The Most 'Foreign' League In the World | Cyprus

[@morebaklavapls3637]

dont blame the foreign players.. blame the CFA and the club owners

[@emiliosgregoriou8943]

Never, *never* in my life did I think copa90 would make a video just on Cypriot football. This was such a surprise! On a different note, yes our football is shite

[@mariosttofalli9081]

Malaka to onoma sou 😂😂

[@itbelikethat914]

😂😂😂😂

[@jacksims93]

Seeing as I’ve supported Southampton my whole life, I took quite an interest in APOEL when they got the champions league last 8. I carried on keeping an eye on them until I visited the island a few years ago. I fell in love with the place. It is a wonderful country with wonderful people. And a fan culture like nothing I’ve ever seen in my life. If you take away all the problems off the pitch with the cfa etc, the Cypriot 1st division has some of the best ultras in Europe, and I’ve adopted APOEL as my second team. This season has been the first in a while where they have been seriously challenged and it’s been quite good to watch, apollon have been on quite the roll all season, I think at one stage APOEL were 6th or 7th in the league, I think the title race will go to the last day. Good to finally see a video on Cypriot after wanting one for so long! Cheers Copa 90!!

[@renosss1291]

We actually do have some of the best ultras in the world, considering our population. If we had the population of Germany, UK etc we would be /the/ best. And our league would be great once CFA gets rid of corruption.

[@achigreek]

Hey bud, let me know when ur back in the island next season - we'll go on some proper Football derbies with the firm around APOEL

[@mystery8guy]

FUCK U, love from AEL

[@andreassimeou6423]

look up for anorthosis the oldest club in cyprus

[@xristosx1983]

Did you also love that apoel fans are neonazis? Their photo shooting at auschwitz?

[@pascaldemetriou1757]

I'm from Cyprus!! I never expected my country to be in a video!😂

[@cmdrums3222]

Pascal Demetriou alithkia😂😂

[@pseudonymo55]

Ελαα τρελεεε ΦΕΓΕΝΟΡΝΤΤΤΤ

[@pascaldemetriou1757]

Spyros B. NANCY FC & VALENCIA CF GREEK WAY τι εννοεις ρε φιλε?

[@martijn9088]

Why do you have a feyenoord logo

[@pascaldemetriou1757]

Martijn Slootstra ik ben half nederlands, half cyprioot en in nederland ben ik voor Feyenoord!

[@cpfcfin4715]

Most underrated channel on KZbin

[@jedwilliams1998]

kingoffins 1.5mil subs hardly underrated

[@Timo8.2.]

I love Cyprus, such a a beautiful place

[@christoforospaphitis4090]

From Cyprus and an APOEL fan here. We live and breath football in our daily life. Indeed there is a minor issue with the amount of foreign players playing. Before the regulations on foreign players change (2 foreign and then 3 foreign players) our best club results was losing with dignity beyond the first or second qualifying round. Also back then our national team was in a far worse position than now and actually improved significantly since then because even though not many Cypriot players play, those who do play improve significantly by playing around better players. As a result our club teams regularly play in group stages of Champions or Europa league which in turn provides a significant revenue which is used mostly to improve facilities that benefits all club players immensely. Now more than ever before young Cypriot players get the chance to transfer to big European clubs playing at a much higher level than Cyprus. Examples: Kastanos (Juventus u23) Sotiriou (kopenhagen), Laifis (Standard Liege). Concluding the regulation change i would suggest would be to have a minimum of 3 instead of 2 local players in the starting lineup and a bigger fine for each player not starting (3K for one player, 8K for two players and 15K for three) and bonus fine if no local player played throughout the course of the match for a minimum of 20 minutes of 5K. For repeating offenders this would be really painful.

[@evarson7618]

Matt Derbyshire plays in the Cypriot league. Super super super Matty Derbyshire!!

[@andreasliasis5727]

Evarson POUSTO OMONIATI

[@reinerbraun1798]

@@andreasliasis5727 simfono an kai argisa ligo

[@GoldenNugget56]

Wooaaa didn’t expect a video on Cyprus!!🇨🇾

[@anorthosi1911]

Im from cyprus thanks copa 90 i never expected a video from my country

[@stelios278]

wow a video about Cyprus, nice video copa90

[@yianni2267]

Yassou 🇨🇾 but I live in The England

[@C1dagoat491]

eimai to idio

[@apoelarapreza6548]

Erkan Onkal Cyprus is Greek

[@user-yf4gx9lw6c]

Cyka Blyat everybody’s sagging off this erkan guy but his comments gone what did he do? Was it about the Turkish invasion?

[@gdgwz6800]

@@user-yf4gx9lw6c exactly bro

[@user-yf4gx9lw6c]

Cyka Blyat lol Turkish Cypriots Turin to brag about the fact they live in a fake country that no other part of the world actually recognised as real

[@edwardlawrence4428]

Damn.. I live in Cyprus and wasn’t expecting you guys to cover this :D

[@R1dz4]

A fine of €1,500? Their FA need to toughen up. They should make it a minimum of 4 Cypriot players per team and a deduction of points if quota not met then they'll see real change.

[@renosss1291]

Mike Too much corruption in Cyprus, they would never do that. Our FA is very close with APOEL. Just yesterday Apoel and Aek fixed a match. Apoel and Aek made an agreement to let Apoel beat AEK in the championship in an attempt to catch Apollon FC whilst Apoel let Aek go to the cup final against Apollon FC.

[@agn003]

Deduction of points would mean no money for the CFA so won't happen.

[@xtraktor.]

Λες μαλακιες το ΑΠΟΕΛ επαιξε με την δευτερη ομαδα εναντιον της ΑΕΚ... Γιατι εν πιο σημαντικο το Champions League που το Europa League! Btw ο Απολλωνας ηταν χαλια εναντιον του ΑΠΟΕΛ.

[@izdatsumcp]

Quotas are not a good idea. What needs to happen is youth development gets better. And even if 80% of the league is foreign, it doesn't matter. There's only so many Cypriots that are going to represent their country anyway. What's important is that those top Cypriots have a good league in which to hone their talents.

[@GN-pz2lg]

you cannot do that.simply because the "good " or "rich "teams whil just pay the fine and the 'average " or "poor" teams will struggle to survive

[@ΣπαρτιάτηςΣπαρτιάτης-ω1ξ]

It depends what you mean "foreign". In England and France a lot of footballers are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry but considered "English" and "French" respectively. Another thing about Cyprus is that, a lot of footballers are from Greece and they are considered "foreignres", even though they belong to the same Ethnicity!!! People from Cyprus and people from Greece belong to the same Ethnicity (Ethnic Group). Cyprus and Greece have the same National Anthem. But, for FIFA and UEFA It's all about the Citizenship and not the Ethnicity.

[@ratedpending]

born and raised in a separate country and identify as from a separate country as well

[@t.6384]

Cyprus & Greece, brothers

[@lucasn607]

I am from Limassol and play for the Apollon youth side. Everyone who plays youth there immediately becomes a prospect for the national team, as so many people reject the offer.

[@user-yf4gx9lw6c]

Why do so many reject the offer?

[@LeechUFC]

.... i think his point is the young players get a callup so easily that they can probably improve and play for a better country they have roots in like greece or albania

[@giulianodelicati9603]

U now pro?

[@john-lucaflouri393]

Make a video on the progression side, Anthony Georgiou ,Jack Roles and NIck Tsaroulla of spurs. the potential of Atalanta's Pangiotis Louka and english lower league players like Harry Kyprianou and Andronicos Georgiou. This would be brilliant to spread awareness of the progressing national team

[@theokiriakou4679]

Let's be honest I'm Cypriot, we dont have the talent to make it to the champions league group stage nor do we have the talent to qualify to euro or the world cup. We have had some talented players in the past and some now

[@dylantimoney6652]

From that drone did anyone see how messed up the circle was 😂

[@jayzerino]

Κύπρος 💙💙💙

[@dothemaths1256]

Hello from Cyprus 🇨🇾

[@AMGFC1]

do a derby days video on the limassol derby between ael limassol and apollon limassol for the next season its going to be intense because it hadnt happened in a year(fan id for the away team) also (fans won over the law)

[@fivealivef.c.4550]

LOVED IT!!

[@panaisnikiforou1077]

I am from cyprus and its wierd seeing a video like this one

[@gm1315]

I want to like this video 10000000 times

[@NICK4]

I never expected this video

[@Gia1911Logous]

I'm from Cyprus and it does make sense First of all, we're a small island with a population of barely a million, so players don't often come from academies Secondly, I believe this league is the most competitive league in Europe... Genuinely Every game is up in the air Especially at the start of the season, it's chaos And we're entering European football really hard now so the demand for better players keeps rising

[@sebussin8263]

apoel wins all the time

[@konstantinossmilas9487]

Eyyy. Im from Cyprus

[@yianni2267]

Konstantinos Smilas me too mate

[@tino6918]

Same here

[@christoshadjitsangari9085]

Konstantinos Smilas same larnaca wbu

[@reinerbraun1798]

Same nicosia

[@tylershea5888]

If it ain’t f o r e i g n, then its b o r in

[@achilleasmattheou1055]

MAXHTEC ANORTHOSIS FAMAGUSTA THE BIG RETURN IS NEAR. FEAR THE GHOSTS OF FAMAGUSTA.

[@kevinbobadilla4155]

I wouldn’t be mad if a team from Cyprus is the only team that would want me

[@agn003]

Wow! My journo friend Andrew Vou from Cyprus was telling me the exact same information quite a while back. Even read some of his work. Amazing how you have the exact same ideas and practically the exact same wording!

[@ferris1301]

They shouldnt have a 1500€payoff but the team who uses less than 2 domestic players should get automatic 0:3 loss (or -:+ loss whatever you wanna call it)

[@michaelanastasiou4749]

Sadly the national team is always gonna suffer in cyprus, we simply dont have the infrastructure and the resources to develop young talent here,and most times by the time a young player gets to 16 to 17 the clubs dont do enough to keep the kids interested in the game

[@nhlmori80]

easy, just create a under-23 league only for players from cyprus

[@jonnysaccount1149]

we have a genius over here ladies and gentlemen.

[@renosss1291]

Already exists. U-23’s to U-8’s leagues to be exact.

[@andabossftw]

Cyprus have got some youth prospects. My team doesn't have a regular Cypriot in the first team

[@goggy6850]

as a cypriot living in australia i get to see my people from an unique perspective. the cypriot people have limited national pride in their culture and development as a nation in sports and most issues. it saddens me to admit this but its the truth that most cypriots living in cyprus will deny

[@gg10skillz19]

I am from cyprus and my team is OMONOIA

[@PCBSLC]

The premise of this video is kinda bogus. 1- If Cypriot players were good enough they could play in any league on the planet. 2- Cyprus is a small country, barely over a million people. What percentage of their total population do you expect to be professional footballers? Or from the international view, the odds of such a small country challenging for the World Cup are probably lower than Leicester winning the Prem again.

[@kyriacospolydorou1797]

Mate, im from Cyprus and I support APOEL. Trust me when I say this, everybody on this island loves this sport. Every kid has played in an academy of some sort. It is actually rare to find people who just dont care about the beautiful game.

[@QaZzFilms]

Look at Iceland. 350,000 people live there. The population is not an excuse for not winning. What Cyprus needs to do is to care about national football; again, Iceland is an excelent example of it.

[@isaacveynaflores1105]

Kyriacos Polydorou As you're an APOEL fan, may I ask if you know how this is, Raul Gudiño a countrymen of mine playing in your country, he hasn't had many apperances but if you've seen him play, is he any good. I can't see him play as he is on loan from Porto.

[@bluecafu5593]

Well not many foreigners play in the Northern Irish League where I’m from. There’s a couple of players from the Republic and one from Denmark but there are loads of Northern Irish players in our league.

[@christoforospapandreou]

Isaác Veyna Flores I am also an APOEL fan and I've watched every game that Gudino has played. To be honest I think he's not good enough for a team that has won the league 5 consecutive seasons

[@swagzoras3685]

You should do a Derby Days series in cypriot football because there are political tensions between the fans

[@lukek4662]

Can you do a video on the Newcastle Jets run to the A league final

[@ConorMccabehere]

Visited Cyprus last year when my team Cork City played AEK Larnaca in the Europa League. An amazing country!. I think AEK only started with two local players and had about five or six Spanish players, so no wonder we got eliminated lol. With the European money being as much as it is nowadays this is only going to continue.

[@ConorMccabehere]

hah in my dreams :p

[@jimmys.]

Maxhtec 94

[@KarmoPillarHD]

is there any place online where you can watch the league, any links to cytavision ?

[@cosis16]

Tiocfaidh ár lá hey, search for cytavision live streaming. You need to create an account first. Each match is 7 euros(7 tokens) that you need to buy beforehand in order to watch a selected match. By the way, this sunday match apoel vs apollon is a championship decider and worth watching live. All the best, Alex

[@KarmoPillarHD]

not avaidable in ireland.... any streams that are free and can view in my country

[@ConorMccabehere]

I struggle to find links to games myself. kzbin.info/door/ymdjC8B1J5EBIWkBx2Locgvideos They do highlights fairly quick after they have finished which is better than nothing I guess.

[@MrDboydannyb]

Yo copa90, make an updated video of how the MLS is superior to Liga MX but couldn't beat a team that's 2nd to last in that league.

[@_oam_]

Danny Mejia relax, it went to penalties

[@MrDboydannyb]

KingShadow11 yeah to Chivas, like I said a team who's 2nd to last

[@_oam_]

Danny Mejia and toronto is in last place so its equal

[@MrDboydannyb]

KingShadow11 MLS season is just beginning. This weekend is MX last week

[@t-rayjones013]

And Toronto beat club America before that so what's your point

[@wizkidgizmo]

The Cypriot players just aint good enough 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@petrosmixides2843]

Merkis Ioannou Sotiriou Efraim Laifis Panayi

[@zaphster11]

I hope they do put limits. Like in Asia. This is my idea Maybe they should start next year by having 15 maximum foreign players in the 25 man line up. Then maybe they can, every year, to subtract one until it reaches 10 maximum players. They should also have at least 3 Cypriot player in the starting line up and if not, $3000 for every missing player and if no Cypriot player at all, then match will start with 3-0.

[@jonnysaccount1149]

you are such a genius. that sounds like the most reasonable explanation ever. great idea.

[@crocodeilos]

The maximum already is 15 foreign players

[@murrayhill7450]

Eli best copa 90 presenter

[@dikefalosoriginale1417]

Do a video for Greek Super League !

[@victorvasquez8520]

Club Deportivo Guadalajara 🐐🔵⚪️🔴 Puro Mexicano ! 🇲🇽💯

[@MaXiTisMc]

Ρε μάγκες βάλτε κανα κανόνα για τους ξένους να βγει και κανας Κύπριος παίχτης , το ίδιο πρέπει να γίνει και στην Ελλάδα , αμάν με τα παλτά από Βραζιλία Πορτογαλία κλπ

[@simos6jipros154]

entaxi re palia vgike o kaliteros kipreos o sotiris kaiafas 260 goal sto kipriako prothathlima

[@GM-tw4el]

England is pretty bad though on how damaging foreign players are for national side. England should be a dominant world force like Germany, Spain and Brazil, but the lack of English players getting chances is so limited, and the ones who do make it through have it even harder because of the media hype, which can crush a young prospect under the weight of expectation over them.

[@chrisbego405]

the same issues are done in greece through...

[@ivalex9277]

Cyprus best country in the world

[@zakperry731]

Erkan Onkal twat

[@christostheodosiou6483]

Erkan Onkal fuck you Cyprus is GREEK not Turkish!!!!!

[@panayiotisioannou136]

+Erkan Onkal education must be great over on the occupied part. You might actually be the dumbest person to ever comment on a youtube video

[@panayiotisioannou136]

Erkan Onkal you must have a phd with that sort of a brain

[@ivalex9277]

Erkan Onkal what you say cyprus is one country northen and southern cyprus is cypriot oke and dont you dare put the turkish flag in my country you twat

[@BamberBridgeFcUnofficial]

Joe garner plays for AOEL

[@c200065524]

Mexico’s liga mx should be high in the list of most foreign league. If it wasn’t for chivas, they would be top 3 for sure

[@creaturecat5697]

Christpher Roman no, most of their players are from the same 5 countries

[@sotiris9]

τουτος ομως ξερει οτι που την ημερα που εδημηουρηθηκεν το κυπριακο πρωταθλημα στινουν παιχνιδια.Οι διαιτητες εν ηξερουν ουλλους τους κανονισμους κ.τ.λ

[@eddydonlon]

I’m English and Cypriot

[@JMackin88]

I think first and foremost, Cyprus should go back to the whole island. You guys not even mentioning that, especially since it does play a deal in global social economical policy, It’s tough to ignore. Also, Iceland made a huge investment in developing local talent to be sold off from the island to other places. It is not a place where players will use as a launching pad compared to Cyprus. If cypress wants to mirror that policy, it needs to develop its young players and sell them elsewhere.

[@a.e.a.]

JMackin88 the problem with Cyprus' potential unity is the historical, political and religous shift between greeks and turks. I dont see a way how these two entities could live together without one side completely dominating and oppressing the other. (Which, sadly enough, is the reality in Greece and Turkey today). Furthermore I firmly believe that İceland's success in football isn't so much based on the country's player development system but rather on the incredible team spirit and Fan support, which enables their team to beat more talented squads like England, Croatia and Turkey.

[@JMackin88]

Muhacirinho 27 There is an article that specifically goes in-depth in what Iceland did to be good. The only country that has a higher coach to player per capita in the world, is the Netherlands; and look at their history in football as a small country because of that. If this was say Belgium, which relies heavily on a lot of first generation immigrants for their success that’s a different story, but the Netherlands is the framework for a small country succeeding. Especially for a place like Iceland, which traditionally does not have a heavy immigrant diaspora.

[@a.e.a.]

JMackin88 Thanks you for the further information. To be honest, İ am not very sophisticated regarding football in İceland. While İ must aknowledge the investments they, as you pointed out above, obviously made in their talent development, İ still believe that a country with such a small number of inhabitants cant have any longevity regatding its success in the international landscape. PS: Do you really think that a country like Cyprus which faces even heavier challenges due to the political situation can effectively develop in to a successfull football country like the Netherlands or Belgium.

[@joshuavelazquez1476]

*Cough Cough Prem*

[@begonethot4971]

> When your league is so shitty that you have to import foreigners to play for your teams

[@sheng4446]

Apoel VS Apollon 😥

[@ΣπαρτιάτηςΣπαρτιάτης-ω1ξ]

The person who made this video, hate APOEL fans??? Why we didn't see the fans of APOEL at this video???

[@mystery8guy]

cos this is a clip about *fans* not pussies

[@Trossgames]

WOW THE COUNTRY I LIVE IN IS IN A VIDEO FUCK YEA

[@Kaz-xv1zx]

Apollon gâté 1

[@ellencardene5109]

Hablen de la final de la conca , chivas va Toronto

[@eerooikarinen9831]

My cousin plays for ermis.

[@anthonylong9067]

eero oikarinen impressive You should do the same and play for them. Lol

[@renosss1291]

who’s your cousin bro?

[@eerooikarinen9831]

Renosss Martinos Christofi

[@konstantinosgeorgiou7045]

@@eerooikarinen9831 I think that this player was played a lot of games last season with Doksa Katokopias and he was decent

[@ck7cy745]

Hehe! The Cypriot League is slowly relegated to the Copa90's videos

[@_oam_]

Epl should limit foreign players too

[@jonnyparada4569]

What about Serie A?

[@oxdhaoxt3694]

Umm EPL should be aleast 65% foreign

[@ROSE-wc1tu]

Epl is called FPL (foreigner premier league). 75% of epl players are foreigners

[@mirofisch940]

come to waiheke united

[@C8LBS]

I used to live in Cyprus 😂

[@donbarzinitut]

he lived in Cyprus there is no north or south.

[@J89-b2m]

Erkan Onkal There's no such thing as a north Cyprus

[@C8LBS]

I lived in paphos, and there is a north and south divide

[@J89-b2m]

Erkan Onkal You're anything but Cypriots

[@J89-b2m]

Colby Davenport I live in Nicosia and I'm Cypriot, I know. you obviously have no idea what I'm talking about

[@lukeadam9235]

🙂

[@kappamee7968]

Smaller nations making a name for themselves??? I guess he means iceland, iceland and iceland.

[@isaacveynaflores1105]

A Cypriot club should sign me 😂

[@BandCalledTheSleep]

I bought your new book

[@C1dagoat491]

Ela Apollon

[@mystery8guy]

AEL is the best !!

[@cmdrums3222]

I am from Cyprus and I am an Apoel fan💛💙

[@Orthodox1911]

Starjithkia mas

[@cmdrums3222]

Number 11 ma eshis j poujina?

[@elinaddour4886]

JURGEN KLOPP OUT CAN'T BEAT A TEAM THAT ARE 19TH IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND NOW MY FINISH BEHIND CHELSEA DISGRACE

[@nathanm2601]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWaqdq1-dr5rlbc Hmm actually our national team isn't as bad as you say it is!

[@lavander7417]

Is APOEL the best team in Cyprus?

[@pascaldemetriou1757]

Tincho Aguero at this moment apollon and apoel are the best teams

[@zachariahgaming3732]

Apoel are the best, but apollon are challenging and are having a good one off season. They're like Tottenham, but sometimes win the domestic cups

[@zachkoglin2085]

I’m so early

[@thomasalex195]

11

[@charliepeers]

Someone shut up that owl.

[@nicoletaavgousti4881]

apoel

[@christostsappas1722]

APOLLO OLE

[@stokanuskvnp]

Tittle should be like this: "The Most 'Fixing Matches' League In the World | Cyprus" 😂😂😂

[@altergant-anotherbrainless7742]

ah well serbia isnt any better i guess

[@stokanuskvnp]

Yup! :/

[@victorvasquez8520]

I thought the Mexican league was bad 😭

[@dhruvmistry4626]

Brexit means brexit

[@davidteixeira8762]

39th!

[@nvnomorales]

Liga mx lmfao

[@PowerhouseAdi]

I'm late

[@diogogomes535]

Lol you do a video about the Cyprus League and you never did a video about Portuguese League

[@purefutebol5825]

Diogo Gomes vai te foder,nem da para falar de Portugal senão só se fala da corrupção do teu "clube" de merda.Vai dormir porco

[@hugoS2499]

Non sense comment

[@AvgerinosMen54]

I'm Greek but i agree with you a 100%

[@LegendNinja41]

what video should he do about Liga NOS ? is there something extremly interesting ? maybe Braga doing so well ? but they will finish 4th nonetheless..

[@kylejackson3742]

Diogo Gomes What SOOOO special about Liga NOS? If there is then they will make a video about it.

[@victorsjolin1993]

616th

[@mach254]

1

[@The_Jynxx_PW]

4th

[@IvayloTod]

This isn't healthy for the Cypriot football.