't Bundesliga clubs? Add to that that there's no League Cup in Germany either and EPL clubs that reach the later rounds of the EFL Cup play quite a lot more games than Bundesliga clubs each season.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

You either become a Dortmund or you get suffocated to death like Southampton.

[@xCNapo]

I am based with 1.FC Köln, but I will always have a special heart for Dortmund. No club in europe raised talent so well with so little money and it's just a delight to watch which young Dortmund players will become World Stars next year. They're like a box of chocolate. ;) Mislintat, Tuchel and Klopp definitely helped, though Watzke and Zorc really deserve a medal.

[@yaldabaoth2]

6:05 I vividly remember this season. It was the first one I can actually remember at all. On the last match day, 3 teams were tied on points at the top. Frankfurt had the best goal difference and everyone thought it would be a certain thing and yet they lost spectacularly against an already relegated team. They didn't get a goal awarded because of offside (which it wasn't!), hit the post, didn't get a penalty when they should have when it was still 1:1 and got scored against 2 minutes later. In the meantime Stuttgart also hit the post, lost a player for complaining (Matthias Sammer of course), but then still scored with 10 men. Until the 85th minute of that match day, Dortmund were champions. Absolute madness.

[@tracheous7072]

Thank you for covering this club 💛🖤

[@marcopolo2418]

I'm from America and when I was young looking for a European team to root for. After considering other bandwagon teams which never felt right. I came across Borussia Dortmund and it was a match made in heaven. Firstly they have the same colors as my home town team (Columbus Crew) 2nd They were always in the mix but they were never considered a top dog. At the top level they are usually the Underdogs. (My kind of team) Makes them exciting to watch and follow. It also makes it soo much sweeter when they do win. This year both my teams the Columbus Crew & Borussia Dortmund made it to they're respective continental finals. They both play on the same day (Today). Couldn't watch Dortmund live so I recorded it. An the Crew play later at night. So 🤞🤞🤞 Please please please Soccer gods 🙏🙏🙏

[@soundscape26]

It's the German week at HITC. Thanks for another great video Alfie.

[@salbenrosli707]

BvB will always be in my heart - esp their 1997 run in the Champions League - they beat Manchester United and Juventus, both with great players… 26 years on - still a fan

[@F1Krazy]

In honour of the England U21s winning the Euros, can you do a "Where are they now" video for the England starting XI at the 2009 Euro U21s final? There's a fascinating mix of future England superstars, players who never quite made the full England team, and players I've genuinely never heard of.

[@Yakoop22]

Love the recent focus on German football Alfie! There has been too little discourse on this region, especially in English. Informative as always and entertaining!

[@Micfri300]

Because the Bundesliga is the best alternative to the premier league and so of course they don't mention it.

[@panic_2001]

Hi, ok it's been 30 years now but I think you forgot one important point: Reaching the 1993 UEFA Cup final against Juve. Except for BVB, all German teams were eliminated quite early in all competitions + and because of the TV rules at the time, Dortmund got a huge chunk of money. The German national players could then be brought back from Italy. That was the basis for the championships 95 and 96 + CL 97

[@nd6648]

Well, actually loans the Club could not afford were the foundation of the 97 victory...

[@panic_2001]

@@nd6648 No, the downfall started with the IPO 200 (Falls Du ein Die-Hard BVBler bist: Freddie Röckenhaus damals Stammtisch war 2003 (?))

[@nd6648]

@@panic_2001 i didnt mention the start of the downfall

[@briannao9251]

Please make a video on the following topics: -The drama/scandal surrounding Gregg Berhalter and Gio Reyna’s parents during the 2022 FIFA World Cup -Ranking all of the goals that won the FIFA World Cup Goal of the Tournament Award -The Dortmund bus bombing in 2017 right before their Champions League Quarterfinal against Monaco -Breaking down the iconic "Battle of Nuremberg" Round of 16 Match between Portugal and the Netherlands in the 2006 FIFA World Cup where the referee issued a record breaking 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards (Battle of Nuremberg also set the record for most yellow cards in a FIFA World Cup Match and was broken in the 2022 FIFA World Cup when the referee handed out 18 yellow cards during that contentious quarterfinal between Argentina and the Netherlands) -Breaking Down the Battle of Bridge game in 2016 between Tottenham and Chelsea that not only secured Leicester City the 2015-16 Premiere League title, but also set the record for the most yellow cards given to a single team (9 for Tottenham (and 3 for Chelsea)

[@thntte2345]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ-1k3dnftuVp8k&ab_channel=He_football I found this video a while back on the USMNT scandal

[@Caoimhin1909]

Yes to all except that ridiculous Reyna story.

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

The Fifa 2005 Dortmund was one of my favorite teams to play as in that game.

[@Lovecars1218]

Warmuz, Wörns, metzelder, Dede, Kehl, Rosicky, Koller, Ewerthon Nice team on paper though

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

This is a really well-researched, and well-pronounced video! Thank you for all of your hard work!

[@lokmansahat6220]

Alfie, please make a video What the Earth is Going On of Everton, Parma or Hamburg. These team deserve that type of video.

[@chlcrk]

Hamburg would be interesting imo - how they went from Bundesliga regulars to first barely staying in the Bundesliga amid a perception of being the league's banter club, but now finding newer and weirder ways to not get promoted back into it

[@T.E.S.S.]

@@chlcrk I support the Hamburg idea

[@franohmsford7548]

Hamburg had a great 6 year span between 78 and 84 when they finished 1st or 2nd every season but they've finished in the Top 4 just 6 times since and in the Top 2 only once since {87 when they also won their second and last DFB Pokal, their first also coming in a season where they finished 2nd in the Bundesliga - 76}. - You could say their era was 75-87 when they finished 4th, 2nd {+won the cup}, 6th, 10th, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 2nd {+won the cup} but you've got those 6th, 10th and 7th placed finishes in there. - It's similar to Gladbach who were great in the 70s but have done very little since.

[@chlcrk]

@@franohmsford7548 Tbf this channel has previously done a video on St Etienne, who were the biggest team in France for years with 10 titles but none since 1981. So wouldn't be unusual to see how such a giant has fallen from grace in such a manner

[@franohmsford7548]

@@chlcrk Yes but St Etienne were GIANTS, Hamburg were just a team that had a good decade. St Etienne's titles - 57, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76, 81. They also won the Coupe de France 6 times between 62 and 77 whilst Hamburg only have the two DFB Pokals total. 10 League titles and 6 Coupe de France's in 24 years You may as well ask what happened to Sunderland or Huddersfield or Derby County as what happened to Hamburg!

[@dd-uf9nw]

Alfie is on fire these days , unloading good videos now and then.

[@lpatz907]

Being a supporter of both Portsmouth (hometown) and Nürnberg (wife’s hometown) I felt done particularly dirty around the 26min mark 😂 Can’t argue though, assessment of both clubs was spot on!

[@bambi1611]

I would love to see a Rise Fall and Rise of Plymouth Argyle. Such a rich history with strong support. Played in the Championship and nearly got relegated out of the football league while being in administration. To rising back up to the Championship 13 years later as the most financially stable club out of all 92 clubs.

[@Cancun771]

To understand the fan culture, it is helpful to know that Gelsenkirchen, home of their archrivals Schalke 04, used to be a traditional coal mining town while Dortmund used to be a steelworks town. The infamous manager's name is pronounced "kneebaum" though. Fun fact, Ibrox was actually modelled on the Westfalenstadion, which has no athletic track, so the fans are that much closer to the action than in arenas that do, which in turn contributes much to the great stadium atmosphere. Only in Glasgow, they built it with a brick facade which I find a lot prettier than the Dortmund concrete.

[@texasforever7887]

So, a comparison for an uneducated American here sounds like the Pittsburgh Steelers. A steel town workers team where the players take on the spirit of the town except Pittsburgh is one of the historically best in their league. I like it.

[@Cancun771]

@@texasforever7887 They say the steel workers' tempers are quick to flare and even prone to bursts of violence but also quick to simmer down, reconcile and have a beer afterward, while the miners are supposedly more steady and even-tempered but prone to hold grudges for ages. Of course that is all kitchen phsychology. It is a fact though that when Robert Lewandowski played in Dortmund, the phone book showed _eighteen_ other guys with the exact same name in Dortmund alone since the Ruhr area is home to a huge fraction of Polish-German immigrant descendants from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

[@MainesOwn]

as always a well researched video for a special team. Thanks for not screwing this up! Heja BVB

[@giodhuha6771]

Now we need a video about the rise and fall and subsequent downfall of Schalke 04.

[@lalrinlianaadhikari4779]

One of my fav clubs in FIFA since 2010.. In manager mode 👍👍

[@dorianr5191]

Great content as always! Would love to see a video like this about Atalanta Bergamo. From Serie B, being involved in match-fixing and battling relegation from Serie A a little over 10 years ago, to being regulars in Champions and Europa League as well as being one of the only few Italian clubs that actually make a profit.

[@MatthiaGryffine]

Your recent videos on German football has made me think about if you could do a video on why the Bundesliga has only 18 clubs in their league, while England, Spain and Italy (and until last season, France) all have 20 clubs in their league. Given that Germany has the highest population and the most successful national team in Europe, but it's surprising that their league is smaller.

[@seandelap8587]

If only Dortmund had managed to keep all their star players imagine how much more they could have won

[@Reorganiser]

well it's part of the game. They had to give up a lot of talent to Bayern, but you have to add to that perspective that they're doing the exact same thing that Bayern does to clubs below them in the Bundesliga hirarchy. Borussia Mönchengladbach alone had to sell as many players to Dortmund as they had to to Bayern. And let's be real players like Bellingham, Haaland and Sancho were signed to be sold for a profit in the first place

[@havarddalaker5160]

And still haters call then bottlers😂let see if any club Inn world could doo the same.and fact is noe one can.bvb do it the hard way repect 😊

[@Nerdmind]

Look at the treble winning man city team alone! Haaland (most goals), Gündoğan (captain), and Akanji all played a huge part in this seasons campaign for them.

[@Reorganiser]

@@havarddalaker5160 tbf they are the solidified number 2 in germany. Therefore it's also partly their reponsibility to challenge Bayern for the title. And since Bayern winning the Bundesliga year after year is such a big problem for german football as a whole, it's kind of aggrovating when they bottle it in such a pathetic fashion. Even for me as a Schalke fan, I crave for someone else to win the Bundesliga, and Dortmund is simply the best bet

[@7Siuuuuu7]

He said in the video they have the budget of everton. They can’t *just* spend more money

[@mikedolan5541]

Often wondered why fans of the best supported club in Europe(based on matchgoing fans)were content to play for second place or why a club that had bigger attendances than Bayern were getting only half its revenue,but were still considered well run

[@otaconz1147]

one of the most likeable Clubs in Europe!

[@patrickdematosribeiro1845]

Great video. Only minor point: Saying that Nuremberg did not recover from their financial problems in 2003 is a bit of an overstatement. Yes, histoically they were very succesful. But in the 90 they had already been relegated a couple of times. After 2003 they returned to the Bundesliga several times and won the DFB Pokal in 2007. They just never managed to stay in the Bundesliga for long, but this didn't start in 2003.

[@BALHAM69]

No more me asking “a documentary of Borussia Dortmund and how they were extremely close to bankruptcy in 2002 time and how Bayern had to save them. The extreme difficulties the club has had to manage within to get back to where they are #thepeopleschannel” #thepeopleschannel a video on the Bangladesh premier league and the rise of Bashundhara kings would be good A team who went into the top flight after promotion and won the last four league titles now! Are they the next Newcastle? Are they a team to keep a eye on next few years? Thanks Alfie 😊

[@gunna88679]

It’s the guy himself

[@BALHAM69]

@@gunna88679 i try to support the channel by suggesting good documentary ideas he can do 😊

[@anzepockaj7675]

One of your best ever videos in my opinion Alfie! Thank you so much for such a detailed explanation.🙌

[@jimmycburfield5997]

Impressive research. Fantastic delivery. High standards of journalism and historical record

[@Dagpar]

I renew my petition for you to include international subtitles for your videos, so as to improve viewership and spread your more than valid and important points and messages to non-English speakers. I volunteer for Spanish, but just having the subtitles would be fantastic for me and my football loving, non-English speaking family.

[@flyr17101710]

One has to have a certain glutton for punishment to support us. And yet I'm ready again for this upcoming campaign

[@seandelap8587]

That absolute bottle job on the last day of the Bundesliga season would make even Spurs blush

[@isaacfung622]

Very spursy

[@franohmsford7548]

Everyone knew Dortmund would not beat Mainz when a draw was never going to be enough due to Bayern's better GD! It was a guarantee! Almost like Bayern have leverage over Dortmund so that Dortmund don't win vital games!

[@glencurtis6052]

Just thought I would mention my team (Ipswich Town) have won the league more recently than Spurs)

[@LoCoAde87]

​@@franohmsford7548I am sure you bet your life savings on it

[@xxklesx1]

That dortmund had the possibility to bottle at the last day was the first miracle. Normaly Bayern has no competition, the have more money than the second and third togther.

[@conormurray6855]

Loved watching this video look into a clubs history

[@maze1914]

😢😢😢😢😢 thank you for putting this together

[@paulmartin3420]

Really eye opening video, particularly the subconscious aspects of "expert commentary". If you say Javier Mascherano ever provide a final ball your comments should be disregarded, but even still!

[@1draigon]

The fact that sancho, Bellingham AND Haaland used to play at the same club will never stop amazing me

[@slokane]

tthank you for making a video about my fav team(besides my home team of maribor).

[@reneluu9651]

Fortuna Köln in an HITC Sevens Video, now i can rest in peace😅

[@k.f.z.318]

My Club my Religion ty for the video!

[@maxegerer2157]

hey, love your vids on that note, i would humbly suggest to look into the former powerhouse 1.fc nuremberg (the club wich dominated german football, and got relegated the season after winning their last title :D). 1.fc nuremberg has still more championships than bvb dortmund. but be warned, it's a rabbit hole and the story of the club will fell made up. thank you for your great content :* (take 2)

[@smonge98]

„if only they kept their star players“ is such a moronic argument. The purchases made from the money of these big sales are the backbone of the team, which is steadily improving. People focus on how Dortmund wasn’t able to keep haaland for example, which was totally unrealistic from the start, but no one talks about how they got the second best scorer of that CL season, in his absolute prime, from a direct CL competitor as a replacement.

[@Joe-MT]

Thank You Alfie. Can we have a video about Maltese football please?

[@luisheller7624]

You nailed the pronunciation of Stuttgart, very good!👏

[@limjahey9302]

15:57 "what's more" without Duncan Watmore, what the hell man

[@redchampion]

Very good video could have not said it better myself❤🔥

[@adrianbrett5746]

Rise, fall and rebirth of Jamaican football please. As they risen in the mid 90’s, fell off from after the 98 World Cup to the mid 2010’s and now on a renaissance.

[@glencurtis6052]

Enjoyed the video but let's not compare Dortmund with Leeds and Portsmouth. In my lifetime (born in 1978) Dortmund have always been a superpower in European football. My main team in Sensible Soccer mid 90s

[@welbz2330]

Another quality vid from alfie👏

[@wbbartlett]

81,000 capacity ground, always full. Sure, underdogs.

[@Samuel-vv3dw]

would love a few more scottish videos. Bonus points for any mentions of St. Johnstone (won the double at 10000-1 in 2020/21)

[@terryhsiao1745]

Thank you for this video and Bayern is always a good club in many ways. Including how it helped gerd muller.

[@hulbertosolano1378]

Aston Villa's former owner, Dr Tony Xia, wanted to build a theme park around Villa Park as well!

[@johnwhittaker311]

Interesting video, I had no idea about any of this

[@mcrecco1347]

bury fan here, we’ve just played our first game back at gigg lane last weekend after 1500 days, would be an interesting documentary to see the rise, fall and resurrection of Bury FC

[@michaelay4900]

Day 4: 7 footballers who got rich from playing football but then went poor again (Financial difficulties, etc.)

[@rfvtgbzhn]

11:59 it should be noted that 65k was just the international capacity. In the Bundesliga it was (and still is) 81k because many seats are replaced there with standing room, especially at the south stand (akw "yellow wall").

[@christophercopley6474]

I'd like to request a video on each current premier league teams won't signing in the last 10 years and what made it so bad ie impact on finances or what it did to the team like disruption in the dressing room or general poor performance on the pitch

[@briannao9251]

Alfie, would you consider make two separate videos that go more in-depth about 1.Corrine Diacre’s controversial/toxic tenure as the manager of France’s Women’s National team which lead her to get sacked last month and 2.The alleged attack on Kheira Hamaroui by her own former PSG Teammate Aminata Diallo) into this video

[@soundscape26]

He doesn't cover women's football I think.

[@ezraezra2928]

This channel is only open for the men's football.

[@matthewdeniran5836]

Great work 💯👏🏾

[@brycewilson1909]

good video Boss, thanks

[@patrickomeara3700]

Never thought I’d see X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain on an HITC Sevens video lol

[@friendlybane]

2:55 "Following a number of requests..." My favorite part of the video. You gotta love YT comment sections. Such a rich tapestry of characters on there.

[@BALHAM69]

i am a supporter of the channel and like to suggest good documentaries for Alfie to do 😊

[@nene1397]

Now do one on how Rangers did die

[@andreichiriac7823]

I'm not giviing up (yet) The story of Farul Constanța romanian champions this season winning their first (or maybe second?) title. Club owned, run and managed by romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi, a native of the city of Constanța. Youngest champions in Europe this season (average players age), important contribution (some of the vital) from: 2 players born in 2005, one in 2006, 1 in 2003 and 3 in 2002 - all products of the club academy. Came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the decisive match against Gigi Becali's team FCSB(who has a claim to Steaua Bucharest history).

[@annip5573]

great video!

[@moneelbambino]

Lately these videos have been putting me to sleep

[@mr.alldays]

Well done 👍🏼

[@BALHAM69]

Nice video Alfie 😮 Leipzig could be the best chance of a new Bundesliga winner it seems 😅

[@AblemanSy]

A Bundesliga title for Leipzig will be the final nail in the coffin of German football.

[@dinohermann1887]

@@AblemanSyThey already won the DFB-Pokal against Frankfurt recently.

[@AblemanSy]

@@dinohermann1887 I know. Was basically a national tragedy. But the Pokal isn't that important. My personal interest in the Bundesliga has ceased since their promotion. Great clubs like your (by me much hated and ridiculed, but they are kind of the enemy that I need!) HSV are starving in the 2. Bundesliga (seriously, I want my Nordderby back!), while this sad excuse of a "football club" is allowed to fuck all the rules. Disgusting!

[@69JMAN420]

I think the best football player with each of the 25 most common male names seems fun. You can up the number, or lower the number.

[@williamcross210]

I think Osasuna's predicament with respect to getting into Europe would make a good video

[@joevalley7591]

As a Bayern fan, I respectfully disagree, Dortmund are not underdogs. They have one of the largest supporters group in the world, in the heart of the most industrial and economically important region of the EU. Regardless of how they have been run, there’s absolutely no reason they can’t try to compete with Bayern. For a real underdog look at Union Berlin

[@WolfbitPlays]

Can you cover the restructuring of Hertha? Former Bundesliga winners and just got relegated at 18th place

[@mortelinho3618]

22:57 Gute alte Lohrheide! ❤

[@StrongKickMan]

Uli Hoeneß and FC Bayern did not save Dortmund, but they helped in a time, when the clubs already have been rivals. So it was a good move, and I actually believe him when he said that he did it, because he is a fan of tradition.

[@lewiyonas3255]

Man really changed the title in under two hours 😭😭😭😭

[@chriskeddie4226]

Hopefully Dortmund will be able to find enough young players to win the title soon

[@nd6648]

Impossible

[@OpaSpielt]

6:50 Julius Caesar (Veni, vidi, vici) Nice one 👴👍

[@PeterPan-ht6yl]

Supercup is not a real title in Germany… Love your stuff, cheers bro

[@zanos4122]

There's one thing having great scouting then if you don't win anything how exquisite is that?

[@maze1914]

Also, the stock market is a reason why we cant or won't spend because they have to turn a profit to keep the stockholders happy

[@markuskoster2580]

The city was basically on fire against the management, when they sold the rights to the stadium. Everyone knew something was off. The fanbase would've walked away if they had gone through with Niebaums plans. He singlehandedly drove half a generation from being football fans in Dortmund. Well, good for the local handballers, I might add.

[@Bjaerke]

Alfie's pronouncation of German names is pretty good.

[@T.E.S.S.]

Video about Barry Venison please

[@Misfits89]

At the end of the day all those crazy spendings brought in championships

[@rockangel1603]

I know that one commentator is pumped asf

[@everoposuo]

I can imagine myself being 6 or 7 following soccer. When picking a European club to support, I liken it being to supporting a local team. I'd previously said that if I had to live anywhere in Germany I'd live in Berlin, but this is no longer necesarrily the case and they don't have any teams worth supporting. I did look into Hamburger SV a bit and am impressed that they were able to stay in the Bundesliga as long as they were, but there glory days were well behind them. Munich seems pretty nice as well, but supporting Bayern would make me look too much like a bandwagoner. I'd also feel quesy about supporting a team that would go on to win 11 consecutive league titles. And as I already support both Barca and Arsenal, it'd end up being a conflict of interest. Which leaves me with Dortmund, the perennial underdogs. You know, the first American to win the UCL, Jovan Kirovski, won it with Dortmund. Even being very young, I still would've chosen to support Dortmund long before Pulisic, Auba, Gotze, Reus. And could I imagine myself living in the city of Dortmund? Absolutely! Despite all of the hardships and adversity, I couldn't be more glad to have Borussia Dortmund as my Bundesliga club

[@salbenrosli707]

Want to be more challenging with dream transfers? Look at Hamburg and Schalke now

[@marco_1909]

Theyve had 6 coaches since tuchel left the club and got rid of him for some ridiculous reasoning from the hierachy after the bombing. This frequent change of coaches hurt them alot, imagine how far they would have been with Tuchel there.

[@franohmsford7548]

Tuchel isn't that great - 2 titles with PSG and a single title with Bayern were expected, it's only that Champions League win with Chelsea that stands out and cups are much more based on luck than league titles.

[@marco_1909]

@@franohmsford7548 I get that100%, its more to do with that stability. Tuchel is no klopp or pep but he is better than the coaches theyve had since he left.

[@DukeSkylocker]

​@franohmsford7548 He took PSG all the way to the CL final, something no other coach has managed and they were very close to winning it (which you can either blame on Neur pulling world class saves or Mbappe scuffing some golden one on one chances, neither of which is Tuchel's fault). That season was also the first time PSG showed themselves to be mentally strong, repeatedly coming back to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. He also took Dortmund to a point tally in the Bundesliga that in almost any other season would have won them the title but was unfortunate that he did it when Pep was coaching Bayern. The only team I'd say he hasn't impressed with has been Bayern, but to be fair coming in so late in the season was going to be hard. Let's see how he handles a full season with them.

[@franohmsford7548]

@@DukeSkylocker He didn't impress with Chelsea. Remember that Di Matteo won a Champions League with Chelsea and Avram Grant took them to the final so Tuchel's Champions League win isn't that impressive.

[@profkluk]

There was no possibility at all to continue with Tuchel. Tuchel had fallen out not only with the Dortmund hierarchy, but also with half the team.

[@chahineboudemagh9596]

I am once again asking for a video about Algeria's unofficial FLN national team (1958-1962)

[@androtchitchinadze3450]

Although a great club, in recent years, they have been known for nothing but Chocking and being bottle jobs. Saddest part is that their captain Marco Reus has only 1 year on his contract left and this year was probably his last chance of winning the Bundesliga.

[@haydonbunter7407]

Can you do a video on Gibraltar team Bruno's magpies?

[@simcoe4045]

29:20 Florian Homm aka "The German Wolf of Wall Street” disappeared in 2007 after being charged with investment fraud in the USA and was wanted by the FBI, SEC and DEA. He was briefly arrested in Italy in 2013 and only narrowly avoided extradition to the United States. Dortmund may not have needed the help of a lot of shady investors to save themselves, but the one that did help them turned out to be one of the shadiest Germany had to offer.