Which Empire Would Have The Best Football Team?

[@nathski22]

I’d love to see these teams simmed in Football Manager in a mini tournament!

[@KetwigKeith]

Someone get this video to Zealand lmao

[@Mr_Godmode]

Yep

[@caldinio]

JarradHD

[@lynpendry]

@@caldinioplz not Jarrad he’s so shit and cant pronounce any club or player names

[@seriousdeliriums]

This should be an event on efootball or fifa 😂

[@From305toSH]

An Ottoman Empire XI would be hilarious given how much infighting that team would probably have for....reasons....

[@SKa-tt9nm]

I know it’s just a fun KZbin video but… If my ancestors were strong enough to refuse to give up their religion, language and national identity, football players can resist playing for an ottoman team. Nobody from Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, etc. would show up.

[@FarisSalihbasic]

​@@SKa-tt9nm neither would Zinchenko for Russian empire😂

[@WERTYUIO821]

​@@FarisSalihbasic I mean, at the time he probably would. Ukrainians before the war were not so hostile to Russia. Russia didn't commit so many crimes against Ukrainians as Ottomans did to the the Balkan or Anatolia countries(some of them like Assyria or Pontus don't even exist because of that).

[@AbwibrahimO]

@@WERTYUIO821 "Russia didn't commit so many crimes against Ukrainians" OMG how wrong you are my friend! russia is the definition of crimes! towards Ukraine only it was nothing but 300 years of war crimes! why don't you just google Stalin? he killed in the USSR more than Hitler did! many of them "i assume most of them" were in Ukraine!

[@WhiteWineGaming]

@@WERTYUIO821 yes but my ancestors burnt women at the stake for being witches and that shit would fly now. Attacking your neighbour in this age is worse for your image than will smith slapping someone at the Oscar’s.

[@notion444]

as a history major and football fan, this is quite possibly the best video i've ever watched

[@igniteashen]

Same

[@domenstrmsek5625]

Yeah I love i agree

[@aggeroxf]

agree.

[@franciscoc9695]

Literally i find a similiar video few days ago,this is perfect

[@wrongname1278]

@@franciscoc9695 what's the name

[@mongolia3247]

As a Mongol, I must say you used pretty generous borders for us. So thanks for that. One thing I would note is that according to the map you put at 7:27, we control Slovakia so I would add Milan Skriniar. We also control part of southern Poland which from what I can tell includes the town where Zielinski of Napoli is from.

[@Vy_il]

Hi! Mongolia is interesting imo! What’s it like?

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Yeah that map is very generous

[@matteohaverkamp9486]

CR7 not even getting a mention shows how much can change in one year

[@luca-uq4sj]

True

[@Harryfrossell]

He’s from Madeira not main land portugal which wasn’t part of the country at the time

[@matteohaverkamp9486]

@@Harryfrossell If that is true, surely he would've mentioned it.

[@WERTYUIO821]

​@@matteohaverkamp9486 Not necessarily, he could have slipped it because of video length.

[@puljz8551]

​@@Harryfrossell it was a part of Portugal 🤡😹😹 Madeira was one of the earliest portuguese colonies since the first halft of the 15th century

[@alexrofe2192]

"Andre Lunin is busy representing the Mongols" There's a sentence I. never thought I'd hear.

[@Darwinek]

Since Poland was partitioned between three empires, you'd have to check where a certain player was born, to assign him to a proper imperial national team. Born in Warsaw? Imperial Russia. Born in Kraków? Austro-Hungarian Empire. Born in Poznań? German Empire.

[@theultumateprezes6379]

Lewandowski- Warsaw, Russian Empire Szczęsny- Warsaw, Russian Empire Cash- obviously born outside of Poland, but his Polish grandparents were born in Stanisławów (or as Ukrainians would have it, Ivano-Frankivsk) and Brańsk. Stanisławów belonged to Austria and Brańsk belonged to Russia. Bednarek- Słupca, Russian Empire Kiwior- Tychy, German Empire Krychowiak- Gryfice, German Empire Zieliński- Ząbkowice Śląskie, German Empire (rather funnily the town was called Frankenstein by the Germans) Milik- Tychy, German Empire So overall, out of 8 Polish players featured in this 11, 4 could be claimed by the German Empire, 3 by the Russian Empire, while Matty Cash would unfortunately need to be split in half between the Russian and the Austrian empires.

[@WhiteWineGaming]

I really enjoyed this. It does put a perspective on how things could have been vastly different for international football if a battle here or a war there went the other way. How would the borders be drawn and what nations would get immigrants from their colonies who’s kids were then eligible to play for them if they had kept or gained parcels or land from around the world

[@jake2001c]

I think you could make the argument that if a battle here or there went different Football may not be the worlds dominant sport. History is so fragile that the lightning rod events that made football so popular may never happen for any number of reasons.

[@WhiteWineGaming]

@@jake2001c well yes that’s also true. You could take it further and say that instead of sport we could have had a hunger games thing going on. I’m glad the hypothetical here is just empire football teams though

[@danaziz1675]

I've love to see a part 2 for this, including empires such as the Angevin empire, Napoleon's empire, the holy roman empire, the ottoman empire, and the various other empires that exist. I feel this would be so cool and lovely work as always ^^

[@waozer]

the hre was not holy, roman, nor an empire

[@danaziz1675]

@@waozer im glad there is another who knows 😤😤😤 history in a football chat. Today i am truely blessed

[@legitpainter1727]

Holy shit the Angevin empire would fucking slap

[@hessen5498]

​@@waozer it kinda was an Empire

[@Ivanmaradonaaa]

@@waozer kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZKppqObr8-IjZI

[@AquaSteez]

being american, the fredy adu references are absolutely hilarious

[@denisyanchu9518]

The creativity and a mix of history with football makes this channel truly unique. Keep it up man

[@izgr0]

agreed

[@ParksandPosh]

I mean the French basically just play their empire anyway given their citizenship rules… a lot of their players either born in a former territory or could be selected to play for them

[@chrissao_502]

As a soccer nerd, and empires nerd, this is my wheelhouse. Much thanks

[@surabhiawasthi5777]

In the Spanish empire XI, I would put Hakimi as my RB and probably Cancelo instead of Nuno Mendes at LB

[@mohammedfareed298]

Portugese Empire was separate from Spain

[@Fistrike]

​@@mohammedfareed298 but portugal was a part of spain for 60 years. That is why portuguese players are included in the video as part of the spain one

[@pauloh5167]

​@@Fistrike No it was not... Was a UNION, in that case the portuguese can use spanish players as well.

[@Brams2777]

​@@pauloh5167 It might've been a union but it wasn't very equal at all.

[@pauloh5167]

@@Brams2777 Yeah thats why the portuguese didnt like it and end it... (with war) But was still a union at time... Most portuguese agree with the union because the spanish king had portuguese blood and has you know at that time it was crucial. Later turned out to be a bad decision.

[@xNoneLikeMe]

As someone who enjoys history just as much as football this was awesome. Hopefully we may get more!

[@Rowieqt]

I spit out my tea at 1:25 this video is a great entertainment as ever, keep up the great work!

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Thanks for calling us "weirdos" who watch your content! 😂 you clearly understand us very well. Great video, thanks!

[@joaopires1761]

I was really confused with Nunes at 14:10, needed the narration there.

[@FCBLukas]

Just realised that most British colonies have cricket as their favoured sport

[@Anthony-mt7qr]

Then you add in the Rugby as well

[@adamdesouza7519]

Alfie I gotta say, as a long-time subscriber and self-proclaimed history buff, this is one of my favourite videos of yours. I love these concepts no matter how outlandish they may be. It gives an interesting perspective of past powers and their potential strength within the beautiful game.

[@your_waifu_hates_you]

German empire starting XI💀💀💀

[@dianabialaskahansen2972]

Would have loved to see a North Sea Empire, the Kingdoms of Norway, Denmark and England. Haaland as a striker in a national team consisting of several English players... And maybe Ødegaard, Eriksen and Andreas Christensen too.

[@ismingo4264]

Sadly that never existed, the closest thing We have to that is either the Danish controlled British isles or the Kalmar union

[@dianabialaskahansen2972]

@@ismingo4264 The Northsea Empire was the name given to Cnut the Great's holdings as king of Denmark, Norway and England.

[@uneekun]

As a Mongolian who watches this channel quite frequently, and might I add that I might be the only Mongolian who watches this channel, I would put the Mongol Empire as THE LARGEST empire the world has ever known strictly in terms of landmass, spanning from Eastern Europe All the way to the South China Sea, roughly covering about half of the earth's landmass in its peak, in contrast to 1/4 which was owned by the British Empire. Ghengiss Khaan (or Chingis Khaan, as we Mongolians call him) and his descendants ruled about 1/2 of the landmass of the world which clearly puts them at the No.1 spot in terms of landmass. Appreciate your videos Alfie, keep up the good work my dude. A Mongolian from Mongolia 🇲🇳 😊

[@caliboy09]

“Spanish empire would be second best” Lautaro Martinez, Lukaku, Higuain, Willy Caballero, and Morata on the same team: Am I a joke to you?

[@yorkshirej2219]

My two favourite subjects into one video. Lovely work Alfie

[@E-Man08]

Also, as a history teacher and football coach, I’m definitely using this video in class

[@MattijnPlayz]

Frenkie de Jong was born in Arkel which lies above the rivers in the Netherlands which were the historical northern border of the Roman Empire. He wouldn't have been a part of it. Van Dijk is from Breda, which was Roman.

[@antoviamonte3429]

Couldn’t he technically be apart of the Spanish empire as well? Any Dutch player really, when it was subject to the Habsburgs

[@Fragum19]

Spanish empire, not Roman

[@aadamabdullah2549]

I'd love to see a follow-up video where you do an all-time XI

[@antoviamonte3429]

He’s done one I’m pretty sure

[@Suiko333]

You guys are easily the most creative football channel on KZbin. Keep it up!

[@bencripwell8663]

My two all-time favourite topics coming together for nineteen minutes…what a Monday

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Football and theoretical football?

[@MikaSperling]

Bro just left us Germans gassed...

[@bojanssen6169]

It honestly baffles me that I am indeed not the only person in the world who is interested in a combination of history, geography and football to come up with ridiculous potential teams. I tried predicitng them before the video and I was pretty accurate, although somehow as a Dutch person I forgot the Netherlands was ever part of the Spanish empire, but that might just be my subconscious nationalism acting up.

[@SmudgysCoasters]

You think thats bad? I have an interest in Geography/History, Football, and Themeparks. Try and combine all of them 😂

[@waymond1502]

Love your videos Alfie. You are educating me on both football history, history in general and much more. You truly are the wizard of football on KZbin. Thanks mate

[@Ben-tf4fk]

Posting for the 6th time: I created an all-time XI with no overlap of international careers - no player was active for their national team at the same time as any other player. Here it is (with the years of each player's international career listed in parentheses): 🇩🇪 Oliver Kahn (1995 - 2006) 🇩🇪 Manfred Kaltz (1975 - 1983), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Crompton (1902 - 1914), 🇧🇷 Thiago Silva (2008 - ), 🇩🇪 Andreas Brehme (1984 - 1994) 🇺🇾 José Leandro Andrade (1923 - 1930), 🇮🇹 Ugo Locatelli (1936 - 1940) 🇮🇹 Valentino Mazzola (1942 - March 1949) 🇧🇷 Pelé (1957 - 1971), 🇧🇷 Neco (1917 - 1922), 🇭🇺 Zoltán Czibor (May 1949 - 1956) Manager: 🇨🇿 Karel Petrů (1931 - 1935) If you choose to ignore the position of manager, Ugo Locatelli can be replaced in midfield by 🇦🇷 Antonio Sastre (1933 - 1941). How about making a video featuring an XI you created using this limitation (and without using uncapped players)?

[@legoworthiness9684]

Interesting tea,m.

[@daarom3472]

Mine (assuming friendlies do not count as being "active", for instance Ronaldinho's played some friendlies for Brazil up to 2013). For Puskas/Di Stefano I only count their main stints as both played a few games for different countries). GK: Victor Valdes (2010-2014) Defense: Midfield: DM Socrates (1979 - 1986), CM Scholes (1997-2004) AM Cantona (1987-1995) Attack: LW Cruyff (1966 - 1977), ST Puskas (1945 - 1956), RW di Stefano (1957 - 1961) Going to add the defenders later, but have plenty of gaps left for that!

[@Ben-tf4fk]

@@daarom3472 Di Stéfano was joint top-scorer for Argentina when they won the 1947 Copa América. He might have played less games for them than for Spain, but I don't think you can totally discount that part of his international career (and hence you'll have to choose between Di Stéfano and Puskás).

[@daarom3472]

@@Ben-tf4fk bah! 😢

[@CicadasEverywhere]

This is possibly the greatest video available on youtube

[@hadriancaesar2686]

I'd appreciate if you could ever make a Basque 11, especially due to the regions strong individualism and presence of Bilbao as a Basque only club

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

All time or current? Both would be amazing to see

[@skyrothman8651]

Catalonia would be interesting too. Even the balearic islands could be fun

[@archstanton6102]

He could do this for a few Spanish provinces?

[@kristianlolo2677]

This is actually done across the Spanish press every season for every autonomous region every season.

[@archstanton6102]

@kristianlolo2677 is there a good link to these? Sounds like a great article.

[@dylanmeynard6616]

You’re the best Alfie, thank you for all that you do

[@the_white_rabbit]

Lewandowski in the Russian Empire? Outrage tsunami starts in 5-4-3-2-1 sec

[@martinpowell9212]

Thank you. I am in hospital at the moment, watching the most wacky HITC Sevens video. Made my afternoon.

[@nathanb286]

You could probably just get the normal French team and they would win. The French team literally already is a French Empire team

[@SanFranFan30]

right idk how Alfie forgot about that when ranking the squads briefly in the wrap up

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

Tbf, so is England.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

@@DomenBremecXCVI not really. Yes, England draws talent from the colonies. But England’s largest former colonies don’t play football as a primary sport. USA - American football, Canada - hockey, etc.

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

@@SKa-tt9nm You do realise that those two are alsp France's biggest ex colonies? Mainly in terms of French Louisiana and Quebec.

[@gnaark1181]

Yeah France clearly wins this as-is but you would also add the Moroccan team to the mix? Yes.

[@iliastephnadze]

We need all time XI of these empires

[@SmudgysCoasters]

Can you do best XI for all national teams ranked under 100 in the world. Basically the best of the rest XI!

[@BreetonBoi]

Ngl this is a CRAZY concept for a video lmaoo

[@josesilva4171]

World cup of empires. For sure would have seen the Portuguese Empire winning it multiple times!

[@seemymobot4987]

Is that national pride talking, Mr Silva? 👀

[@NeoZeta]

@@seemymobot4987 Would nake sense if he's Brazilian priding over it though. So, I don't think it's a stretch to think so. What is a stretch is HITC thinking that the British empire is ahead of the Portuguese empire, considering the history of football of England in comparison with Brazil.

[@josesilva4171]

@@seemymobot4987 in light hearted way 😃. I am Portuguese and always wished to have won a World Cup. By joining forces with Brazil, Angola… we would have had a better chance.

[@od9694]

Cristiano not even getting a honourable mention in the Portuguese empire😂😢😅

[@metaphortheg7248]

This is a channel that concludes harry kane is better than the 5 time world player of the year.

[@od9694]

@@metaphortheg7248 well now that's fair enough kane playing in the top league in the world and ronaldo isn't even playing in Asia top league

[@ankithiyengar2927]

bro your commentary is what makes these videos. keep it up boss

[@szymo3196]

As a Pole, I need to point out that Kiwior is spelled with o, not u. And unfortunately, Krychowiak is well passed his prime and already fell out of starting 11 for Poland. Great video as always!

[@sebb8789]

Haha I chuckled a bit when I saw Krychowiak in there. A pretty terrible pick from Alfie but the fact he's even in the conversation for a starting 11 consisting of the population of one of the largest empires of all time is crazy

[@tomashalusek9181]

as a Russian I recall Krychowiak from couple years ago when he used to play for Lokomotiv & Krasnodar I think. And even back then he was already quite lame. Typically you dont go play to the Russian clubs especially the second tier clubs unless you are past your prime.

[@arsenalboi]

@@tomashalusek9181 how is lokomotiv second tier

[@tomashalusek9181]

@@arsenalboi Lokomotiv has been a very mediocre club for the last 15 years or so. They had a brief bright period like 5 years ago but then the club descended into anarchy again. Overall, two biggest clubs in Russia are Zenith and Spartak . CSKA has massive fan base too and some consistency. Lokomotiv, Krasnodar, Dynamo are the second tier. Good enough for occasinal outbursts, but don't have any class or consistency whatsoever.

[@arsenalboi]

@@tomashalusek9181 kk

[@wrongname1278]

A history + football content? I used to pray for time like this

[@AquaSteez]

i binged hitc sevens all day at work today and now i’m just chillen after work in america and a new video dropped? hell yeah brother. also, a cool video idea would be the rise and sustained success of the seattle sounders, the best team in america.

[@listey]

Sounds like a productive day 🤔

[@AquaSteez]

@@listey i’m literally inspired to start making content for my team. seattle the goats of america

[@i.m.ps.]

I havent even started watching this but I find the concept so ridiculous and epic. haha great idea!

[@-VForValhalla-]

You can also do a prehistoric edition. You know before the continents separated.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Pangea 30 time World Cup champs.

[@peterjohns9195]

What a brilliant topic for a video! Didn't see this one coming!!

[@jakubkuberski448]

Milik, Zieliński, Kiwior, Krychowiak wouldn't be in a Russian Empire team, but a German Empire team They all came from Silesia, which was part of the German Empire and was never controlled by Russia And Cash is born in England, so yeah.

[@JosephIbarra-d8l]

genuinely love how every video there is a comment about freddie adu, makes me happy every time i hear it

[@chriswoodtoarsenal]

easily the british is that a question... because they'd have the goat Chris Wood

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

Wouldn't the Romans also have him?

[@chriswoodtoarsenal]

@@DomenBremecXCVI since when did the Roman Empire control New Zealand… I’m a New Zealander and it would be a massive shock for me to find out 😂

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

@@chriswoodtoarsenal His mother is English. Only found this out because I was trying to cover for my stupidity. Somehow confused him with another Chris W. who's more known for his managerial role at Sheffield United.

[@daithimcnally8212]

And the GOAT, Evan Ferguson

[@JaBadaman]

Probably my fav vid by you

[@kingextreme2529]

Why tf are Cancelo, Dias and Leão in the Spanish empire???

[@LasCosasDeBrunin]

One year late but whatever. For a short time during the reign of Felipe II Portugal was part of Spain.

[@evlee1295]

this is such an absurd premise for a video, classic hitc 7s. love it

[@buckfast7119]

How about a similar video on what the premier league table would look like if we had cricket style county teams rather than city/town teams, I've always wondered what a Lancashire FC Vs Yorkshire FC would look like.. Either made up of players from teams already in those counties, or if only players from that county were eligible to represent them..? 🤔

[@KristijanShark773]

Unbeliveble really,thank you.

[@leaguesmanoframsgate]

Proper comment time: I would also contend that the German Empire has some surprising legs to it, since it covered Cameroon, Togo, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and parts of Nigeria. An already strong German national team would IMO be shored up with players like Vincent Aboubakar for some firepower up front, Franck-Zambo Anguissa working with a strong defence, Andre Onana in goal, and more besides. They would have also been unbelievable during 2010 - can you imagine Mesut Ozil in the form of his life linking up with Emmanuel Adebayor, with all the vintage players on display too?

[@kozmikpc2229]

Mesut Ozil would play for Ottomans along with Arda Turan, Gundogan, Benzema, Ibra and Salah.

[@domenstrmsek5625]

İbra is Swedish!!!

[@kozmikpc2229]

@domenstrmsek5625 bosnian dad would of never gone to Sweden if ottomans were about duh

[@krisxchirbas9503]

Wasn't Mozambique colonised by Portugal? And Kenya England?

[@leaguesmanoframsgate]

@@krisxchirbas9503 German East Africa was a whole thing; it reached down into Mozambique and up into Kenya. Colonial borders are very weird. =]

[@RoleCrow]

Thanks Alfie, you truly are one of the scientist of all time

[@Monki101]

Im confused, you used Ruben Dias and Cancelo and Leao in Spanish 11. They are all Portuguese. Am I missing something?

[@diasluah]

Before its independence, Portugal was part of Spain. For a while around the 1600's, Portugal was ruled by Spain, forming the Iberian Union and Brazil was also a part of it.

[@davidribeiro1064]

The Iberian Union from 1580 to 1640 justifies it.

[@MW_Asura]

@@diasluah Portugal wasn't a part of Spain, it was a separate kingdom

[@LasCosasDeBrunin]

​@@MW_AsuraAs were most of Spain's territories tho, they weren't completely integrated but they were under a common rule.

[@charlief7785]

If this video was made a ten years ago the Spanish empire would've featured Messi and Cristiano in their prime on the same team alongside Xavi-Iniesta-Busquets midfield, Suarez as a number 9. THAT would be a team to see. You might as well give them the World Cup already.

[@kennethwepiaakibate8724]

Would’ve love to see the Malian empire

[@loquacious-]

alfie back at it again with the fire obscure football content

[@seijasukuna3978]

One big big problem is that if "Former Empire Teams" are still there, players will fight within the team, and turning national team like the match of Zagreb Dinamo vs Belgrade Red Star in 1990 situation.

[@fairphoneuser9009]

Another big problem would be the overlaps of empires... 😁

[@blackout7453]

Ah yes my 2 favorite things football and world domination💀💀

[@rowan2828]

Did you include portugese players in the spanish empire team? Just wondering why you mention B. Fernandes for the spanish empire but not the portugese? I get that spain conquered portugal for a bit but it seems a bit confusing to have portugese players on both teams.

[@Monki101]

Im also confused. Dias, Cancelo and Leao are all in the Spanish starting 11

[@rowan2828]

@@Monki101 ikr? Just throw messi in every team then fuck it lol, also i know ronaldo is kinda washed now, but he doesn't make any of the teams?

[@michaelrae9599]

OutSTANDING topic.

Thank you very much for the video you posted, Alfie. Some notas bene to the video from the Russian side. Krychowiak, Bednarek, Zieliński and Milik couldn't have represented the Russian Empire national team at the international level as these football players were born outside the Privislinski Krai (Polish Tsardom, Congressional Poland). They could rather have represented the German Empire national team, as they could have been the German Empire subjects, not the Russian Empire. They could have applied the Russian Empire's subject status, if Polish parts (Ostpreußen, Westpreußen, Schlesien, Pommern, Posen, and Ost-Brandenburg) of the German Empire had become a part of the Russian Empire. There are only two Polish players who might have represented the Russian Empire at the international level - Wojciech Szczęsny who was born in Warsaw (Gubernia Warszawska) and Robert Lewandowski who was born in Warsaw (Gubernia Warszawska) as well. Matty Cash could theoretically have become a Russian international player due to his decent from Stanislavov (now Ivano-Frankovsk) that had been part of the Russian Empire for short time during the World War I. Here's my Russian Empire's starting XI / subs. In parentheses the birthplace of players as if in the Russian Imperial Style. GK: Andrey Lunin (Konstantingrad, Konstantingrad Uyezd, Poltava Governorate) / Wojciech Szczęsny (Warszawa, Warszawa Powiat, Warszawa Governorate) / Igor Akinfeev (Moscow, Moscow Uyezd, Moscow Governorate) RB: Mário Fernandes / Matty Cash (descent from Stanislavov, Stanislavov Uyezd, Tarnopol Governorate) CB: Igor Diveyev (Ufa, Ufa Uyezd, Ufa Governorate) / UPD: Brian Idowu (St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Uyezd, St. Petesburg Governorate) CB: Dmitri Chistyakov (Pikalyovo, Tikhvin Uyezd, Novgorod Governorate) / Ragnar Klavan (Fellin, Fellin Kreis, Livonia Governorate) LB: Aleksandr Zinchenko (Radomyshl, Radomyshl Uyezd, Kiev Governorate) DM: Daler Kuzyaev (Elabuga, Elabuga Uyezd, Vyatka Governorate) CM: Aleksandr Golovin (Kaltan, Kuznetsk Uyezd, Tomsk Governorate) CM: Arsen Zakharyan (Samara, Samara Uyezd, Samara Governorate) RW: Mikhail Mudrik (Konstantingrad, Konstantingrad Uyezd, Poltava Governorate) / Genrikh Mkhitaryan (Erivan, Erivan Uyezd, Erivan Governorate) AM: Aleksei Miranchuk (Slavyanskaya Stanitsa, Temryuk Otdel, Kuban Oblast) LW: Khvicha Kvaratskelia (Tiflis, Tiflis Uyezd, Tiflis Governorate) FW: Robert Lewandowski (Warszawa, Warszawa Powiat, Warszawa Governorate) / Eldor Shomurodov (Jarkurgan, Osh Uyezd, Fergana Governorate). Спасибо большое за видео, Альфи! :)

[@lyndxnjoel6917]

I loved this video. Might not be a mainstream success, but will go down as a cult classic!

[@BALHAM69]

a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they were very close to moving to ireland How they went up the English football leagues. It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel

[@finlaytroughton4180]

Brilliant shout mate

[@BALHAM69]

@@finlaytroughton4180 up to Alfie if he does Today’s video was good A different type of video 😊

[@FozzQuaker]

@Balham Hey...keep it up my friend

[@axllbk]

#thepeopleschannel

[@tedski]

I've been waiting for this one.

[@F1Krazy]

You noted how England's current XI is strengthened by its colonial past, but what about France? I think about half their current squad is of French colonial descent.

[@cadenclanton]

Damn Alflie I really do appreciate the amount of effort you put into every video, script, and research

[@FozzQuaker]

The British Empire Team would still find a way to choke at the World Cup

[@aggeroxf]

Your intro to this video was truly a masterpiece

[@BusquetsFC]

7 Strongest Leagues in Africa 🔥

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

Nice one!

[@yshhhh1]

I never stop to like a video, but you convinced me somehow!

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 479) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Yes! Was looking for this comment!

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

@@SKa-tt9nm I can't always post my comment when the video is released. After all I'm doing this on my own, without any bot or stuff.

[@StabanGaming]

Lewandowski would play for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

[@Thakur1]

We need the actual Freddy Adu to feature in your video at this point😅

[@elgatoloco1237]

i would say the spanish empire, uruguay argentina and spain team together is amazing

[@faketaxiofficialchannel]

You should've included the Austrian Empire I think it would be a good addition to this video

[@pimhuisman646]

The HRE was the first thing I thought of for being way OP indeed, with also De Bruyne, Van Dijk, Courtois, Alaba, but Germany, Switzerland, Czechia and large parts of Italy, France and Poland too. I think it could easily rival the 1st and 3rd empires.

[@faketaxiofficialchannel]

@@pimhuisman646 thats genuinly agood idea didn't think of the HRE

[@raistherais]

the abbasid caliphate flag you made 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@MrReese]

Still hoping for that Austrian Wunderteam video 😇✌. btw, kinda interesting that you would start Cancelo who wasn't able to be a regular starter at ManCity and also not at Bayern now. Not even gonna comment much on Kane, brutally overrated in England and probably a bit underrated outside of it :D.

[@FCBLukas]

Hello my fellow History nerds

[@theshaman8672]

Did he just forget Cristiano Ronaldo in the Portuguese empire? I know he is close to being finished but I'd still rate him higher than Jesus

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Higher than a guy who walked on water??

[@theshaman8672]

@@SKa-tt9nm Fair enough mate

[@olimitation5466]

Brilliant Video

[@SanFranFan30]

Obed Vargas would be coming off the bench for the Russian Empire as he is of course born in Alaska.

[@markfrench9004]

Alfie. Answering the questions no one is asking.

[@constablekennedy7705]

Here before Graham Potter puts out another Rap Video as a side Hustle after his Chelsea FC Sacking …. 🎤. ⚽️

[@libaloumam5692]

Wow these is like the best topic that has never been covered

[@rome4210]

Mistake to put Portuguese players on Spanish empire team. Instead I would put Araujo as RB and Balde as LB. And no way Valverde would make starting XI instead of Pedri😂

[@asaabed4200]

found the barca fan

[@jackjones3703]

That Spanish empire xi is ridiculous

[@IDoBeParis]

The Portuguese empire no questions asked.

[@dedasalmeida9047]

The Portuguese empire will rise again!

[@only_fair23]

​@@dedasalmeida9047insha'Allah sister

[@lorenzomion9220]

There was a time called the Iberian Union from 1580 and 1640, when the Portuguese and Spanish empires joined together. An Iberian Union team could challenge the Roman Empire one

[@GlodelaniaChannel]

So what if the Roman Empire had a football league. Here are the 20 teams in the first division. 1. FC Barcelona 2. Real Madrid 3. SL Benfica 4. FC Porto 5. Olympique de Marseille 6. Juventus 7. AC Milan 8. Inter Milan 9. Napoli 10. Lazio 11. Manchester United 12. Manchester City 13. Chelsea 14. Arsenal 15. Liverpool 16. Bayern Munich 17. Atlético Madrid 18. Tottenham Hotspur 19. AS Monaco 20. Real Sociedad and for the second division, I'll let everyone decide it. Note: Team's home stadium should be situated in a land that is formally part of the empire.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Spurs getting relegated.

[@eldernamedtoe3614]

Ive always wondered this, thanks so much for making this

[@Deathwink1]

most british video