Ostersunds FK | On A Mission To Beat Modern Football, Not Just Arsenal

Ostersunds FK vs Arsenal in the Europa League. Can ÖFK, Europe's new giant slayers, do to the Gunners what they did to Galatasaray, Athletic Bilbao, and Hertha Berlin? Win or lose, this is another chapter in this tiny Swedish club's remarkable (& bizarre) fight against modern football. We travelled to Sweden to find out the unique way Österunds have been able to survive.
Want a regular dose of COPA90 goodness all in one place? Sign up for our newsletter to spice up your inbox today! bit.ly/copa90newsletter
COPA90 US is North America’s voice in the global soccer conversation. From weekly shows like Walk Talk Football to documentaries that take us all over the world, we're here to share how football feels and passionately tell the stories no one else does, in our region and beyond. This is the soccer generation that we're building together.
Also follow us on:
Facebook: / copa90
Twitter: / copa90us
Instagram: / copa90us

[@copa90stories]

Submit a short video showing how you support your national team for the chance to win a new smartphone and be featured on COPA90! --> copa90.com/el-12/

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

I personally just flash my arse at the TV and shout 'fuck you English bastards', regardless of who Scotland is playing. And fling my pint of tennents across the boozer if we lose.

[@wilhelmmoange]

im live a hour away from östersund i am a big fan

[@Jay-cx7bh]

They just beat Arsenal at the Emirates. Well fucking played

[@TheCommanderoe]

Init blud

[@jonswe5753]

Allen Lymilt still very good for a Swedish team

[@superswede80]

Close game really

[@jimothypersson8306]

1:22 this guy is now serving a 3 year prison sentence for embezzling money to the club

[@MrTromben]

no he is not. He wasnt convicted

[@Travissaur]

Östersund has my respect. Doing something unbelievable is the greatest thing in football to me. Going from 4th division to the 1st division is incredible and THEN to get into Europa and slay teams like Hertha Berlin and Galatasaray. They deserve respect.

[@eashan7297]

Travissaur don't really slay teams they just dropped points and it's only a game

[@Travissaur]

The Unknown even so, they still have my respect.

[@danineira366]

Travissaur slay teams 😂😂😂 they do what the Russians do have the extreme cold advantage have a good game at home then get smashed away and get knocked out

[@Travissaur]

Did you see them vs Arsenal? At home they got beat and beat Arsenal away. Next time do some research before making yourself sound ignorant. Show some respect.

[@isakjutner2237]

Dani Neira they beat Arsenal at Emirates haha

[@samuellarsson101]

3:53 Oh no that ladder is wrong. There is two tiers between "Superettan and Division 3 Norra". Division 1 and Division 2

[@davidnygard412]

I think they simplified it because they said they were in the fourth division which​ is division 2

[@rodaraya88]

I dont think it needs to be simplified, its the same way in england The championship then league 1 and so on

[@EliasNyqvist]

Not really, division four for example is called national league in england

[@samuellarsson101]

Just to clarify everyone then Sweden respectively England top 5 tiers Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 Northern & Southern Division 2 (regional) Division 3 (regional And so one England PL Championship League One League Two Vanarama National League or just National League And then the sixth tier VNL/Conference Northern and south.

[@Mrchesda22]

I hope graham potter can archive may thing in Chelsea just like what he did to the Ostersund.

[@rea9473]

this is literally my favourite video right now... I've watched 3 times back to back and I'm convinced that those 3 dislikes were by accident.

[@Iamshort435]

Quality video. I love learning about some of the smaller teams and their history.

[@Alaniz16]

Great video, keep them coming Pat!!!!

[@joshiparth97]

Beautiful story

[@axelakerblom4711]

Well not really. The club was first of all founded in 1996, and after 8 years a swedish millionaire invested in the club. Although it's quite impressive to see what Graham Potter has done with the club, but they shouldnt be recognised as the ones to beat modern football.

Axel Åkerblom a Swedish millionaire?? You know the amount Kindberg invested? Campare that number to other clubs.

[@drsalt328]

millionaire not billionaire

[@Lycky7even]

Thank you for saying this. The club is also one of the very few in Sweden to not follow the 50+1 rule. Not to mention a large portion of the fans consist of people who didn’t know this club existed until they reached superettan/allsvenskan. Östersunds fk is not fighting modern football, they are in every sense of the word advocating it.

[@silvanders]

Humping duck: Bang on. I cannot even bring myself to watch the video, the title alone fuckin disgusts me. Daniel Kindberg is an absolute bellend who wants to implement "modern football" in Sweden.

[@Lycky7even]

Sad development in the top leagues in the past few years... I strangely enough miss certain teams I used to hate.

[@Cupapet93]

And in 2018 ostersunds captain's, brwa nouri, moved to Indonesia playing for bali united, and in 2019 we won the league, all i can tell, he is a very generous and smart person, a typical figure of a leader

[@agentkentagent]

Cupapet93 vilken liga vann ni?

[@MrTromben]

@@agentkentagent Indonesia

[@rokshok183]

I knew Ostersunds FK was a Cinderella story, but i didn't realise the extent of that story until i watched this. Great video and great club. We all love what Potter is doing at Swansea (despite our American owners very evidently NOT providing him the support and backing, or illustrating they have any understanding of financial prudence or understanding of the game i.e. trying to quick cash in on Daniel James to Leeds). Anyway back to the OSK, inspiring video, hope the success continues and now i seen this i've been made to understand what we have brought into our club with Potter.

[@KDarrsanaa]

And now he is working at one of the biggest club in world. Chelsea.

[@Weeela]

Rolling up to the game on your snowmobile. Nice. Great video!

[@hoangkimviet8545]

Modern football can be beat, but old football can't be beat :0

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

What team should I support in Vietnam?

[@hoangkimviet8545]

Allied Atheist Alliance I'm not sure. It's so hard to answer this question :)

[@TylerSolvestri]

Lmao

[@fitnessmentoronline4184]

Amazing story, big respect.

[@ElliotAwsome]

Very proud of my home town!

[@ptronaldo7529]

Great video

[@NIMAcrikey]

This was an awsome story! Thanks for this story, Pat. Shout out Ghoddos. Lets beat Spain this summer.

[@LuisPerez-zj4ig]

Amazing!

[@narcolonarcolo]

Love this

[@noahmaddox4533]

They almost came back and beat Arsenal; I’m an arsenal supporter, and it was scary how real a chance they had when they were 2-0 up

[@haviick1014]

pats videos are always inspiring

[@theMad_Artist]

Wow this is an amazing story. Thank you for making this!

[@pike8290]

How is a millionaire investing in a club an amazing story? Is Red Bull Salsburg and similar teams also amazing stories?

[@theMad_Artist]

Because he's not just buying success. Östersunds is actually craftful in the way it has risen through the ranks. I hate teams like Man City, PSG, Chelsea, Real Madrid, etc. that are often owned by corrupt businessmen, sack their perfectly good managers every 2 years, don't properly invest in their academy, buy a shitload of big-name players, pay those players huge sums of money that could be so much better used on something that's actually necessary, and somehow avoid FFP violations when they should absolutely be punished. Then they win titles and are hailed for it. It's ridiculous. Östersunds has actually built itself up strategically, as seen in this video. Maybe the owner is rich, but he is not corrupt. He doesn't just throw around shitloads of money like Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Roman Abramovich, or the fucking Qatari State do on big-name players. He doesn't just sack the manager when anything is remotely wrong. He cares about the spirit and identity of the club, and he encourages teamwork and psychological strength. That's actually inspiring. That's something that I would actually want to stand for. He is actually making the fans happy in an organic, beautiful way. This is what sports should be all about - not bullshit big-money spending, or shirt sales, or egotistical players who think they deserve to be paid 500k a week and only care about the glamor.

[@pike8290]

Well actually the "owner" is corrupt and they got 500 million kronor from the Libyan state in 2014 for some business deal .Östersund really doesn't care about the academy, they don't have a single local player. In every way it's Östersund that represent modern money-driven football, every other swedish club is owned by the supporters while Östersund it's just one man.

[@theMad_Artist]

Please provide a source and then I'll consider your point.

[@pike8290]

www.svd.se/ostersund-far-halv-miljard-av-libyen

[@oogaleeboo]

Pat Infurna was made for this. Great video man

[@mujeebahmed7940]

COYG!

[@raidspadel]

Now we understand where they got their fighting spirit.

[@jontheboy8718]

I always knew COPA90 would make a video on my team ;)

[@ManUtdBoy13]

Oi, Fook off. Potter belongs in Swedish Football.... can we please have him for one or two more years. Even as ÖFK isn't a team i support, i would be lying if he didn't hope them all the luck considering how well they played in the EL.

[@ManUtdBoy13]

It was a joke mate, hence why i asked if we could keep him for a year or two. Also, going to West Brom and taking over a failing team which would be relegated could ruin his career and we all seen what taking over a failing club is like.

[@guluturk]

I’m a Galatasaray fan and I went mental when we got knocked out to ÖFK.

[@AudioWizard4]

Heja Östersund!

[@RobertoVsTheWorldCLIPS]

1:17 i like that part

[@savvasyolo4712]

Zverige FC best part

[@MrFKful]

Now I'm kinda sad they lot against arsenal.

[@sdssds6551]

MrFKful I'm a Arsenal fan and I feel the same.

[@bjoardar]

They didn't play like their usual selves. I think they went too defensive, but I also think it says something about the respect they have for a team like Arsenal. Hopefully they can pull themselves together for the rematch, because I know they have the ability to make the game much more interesting, no matter if they win or lose.

[@Thaleya1]

yeah they went to deffensive and didnt play their usual offensive style. I think they got startstruck.

[@n0body550]

They won yesterday though unlucky

[@bjoardar]

They did good and showed what they are capable of. Since it was the first time the teams faced off, I think Östersund might've overestimated Arsenal a bit in the first leg, and Arsenal in turn underestimated Östersund at the Emirates. Turned out the match up so many people laughed at, became more interesting then they first thought :)

[@Whatnot____101]

COPA90 US so this is the US version of timbsy from COPA90 😂 well played 👏

[@ProMrLecoq01]

Nassim Mirzada portland?

[@54321jcc]

Is the video bar with pause button, settings etc. not showing for anybody else? Has happened a lot recently for me on KZbin but it won't be fixed by me refreshing the page now and it's pissing me off.

[@54321jcc]

k finally worked but still, I didn't stop watching in case something when wrong.

[@melvingameryt9386]

Heja Östersund

[@copa90stories]

What lesser known club do you support?

[@NS-23]

arsenal

[@idelucanation8861]

Everton

[@arngrimur1340]

the team in hofsós

[@janedoe6191]

COPA90 US I support Hammarby IF

[@idelucanation8861]

Кекистани Ратник Салковиц haha your 4th in the la liga 😂

[@homeofdlsplayers2029]

Welcome to Chelsea Graham potter

[@ericbjurkelund1747]

Fun story: Their chairman Daniel Kindberg is now standing accused of economic crimes which includes accounting offenses and fraud. All this is linked to the club. The club has (very likely) had access to money they should not. They pretty much cheated their way into the Europa League, if the allegations are true (which they seem to be). His trial started the 2 november this year and as of now we are waiting for the verdict. If he is convicted the club was believed to face forced relegations, however as of now that part is a bit unsure. Even if they are not relegated by force they ar basically a dead club walking. ALL of their price money from europe is gone along with the money from the sales of Ken Sema (watford) and Saman Ghoddos (Amiens). Almost 13 million Euros. Some even believe the club might face bankruptcy in the near future. Players are leaving the club as fast as they can, and their best players basically for free because their contracts are ending this winter or next summer. Fair fight against modern football I guess.

[@ericbjurkelund1747]

[Edit. His trial started the 5th of September this year, not in November.] Earlier today (the 5th of November) Daniel Kindberg was sentenced to 3 years in prison by the court. However he is expected to appeal.

[@MegaPrck]

Their chairman looks like Matt Le Blanc

[@LoxitudeGames]

So yeah, sorry to bust the myth but Östersund is not the good-guy club it is portrayed to be in this video. 1. It is owned by a millionire. Daniel Kindberg owns the biggest realestates company in the region, and he used his private money several occaisons to rescue the clubs economy. 2. Daniel Kindberg sacked the old board and employed his buisness allies. In return Kindberg got important positions in their companies. 3. He has risen the rent for many people through his realestates company, so he can invest more money in the club. 4. They were willing to take money (50 million euros) from Libiya in 2014. It was when Libya was in the height of its civil war with ISIS, and nobody could be sure that the money didnt have any connections with ISIS. 5. Daniel Kindberg (the head chairman) uses aweful tactics to deal with investigating journalists. Local journalist have tried to investigate the connections between his private buisness and Östersunds FK in more detail. As a result the journalist has been banned from all press-conferences and media gatherings. 6. The swedish state agancy for buisness competition has decided that there is clear reason to investigate Östersunds FK, but because of poor budget they cannot do this investigation yet. Östersunds FK is not on a mission to fight modern football, it IS modern football. Had it not been for the 51%-rule Östersunds FK would be just as any other premier league team. Source: www.offside.org/granskning/ostersunds-fk-underbar-och-alskad-av-alla/

[@espben360]

amazing story! i hope they go on now, and push for a Swedish league title and maybe champions league!!

[@breenirwin2356]

espben360 Are they top of the Swedish league ??

[@espben360]

Breen Irwin there league dose not start until april

[@breenirwin2356]

espben360 OK cheers anyway 👍. I thought he ment they were in a title race atm why is Coppa 90 us some much better than Coppa Europe.

[@eashan7297]

Lol the Champions League

[@bjoardar]

@The Unknown: People said the same of ÖFK before Europa League. Are they still laughing now :)?

[@johnboylan3832]

Anyone know the name of the first song?

[@algale1085]

Robbie just bought this club

[@curfewuk8614]

Yeah I bet haha

[@fegismcclaren1632]

Al Gale Robbie gonna pull a Sheikh Mansour

[@AlgerianTalk]

good luck

[@MoveOnUpMusicEvan]

Bruh this is right up Pat’s street innit 😂

[@hereinmygarage8755]

Patrick Infurna innit blud

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

Just round the corner, and down the road

[@TheCommanderoe]

You get me fam

[@arvidbackflip8527]

The match after Europa league ( the games in Emirates) there were 5(!!!!) supporters in the Swedish cup, compared to the 3000 “real supporters” that were in England.

[@fdqmstffa8915]

❤️

[@BiSkJukebox]

How can we support OFK?

[@irthamepali]

Paok vs Ostersunds was one of the few times that a non greek team had more greeks than a greek team thank god we came back and won the greek cup

[@setyacipta2936]

And now brwa playing for Bali united in Indonesia👍🏻👍🏻

[@nexus777sport8]

kalah lawan sklas club kamboja di afc🙃🙃🙃

[@johnmwangi4248]

here for potter

[@elliotosterling9497]

Now östersund are last in our second division

[@jozefbrodala5318]

And just 9 short months later it looks like the owner will go to prison for mishandling funds and the club will probably be automatically relegated Still against Modern football eh lads, good work on the research

[@kingwills1]

Sounds like Zlatan 😂😂

[@Jc-jv5bu]

Isn’t their coach now Brighton’s coach or am I tripping

[@ethanmunson4737]

Yep

[@samuellarsson101]

5:35 Spot fucking on

[@panagiotiskakounis3516]

DO ONE FOR AEK ATHENS

[@stevehansson2110]

Aly Keita, vi är stolta över dig mannen. / Bjurhovda!

[@pepejg7]

This place looks cold af

[@licchavvilicchavvi3518]

Jose Garcia nah mate its a tropical haven can’t you tell from the sandy beaches

[@kapten9607]

-20 C over here bro ;)

[@ljummingen]

Östersund is no way near as cold as where i live in Sweden lol

[@plutopingvin454]

Well it is the Northern parts of Sweden... So yeah its cold af in the winter.

[@gabrielklein999]

Yeah it's really cold

[@goofyninja1234]

Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal

[@jakelorenz9896]

4:23 Stolen from Bruce Springsteen

[@spacefertilizer]

Östersund is the definition of modern football. All money no history.

[@maliquesobers8976]

How can i join this club?

[@eashan7297]

Malique Sobers you have to be good at football

[@livsnjutare2705]

wear a clothes

[@alyhaidar9506]

Brwa nouri now in Bali United

[@jeanbombeur239]

thanks ostersunds for ghoddos. he is one of the better player amiens history. goal again tonight. sorry for you ostersund but i tell you thanks and respect

[@beeswaxlike]

They're actually part of modern football. That's their rep here in Sweden. Kindberg, the guy in the video, is more or less corrupt and has built the team's success partially on transferring public finance to the club. Their stadium has a sponsor name and they work a LOT on branding the club to people who aren't really that crazy about football. Granted, their success on pitch isn't your classic dirty story a la Red Bull teams and so on, but they're in no way some kind of knight taking on modern football.

[@makkantheking1381]

sup i am swedish and i support Östersund

[@copa90stories]

Your club kicks ass.

[@danielaleman1363]

COPA90 US Lets keep it PG guys

[@jimmygeezer1173]

You heading to the second leg in London?

[@makkantheking1381]

Dino Bevanda WTF

[@MegaHannnes]

Lol påriktigt? Finns ni?

[@Yano5151]

👍

[@kannpadendu]

Ah, den här åldrades inte så bra.

[@HS1891]

Östersund is modern football.

[@thegeographydaily]

bali united

[@adamhall5298]

The chairman looks like mads mikkelsen

[@williamwenreus1198]

Östersunds Saman Ghoddos is a player that can go into the starting 11 in any Premier league team

[@kungen8070]

08:04

[@johnny622]

They won 2-1 atleast

[@Mkbw50]

How many of these fans supported them when they were in the fourth tier?

[@palken123456789]

Mkbw50 Not many, the city was divided between many smaller clubs. But now its ÖFK that has taken controll

[@DavidGeorgeCimpeanu]

We need this kind of changes.

[@SirNate]

Ikea

[@blacksimpson4077]

Zee

[@thesidewaysfreak7848]

So because they do ballet and speak to a couple thousand people its supposed to help them on the pitch?

[@pike8290]

No what helped them was their cheating with finances and criminal endeavours. They're going down now, former chairman in prison and club is broke.

[@throwcelery]

4:23 Todd Boehly decided to hire Graham Potter after watching this. Trust the relegation process!

[@ulvimutia8159]

Nouri in bali united Indonesia

[@Jack-kv4mi]

not going so well now

[@therealronswanson]

and now their chariman is taken into custody by the police on accusations of economical fraud. Let's hope the club have the dignity to repay the price money from europa league if the accusations against the chairman is actually true since he basically owns the club and have stakes in player sales himself.

[@HeadingNorthe]

They all seems surprised, once we made a visit to "Lindisfarn" and u know the rest

[@umarmars47]

"Strength in diversity" Bhinneka tunggal ika"

[@j_knakis]

Dat chairman is a g

[@umarmars47]

Chelsea

[@albintammert]

Mission failed..

[@janedoe6191]

I support Hammarby IF

[@SnakeehMC]

synd om dig bubben

[@janedoe6191]

SnakeehMC Vad menar du mate?

[@kitapseven3800]

Birr bina var yapılı gedikte boyle eski kireç ocağı yeri bir yeri yıkmışlar en köşeye dikmişler binayı daha yeni üç ev var binada boş gerşekte gittik 3 kata çıktık açıldı.hayatta akıyor dibinde her yeri bâska yere bakıyor okul hastane ulasım. avahiyek çêkirek avahiyek çêkirî ya boyle heye qirikê gemiyê li qaçaxa avahiyê hilweşandiye ku avahiya avahiyê sê ji avahiyên nû ve di avahiyê de li avahiyê ku em çûn rastî bûne em gihîştin sê golan

[@OwsleySterling]

Most ultras in sweden hate ÖFK, the simple reason being... they are modern football. They just avioded a forced relegation and Daniel Kindberg (being interviewed in this clip) has been sentenced to 3 years in jail and forbidden to own or be a apart of any business for 5 years. For some more reading in english www.thesportsman.com/articles/fairytale-football-to-the-brink-of-relegation-what-happened-to-stersunds

[@Zlatanerar]

”On a mission to beat modern football” Are you serious? Östersund is a prime example of economic doping.

[@emiliou6898]

GRAHAM POTTER

[@Steifmaister]

"on a mission to beat modern football" They ARE modern football, lol

[@thesportwriter]

Chelsea fans really need to chill

[@ChoosterYT]

Cred to graham and the players! But to start with they shouldn't have had the means to buy those players in the first place, since the club chairman Kindberg financed the team through statemoney they could. Now they got "anonoumus" sponsor giving them 1-1,5m€ out of nowhere. I hope all support from around Allsvenskan don't show up on their stage and thereby don't fund them. A fucking disgrace is what this club is...

[@hugoandersson6401]

Fifflare

[@j_knakis]

Those scandinavians are like whitewalkers

[@arvidbackflip8527]

This is not What it looks like... The Chairman, Kindberg. Ownes all things around the club and almost the whole city. He pumps in money in all different ways. Every other supporter from Sweden fkn hates this “New Club” MDMF

[@EemMiIiLlLl]

Gahahaha fortsätt hata på, vi sticker ut från mängden på ett bra och unikt sätt.