What Happened in Football This Season?

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2022/23 was the year of many seasons, thanks in large part to the World Cup in November and December. So much has happened, it is easy to forget.
A Premier League that looked like it was heading to North London, a Bundesliga that looked like it wasn’t heading to Bavaria, and a Serie A that finally made its way to the south.
But that is not all. Seb Stafford-Bloor recounts the biggest events of the last 11 months. Illustrated by Marco Bevilacqua.
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[@kalashestefanio3010]

I think to many people forget about Haller. He beat cancer and still came back and was a important player for Dortmund !!!

[@Football_Advanced]

Yeah an important reason why they bottled the title… if he scored his pen they would’ve won it

[@drex5160]

Man beat cancer but couldn't beat Bayern😭

[@Malvorik]

If only my grandmother beat cancer 😢

[@johnnyneptune2730]

Also Acerbi

[@zizou8259]

And for Bayern too

[@deqalb]

One of the world cup underrated results was how Japan topped their group consisting of Germany and Spain.

[@chunk9165]

spain lost on purpose

[@OneCelticFansView]

Well said

[@josephezekwesili3111]

That was a set up for Japan mate.

[@katman9900]

This season will be talked about for years

[@watermelon2223]

No it won't. It really wasn't anything special

[@txlmu]

@@watermelon2223Messi World Cup and City Treble

[@jasonulriksen8897]

I think Messi winning the word cup and man city / Haaland dominance will be the only thing remembered

[@captain_noodles]

​@@watermelon2223tell that o the people of Naples

[@thewhambam]

many icons have retired too

[@mightytitan1719]

there was a time in world cup when costa rica and japan were qualifying and spain and germany were getting knocked out

[@mattcattt]

The best bit about the Diogo Costa penalty saves fact was that it was actually 4 saves in a row (one had to be retaken, and he still saved it) 💪

[@davidandrediazrosario4954]

Helmuth Duckadam did it first.

[@molobog]

​@@davidandrediazrosario4954In a penalty shootout as well

[@seandelap8587]

The story of the season is Luton Town gaining promotion to the EPL after such a rollercoaster ride where they had dropped out of the football league and then climbed up all the leagues to make it to the top flight of course Luton were actually one of original 22 teams that were involved in the breakaway from the football league to set up the EPL but they were relegated in 1992 a season before the EPL started so they never actually got to play in it until the end of this season so its been a real rollercoaster for them the past 30 or so years and you could make a film about it

[@NIDELLANEUM]

It must feel wild to know that, 30 years later, there's still founding members of the Premier League who have yet to play in it

[@MartinParnham]

The two teams that went down with Luton in 1992 were Notts County and West Ham (who finished bottom). Notts have just got promotion back to the fourth tier after being in non-league (and as a result have regained their status as the oldest Football League club) and West Ham have just won a European trophy. Shows you how fortunes can contrast. It was a good season for all 3. I would guess that Notts County were involved in that breakaway too?

[@MartinParnham]

The two teams that went down with Luton in 1992 were Notts County and West Ham (who finished bottom). Notts have just got promotion back to the fourth tier after being in non-league (and as a result have regained their status as the oldest Football League club) and West Ham have just won a European trophy. Shows you how fortunes can contrast. It was a good season for all 3. I would guess that Notts County were involved in that breakaway too?

[@NIDELLANEUM]

@@MartinParnham It feels rather absurd how two of the three teams that were relegated right before the foundation of the Premier League have yet to play in it, and one of them will only do it NOW

[@petersugar7726]

its rapistiano penaldo throwing everyone under the bus

[@GOATBryan10]

This season has felt longer than ever & made me age tenfold…

[@FacundoSutherland]

I wish you could talk more about South America's leagues and football. Enzo Fernández, Julian Alvarez, McCallister, etc... All world champions, that originated with awesome wins in our football

[@MrRorySteel]

No but they will tell you about Women's football teams that play at u 14's boys level! Nice one.

[@DrGreenDrBud]

Defo more South American football talk needed

[@kapsel-yg2sk]

​@@MrRorySteelanother misoginyst that never watched any women's football, but hehe they lost to u17 hehe funny compilations hehe

[@MrRorySteel]

@@kapsel-yg2sk Don't try and virtue signal regarding my preference of watching or learning about the highest level of football. It'd not hating women to comment that the best women's football team USA got slaughtered off a u15's boys team. Jog on you Sigh.

[@CommanderOfRussia1]

There are far better players he didn’t mention why would he mention those players lol, he said Argentina won the WC… Alvarez only one worthy of a nod he did well for City

[@TheCatDrinksAllTheRedBull]

This season will be known as one of the most bonkers Premier League seasons ever, even if City won predictably. Forest and Chelsea's transfer market lunacy, Leicester going down, Spurs, Chelsea, Leeds and Southampton all sacking two managers. Newcastle putting up 5 in 20 minutes against Spurs. Haaland breaking football, Arsenal breaking the hearts of all their fans. West Ham somehow winning a European trophy while fighting relegation most of the year. Fulham challenging for Europe. Aston Villa, Newcastle and Brighton all finishing in the European places. Everything Nathan Jones said was comedy gold even if Southampton stunk

[@chadultrapromax1735]

Southampton a relegated team beat man City a treble winner to deny them possibly what could have been a quadruple

[@masterchief1520]

Brighton is playing so good.

[@JohnnyMaverik]

Everything you are saying sounds like the average premier league season. Which is what it was. When the most exciting thing is Brighton, who have been threatening to be consistently good for a while now, coming 6th, then I'm sorry but it wasn't that interesting.

[@venuskembuan7681]

​@@JohnnyMaverikBrighton almost got relegated in previous season

[@silvesta5027]

@@JohnnyMaverikYour standards are crazyy!! This was one of the most fun seasons to watch in recent memory for me

[@crobias]

my first season watching club football and i loved it. tifo had a huge impact and gave me all the history lessons i could of asked for. thank you 😊

[@hypershadow9226]

Same here

[@Aldarux]

I think it was really poetic how the world was able to give Pele one last World Cup final before he left us. What a final it was!

[@lilyofficer7300]

Messi won his world Cup, the world said goodbye to the king of football himself, city won the treble, mourinho lost his perfect European final record, Napoli won the scudetto, this felt like the season finale to the sport itself. Time to get invested in golf or something.

[@meshal.666]

Right? Hahaha it was an insane season even in my country Saudi Arabia Al-ittihad won the Saudi league after 19 years or so from the last win and it was the door to play in the club World Cup for them because it will be hosted in SA in their Stadium also winning the Saudi cup for the first time in their history a season for decades to come truly

[@PrinceOfParthia74]

Pessi “won” World Cup

[@coconut_destroyer3966]

​@@PrinceOfParthia74Keep crying 😂😂

[@arthurmorgan332]

2022-23 season is an inflection point in football history. Excited to see what lies ahead.

[@Seem612]

Why don’t you guys do longer styles story videos anymore? Those used to hit

[@rezhaadriantanuharja3389]

Probably cost significantly more to produce without significant difference in revenue over the shorter videos

[@AtTheBridgePod]

Antonio Conte and Thomas Tuchel got involved in a handshake stand off, that happened last season, wild!

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Feels like when a show teases something big at the beginning of the season, but then either the writers forget or they have to change plans

[@StillAwesome21]

Based on the comments, I've read (and strongly agree with), there needs to be a part 2 maybe part 3. A lot of things still left to cover, would love if guys did, but this was a nice summary nonetheless.

[@coast_cat6171]

This is my first year following soccer and i don’t regret the decision. What a beautiful sport ❤

[@leobestbote4244]

The Dortmund missed opportunity still hurts even now and I'm not even a Dortmund fan, at this rate Bayern will win 20 bundersliga titles on the bounce

[@NIDELLANEUM]

I don't hate Bayern because they win, I hate *how* they win. At a certain point, they just HAVE to run out of luck

[@theberserker_of_falconia]

Farmer league boring

[@naheem]

Bottled it

[@liam00]

It's definitely worse when it's because of how bad the 2nd team is just means they win

[@diegodadog1435]

​@@NIDELLANEUMits not luck they are just THAT dominant, we are not talking about Juventus that had a grest amount of luck + other teams failing expectations

[@zak__21]

Arguably, 2 of the greatest players, Messi and Ronaldo, left Europe. The end of football's greatest rivalry also happened this season.

[@leoalvespt]

I was surprised at how little emphasis was put on that

[@cheruvatoor]

Probably that start of a New Era with Halland and Mbappe.

[@samuelfinkelstein8099]

UNION BERLIN GOT TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST STORIES OF ALL TIME

[@MosstafaSaleh]

this season was genuinely unique and long, it had so many memories and stories, ronaldo and messi depart europe, haaland machinery, messi world cup, morocco underdog story, same with union berlin and newcastle, none of my favourite teams actually won anything (except maybe liverpool's community shield, if you count that) but i enjoyed every bit of this yet another season of football

[@TheTechnicalArea19]

Love these types of videos. In build up to next season you should take a look back at every season of the Prem!

[@reversal]

This video was fantastic! Hope to see them every single year again from now on :D

[@tomsmith5584]

Of all of the seasons in football, this was one of them.

[@celtic69]

Football most definitely took place this season, games were played in my opinion

[@stalfithrildi5366]

A never ending series of games that matter to someone somewhere, presumably

[@weirdbro6597]

I beg to differ. Football is not real, it's all just fabricated reality made by the global elite. They were all either paid actors or super intelligent androids.

[@SoNobodyToldYaBaby]

@@stalfithrildi5366 in a match many are describing as on this weekend.

[@KrasnalJaro]

That one was really beautiful. Thank you 🙏

[@jimmychoppa1997]

Absolutely brilliant video

[@matiasbalaci]

Romanian legend George Hagi won Farul Constanta their first League title in their history as a manager!

[@Alijamaru]

That was an amazing recap

[@t00qu1ck8]

It's a great video, I just would have been nice if they include some of the smaller stories and the winners from some of smaller leagues as well.

[@createdfootballleague6591]

Also with Bale, he had his late stoppage time of extra time game-tying goal in the best MLS Cup Final of all time, where LAFC beat Philadelphia on penalties after a 3-3 draw

[@chibuzormartin2143]

I love this, Weldon Tifo Football.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@shaheemjackson283]

Absolutely beautiful, Tifo 🥹

[@rohanchauhan2457]

3:11 Wow! This happened last season, feels like ages ago.

[@adamwyatt8827]

It really is crazy how much happens in one season, imagine being shown this video a year early? Bring on 2023/24!

[@tjm014]

Would of been nice to see a mention for Christian Atsu 😢 RIP long live ❤

[@luyandzabavukiledlamini4693]

This season was a crazy wild ride that will be talked throughout generations

[@deegee5333]

The video we didn’t know that we needed. ❤

[@jmsa2760]

Not the first time we had a winter world cup. WCs in Brazil, Argentina, S. Africa, Chile, Uruguay, all were in the winter. It was only the first WC in the European winter.

[@speakertrees]

I remember all of this like it im living it right now, like some sort of time creature, choosing to bathe in the luminous lore of your people

[@JoshuaC923]

What a season it has been

[@samuelfinkelstein8099]

Great content

[@Knsy]

What a year!

[@mp9782]

Not a bad year to start following futbol. See you all next season!

[@noelmakhoba2761]

Tifo is just too good!

[@lukewenberg4271]

We got to go out more this year to. No more lockdown. CRAZY YEAR!

[@frexer5284]

What a season

[@mantajay701]

“Mixed season for city” - it was amazing!

[@durjoybarua5341]

A season like no other, i think even the fans needed some rest after the season ended.

[@hansalvarado4286]

Most likely the most emotional season ever.

[@raskuly]

I did come into the video with the expectation that it would touch on leagues outside Europe.

[@tifosimasterplan987]

Wow! You didn't talked about South american football !!!! Thanks guys !!!!!

[@evolve5527]

This season was great

[@touhidurrahman14]

Love from Bangladesh

[@_resource-guy1878]

Can you make a video about both Summer and Winter Transfer Markets and can you include a timeline when things happened with the club and transfer fee

[@dewaeryadi7776]

Maradona is smiling watching over argentina and napoli this year

[@Daewonnni]

This season crowned the goat of the sport. Official. Amazing year for the history of the game.

[@Grifftaaa]

I love this guys voice

[@JoaoOliveira-wi3hc]

one of the top seasons ever

[@alimac5926]

Honestly so much happened this season. Too much to name. This has been the most ludicrous season i've seen

[@anibalmendoza7360]

This year felt like it transitioned from the legends we grew up watching to the new gen taking over

[@HorchataImpact]

Great season

[@ssrocksss]

You can't help but feeling nostalgic for this amazing season...

[@vegas9992]

I wish you mention Japan and Korean in World Cup, they did really good.

[@mfundonkosi6927]

Next year boys. COYG! 🔴⚪️

[@MrSanjayparker]

Mourinho getting more time at the beginning in the Europa final than the treble or WC final drama :D

[@ImChandu777]

THIS SEASON A BILLION PEOPLE'S DREAM FULFILLED 🇦🇷🏆

[@masterchief1520]

Alvarez has done it all. But hes got much more to give to football. Hope shows levels i know he will

[@adamg8814]

I think the most incredible thing to happen this season and is not mentioned in this video is Sheffield Wednesday coming back from 4-0 down in the first leg to win the second leg against Peterborough in what was the comeback of the century

[@Saurabhvermawho]

Tifo is peak of football content

[@solodolotrevino]

This season has marked a very abrupt end of an era and the start of a new one.

[@tompaaz]

Money ruling football has been known for quite some time, however this year it truly crossed the line with qatar, city treble and saudi pro league. Truly sad times. RIP football the beatiful game

[@flayar3207]

Steve cooper really is my hero.

[@samuelfinkelstein8099]

Can you do a break down on the premire leauge

[@domaitken6730]

You can’t even mention Newcastle as one of the underdog stories. Yes we’ve got money, but no one predicted we’d finish top 4.

[@andrewbunch6599]

As a barca fan who loves Maradona and Messi i loved this season only 2 things wouldve made it better dortmund not bottling the league the last game and not sure of this counts but Croatia winning the nations league i honestly wanted modric to win a trophy with his national team still do he deserves it hopefully they get the euros

[@Rex1010best]

Best season in awhile

[@minilik6]

Rc Lens deserves praise.

[@user-mx1rb2vz3v]

I don't really follow football but i like watching these videos

[@dragountastified8083]

just curious, which team would you support the most?

[@EnjoyLollipop]

Amazing video thank you so much

[@gonzalez239]

AND YET AGAIN.....another video talking about this season in football on YT and NO ONE has mentioned the fact that Red Star Belgrade were THE ONLY TEAM in the top flight in ALL OF EUROPE to finish their season undefeated........not one channel is talking about this and they have a seed in the champions league already.....it's insane to think that a massive club like them are not being talked about....

[@listey]

Fairly meaningless league. Even Spurs could win it.

[@stalfithrildi5366]

​@@listeylike the European Cup Spurs have won?

[@user-ll7eb9yd5d]

They had to speak about woman's football, it's more important than such lame stuff as Red Star being undefeated 2nd time in a row, Siniša Mihajlović losing battle with cancer and many more

[@gonzalez239]

@@listey that is the biggest cap I've ever read.....

[@jldch26]

Decided to actually check out whether this is true or not. Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag finished 25-2-0 to be the 2022 Faroe Islands Premier League Champions (fun fact, they are also currently 14-0-0 this season). So technically not the only top flight Champion to be undefeated. For those wondering, Faroe Islands is ranked 41st in UEFA.

[@Steve-yo8uh]

What Happened in Football This Season? In Europe..........

[@durn3389]

Yeah come on tifo! Get around the victoria north west metro div 7 !!!

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Knowing how Premier League-centric Tifo Football is, it's already surprising if they mention a team outside of England

[@MrNoob42069]

Cool video

[@kirkdaley3441]

Man the TT AND CONTE HANDSHAKE WAS THIS SEASON??😂😂😂 DAMN

[@adhnaanahmed5029]

Luton gaining promotion against all odds>>>>>>>>>>>>>> messi winning world cup and city winning treble

[@fp-ko7vg]

Somehow everton is still at the premir league lol and i love it

[@landondonovanify]

This season was pretty great. As a Villa fan we got a world class manager and got way better after the miserable start under Gerrard. But my favourite part of the season is still the world cup, it was amazing to watch that every day in the cold dark miserable winter.

[@davidandrediazrosario4954]

Why does Tifo ignore European Cup history? Helmuth Duckadam saved 4 straight penalties (there wasn’t a fifth) in the 1986 final.

[@ChrisRD526]

Can’t wait to tell my future grandchildren about the 2022 FIFA World Cup!!!!

[@GrowthInProgress247]

@@BR-sc4hfYou tell yours about how salty you are about it

[@Username-mn7pc]

@@GrowthInProgress247 world cup has destroyed them

[@staceysang1545]

This pod ending is what happened!!!!!!

[@dianeyoung2666]

It wasn‘t a great season for my team, but still an amazing season to watch overall

[@anshumankakralia7542]

This was my first year in football so i actually don't know what the video's gonna be about. Lol. I just assumed football is like this every year.

[@marioandwes]

The Conte Tuchel thing feels like two years ago at least

[@dewaeryadi7776]

Its quite good achievement for italian teams to be on the finals

[@delanofranklin5505]

Sadly, every Italian finalist ended runners-up

[@NavjotSingh-xb8cn]

Uncrowned king was finally crowned 👑

[@xRares]

5:40 it was not Helmut Duckadam in '86's Champions League Final, where he saved 4 consecutive penalties?

[@__dane__]

Arsenal set a new record for the most number of days at the top of the premier league table without winning the title 😢

[@ConeFootball]

Sometimes i forget the World Cup was this season

[@ar99vld]

5:39 Helmut Duckadam champions league final 1986!

[@zrader1]

he saved 4

[@pablocallizob]

What about the Copa Libertadores and other South American tournaments?