Club Soccer Competitions Explained

[@christophergoff4798]

Learned more in 10 minites than I have in the last 10 years after getting into the sport. It is very overwhelming. I spent the first five years just watching the matches and never really knowing the purpose.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

It's very overwhelming! So many leagues, cups, and competitions that it took me a while to get into too

[@evilestmanlp]

I’ve been watching football since 2003. Ask any important question you have. Or just send a list of them. I’d be happy to help a new fan get into the sport.

[@oddsapper673]

@@evilestmanlp do you have to qualify for the world cup

[@evilestmanlp]

@@oddsapper673 Yes. Each continent has a certain number of slots. The national teams of each continent face each other during qualifications, in order to get a ticket to the worldcup. The qualifications format vary depending on the continent : South American teams play each other in a league system. Whereas Europe,Africa, Asia it’s more of a multiple groups system...

[@dickmeisterling3924]

Exactly my situation. This was great.

[@donbeni9140]

You’ve earned my respect

[@snowmansportsmedia]

I really appreciate that, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions or video ideas in the future!

[@nishantgoli1215]

@@snowmansportsmedia I've got a question, can a player play in multiple leagues? For example EPL and La Liga

[@snowmansportsmedia]

@@nishantgoli1215 Yes, but not at the same time

[@HeberFerrazLeite]

As someone who grew up in South-America and Europe I find it curious that people don't understand it ... the analogy I personally would have used is the following: Imagine if the NBA was not a franchise, but a competition you would have to qualify for: The LA Lakers would play the California Basketball League, with other teams from California. The Boston Celtics would play the Massachusets Basketball League, with other teams from Massachusets, etc. At the end of the season the champion from each of the state leagues qualifies to play in next years NBA. So, next year, on tuesday and wednesday, we have the NBA games, where the different state champions play each other. Weekends are reserved for the local state leagues, and the ones playing in the NBA need to play in the local state league as well, if they want to qualify for next year's NBA. That is kind-of how the national leagues relate to the UEFA champion's league. With time it would turn out that some states have very strong leagues, while others don't. So - lets say - the campion from Montana always gets kicked out in the first round, while there is agreement that the vice-champion from California would have a good chance of beating everyone. So they introduce a "ranking coefficient", which basically says that if the participants from a certain state do well, that is seen as an indication of a strong state league, and you will get more spots in the NBA for teams from that league. And the Montana team that always loses, would eventually lose the Montana spot, that would be given to California. So, can Montana never get back into the NBA? Well ... some spots are reserved for qualifiers. So, let's say that for some states there is no fixed spot, but the last 6 spots are filled in from the champions of the 12 weakest states. They will play pre-season qualifying games and decide which ones take up those 6 spots, and if they do well, their strength coeffient will go up for the next season, so next season the champion from their league may get a fixed spot. That is how the UEFA champions league gives four spots for the english, and spanish league, for example, while the champion from hungary would need to go through qualification rounds to get a spot. But what remains true is that the main league for each team is their local national league (what in the US would be the state league). Unless you do well in that, you won't have a spot in the Champions League next season, so the Champions League is the icing on the cake, and the national league is the cake. And of course there are several tiers in the national league, as you explain. The worst teams get relegated to the next level lower tier for the next season, and the best teams move up to the next higher tier (except for the top tier, where you don't go further up). There is no draft system, because there are no schools or college championships. That is simply not a thing in Europe. If you are a kid that wants to play football (soccer) - or any other sport - you find a local club and join their youth team. If you play well, other teams in higher tiers will spot you and invite you to join their youth team, and there is a system in place for the monetary contribution they have to give the club you previously were for their player formation. All teams that play at the adult level are required to have youth teams as well in diferent age categories. If a team awards you a professional contract, they will sign you for a certain number of years. After that contract is finished you are free to go wherever you want. If another team wants to get you before your contract is over, they will have to buy your contract from the team that you are with now. Usually contracts with players have such a "release clause" stipulating how much someone would have to pay for the team to let you go. So what teams usually do if they want to have you is they renew your contract before it runs out, so they have the say in whether you stay or not. But of course as a player you can chose to not renew your contract if you think you will get a better deal somewhere else. Players in Europe are always free agents.

[@King-Dub]

damn😂

[@Trashdogg_Smokey]

THANK YOU!

[@Tigerheiress]

Oh ok

[@nevilleslightlylargerbotto1726]

It just took you twelve paragraphs to explain a very rough approximation of professional European football and you don’t get why Americans have trouble getting into or fully conceptualizing it?

[@reno1871]

@@nevilleslightlylargerbotto1726😂😂

[@imanillegalimmigrant]

3:12 Difference: American Sports don't have promotion relegation, so a team in an American second division will just win and stay in second division. However in European Soccer (I say only soccer cause I don't watch basketball, baseball, american football) The winners of Second Division get promoted to first division, so they get a prize for winning second division besides a trophy.

[@redwall1521]

well typically the teams in "second divisions" aren't separate teams in American sports. The best example is probably baseball where you have AAA, AA, and A teams, which play in their own leagues that are supposed to be "under" the professional leagues. "Soccer" has something similar where you have the second teams or the U21s and the U19s and so forth for the top teams, and they play in the lower tier leagues.

[@williammcalpine2718]

This relegation system gives me a feeling that college American football should have a similar system to help make lower teams interesting

[@mortezz1268]

0:31 you really predicted the Super League

[@AlwafiCharki]

lol ya

[@luckyboy4766]

Correction: Not League Cup. It's the national cup (eg. FA Cup in England) which is open to all levels of teams including amateurs. The League Cup is a 4th competition which is contested by teams in the top 4 English leagues.

[@Londronable]

As a Belgian it's hilarious how often we get seen as weak while we have like the 8th best UEFA coefficient in Europe atm behind the big 5, Russia and Portugal. So yes, ahead of the Netherlands, Turkey, Greece, etc. We had more Europe(Champions league and Europe) spots than the Netherlands until last year. Netherlands jumped from 11th to 9th with their Ajax run last year. You forgot to mention that the cup winner also tends to take up a spot for Europe somewhere.(depending on what cup is won of course) A "few leagues". England has fully professional players 5 leagues deep but say, Belgium has 8 tiers of football.(including semi-pro)

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for the response! My apologies though, didn't mean to sleep on the Belgian domestic league. Had no idea they got that many Champions/Europa league spots. I think the main reason people aren't as high on Belgian football though, is because most of the best Belgian players play in other countries. When you're watching Kevin De Bruyne play in Manchester every weekend, it's easy to forget that there are other good players in Belgium's pro league. That's all I meant by it.

[@lorenzocantarel4922]

England has around 12 leagues down the pyramid, only 4 proffesional leagues and all the others are semi pro.

[@crobeastness]

unfortunately, i meet people online especially other premier league fans who think the other 3 of the big 4 leagues are farmers leagues. As an LFC fan i feel embarrassed when i hear that. also, i wouldn't put ligue 1 on that level until that league has a coefficient of 1 at some point. all of the other top 4 have been the number 1 league at one point or another in soccer history.

[@joeneri150]

I would put Scotland instead of Greece.

[@Flippityflap]

Netherlands is back bby, 5th place rn

[@JonnyXrep]

Thank you, I never understood Euro soccer until now.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

That's great, my pleasure! Thanks for watching, let me know if you ever have any questions

[@Kinglovenson]

how to join the professional soccer league

[@snowmansportsmedia]

@@Kinglovenson I think you just have to be really good at soccer

[@srdragan317]

@@Kinglovenson Simple if u are Under 13 you can join Formation Club that u can get in whit test and the will Coche YOu until u are ready than u will play competition whit ppl your age and if u are monster at the game you can even play against older player other Club will go see your job on the Field and if they are interested in you they buy you from the club to play for there team and when you hit 18 year old you become Pro and you will play in the league that your club is in or you will be sold to another against money this how u start the better u are the more you get

[@G-o-d-o-t]

Explained like a true statistician

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching you STATISTICIAN

[@Camlo89]

Thank you for a person that is loving soccer more this was absolutely helpful

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks a lot for watching!

[@ovechkin100]

This makes me happy. Im going to try watching some soccer and i really didnt like how confusing it allm was. Im going to rewatch this a few times to try and really understand this, but this is great.

[@jayshah8637]

Keep up the good work. Finally a good video to explain all the football stuff for beginners

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks a lot, I appreciate you watching!

[@techboy8330]

This guys deserves atleast 50K subs

[@KEN_CHILLER]

After coming into watching a few games, I love it, but I would definitely love to see more videos about how to actually understand some of the things some pundants are talking about, as far as tactics. How you can't tell if a player is in the right or wrong spaces ect. And what what we should be watching the game. How one new can analyze the game, so we hold or understand conversation of the matches. As well as be more observantly keen to the contributions made off the ball.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

That's a really good idea, diving into the tactics, I'll add it to my list!

[@Labben91]

There where a fault in your table of which team qualify for Europa league, the first EL spot goes to the FA cup winner, the 2nd and 3rd EL spots goes to the 5th and 6th placed teams. If the winner of the FA cup is a top 4 team, the first EL spot goes to the 5th place team in the league and the original 2nd and 3rd EL spots goes to the 6th and 7th placed teams.

[@thisisstuart7951]

Not true there's been teams like Wigan who were near religation of premier League beat Man City to win FA cup

[@viyum2279]

Amazing video, but as a south american I must say that you should have explained about the FIFA clubs world cup. I know that europeans don't usually care about this competition because the Champions League winner will probably win the world cup as well. However for non--europeans that is a great competition since it's the only chance for us to see our weaker local clubs playing against a huge UEFA club.

[@dickmeisterling3924]

Finally! You've perfectly summarized what I've been looking for since I started following soccer. Well organized and perfectly articulated. Well done. Quick question - does winning the league title and/or the league cup afford teams a spot in the Champions? To wit; might a "cinderella" team win its league cup and get a spot in the Champions? Again, many thanks.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching! But no, a cinderella team can't qualify for Champions League by winning League Cup. For example though, you can qualify for the Europa League if you win the FA Cup in England, but Champions League is determined by where you finish in the League Table

[@joshuasimons7883]

@@snowmansportsmedia yes thats right. But you already qualify if you just play in the final. My local team Alemannia Aachen were runners up in the german league cup in the late 2000s. They played Europa League in the following season even though they were in the second devision of german football at that time.

[@nevilleslightlylargerbotto1726]

@@joshuasimons7883so you guys have like a local team you pull for + big league team (ie man city, etc) + national team?

[@allinonelegend1472]

Recently got into the UCL was trying to understand the format but I was confused. But watcing your video just understood in 7mins.Thanks very much.Also understood many more things than before I did.

[@parmentier7457]

European clubs in the top divisions often also have a reserve team in a lower division. For example, Ajax, PSV and other Dutch clubs have a second team in the lower division, so that the talents can gain experience. They can also win the league and cup, but not promote to the top division, but they can relegate. Often injured players of the professional team are temporarily added to the second team for rehabilitation. The pace and performance pressure is lower in the lower divisions. The injured player can then recover more quickly. Also teams such as Barcelona B and Real Madrid B that play in the Second League.

[@jeffgilfoy5016]

Outstanding explanation. I love soccer so I follow it but was confused by the tournament set up. Well done. BZ!!!

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks a lot for watching, I really appreciate the kind words!

[@edsonayala1454]

Articulated super well! Great video

[@snowmansportsmedia]

I really appreciate it, thanks for watching!

[@silacedisuza2018]

The biggest club football tournament is UEFA Champions League. Open for every club in europe.

[@silmarienprince3137]

This clarified so much! Amamzing!!!

[@n3rdify307]

You should check Leicester run to champions...those are also part of the joy in it. The upsets and darkhorses

[@n3rdify307]

All in all, you nailed it

[@seskypapaya]

This was great , I'm quite new to this and I understood it perfectly

[@snowmansportsmedia]

That's awesome, thanks for watching!

[@chrismorrison52]

As an American i have no clue how soccer works it isn't very popular over here like NFL and NBA but I plan on trying to watch and get more into soccer this season

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Haha nice, lemme know if you ever have any specific questions!

[@chrismorrison52]

@@snowmansportsmedia i am a little confused by it all so the best teams of the MLS move on to concacaf champions league and the top teams of that move on to the Gold cup to represent the United States does the winner of the Gold cup qualify for the FiFA world cup and thats when they play every confederation from around the world sorry I'm a noob

[@snowmansportsmedia]

@@chrismorrison52 Haha it's a lot, i get it. Well the CONCACAF Champions League is a competition just for club teams. Teams from the US, Mexico, etc. The Gold Cup is a competition for international teams, so 2 completely different things. The Gold Cup winner doesnt qualify for the World Cup, CONCACAF has their own separate qualifying for the World Cup

[@zhannadaae5608]

Heey! Can you please make a video about this year premier league’s teams?

[@BertramMooreIII]

Thank you. I’m trying to get into soccer and this was extremely helpful. Great job.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@kevind369]

This is a really helpful video! Which of the 5 leagues mentioned would you recommend following for someone new?

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching! I would recommend starting with the Premier League because it's probably got the most relevant, high-profile clubs and star players. It's also pretty balanced in comparison to the Bundesliga or Serie A where Bayern and Juventus win those leagues almost every season. But it's up to you, they're all great leagues. Personally, I like the Champions League the most because that's like the best of the best, but Premier League is a good place to start :)

[@kivelletheobalds6285]

This was such a helpful video! Thank you!!!

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Of course, thanks a lot for watching!! Lemme know if you have any questions!

[@helenamulleriasi4018]

This video helped me A LOT!! Thank you so much for the clear explanation!!

[@thebroadwyz]

Fantastic explanation! Was wondering if you could elaborate more on the differences between the following competitions. I know a big difference is some are club and some are country, but I would like to know more about what nations can enter, how to qualify, etc. Copa America CONCACAF Gold Cup CONCACAF Champions League Confederations Cup

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching!! So of those 4 competitions, the CONCACAF Champions League is the only club competition. Basically that's a yearly tournament where the best teams from Mexico/USA/Canada etc. are playing to be the best club team in North America. Copa America and Gold Cup are very similar international competitions, but Copa America is for South America only, plus 2 North American teams, and Gold Cup is just CONCACAF teams. Gold Cup is every 2 years, Copa America is different how often it takes place. So the Champions League is a club event, and Copa America and Gold Cup are for countries. Think of them like the EURO's which take place every 4 years for European Supremacy, or the African Cup of Nations, which is Africa's continental competition. As for the Confederations Cup, thats a smaller tournament that always takes place the summer before the World Cup in the host nation. So Brazil hosted Confed Cup in 2013, Russia did so in 2017, etc. It's basically a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, but it's only 8 teams instead of 32. All of the Continental champions are invited to Confed Cup. It's not really that prestigious of a tournament though, just kind of like an appetizer for the World Cup the following year! I hope that helps, kind of difficult to explain it over text haha. Please subscribe, I really appreciate your comment and support!!

[@nishantgoli1215]

I've got a video suggestion.. please do a video on which teams could sign a contract with Messi now

[@nishantgoli1215]

I loved your narration.. which is why i gotta subscribe! 😍

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@smokingfresh8727]

Fun fact! In my country the Netherlands are approximately 2400 clubs. Amateur and professional. In theory they can all become the Champions League winner.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

That's crazy how many minor leagues there are!

[@purplepete7703]

In England there are 11 recognised tiers consisting of almost 100 separate leagues and approximately 2000 clubs between which teams are promoted/relegated, the top 5 tiers each have a single national league but as you go lower down the tiers they are made up of an increasing number of parallel regional leagues. This of course does not include the myriad of other teams that play in local pub/work place/school leagues etc.

[@ymg8057]

Also the divisional average attendances for the likes of the Dutch and Scottish top flights, are FAR higher PER HEAD OF POPULATION, than for the so called "elite" leagues of Serie A and La Ligia!

[@aggiejohnb]

This helps tremendously in understanding what is happening on Ted Lasso. Thanks!

[@werquantum]

Excellent. Clear and concise.

[@zleyow]

such an in depth and detailed explanation. i still don’t quite understand how teams qualify for the league cup, but other than that great video.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

For most top leagues, all teams automatically qualify for league cups

[@barcalona55]

Lol thank you. I’ve been a Barcelona fan my whole life but never understood how competitions worked. I just watched the games lol. Soccer is tied for my second favorite sport. 1. NBA 2. Soccer and NFL.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Nice, thanks for watching! I hope we get to watch Barcelona again soon, it was cool to watch the Bundesliga start up again this weekend

[@StatBoiRichie]

So the Copa America and Euro 2024 are just extra continental titles? Great video btw it helped me out a lot

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Yep! Thanks for watching!

[@kyrophantomproductions8978]

This is amazing man! Thank you so much! I do have one question though.... I got really confused on the “Kicker” portion of the rules. Can you explain that again for me in the video I just got really confused?

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching! But I'm not entirely sure I understand your question... The Kicker portion?

[@tavishpuri3216]

@@snowmansportsmedia i think he doesn’t understand what you mean when you say “but the kicker is”, assuming he doesn’t understand the slang

[@JIbanez1989]

Thank you for this. You made everything clear.

[@larissapray]

This is helpful! Question: do these club league all have the same “season” in order to qualify for the Champions League? As an American, I am aware of our NFL, NCAA, and MLB season dates - but could you shed some light on the yearly season dates of European soccer? Thank you :)

[@blada0017]

The dates are very simular not the same there are a few weeks a part (1 ore 2) but when one league started you know the other leagues will start soon.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Most European Leagues run from August to May and they all typically start around the same time, give or take a week or two. So no, it's not exact. For example, the Premier League may be 4 weeks into their season, while the Bundesliga is only 2 weeks in, but again, the timeline is roughly similar. Most leagues around the world play from August-May because they don't want to interfere with the World Cup and other huge International tournaments in the Summer. Thanks for watching!

[@tonyclarke24]

Great video and very nice content 👍

[@snowmansportsmedia]

I appreciate you watching!

[@Muhammad_AnasRazvi]

⚽️ this is called football

[@pritish628]

thanks man for clearing most of my doubts .. u r a time saver

[@TheBobbyG72]

My buddy got me into futbol and I was so confused about all the leagues. This helped alot

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching, glad it helped!

[@noahfoust1460]

Okay I knew everything you said but had 0 clue what was going on so thanks for clearing that up makes more since 😊

[@maartenwilligenburg9266]

In most countries one spot for the EUFA Europa League is given to the cup winner. Back in the day the champions League consisted of champions only and the EUFA cup of only cup winners. This is al mixed up now because of financial reasons.

[@anteveic327]

Cup winners cup had cup winners, UEFA cup was for runner ups and 3rd placed teams

[@syedshafiq9749]

Thank you for this, I've been an avid football player but I don't know really watch football. This surely helped me.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

You got it, thanks for watching!

[@TangFiend1]

Actually very helpful bud, I work in a college and am surrounded by internationals. It's interesting to watch.

[@jatindersinghwinnipegcanada]

We know a good amount about the prominent Leagues, nice explanation though. Can you do a video on EFL, MLS? Would love to know more about the lesser known ones too.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

For sure, thanks for watching!

[@ymg8057]

The likes of the Dutch Eredivisie and the Scottish Premiership, actually get divisional average attendances that are normally FAR higher PER HEAD OF POPULATION than those so called "elite" leagues of Serie A and La Ligia. In fact the Scottish Premiership often gets the highest per capita attendances in Europe! In Season 2017/18, for instance it got 64% of Serie A's divisional average attendance and 59% of that of La Ligia. However, Scotland had just 9% of Italy's population and less than 12% of Spain's! Yes, I know that to get a more accurate picture, adjustments would have to be made to take into account there being less clubs in the Scottish Premiership (12, as opposed to 20 in the Italian and Spanish Top Flights), as well as adjustments made to take into account the total number of clubs throughout each places league systems across all divisions. However, even taking that into account, it is likely that far more still attend Scottish matches PER HEAD OF POPULATIOIN, despite it having a so called "farmers league" and no doubt getting FAR less casual tourist fans attending its matches!

[@marcovtjev]

Have a look at the Africa and South American Copa cups occasionally. The style of play is often different in these competitions which often makes for entertaining matches

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Oh I agree, Brazil vs Colombia was a heated slugfest last night and I enjoyed every minute

[@joeneri150]

You could that North American leagues don't have the relegation system because Liga MX doesn't have it, but they do have two leagues, Liga Mx and Liga de Expansion. Also, Latin American leagues have two tournaments Clausura and Apertura.

[@ojukwuarinze9866]

Great explanation, I love soccer but the tournament got me confused but now i have a better understanding. All thanks to you

[@dtae8872]

Your awesome bro!!!! New to soccer you just helped me out ALOT

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Haha nah you're awesome

[@parmentier7457]

Another example is Red Bull Leipzig. Red Bull invested in an amateur club in 2009 and has been promoted within every season since then. Oberliga Nordost> Regionalliga Nord> Bundesliga 3> Bundesliga 2> Bundesliga 1> Champion League.

[@JuanGarnicaVera]

Those clubes didn't know they played something called "soccer"

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Personally I call it football, but I switch it up for my videos because I know a lot of Americans call it soccer too

[@mch-gaming1437]

To be fair to them, (as an Englishman who calls it football obviously) "soccer" as a term comes from the rule system, Association Football or 'asoccer' as opposed to Rugby Football both Union and League or Gridiron Football (American Football) it's a differentiation that fits. As a separate note it's also funny to hear as an Englishman the "League Cup" seeing as that is the name for another domestic cup competition not the FA Cup

[@BoundInChains]

Give the yanks a break will you!

[@Thomas_Leo]

Condescending snobs such as you are why Americans can't stand international soccer fans. You people are always disrespectful. We're not going to start calling it football when we already have a sport called that in the US. It will just confuse things even more. Just let us be and stay out of our business. Grow up.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

@John Doe yeah I think people can be a little pretentious about it on both sides. That's why I try to switch it up, soccer/football, and keep it casual cuz sometimes you get a guy who's like OH MY GOODNESS YOU JUST CALLED IT SOCCER, WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN OR SOMETHING? For me it ain't that serious

[@kmt0297]

This was so helpful. Thanks!

[@erlybird3122]

No, it would NOT be cool if there were one league. What are you talking about?

[@dangermouseuk78]

Just a small correction the FA Cup is not the league cup, the English league cup is a different trophy.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

My fault, didn't mean to call the FA Cup the League Cup!

[@dangermouseuk78]

@@snowmansportsmedia no worries just wanted help out, having seen another of your vids you already pointed out the two different cups.

[@eliasalvin]

Good job my guy

[@snowmansportsmedia]

I appreciate it!

[@adrianhughes8143]

Here in England we have the Premier League, the League cup which includes teams from throughout England and Wales and the same with the FA Cup, which is the biggest football cup and watched throughout the world. Then we have the Champions League ( used to be called the European Cup) then the lower European competition the Europa Cup ( which used to be called the UEFA Cup), We also have the European Super Cup which is between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa Cup which makes the Winner the Best team in Europe, so they go on to play in the World Club Championship and the winner of that competition is crowned the Best Football Club in the World. It's so simple to understand. Oh by the way what is soccer as we in Western Europe and Eastern Europe call the game FOOTBALL. 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@JJJackson777]

the FA cup is a v special competition, literally anything can happen, BBC did a top 50 fa cup moments its on youtube somewhere, bare history

[@broskiez2641]

Now how do the UEFA and lets say the Premier League play concurrently (same time), lets say Chelsea is playing in premier league AND UEFA during the same time. How do they manage?

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Typically they play Premier League/other league matches on the weekend, and Champions League matches on Tuesday/Wednesday

[@ddgaxelnilsson7855]

Wembley isn't tottenhams home arena, but other than that I'd say you've done a pretty good job here.

[@everoposuo]

There are several leagues in Europe, but only 5 are worth paying any attention to. Since I've been following this sport for 5 years, I'm gonna tell which teams I support and why. La Liga: Barca. Yes, my favorite team in the world. I'd known about Messi and Neymar before getting into Barca. Once I saw them beat Celtic 7-0 in the opening group match of the Champions League, I was like "Yep, that's my team.". But it's not just Messi that got me into Barca. There's also Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, etc. But I can't ignore the force they (and by extension, the Spanish national team) were with tiki-taka. Prem: Arsenal. They're a London club, so there's that. And what could be described as Arsenal territory (Islington, Camden, Hackney) seems pretty nice to live. I took note of the fact that they finished second the previous season, their highest finish in over a decade. There's also the whole Invincibles thing, but it wasn't until they beat Chelsea 3-0 that I really started following them (and yes, I'm deciding to ignore the fact that Chelsea went on to win the League that season). And they did play a lot like Barca under Wenger. Bundesliga: Dortmund. If I had to live anywhere in Germany, it'd definitely be Berlin. But no teams from Berlin really have any history. And picking Bayern Munich was just way too obvious. I dug into their history a bit and found out that they beat Juve in the 1997 CL final, and who doesn't love a good underdog story? I concede that Christian Pulisic (who I'm older than by three weeks) played a huge part in me supporting Dortmund. Not only him, but Mario Gotze, Marco Reus, and Auba. Serie A: Roma. I picked this team because they remind me of a team from my hometown: Dallas Mavericks. With there being obvious parallels between Totti and Nowitski. They also had Daniele de Rossi (who won the World Cup before he'd even turned 23!), Radja Nainngolan, and Salah. Ligue 1: Monaco. Thierry Henry played for them, they were managed by Wenger, their colors are red and white, and they lost the one CL final they've appeared in to an Iberian team. So basically, I support AS Monaco because they remind me of another team I support: Arsenal. It also helps that they won Ligue 1 that season with Mbappe, Radamel Falcao, Thomas Lemar, etc. as well as reaching the semis of the CL. I'm actually kinda glad I got into soccer 5 years ago instead of when I was 8 or something. I probably would've just picked the teams that always won, and could you imagine me supporting Real Madrid?

[@mortezz1268]

You still kinda picked the teams that always win

[@001_mannu]

Thankyou. Nicely explained.

[@AZWMKWofficialstarNinjaGeneral]

my home squad Atlanta United won the MLS cup, u.s open cup, campeones cup and we are in the Concacaf champions league for the 2nd year in a row and we're the first club the Beat Club America 3-0

[@apollogarnayak2152]

Can you explain the point system to me please?

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Basically every time a team plays, they can either win, draw, or lose. If you win, you get 3 points, a tie is 1 point, and a loss is 0 points. So if a team plays 4 games and wins 3 but loses 1, they would have 9 points. That's why in soccer/football, the standings or tables are point totals, as opposed to standings in the NFL or NBA where we just count records as wins and losses.

[@apollogarnayak2152]

@@snowmansportsmedia thanks bro

[@ChaingunCassidy]

"It would be good if there were one league across Europe" - That was a little bit ignorant and I almost left a dislike because of it but then I remembered you don't have the cultural understanding that I do so I'll try to educate you, there are clubs trying to make this "Super European League" happen and it's a bad idea, in Football in Europe there is this driving idea that every team could end up in the big leagues, it's what motivates a lot of players and coaches not playing at the highest level, basically the clubs in the lower leagues would have zero chance of becoming one of the big teams and the teams in this league would have very little chance of dropping out, this sort of magic feeling would be lost.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

I actually really appreciate your comment, because you're right, I don't have the European cultural upbringing with football. Everything I know has been self-taught from reading and watching. I didn't know there were clubs trying to form a super league. Are they big clubs?

[@ChaingunCassidy]

@@snowmansportsmedia Yes, Europe's richest clubs are trying to make a closed league of their own, there are a ton of videos explaining it, the best one I've come across is from Euro Football Daily.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

@@ChaingunCassidy Thanks, I'll check it out

[@toprob20]

@@snowmansportsmedia What's (I think) more important to consider is that in Europe sports isn't corporate... At least not in it's conception. The UEFA and the national associations may be very corrupt and a lot of money circulates in professional football but the clubs aren't part of those associations like how in the US the big teams are franchises of a larger organization. In stead the clubs are independent and are members of an association to participate in competitions that the association organizes. So for instance in the Netherlands where I'm from we have the KNVB which is the national football association, they are responsible for all official football competitions in the Netherlands from the professional level all the way to youth football. They are also responsible to organize our national delegation for international tournaments like the European and World cups. And although there are some differences between professional and amateur football clubs, in theory it's possible for new clubs to join professional football. And the clubs that participate in the professional league's do so based on merit rather than decree. Unlike with competitions like the NFL or NBA, the KNVB or the Football Association in England do not decide which teams participate or where they are based. They only certify those clubs that are eligible and their performance dictates which league they will play in. And while it's almost impossible for new clubs to join pro football. Most, if not all the big clubs of today have humble beginnings as neighborhood or community football clubs. However these days they're established institutions with large organizations supporting the competitive endeavor. But while money is an important factor for performance, it cannot buy that institutional presence that football clubs have in their community. So while for instance the Oakland Raiders could move to Las Vegas it would be unthinkable for Chelsea or Tottenham to move to a different part of London, let alone move to a whole different city! Throughout Europe football is an important part of our culture and our local identities. And ultimately... when it comes down to it... we have to support our local team. So when you're from Rotterdam you can like Ajax... NAH! You can't! You can't like Ajax if you're from Rotterdam, just like you can't like Real Madrid if you're from Barcelona. So while I admire clubs like Barcelona and Liverpool. I can't help but root for my local club and hope they do well in the competition. And it is possible for any club to do well if circumstances line up right for that year.

[@cpruns4501]

Very well done!! Learned a lot:)

[@snowmansportsmedia]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@Sunshine-uv4we]

Thank you for such an informative video.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@caseyhornbeek4812]

What’s the carabou cup is it the exact same thing as the FA cup? Also if you win the FA cup do you qualify for the champions league even if you are bad in league?

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Great question. The Carabou Cup is not the same as the FA Cup. It's a very similar competition with the same format, however, it awards less prize money, so not as prestigious. It's also called the English League Cup, basically just another knockout competition throughout the year. And no, I don't think winning the FA Cup automatically gets you into the Champs League!

[@CrazyAndy1983]

The League Cup (also Carabao for sponsorship reasons) is challenged between 92 teams from the top 4 leagues (Premier league, Championship, League one and two) in England. and the FA Cup is challenged between 736 Teams from the top 10 leagues.

[@cradoplays7369]

Great video, however as an Australian I couldn’t understand any of the American sport analogies. Maybe reference to other sports so international viewers can understand aswell

[@Rebel-eq7ul]

I mean I just view the main leagues as divisions. Only a fan of one domestic cup. And the Champions league is like the playoffs. The Europa league I like too but just only recognize the super cup as a win if they pull it off against the champions league winners.

[@climax7260]

Thank you sir.

[@jasmeetsingh9536]

I can finally watch football sitting in australia

[@manishtaral7031]

Thanks bro u made it quite easy to understand💯

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching :)

[@dongrizou5399]

Although i live in Europe and have watch football for the most of my life, i still am a little confused of all of these...a few questions. 1. is UEFA Champions League and UEFA EURO the same thing? if not, how are they different from one another? 2. in UEFA Champions League do football clubs play against each other to “qualify” (example: Arsenal vs Man United) or countries? if countries, how do they they decide the players? 3. When you say you can win a title (example: Atlético won La Liga title) does that mean all the clubs who play in La Liga play against each other for that title? 4. follow up question, what happens if you win the title? what do you get qualified for? are they looking for the best team of the league to play in UEFA Champions League? or is it just for fun. 5. Do all these games happen all at once? I think I was watching UEFA EURO a couple of days ago but saw news that the La Liga title has already been won by Atlético? so like does it happen at once (i hope you understand what i am trying to say 😰) 6. Follow up question for nr.5, if they don’t happen at the same time, then what season are we in? like whats next, i am trying to keep up from now on 😭 I think that’s all my questions 😅

[@snowmansportsmedia]

The EURO's or the World Cup are different from La Liga or the Champions League mostly in that the EURO's/World cup are international tournaments where countries compete against each other every 4 years. The Champions League and La Liga are annual competitions among club teams rather than countries. And for Champions League, you qualify based on how well you perform in your own domestic league. I would check out this vid if you're still confused: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anLWfYurjd-bqMk

[@juanestrada7309]

What if Man City win both the Premier League and the FA Cup, what happens with the community shield?Excuse my ignorance.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Good question, if the Premier League Champ wins the FA Cup too, then they would face the League Runner-Up in the Community Shield!

[@juanestrada7309]

@@snowmansportsmedia oh oh I see.Thanks;)

[@hareecionelson5875]

It's strange that Barcelona and Real Madrid in la liga are probably the best football teams in the world, but the best league is the Premier League, because the teams are more balanced which makes the games more exciting. Any Premier league team can win the league, as Leicester showed in 2015/16 season, whereas in the other leagues there's only 1 or 2 favourites. Also more games played in the premier league, and generally more aggressive play.

[@Jonas-el8mn]

Bayern is the best team in the world

[@hareecionelson5875]

@@Jonas-el8mn Barcelona has been pants the last couple years

[@danny88237]

Thanks for the video ...I understood but with little problem ... Just a suggestion when explaining something don't base it on something like u did here for basketball .. I m from India and I don't know how basket ball cup works .. but still due to use of simple words i was able to understand everything 👍

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Ah okay, I understand, sorry about that! Thanks for watching!

[@mashood3624]

Well explained ❤

[@spark_city9639]

I believe that Ligue 1 is as competitive as the Dutch League with Ajax, which have been very successful for much longer, PSG just got money injected recently so I would put Ligue 1 in 6th.

[@sotik7535]

It doesnt work like that it is about the UEFA coefficients Portugal is 6th Russia is 7th And Netherlands is 8th

[@mortezz1268]

There's different teams in France though. Monaco, Lille, Lyon are all really good and better than anything the Eredivisie has to offer. Historically speaking there's also St. Etienne who I believe won the most Ligue 1 titles in history, Marseille and Bordeaux

[@jermmckay]

Amazing video thank you

[@blackfalcon1324]

The 'small clubs not winning' is a real problem. Scottland is a great example. Celtic and rangers both have an annual wage budget of around 25 million a year, the third biggest club is around 2 million. Thats why I like the premier league, it is the only real league in europe where there are a half dozen teams that could conceivably win.

[@ymg8057]

Although historically, 11 different club have won the Scottish League (with 19 non-Old Firm wins), albeit one of the winning clubs (Third Lanark) is now defunct and no one out with Celtic and Rangers have won it since 1985, when Aberdeen won it. That same club also went into the last day of the season top of the Scottish league in 1991 and blew it in their last game. (As Dundee did in 1949 and Hearts did in 1965 and 1986. Hibs also would have won it in 1953, under goal difference (rather than the less fair goal average, which was then used), head to head results, or 3 points for a win, even if they didn't go into the last game of that season top!) Also, since 2015, Aberdeen (twice), Hibs and Hearts have all had seasons, where they finished ahead of Rangers, whilst playing in the same division as them. It is probably no coincidence though, that the 3 best supported clubs out with the Old Firm have won the most League Titles out with those two, with 12 of the 19 non-old Firm wins being by Hibs, Hearts or Aberdeen, each with 4 Titles apiece. (Each twice as often as those European Super League "giants", Tottenham, have won their league, incidentally!) Yes, the Scottish situation is not good, but it compares very favourably with the likes of Portugal, which has had just 5 different League winners and just 2 occasions where someone out with Benfica, Sporting, or FC Porto has won their league! Also, attendance wise, the likes of Hibs and Hearts especially, have been getting some of their best average attendances for decades, in some recent seasons, despite having grounds holding far less than of old. Surprisingly also, there has been 78 occasions where a non-Old Firm club has finished in the top 2 in Scotland. (I am counting occasions where both the top 2 were non-Old Firm, as being 2 separate occasions, incidentally eg. Kilmarnock and Hearts in 1965, or Hibs and Dundee in 1903.) Yes, it does not look like anyone out with the Old Firm is likely to win the Scottish League any time soon, but who knows? Leicester City winning the English one in 2016, Boavista winning the Portuguese one just over 20 years ago, or FC Twente and AZ winning the Dutch one a little over a decade ago, were probably more unlikely events, than the likes of the Edinburgh clubs, or Aberdeen winning the Scottish one would be, given those latter clubs have far more historical form when it comes to winning their league and also in finishing in their top 2! Also, finishing ahead of the likes of Ajax, or Benfica etc., is probably a far more herculean task, than finishing ahead of the Old Firm, even if both would be difficult!

[@wir154]

@@ymg8057 Spot on!

[@malhargotad4404]

You said that in FIFA World Cup, some players play for 2 teams. So what happens when both these teams are against each other??

[@snowmansportsmedia]

What I meant by that, is that a lot of players play for both a club team and an international team. For example, Cristiano Ronaldo plays for Manchester United throughout most of the year, but he also plays for Portugal (since that's his nationality) during the World Cup/EURO's/etc. Manchester United and Portugal will never play against each other because one is a club team and the other is an international team.

[@malhargotad4404]

@@snowmansportsmedia I mean like Ronaldo plays for Manchester United in the English Premier League and he played for Real Madrid in La Liga. So these 2 clubs would never have played against each other? In the champions league??

[@kuroyamihoshizora9488]

@@malhargotad4404 late reply, but here's the thing. There is no player who plays for two clubs at the same time. CR7 played for United first, then he is bought by Madrid, and then bought by Juve, and come back again to United.

[@Epaul_215]

It’s such a shame America can’t do soccer/football well. I love American sports but it’s such a great game. We’re missing out

[@snowmansportsmedia]

I agree, if they really invested in it, the US could be one of the best footballing nations in the world

[@arroe8386]

The wouldn't even have to be that good on average since the biggest European football nations are 4-7 times smaller. Means they would only need 14-25% of their density of good players to have a similarly strong team. Edit: not even talking about nations like Portugal or the Netherlands

[@p.dkarunathilaka2054]

What happens when the no. Of goals scored in the 2 legs by both teams are equal

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Good question, most competitions use an Away Goals tiebreaker, meaning whichever team scored more goals on the road moves on, and if it's still tied after that, they'll go to extra time/penalties

[@p.dkarunathilaka2054]

@@snowmansportsmedia tnx👍keep up the good work buddy

[@kamara1886]

Too bad this year's Champions league has been Postponed because of the Coronavirus, wanted to see Ronaldo knockout Lyon like he did Atletico Madrid last season😅🔥 Nice video, I'm pretty sure you made it alot earlier for a lot of people Nigerian here🇳🇬

[@KEN_CHILLER]

Great video!

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@pl566]

This was sooooo good! Thanks.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@spark_city9639]

I'm from the US and I've seen Christian Pulisic is the best American, so I was like CHELSEAAA. I'm not sure about the other leagues, I like Barcelona because Messi, but not sure more than that

[@chaopauludo7821]

Messi plays now in PSG

[@timegoesby421]

Explained amazingly

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks!!

[@techin771]

Thank you

[@shwarcs]

Thanks for the video, very informative.

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@sarahnghae2976]

Big help. Thank you! :)

[@snowmansportsmedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@benkernow280]

I know I am being predactied here but there is more leagues in basketball and and “American” Football as well they are just no where near as good and they do have the 4 yearly coipitions as well. But in my option it’s more fun when it’s more competitive world wide. i