Amazing video as always. Manchester United is the most popular Premier League in Ecuador (thanks to Antonio Valencia) for now, although Brighton and Hove Albion's popularity is rapidly rising thanks to Caicedo, Estupiñán and Sarmiento
@dansouthlondon9873 Brighton pretty much fill their stadium for every game, and have been since the Championship. They had more fans for their Wembley semi-final than Man City did for theirs. Man City who are likely to be Champions of England. They often had the highest average attendances of all the teams in the Championship.
Manchester United is so popular in India because when Premier league first started broadcasting in India, they were the most dominant team. But there is huge support for Liverpool, Chelsea and recently Manchester City as well
It's funny because even though I was a football fan for a long time, I didn't really start consuming football content on RUclips till around the world cup. Alfie has easily become my favourite. I love your hilarious, overlong intros man
He makes the most interesting videos & definitely one of, if not the best football channels on here. The research he does is great and even the most dedicated football historian will learn something new from his videos!
Thanks for remembering Solano's legacy. As a peruvian, I still recognize him to be an standard to call for some countrymen. Sadly, we have not been able to raise a young Star :(
Brazil is crazy for PL. I think Liverpool and Chelsea are the most popular, but Arsenal and United are close. Is hard to split this 4 tbf. Here, the PL is amazingly covered by ESPN Brazil since 2003-04 if I no mistaken, here we can watch every single game via Star+, ESPN’s streaming and is now by far the most popular foreign league.
very weird since almost all of the brazilian greats like ronaldo, ronaldinho, romario and rivaldo never played in England but in Spain and Italy. Even Neymar didn't play in England.
@@footballchannel8430 That's because despite the PL being the most popular league in Brazil, it is still not as popular as the Champions League. Real Madrid and Barcelona are by far the most popular european clubs in Brazil.
@@ultrasonico5709 yeah and probably because all those legends I mentioned played 20/30 years ago, when Serie A was at it's best and La Liga was also really good. But in the last 15 years Brazil had no real all time great apart from neymar, and even he is debatable
Mitoma is so exciting to watch, and like Son in Korea, it’s no surprise Brighton has become so popular in Japan. After the World Cup I imagine more Japanese and Korean players will join top teams in Europe this summer.
I'm a Liverpool fan, but i think Chelsea is the most popular football club in Ghana. Chelsea's success in the 21st century coincided with the boom of premier League in Ghana. The PL viewership became significant in Ghana in the early 2000s when sports viewing centres in Ghana became a prominent business. This gave access to more people to watch PL football cos it was never broadcasted on local tv stations. This was the time Mourinho came to Chelsea and many people here loved his boastful character coupled with his love for African players. Signing Essien was the biggest point. Essien at that time was considered the best Ghanaian player at that time. Young people who were born in Ghana in the 90s and 2000s make up more than half of the PL fans population in Ghana. And most of these young people support Chelsea because of their first acquaintance with PL football coincided with these important events in Chelsea's history.
I lived in Ghana for a couple years (from the US and am a Liverpool fan as well!) and I agree. Chelsea is huge in Ghana and I'd say they're probably the biggest. I saw more Manchester United and Chelsea jerseys/stickers/notebooks than I did anything from other clubs, with Chelsea probably being the winner by a decent number.
As a Pole, I was initially surprised about Arsenal being the most popular, but I guess it's all due to Szczęsny, Fabiański and recently Kiwior being at the club. I thought Liverpool could have been a good shout, because of the 2005 CL final and Jerzy Dudek being a key player of this match.
Ecuador loves Brighton! They have both Stupiñan and Moises Caicedo, plus Sarmiento coming off the bench. First time a prem team has more than 2 ecuadorians!
Come support Arsenal as well... hopefully Brighton will be good enough to allow Caicedo to come in the summer, lets all stop this Man City domination 😋😊
When I worked in Addis Ababa for a year in 2014, I was the lone Manchester United supporter in the local bar I frequented to watch Premier League and took a lot of stick from the 70 or so Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal supporters, but they were always welcoming whenever I showed up. I once showed up 15 minutes late to a packed house, so the owner let me sit on the barrel behind the bar, knowing I would be the only patron who wouldn't be tempted to dip their hand in the till. The screen was a white bedsheet that rippled in the breeze.
All the fans I talked to supported one supported one premier league team and either Real Madrid or Barcelona. The national team never seemed to win anything unlike their long distance runners. One family had 3 world record holders and the local joke was that Mr Dibaba had been given a contract to sire the 2034 team.
@@finegoldstones well not football related but here's one. A new middle class family would build the family home as a single level dwelling, then as savings permitted they would build the second floor or even a third. Cement for the project would arrive by donkey train, with 8 donkeys fully loaded with 4 x 50kg bags. Once unloaded, the donkeys took off home leaving the owner to run to keep up. Donkeys always followed their original route and had good road sense and were the only regular users of the Zebra crossing. Dogs and the odd escaped sheep who wanted to cross the busy road would wait to cross with the donkeys.
As an Englishman who grew up in Australia, Liverpool is the most popular team here in my opinion (Arsenal fan). I believe this because of the amount of Liverpool fans I see/know and primarily because Harry Kewell was outstanding for them. Leeds is also relatively popular here for Viduka and Kewell.
I think he's right about Man United being the most popular here but it isn't by much. The older a person is the more likely they are to be a Liverpool fan, I'd say Millenials are Man United fans while Gen Xers tend to be Liverpool fans since those were the dominant teams when they were growing up.
@@poonoo87 I myself am from Gen Z (17) and thats why I think Liverpool is more popular here because a lot of the Liverpool fans I know are either supporting them now because of their success or supported them because their parents did as they where successful in the 70s and 80s
Yep, as a 50 year Aussie Spurs fan, I would definitely say Liverpool are a clear number 1 here. Don't forget there was a 95.000 + crowd here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground a few short years go.
As an uruguayan i can say that most don't support a team specifically but our own players, we went from arsenal fans to spurs fans because of torreira and Bentancur, and from Man U to Liverpool fans because Cavani and Darwin
@@mtk3755Uruguayans don’t really care about foreign teams, only our local league and seeing if our national team players are playing well in their leagues
I thought Arsenal might be Japan’s most popular team due to the Wenger and Tomiyasu connection but I guess that was wishful thinking. Roma did a tour of Japan last year during the World Cup that seemed to attract a lot of fans, so I’d be curious to see where they factor in the overall popularity rankings for that country.
@@GrahamMilkdrop No not wishful thinking, Wenger coached Nagoya Grampus, who he led to an Emperor's Cup victory in 1995, He came to Arsenal after, I know he bought a player from there and several others, and we now have a player from the national team of Japan, in our squad at present, young Tomi, injured at present.
Man united reins supreme in Portugal, due not only to Ronaldo, but also to players like Nani, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot, and a lot of players that came from Portuguese clubs that are not portuguese, like Victor Lindelof for example. Wolverhampto Wanderers was really popular for a while, due to them having basically a "Portuguese takeover", but it has faded a bit in the last couple of seasons
Liverpool - United States, Brazil, Bangladesh, Egypt, Vietnam, DR Congo, Turkey, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Brunei, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Jamaica, Barbados, Montserrat, Bahamas, Peru, Uruguay, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Ukraine, Cyprus, Malta, Hungary, Estonia, new Zealand Arsenal - Philippines, Ethiopia, Taiwan, Tanzania, Algeria, Sudan, Uganda, Morocco, Madagascar, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Chile, Belarus, Poland Manchester United - India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Iran, France, Myanmar, Mongolia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Cambodia, South Africa, Ghana, Guinea, Tunisia, Canada, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Sweden, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia Chelsea - Russia, Germany, Laos, Nepal, Jordan, Kenya, Angola, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cuba, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Czech Republic Tottenham Hotspur - South Korea Newcastle United - Paraguay Manchester City - Bolivia, Venezuela, Belgium This took me forever to write this down haha.
Would love a follow-up that is not limited to the EPL clubs :). I suppose you already have that data lined up after doing research for this one. Tifo recently made a video where they were "surprised" that Bayern are selling the most football kits of any club and I would not be surprised if they are very popular in some countries as well because of their extensive expansion in recent years. And I am, of course, still hoping for that Austrian Wunderteam video 😇✌.
its hard to imagine man utd been the most popular team in greece , since with liverpool had two greek players the last 2 decades while utd had 0 and also what liverpool represent as a club , hard working class , the fact that many greeks when to live in liverpool and then return after few years , in general i believe that like me that i am a bif fun of liverpool since 2005 where it crash olympiakos and went to win the champions league the way it did against milan i feel most around my age feels this way
No way Man Utd are the biggest English club in Greece... Liverpool have had a massive tradition in the country, fed by the over-exposure of the team in the 80s by the State Television. As a result, this helped generate a legion of sports journalists overwhelmingly favoured towards Liverpool, to the extent of propagandising in their favor. Liverpool are extremely mainstream there, well beyond United, who only took off there in the 00s. PS: I'm a Liverpool fan too.
This is very recent but Manchester City is becoming increasingly popular in Argentina because of Julián Álvarez, especially since his incredible performance in the last world cup. Argentinians rarely support foreign teams tho, they'll watch their internationals play oversea but will just care about their performance and not necessarily the team's performance.
Manchester City tuvo grandes jugadores argentinos y representativos de cuatro de los cinco clubes grandes: Agüero (Independiente), Tévez (Boca Juniors), Álvarez (River) y Zabaleta (San Lorenzo).
Great video as always! In the Czech Republic, I get the sense that Arsenal are almost as popular as Chelsea among people 35 or under, thanks to Tomáš Rosický. For older generations, Manchester United and Liverpool might be more popular, thanks to players like Poborský and Berger. West Ham also have a lot of support, I guess we love seeing our players play in the Prem!
It would’ve been fun to discover that some lesser known teams were popular in various countries, but probably not that realistic. You have a really good sense of humour! This was a very ambitious project to set for yourself and congratulations on sticking with it and making the video. I’m sure many people would have given up partway through researching it. I thoroughly enjoyed this video - thank you very much for making it! (Edit: clarity)
There was a small boom for Leicester in Italy the year that Ranieri won the league, many people were following the league title of the foxes, then the next year after how players and board treated Ranieri and sack him the interest for Leicester disappear.
Maybe now there's more streaming and on-demand people will get to know some of the less known teams. Until pretty recently, there were only 4- 6 games shown per weekend, and they usually picked the games for the 'Big Six' teams.
Ohhhhh!! Ahem.....I've lived in South Korea for 15 years and while Spurs are the most supported with teenagers and people in their 20s, the 30s and above are all still Man United fans due to Park Ji Seong and continue to support them for that reason. Younger Koreans are also pretty fairweather and will change who they support from year to year and you'll find few who supported Leverkusen when Son played there. Also, saying it's only because of Son Heung Min, is missing the fact the Lee Yeong Pyo played left back for Spurs for 70 games. So Koreans got a taste for Spurs back then.
👉Once, Real Madrid's chairman Perez said that "We, Real Madrid have no competition in world football in terms of titles won. The only competition we face is in terms of global fanbase and Manchester United dominates that. It is even crazier to imagine this given we have nearly 5x UCL as them. Yes, football is crazy because emotions have no logic. Man United is truly a football giant in every sense."
2:15 “there’s only so many times you can mention Liverpool and Manchester United before you lose the will to live.” Is brilliant, had me laughing out loud.
Also for Liverpool in the United States, Lebron James is a part owner and the main owners are also Americans. That second point still might explain United and Arsenal (and also FIFA video games having Arsenal listed first in team selections).
I guess it might be due to those clubs being the first introduced to America early on, but I’d imagine Leeds and Chelsea taking spots (even though for the latter Pulisic is likely to leave)
👉Once, Real Madrid's chairman Perez said that "We, Real Madrid have no competition in world football in terms of titles won. The only competition we face is in terms of global fanbase and Manchester United dominates that. It is even crazier to imagine this given we have nearly 5x UCL as them. Yes, football is crazy because emotions have no logic. Man United is truly a football giant in every sense."
a documentary of Borussia Dortmund and how they were extremely close to bankruptcy in 2002 time and how Bayern had to save them. The extreme difficulties the club has had to manage within to get back to where they are #thepeopleschannel
Most crazy stat in this video is that the premier league is broadcasted in 188 of the world's 93 countries, I thought there was way more and somehow they broadcast it to more than double the amount of countries!
Most of the Liverpool fans that I know in Southeast Asia probably grew up in the 80s when TV become widely available to the public and they watch Liverpool dominate the English game. And for Man Utd's fans that I know, mostly grew up in the 90s and the 00s.
It blows my mind how big RM and Barca are around the world, During my time across Middle East, I saw mostly those kits and it sure does represent the local’s social classes.
Real Madrid & Barcelona have remained consistent for decades in terms of winning the league, whereas in England big teams can go decades without a league title. Liverpool went 30 years, Arsenal 19 years and Man United 10 years which effects their appeal. Man City will probably overtake most of them in the next few years
Messi and Ronaldo are the biggest factors there alongside the dominance the teams had over the past decade, Madrid over the last 8 years or so and Barca during the decade prior. It also coincided with the rise of one of the best National teams in history (Spain) dominating the sport for 4 years, which is a long time for international football. That team was about 70% Barca 25% Madrid 5% other stuff. Barca 2008-2012 was arguably the greatest team ever assembled being one of the only two teams to successfully complete a sixtuple (win every single tournament they participated in a season), while Madrid's 3peat of the UCL naturally speaks for itself.
I'd love to chip in here and explain why Arsenal are New Zealand's most popular club, rather than Liverpool... but I can only agree - which is part of the reason I was drawn to Arsenal in the mid 80's when most others here supported LFC or (even worse), ManU. Hopefully an EPL title will help us lift our numbers in the Arsenal NZ Supporters Club (I'm only partly serious). Another interesting video - thanks Alfie!
I'm from Cabo Verde and back home the 2 most popular teams are Manchester United and Chelsea, before the 2000s it used to be Liverpool but with the ascension of Cristiano's ManU and then with the connection that Chelsea has with FCPorto they gathered a lot of followers becoming the top 2 teams
Idk it feels like Liverpool is the most loved Club here. A lot of people I know have Liverpool as their English team, I rarely seen any Chelsea fans though, but idk
I was also very surprised by this. I thought it would be Liverpool because of Klopp. Also I am under the impressionmost Germans see Chelsea as a club which just became big because of Abramovic and normally German football fans really don't like clubs which were made big thanks to investors.
Have to say i disagree on you saying Manchester United are the most popular team in Australia as Liverpool are massive in Australia in large part in thanks to Harry Kewell and managing to attract a massive crowd of 95,000 fans for our game against melbourne though that was over 10 years ago.
I’m Kenyan( and an Arsenal fan) and while Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool are all popular here, I can assure you that Man United are definitely the most supported…Chelsea might even be third after Arsenal…
I can tell you for certain that Chelsea is the most popular club in Nigeria, even more popular than Madrid and Barcelona, thanks to John Mikel Obi. It is considered as the club of the 'street' in contrast to Man United and Arsenal that are club of the elites which is the reason the internet search pattern favor those clubs more. Liverpool is the club supported by older people that were privileged to witness English football in the 1980s
Can confirm the Wolves presence in México due to Raúl Jiménez 🇲🇽🐺. Although I am surprised Man United weren't top especially due to Chicharito's time there.
Not even, those who respect Radebe are older generations. Younger generations tend to support the traditional big 4. Simply because of how the league was marketed in the 2000s/10s
@@KetwigKeith he’s definitely highly regarded as a player but I can’t say there are many people who support or follow Everton in South Africa. It’s definitely mostly United,Liverpool chelsea arsenal and City. I’d say city has the fastest growing support for obvious reasons.
in New Zealand, Burnley have had lots of support over the last few years due to Chris Wood. West Ham are also quite well supported due to a lot of expats from East London moving here.
Great video, as usual. Here in Colombia, I get the impression that Manchester United has more following than Chelsea, and in more recent years Liverpool are also becoming very popular thanks to Luis Díaz. Chelsea have a good amount of fans here, as well as Arsenal, but I would say ManUnited are slightly bigger than those other three. Also, an honorable mention to Newcastle and Aston Villa, thanks to Asprilla and Juan Pablo Angel
Cuando viví en Colombia 2011-2012, LA Liga fue mas popular que LA Liga inglesa a causa de Falcao. Pero que piensas de Aston Villa con Jhon Duran o Tottenham con Davinson Sanchez?
@@machineman19 con Davinson hubo un poco de ruido por unos meses, pero nunca llegó a entusiasmar como otros jugadores. El Tottenham tampoco tiene una fanaticada considerable en Colombia, quizá algunos grupos pequeños en ciertas ciudades, pero muy lejos de las fanaticadas del United, Chelsea, Arsenal y Liverpool. Y casi nunca juega ,así que después de unos meses de su fichaje bajó el interés. Incluso en la selección ha dejado de ser un titular indiscutido, con otros jóvenes centrales que juegan regularmente y han mantenido muy buen rendimiento en sus clubes. Lo de Durán si ha generado un poco más de optimismo.
In 2014 we were in Borneo ,Malaysia. We had travelled miles up the Kinabatangan River (Fresh water crocodiles, Monkeys, Pigmy elephants, Hornbills,Orangutans,Sun Bears etc) to a place called Abai Jungle lodge where we spent 2 nights. On the 2nd night having come back from a boat trip watching all the wildlife that lives within the Jungle the people working at the lodge went off for a couple of hours. At 11pm Malaysian time they all came back into the lodge wearing Liverpool shirts. Set up a TV and we all sat and watched Liverpool v Man City. It was a bizzare experience, hours from anywhere, in a Jungle late at night and watching Liverpool v Man City.............
I feel Nigeria should be Chelsea as the most supported and Arsenal as the second most. This isn't backed by any numbers, just off pure interactions. So, it could be skewed by the demographic I typically interact with.
I'm german and my favorite Premier League Club is Liverpool. I also got a feeling tha many german people got Liverpool as there favorite team Maybe because of Klopp is the coach and he's one of the most popular german coaches
Not sure how you counted your Australian fans Alfie, but Liverpool jammed 95,000 into the MCG against Melbourne victory. United only managed 75k against the same team.
Day 2 of asking for a video about the rise, fall, and rise again of Queens Park FC, oldest club in scotland, from being in the third division and on the brink of bankruptcy 10 years ago, to the brink of promotion to the top flight now
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 484) 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.
I am Argentinian. In here the most well supported English team now has to be Manchester City due to the Agüero and now Juli Alvarez performances. When I was a kid in the 2000's it was Manchester United though, but now the coin has flipped and I think DavooXeneize is the only remaining ManU supporter.
When I was on holiday in Montenegro I was shocked by how celebrated FC Barcelona we’re with merch just about everywhere. I didn’t really get the link, but sounds like if a country has nothing local, Barcelona really is one of the most likely defaults
Whenever there aren’t any local connections, some Eastern Europeans like rooting for a player “from the neighborhood”. Barca signed two prominent Balkan players in the 90s - Stoichkov, who was the best player on the dream team - and later, Hagi. The most prominent Montenegro player ever is Dejan Savićević who played for AC Milan and won a UCL. However he was generally under appreciated by the Italian club so I’m not surprised that the locals don’t remember Milan fondly.
I'm now at the point in my life where i instantly click on the videos when i see the hitc sevens logo under them, without bothering about the title and thumbnail until after the video has already started
Proper comment: Burundi: Arsenal || DR Congo: Manchester United || Kenya: Chelsea || Rwanda: Arsenal || South Sudan: Arsenal || Tanzania: Arsenal || Uganda: Arsenal A surprisingly strong Gunners contingent for the East African Federation members! I'm also glad to hear that the Mags are the most popular Premier League club in at least one country, and that you remember wor Nobby, one of the greatest of Peru's many sterling servants over the years.
I may be wrong here but in Malta i think that title would go to Manchester United. Malta was a British colony for a long while but the cultural and geographic ties to Italy (Malta is just south of Sicily) means alot of Italian clubs have decent fanbases too, with the El classico clubs and the likes of Bayern also having a decently large community of supporters. However i think it's united who take the crown due to the long ties between the two. To start although Utd have never had a Maltese player, Malta does lay host to the oldest ever Manchester United supporters club (yes even including supporter clubs in the UK), On top of this, Man Utd recently signed a sponsorship deal with Malta's tourism authority (which is why you see visit Malta ads at old trafford), that coupled with the fact that it's not the first time Man Utd legends have had a very warm welcome in Malta makes me think Utd may be the most supported club of all in the country (although several Italian teams like Juve, Inter and Milan and even prem clubs like Liverpool) may also challenge that statment. Despite that and the fact Maltese clubs almost never make it into European competitions, Many Maltese clubs maintain decent supporter bases in the country, this doesn't mean the most supported club in Malta is Maltese but that local clubs give some competition, It is also a common Phenomenon in Malta that people have a local and foreign club they hold close to their heart. In conclusion, i think Manchester United is the most supported prem club here in Malta if not possibly the most supported club of all, although i may also be wrong. (If you read to this point, thank you for taking the time to)
I think the data on Nigeria is a little bit skewed because of the influence of the internet. And the reason I say so is that much of the population in Nigeria don't own a smartphone and most fan get their football news from the local Newspaper. I'm an Arsenal fan here in Nigeria and everywhere you go, Chelsea is the most popular football club. You go to these view centers when Chelsea plays an EFL match against a fourth division team and the place is packed as though they are playing in a Champions league Final😂😂😂😂. When they do make it to the final of any competition, the whole city is painted blue. You would think they are having a Carnival and sometimes it lasts over a week. Maybe I'm wrong and it's just that they have more passionate set of fans.
As an American, I can completely agree a lot of people in the US are liverpool fans. Real Madrid and Barcelona are probably 2nd or 3rd compared to liverpool and I see a lot of bayern fans like myself wearing bayern jerseys as well.
I have been getting a sense that support for Liverpool has been growing quite a lot in South Africa of late but when thinking about United's popularity it makes sense, Satellite television was only really launched around 1995 in South Africa which coincided with the best years of United, so many people getting in to international football at the time would've seen and followed the success of United alongside it. Thought Liverpool would've edged it because of the strong South African connection (The Kop, first International manager, and Grobelaar being born in South Africa) but I think the timing of television had a much bigger say
Supersport really made the support for United grow. Similarly in my country especially for us 90s babies going forward, quite a large number were United and perhaps Arsenal as well. Liverpool are a team for the old heads who read about Liverpool in the news when they used to dominate in 80s.
For Australia it’s Leeds. In the 2000’s they had Kewell and Viduka and therefore there is a huge Leeds fanbase in Australia. But that’s outside of the A-League teams
Lots if Aussies support epl teams (or other European team) without having an aleague team! As for Leeds they were more a 2nd team due to the Aussies playing for them....
@@chuckmeat87 well it would be nice but I don't see it ever happening, there is 2 camps that won't ever do so. 1. The people who live old nsl clubs and have no interest in any of the "new franchise" clubs.... etc 2. The euro snobs that can't accept the aleague for what it is and have to compare it with top European leagues.
I'd say in the netherlands, Liverpool might be more popular, mostly because of their succes with van dijk, although recently ten Hag raised another wave of attention for manU
Posting for the 10th 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)?
A part from the later years, Man Utd used to be the most popular football club in Malta 🇲🇹 They even used to come here quite frequently during summer. Can you please do a video about Maltese football ⚽ please... Thank you
Day 2 of asking for a video about the rise, fall, and rise again of Queens Park FC, oldest club in scotland, from being in the third division and on the brink of bankruptcy 10 years ago, to the brink of promotion to the top flight now after back to back promotions from the 4th tier
Bermuda, you're more likely to see a Burnley or bristol city jersey here due to Nahki Wells. I will probably be West Ham or Spennymoor town next with Ajani burchall or Dale Eve doing bits recently
Watched the video twice and still don't recall Brazil and yes someone has pointed out at doing an EFL one in which case surely North Korea will have Middlesborough , you'll never get a full statistic as to popularising a club is, but it's fairly believeable , would love to know how the stats have changed throughout the different decades.
I am an Indian. When I was a kid, almost every boy in my class had that Classic Rooney (AIG-sponsored) shirt. I was the only Arsenal fan (due to being the First team in FIFA)
I think Liverpool's popularity have grown past Chelsea's in Colombia, mainly because of Luis Diaz being the main man of the National Team at the moment
As a brit who moved to the US, even living in rural maine when I go to the sports bar there are plenty of man city fans...its wild how much that club has developed in ten years or so.
In Austria the most popular foreign club is Real Madrid due to David Alaba followed by Bayern Munich. No Idea which Premier League Team is the most popular but I suppose its Chelsea or Manchester United.
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
Don't think Iceland got mentioned. In the few months I stayed there I met fans of several premier League clubs lots of Liverpool and Arsenal (although as a Liverpool fan I was always likely to meet more of them), Chelsea seemed popular because of Guðjohnsen too. Met some Everton and Villa fans there too. However, it seemed that Barcelona again were more popular than any premier league side. (Happy to be set straight by someone who is actually from and lives there)
👉Once, Real Madrid's chairman Perez said that "We, Real Madrid have no competition in world football in terms of titles won. The only competition we face is in terms of global fanbase and Manchester United dominates that. It is even crazier to imagine this given we have nearly 5x UCL as them. Yes, football is crazy because emotions have no logic. Man United is truly a football giant in every sense."
I'm surprised that Man U is the most supported team here in the Netherlands. I really expected Arsenal, as I hear that one far more frequently than Man U
@@BigSmokeMUFC That's true. I was just surprised, as I hear Arsenal as a common second team here, far more than United. And Arsenal also has some Dutch heritage with RVP, Overmars, and Bergkamp
Wolverhampton Wanderers have a huge following in China because of owners Fosun Corporation. There's a huge number of supporters in Mexico as well because of Raul Jimenez and South Korea because of Hwang Hee-chan. They are also popular in Portugal because they have had and currently have a number of Portuguese players within their ranks.
Almost 60% of my countrymen support Manchester United😯 It is even more crazy as Man Utd has not won any top title for almost 10 years now. It just shows how loyal and die hard their fanbase is💯
👉Once, Real Madrid's chairman Perez said that "We, Real Madrid have no competition in world football in terms of titles won. The only competition we face is in terms of global fanbase and Manchester United dominates that. It is even crazier to imagine this given we have nearly 5x UCL as them. Yes, football is crazy because emotions have no logic. Man United is truly a football giant in every sense."
Having spent time in Sweden, and before having watched in full (so not sure if it got mentioned) I got the feeling that Liverpool was the most popular club there
Amazing video as always. Manchester United is the most popular Premier League in Ecuador (thanks to Antonio Valencia) for now, although Brighton and Hove Albion's popularity is rapidly rising thanks to Caicedo, Estupiñán and Sarmiento
i was hoping to see this comment! Up the Albion we are worldwide
Valencia was such an amazing player for club and country 🥲
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@dansouthlondon9873 Brighton pretty much fill their stadium for every game, and have been since the Championship. They had more fans for their Wembley semi-final than Man City did for theirs. Man City who are likely to be Champions of England. They often had the highest average attendances of all the teams in the Championship.
Manchester United is so popular in India because when Premier league first started broadcasting in India, they were the most dominant team. But there is huge support for Liverpool, Chelsea and recently Manchester City as well
I thought it would be Liverpool cuz of the hype they had in Kolkata it was crazy
Kind of sad you didn't mention Vincent Kompany for Belgium as I think he had a lot more influence than KDB earlier on for man city
Maybe Burnley will be hoping to flog a few shirts in Belgium now?
But KDB is more popular as he is a better player
It's funny because even though I was a football fan for a long time, I didn't really start consuming football content on RUclips till around the world cup. Alfie has easily become my favourite. I love your hilarious, overlong intros man
Doing it since 2017, sometimes he made made my recommendation as his Next video, that always feels good
He makes the most interesting videos & definitely one of, if not the best football channels on here. The research he does is great and even the most dedicated football historian will learn something new from his videos!
Thanks for remembering Solano's legacy. As a peruvian, I still recognize him to be an standard to call for some countrymen. Sadly, we have not been able to raise a young Star :(
Do you think he's better than Claudio Pizarro?
I like Peña
@@yasin_GD Pizarro > Solano
@@yasin_GDPizarro is better but Peruvians have complicated feelings towards Pizarro mostly due to his performance on the national team.
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Brazil is crazy for PL. I think Liverpool and Chelsea are the most popular, but Arsenal and United are close. Is hard to split this 4 tbf.
Here, the PL is amazingly covered by ESPN Brazil since 2003-04 if I no mistaken, here we can watch every single game via Star+, ESPN’s streaming and is now by far the most popular foreign league.
very weird since almost all of the brazilian greats like ronaldo, ronaldinho, romario and rivaldo never played in England but in Spain and Italy. Even Neymar didn't play in England.
@@footballchannel8430 That's because despite the PL being the most popular league in Brazil, it is still not as popular as the Champions League. Real Madrid and Barcelona are by far the most popular european clubs in Brazil.
@@ultrasonico5709 yeah and probably because all those legends I mentioned played 20/30 years ago, when Serie A was at it's best and La Liga was also really good. But in the last 15 years Brazil had no real all time great apart from neymar, and even he is debatable
Brighton has had a lot of mention in the Japanese media recently due to mitoma’s popularity at the moment
@@bloxy_kai8905 son isn't japanese
@@bloxy_kai8905 Please know the difference between South Korea and Japan next time…
My friend visited Japan in March and Mitoma's face is plastered all over.
Mitoma is so exciting to watch, and like Son in Korea, it’s no surprise Brighton has become so popular in Japan.
After the World Cup I imagine more Japanese and Korean players will join top teams in Europe this summer.
I'm a Liverpool fan, but i think Chelsea is the most popular football club in Ghana. Chelsea's success in the 21st century coincided with the boom of premier League in Ghana. The PL viewership became significant in Ghana in the early 2000s when sports viewing centres in Ghana became a prominent business. This gave access to more people to watch PL football cos it was never broadcasted on local tv stations. This was the time Mourinho came to Chelsea and many people here loved his boastful character coupled with his love for African players. Signing Essien was the biggest point. Essien at that time was considered the best Ghanaian player at that time. Young people who were born in Ghana in the 90s and 2000s make up more than half of the PL fans population in Ghana. And most of these young people support Chelsea because of their first acquaintance with PL football coincided with these important events in Chelsea's history.
I lived in Ghana for a couple years (from the US and am a Liverpool fan as well!) and I agree. Chelsea is huge in Ghana and I'd say they're probably the biggest. I saw more Manchester United and Chelsea jerseys/stickers/notebooks than I did anything from other clubs, with Chelsea probably being the winner by a decent number.
Essien 😊
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As a Pole, I was initially surprised about Arsenal being the most popular, but I guess it's all due to Szczęsny, Fabiański and recently Kiwior being at the club. I thought Liverpool could have been a good shout, because of the 2005 CL final and Jerzy Dudek being a key player of this match.
Older poles will remember Liverpool winning 1 UCL final - and losing another one - to Boniek’s Juventus teams. What an underrated player he was!
@@hamster4810 Lol Bayern? Check the title of the video again mate
Kiwior is a great talent, I'm waiting to see what he would be able to do for Arsenal in later seasons. And I love Szczęsny, brilliant keeper !
Ecuador loves Brighton! They have both Stupiñan and Moises Caicedo, plus Sarmiento coming off the bench. First time a prem team has more than 2 ecuadorians!
we want more Ecuadorian fans and also players
Come support Arsenal as well... hopefully Brighton will be good enough to allow Caicedo to come in the summer, lets all stop this Man City domination 😋😊
When I worked in Addis Ababa for a year in 2014, I was the lone Manchester United supporter in the local bar I frequented to watch Premier League and took a lot of stick from the 70 or so Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal supporters, but they were always welcoming whenever I showed up. I once showed up 15 minutes late to a packed house, so the owner let me sit on the barrel behind the bar, knowing I would be the only patron who wouldn't be tempted to dip their hand in the till. The screen was a white bedsheet that rippled in the breeze.
All the fans I talked to supported one supported one premier league team and either Real Madrid or Barcelona. The national team never seemed to win anything unlike their long distance runners. One family had 3 world record holders and the local joke was that Mr Dibaba had been given a contract to sire the 2034 team.
@@markwalker8374 plastics everywhere, just great
@@paver9661 ?
How cool! Any particularly funny stories about your time in Ethiopia?
@@finegoldstones well not football related but here's one. A new middle class family would build the family home as a single level dwelling, then as savings permitted they would build the second floor or even a third. Cement for the project would arrive by donkey train, with 8 donkeys fully loaded with 4 x 50kg bags. Once unloaded, the donkeys took off home leaving the owner to run to keep up. Donkeys always followed their original route and had good road sense and were the only regular users of the Zebra crossing. Dogs and the odd escaped sheep who wanted to cross the busy road would wait to cross with the donkeys.
As an Englishman who grew up in Australia, Liverpool is the most popular team here in my opinion (Arsenal fan). I believe this because of the amount of Liverpool fans I see/know and primarily because Harry Kewell was outstanding for them. Leeds is also relatively popular here for Viduka and Kewell.
Don't forget Craig Johnston when Liverpool dominated the 1970's 80's
I think he's right about Man United being the most popular here but it isn't by much. The older a person is the more likely they are to be a Liverpool fan, I'd say Millenials are Man United fans while Gen Xers tend to be Liverpool fans since those were the dominant teams when they were growing up.
@@poonoo87 I myself am from Gen Z (17) and thats why I think Liverpool is more popular here because a lot of the Liverpool fans I know are either supporting them now because of their success or supported them because their parents did as they where successful in the 70s and 80s
Liverpool is super popular in Victoria, followed vaguely by Man U. I can’t go a day without seeing two LFC jerseys
Yep, as a 50 year Aussie Spurs fan, I would definitely say Liverpool are a clear number 1 here.
Don't forget there was a 95.000 + crowd here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground a few short years go.
As an uruguayan i can say that most don't support a team specifically but our own players, we went from arsenal fans to spurs fans because of torreira and Bentancur, and from Man U to Liverpool fans because Cavani and Darwin
U ppl might be club plastic fan but as a national fan u are loyal. Respect
@@mtk3755 How are they plastic fans? Most of them support teams within their country
@@mtk3755Uruguayans don’t really care about foreign teams, only our local league and seeing if our national team players are playing well in their leagues
I thought Arsenal might be Japan’s most popular team due to the Wenger and Tomiyasu connection but I guess that was wishful thinking. Roma did a tour of Japan last year during the World Cup that seemed to attract a lot of fans, so I’d be curious to see where they factor in the overall popularity rankings for that country.
I missed Japan in the video... which was ichiban?
@@GrahamMilkdrop No not wishful thinking, Wenger coached Nagoya Grampus, who he led to an Emperor's Cup victory in 1995, He came to Arsenal after, I know he bought a player from there and several others, and we now have a player from the national team of Japan, in our squad at present, young Tomi, injured at present.
@@GrahamMilkdrop it was Liverpool
@@offsetsface2135 Thanks!
Ngl I was thinking as a Brighton fan that we could have snuck in with Mitoma but that was wishful thinking
Brighton's support is growing massively in Ecuador and Argentina as well.
I’m assuming that’s because of Caicedo, Estupinan, Sarmiento, and Mac Allister?
@@viandramonisyaf8623 Yes indeed
Man united reins supreme in Portugal, due not only to Ronaldo, but also to players like Nani, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot, and a lot of players that came from Portuguese clubs that are not portuguese, like Victor Lindelof for example. Wolverhampto Wanderers was really popular for a while, due to them having basically a "Portuguese takeover", but it has faded a bit in the last couple of seasons
Liverpool - United States, Brazil, Bangladesh, Egypt, Vietnam, DR Congo, Turkey, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Brunei, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Jamaica, Barbados, Montserrat, Bahamas, Peru, Uruguay, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Ukraine, Cyprus, Malta, Hungary, Estonia, new Zealand
Arsenal - Philippines, Ethiopia, Taiwan, Tanzania, Algeria, Sudan, Uganda, Morocco, Madagascar, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Chile, Belarus, Poland
Manchester United - India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Iran, France, Myanmar, Mongolia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Cambodia, South Africa, Ghana, Guinea, Tunisia, Canada, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Sweden, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia
Chelsea - Russia, Germany, Laos, Nepal, Jordan, Kenya, Angola, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cuba, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Czech Republic
Tottenham Hotspur - South Korea
Newcastle United - Paraguay
Manchester City - Bolivia, Venezuela, Belgium
This took me forever to write this down haha.
Would love a follow-up that is not limited to the EPL clubs :). I suppose you already have that data lined up after doing research for this one. Tifo recently made a video where they were "surprised" that Bayern are selling the most football kits of any club and I would not be surprised if they are very popular in some countries as well because of their extensive expansion in recent years.
And I am, of course, still hoping for that Austrian Wunderteam video 😇✌.
its hard to imagine man utd been the most popular team in greece , since with liverpool had two greek players the last 2 decades while utd had 0 and also what liverpool represent as a club , hard working class , the fact that many greeks when to live in liverpool and then return after few years , in general i believe that like me that i am a bif fun of liverpool since 2005 where it crash olympiakos and went to win the champions league the way it did against milan i feel most around my age feels this way
No way Man Utd are the biggest English club in Greece... Liverpool have had a massive tradition in the country, fed by the over-exposure of the team in the 80s by the State Television. As a result, this helped generate a legion of sports journalists overwhelmingly favoured towards Liverpool, to the extent of propagandising in their favor. Liverpool are extremely mainstream there, well beyond United, who only took off there in the 00s. PS: I'm a Liverpool fan too.
This is very recent but Manchester City is becoming increasingly popular in Argentina because of Julián Álvarez, especially since his incredible performance in the last world cup. Argentinians rarely support foreign teams tho, they'll watch their internationals play oversea but will just care about their performance and not necessarily the team's performance.
Nothing to do with Carlos tevez or Sergio "kun" augero???
Maybe even Pablo zabayleta (no idea how to spell his surname)
Manchester City tuvo grandes jugadores argentinos y representativos de cuatro de los cinco clubes grandes:
Agüero (Independiente), Tévez (Boca Juniors), Álvarez (River) y Zabaleta (San Lorenzo).
Great video as always! In the Czech Republic, I get the sense that Arsenal are almost as popular as Chelsea among people 35 or under, thanks to Tomáš Rosický. For older generations, Manchester United and Liverpool might be more popular, thanks to players like Poborský and Berger. West Ham also have a lot of support, I guess we love seeing our players play in the Prem!
West Ham mainly because of the inclusion of Souceck and Coufal I suppose
@@BigSmokeMUFC Tomas Repka too
@@BigSmokeMUFC Ludo (the goalie)
Damn a good amount of Czechs in West Ham
@@BigSmokeMUFC In total 6 in First team Plus 2 youngsters
It would’ve been fun to discover that some lesser known teams were popular in various countries, but probably not that realistic. You have a really good sense of humour! This was a very ambitious project to set for yourself and congratulations on sticking with it and making the video. I’m sure many people would have given up partway through researching it.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video - thank you very much for making it!
(Edit: clarity)
There was a small boom for Leicester in Italy the year that Ranieri won the league, many people were following the league title of the foxes, then the next year after how players and board treated Ranieri and sack him the interest for Leicester disappear.
@@sfigatto_0167 wow, that’s really interesting. Thanks for letting us know!
Maybe now there's more streaming and on-demand people will get to know some of the less known teams. Until pretty recently, there were only 4- 6 games shown per weekend, and they usually picked the games for the 'Big Six' teams.
@@liz7437 yes, great idea!
@@liz7437 very much true.
Ohhhhh!! Ahem.....I've lived in South Korea for 15 years and while Spurs are the most supported with teenagers and people in their 20s, the 30s and above are all still Man United fans due to Park Ji Seong and continue to support them for that reason. Younger Koreans are also pretty fairweather and will change who they support from year to year and you'll find few who supported Leverkusen when Son played there. Also, saying it's only because of Son Heung Min, is missing the fact the Lee Yeong Pyo played left back for Spurs for 70 games. So Koreans got a taste for Spurs back then.
I put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture.
👉Once, Real Madrid's chairman Perez said that "We, Real Madrid have no competition in world football in terms of titles won. The only competition we face is in terms of global fanbase and Manchester United dominates that. It is even crazier to imagine this given we have nearly 5x UCL as them. Yes, football is crazy because emotions have no logic. Man United is truly a football giant in every sense."
Any Swansea love for Ki?
@@h.pearson911 though madrid might go past them in future as ronaldo era in madrid and they continue to dominate in Europe
2:15 “there’s only so many times you can mention Liverpool and Manchester United before you lose the will to live.” Is brilliant, had me laughing out loud.
Also for Liverpool in the United States, Lebron James is a part owner and the main owners are also Americans. That second point still might explain United and Arsenal (and also FIFA video games having Arsenal listed first in team selections).
I guess it might be due to those clubs being the first introduced to America early on, but I’d imagine Leeds and Chelsea taking spots (even though for the latter Pulisic is likely to leave)
I assure you, American fans don’t follow Liverpool because of FSG 😂😂😂
Pretty sure Arsenal is first in video games because they are first alphabetically, no?
Man U was marketed really heavily in the US in the 90s, so if you grew up then that's who you watched.
@@surplusvalue5497 same my mother said she liked them when she lived in Hong Kong (before the handover)
This was the most needless video I have ever seen. I loved it. Keep up the work Alfie.
you didn't mention serbia but i can assure you it's manchester united, largely due to nemanja vidić.
👉Once, Real Madrid's chairman Perez said that "We, Real Madrid have no competition in world football in terms of titles won. The only competition we face is in terms of global fanbase and Manchester United dominates that. It is even crazier to imagine this given we have nearly 5x UCL as them. Yes, football is crazy because emotions have no logic. Man United is truly a football giant in every sense."
he was in chelsea 1st infact twice
@@Akinwalesegun vidić not matić lol
Fulham is also up there because of Mitro rn
Any rogue love for Ivanovic or even Milijas (ex Wolves)?
a documentary of Borussia Dortmund and how they were extremely close to bankruptcy in 2002 time and how Bayern had to save them. The extreme difficulties the club has had to manage within to get back to where they are #thepeopleschannel
Damn, I really wanted to know who was the most popular team in San Marino
Most crazy stat in this video is that the premier league is broadcasted in 188 of the world's 93 countries, I thought there was way more and somehow they broadcast it to more than double the amount of countries!
Most of the Liverpool fans that I know in Southeast Asia probably grew up in the 80s when TV become widely available to the public and they watch Liverpool dominate the English game. And for Man Utd's fans that I know, mostly grew up in the 90s and the 00s.
Exactly the same situation here in Greece.
It blows my mind how big RM and Barca are around the world, During my time across Middle East, I saw mostly those kits and it sure does represent the local’s social classes.
I got back from a trip in Turkey, and I saw a ton of RM and Barca kits in markets, as well
Real Madrid & Barcelona have remained consistent for decades in terms of winning the league, whereas in England big teams can go decades without a league title. Liverpool went 30 years, Arsenal 19 years and Man United 10 years which effects their appeal. Man City will probably overtake most of them in the next few years
Messi and Ronaldo
Unicef would give out barca kits for free
Messi and Ronaldo are the biggest factors there alongside the dominance the teams had over the past decade, Madrid over the last 8 years or so and Barca during the decade prior. It also coincided with the rise of one of the best National teams in history (Spain) dominating the sport for 4 years, which is a long time for international football. That team was about 70% Barca 25% Madrid 5% other stuff. Barca 2008-2012 was arguably the greatest team ever assembled being one of the only two teams to successfully complete a sixtuple (win every single tournament they participated in a season), while Madrid's 3peat of the UCL naturally speaks for itself.
I'd love to chip in here and explain why Arsenal are New Zealand's most popular club, rather than Liverpool... but I can only agree - which is part of the reason I was drawn to Arsenal in the mid 80's when most others here supported LFC or (even worse), ManU. Hopefully an EPL title will help us lift our numbers in the Arsenal NZ Supporters Club (I'm only partly serious). Another interesting video - thanks Alfie!
"Even worse" 💀
The explanation for Cuba supporting Chelsea is probably because their closest ally is Russia and therefore Abrahimovic of course
Fulham being owned by the Khan family helps them in the US too, as they also own the Jaguars NFL team as well as AEW wrestling
I'm from Cabo Verde and back home the 2 most popular teams are Manchester United and Chelsea, before the 2000s it used to be Liverpool but with the ascension of Cristiano's ManU and then with the connection that Chelsea has with FCPorto they gathered a lot of followers becoming the top 2 teams
Sometimes i wonder how does Alfie can come out with all sorts of ideas that could include everyone from other countries
Germans love Liverpool man, they must be the most popular although Chelsea always had German players TBF so maybe you're right
Idk it feels like Liverpool is the most loved Club here. A lot of people I know have Liverpool as their English team, I rarely seen any Chelsea fans though, but idk
I was also very surprised by this. I thought it would be Liverpool because of Klopp. Also I am under the impressionmost Germans see Chelsea as a club which just became big because of Abramovic and normally German football fans really don't like clubs which were made big thanks to investors.
Have to say i disagree on you saying Manchester United are the most popular team in Australia as Liverpool are massive in Australia in large part in thanks to Harry Kewell and managing to attract a massive crowd of 95,000 fans for our game against melbourne though that was over 10 years ago.
Growing up in Jamaica I was literally the only Liverpool fan everybody supported Manchester United just like Usain Bolt.
Love it when you take on monumental tasks like this
I’m Kenyan( and an Arsenal fan) and while Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool are all popular here, I can assure you that Man United are definitely the most supported…Chelsea might even be third after Arsenal…
Agreed United are the most popular in Kenya, followed by Arsenal but also remember Chelsea has a lot of support among the nduthi crew.
I sell kits arsenal is the most popular ...Chelsea kits don't even go
I can tell you for certain that Chelsea is the most popular club in Nigeria, even more popular than Madrid and Barcelona, thanks to John Mikel Obi. It is considered as the club of the 'street' in contrast to Man United and Arsenal that are club of the elites which is the reason the internet search pattern favor those clubs more. Liverpool is the club supported by older people that were privileged to witness English football in the 1980s
In Kenya, it is hard to tell between Chelsea and Manchester United but United may have a slight edge
Can confirm the Wolves presence in México due to Raúl Jiménez 🇲🇽🐺.
Although I am surprised Man United weren't top especially due to Chicharito's time there.
Honestly, I'd expect Leeds United to have a significant following in South Africa, mostly due to Lucas Radebe
Not even, those who respect Radebe are older generations. Younger generations tend to support the traditional big 4. Simply because of how the league was marketed in the 2000s/10s
@@kgogedimatsho7361 How was Pienaar thought of in South Africa? We loved him at Everton
@@KetwigKeith he’s definitely highly regarded as a player but I can’t say there are many people who support or follow Everton in South Africa. It’s definitely mostly United,Liverpool chelsea arsenal and City. I’d say city has the fastest growing support for obvious reasons.
in New Zealand, Burnley have had lots of support over the last few years due to Chris Wood. West Ham are also quite well supported due to a lot of expats from East London moving here.
Not to mention Winston Reid played for them, scoring the last goal ever at Upton Park
Living in New York, there’s a large supporters group for Liverpool across the tri-state area and NYC.
Chelsea fan from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵. Growing up we had an equal number of ManUtd and Chelsea fans. So I guess you are correct.
Great video, as usual. Here in Colombia, I get the impression that Manchester United has more following than Chelsea, and in more recent years Liverpool are also becoming very popular thanks to Luis Díaz. Chelsea have a good amount of fans here, as well as Arsenal, but I would say ManUnited are slightly bigger than those other three. Also, an honorable mention to Newcastle and Aston Villa, thanks to Asprilla and Juan Pablo Angel
Cuando viví en Colombia 2011-2012, LA Liga fue mas popular que LA Liga inglesa a causa de Falcao. Pero que piensas de Aston Villa con Jhon Duran o Tottenham con Davinson Sanchez?
@@machineman19 con Davinson hubo un poco de ruido por unos meses, pero nunca llegó a entusiasmar como otros jugadores. El Tottenham tampoco tiene una fanaticada considerable en Colombia, quizá algunos grupos pequeños en ciertas ciudades, pero muy lejos de las fanaticadas del United, Chelsea, Arsenal y Liverpool. Y casi nunca juega ,así que después de unos meses de su fichaje bajó el interés. Incluso en la selección ha dejado de ser un titular indiscutido, con otros jóvenes centrales que juegan regularmente y han mantenido muy buen rendimiento en sus clubes. Lo de Durán si ha generado un poco más de optimismo.
@@TheNormalJuan claro, Jhon Duran juega con mi paisano Leon Bailey de Jamaica.
Nailed it with Namibia. Everyone is either a liverpool or Kaizer Chiefs fan 😂😂
In 2014 we were in Borneo ,Malaysia. We had travelled miles up the Kinabatangan River (Fresh water crocodiles, Monkeys, Pigmy elephants, Hornbills,Orangutans,Sun Bears etc) to a place called Abai Jungle lodge where we spent 2 nights. On the 2nd night having come back from a boat trip watching all the wildlife that lives within the Jungle the people working at the lodge went off for a couple of hours. At 11pm Malaysian time they all came back into the lodge wearing Liverpool shirts. Set up a TV and we all sat and watched Liverpool v Man City. It was a bizzare experience, hours from anywhere, in a Jungle late at night and watching Liverpool v Man City.............
I feel Nigeria should be Chelsea as the most supported and Arsenal as the second most.
This isn't backed by any numbers, just off pure interactions. So, it could be skewed by the demographic I typically interact with.
I'm german and my favorite Premier League Club is Liverpool. I also got a feeling tha many german people got Liverpool as there favorite team
Maybe because of Klopp is the coach and he's one of the most popular german coaches
Ipswich town with Indonesia because of Elkan Baggott
Uppa Towen
Not sure how you counted your Australian fans Alfie, but Liverpool jammed 95,000 into the MCG against Melbourne victory. United only managed 75k against the same team.
Yes but those figures might be reversed if the same teams toured in July 2023
Wasn’t that in like 2013 😂 bro a lot can change in that time you know
More Man U tv fans perhaps afraid to leave the couch?
@@markwalker8374 liverpool have only made the gap bigger from 2013 to 2023 in regards of club popularities
@@christopherflyger2284 Definitely could be the case. But I’m wondering how Alfie has measured his numbers.
Day 2 of asking for a video about the rise, fall, and rise again of Queens Park FC, oldest club in scotland, from being in the third division and on the brink of bankruptcy 10 years ago, to the brink of promotion to the top flight now
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 484)
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.
🫡 Hoffentlich wirst du irgendwann erhöhrt
I’m glad you are still doing this, mate. Rooting for you!
I'm now fully invested in Ryuzaki getting his German footballers video. You've got this!
I am Argentinian. In here the most well supported English team now has to be Manchester City due to the Agüero and now Juli Alvarez performances. When I was a kid in the 2000's it was Manchester United though, but now the coin has flipped and I think DavooXeneize is the only remaining ManU supporter.
Was surprised not to see Leicester in Thailand
When I was on holiday in Montenegro I was shocked by how celebrated FC Barcelona we’re with merch just about everywhere. I didn’t really get the link, but sounds like if a country has nothing local, Barcelona really is one of the most likely defaults
Whenever there aren’t any local connections, some Eastern Europeans like rooting for a player “from the neighborhood”. Barca signed two prominent Balkan players in the 90s - Stoichkov, who was the best player on the dream team - and later, Hagi.
The most prominent Montenegro player ever is Dejan Savićević who played for AC Milan and won a UCL. However he was generally under appreciated by the Italian club so I’m not surprised that the locals don’t remember Milan fondly.
@@SKa-tt9nm well there you have it! The best I could come up with was Barcelona being the closest major club geographically without being Italian
I'm now at the point in my life where i instantly click on the videos when i see the hitc sevens logo under them, without bothering about the title and thumbnail until after the video has already started
Never would’ve thought that it was broadcasted in 188 out of 93 countries 💀
Proper comment:
Burundi: Arsenal || DR Congo: Manchester United || Kenya: Chelsea || Rwanda: Arsenal || South Sudan: Arsenal || Tanzania: Arsenal || Uganda: Arsenal
A surprisingly strong Gunners contingent for the East African Federation members! I'm also glad to hear that the Mags are the most popular Premier League club in at least one country, and that you remember wor Nobby, one of the greatest of Peru's many sterling servants over the years.
I may be wrong here but in Malta i think that title would go to Manchester United.
Malta was a British colony for a long while but the cultural and geographic ties to Italy (Malta is just south of Sicily) means alot of Italian clubs have decent fanbases too, with the El classico clubs and the likes of Bayern also having a decently large community of supporters.
However i think it's united who take the crown due to the long ties between the two. To start although Utd have never had a Maltese player, Malta does lay host to the oldest ever Manchester United supporters club (yes even including supporter clubs in the UK), On top of this, Man Utd recently signed a sponsorship deal with Malta's tourism authority (which is why you see visit Malta ads at old trafford), that coupled with the fact that it's not the first time Man Utd legends have had a very warm welcome in Malta makes me think Utd may be the most supported club of all in the country (although several Italian teams like Juve, Inter and Milan and even prem clubs like Liverpool) may also challenge that statment.
Despite that and the fact Maltese clubs almost never make it into European competitions, Many Maltese clubs maintain decent supporter bases in the country, this doesn't mean the most supported club in Malta is Maltese but that local clubs give some competition, It is also a common Phenomenon in Malta that people have a local and foreign club they hold close to their heart.
In conclusion, i think Manchester United is the most supported prem club here in Malta if not possibly the most supported club of all, although i may also be wrong.
(If you read to this point, thank you for taking the time to)
I think the data on Nigeria is a little bit skewed because of the influence of the internet. And the reason I say so is that much of the population in Nigeria don't own a smartphone and most fan get their football news from the local Newspaper.
I'm an Arsenal fan here in Nigeria and everywhere you go, Chelsea is the most popular football club. You go to these view centers when Chelsea plays an EFL match against a fourth division team and the place is packed as though they are playing in a Champions league Final😂😂😂😂.
When they do make it to the final of any competition, the whole city is painted blue. You would think they are having a Carnival and sometimes it lasts over a week.
Maybe I'm wrong and it's just that they have more passionate set of fans.
Chelsea will take over the world😅 *From South Africa*
I work in a school in Uzbekistan and don't think I've ever seen a Man U top. Loads of Liverpool and Spurs.
Why would anyone support Spurs in their right mind?...lol
As an American, I can completely agree a lot of people in the US are liverpool fans. Real Madrid and Barcelona are probably 2nd or 3rd compared to liverpool and I see a lot of bayern fans like myself wearing bayern jerseys as well.
2 am in seattle washington watching HITC sevens with carne asada fries, hell yeah
Going to Seattle next week. Where should I go for carne asada fries?
@@SKa-tt9nm honoslty any taco truck in seattle, or memos. it’s like a california burrito place that’s 24 hours.
@@AquaSteez thank you sir!
I have been getting a sense that support for Liverpool has been growing quite a lot in South Africa of late but when thinking about United's popularity it makes sense, Satellite television was only really launched around 1995 in South Africa which coincided with the best years of United, so many people getting in to international football at the time would've seen and followed the success of United alongside it. Thought Liverpool would've edged it because of the strong South African connection (The Kop, first International manager, and Grobelaar being born in South Africa) but I think the timing of television had a much bigger say
Didn't Man U have a S African keeper for a while?
@@rogink no but they had a South African midfielder in Quinton Fortune
Supersport really made the support for United grow. Similarly in my country especially for us 90s babies going forward, quite a large number were United and perhaps Arsenal as well. Liverpool are a team for the old heads who read about Liverpool in the news when they used to dominate in 80s.
@@rogink yeah, Gary Bailey was not the best but he was a strong connection at the time
Literally every South African I've seen on social media or met in real life is a United fan
For Australia it’s Leeds. In the 2000’s they had Kewell and Viduka and therefore there is a huge Leeds fanbase in Australia. But that’s outside of the A-League teams
Lots if Aussies support epl teams (or other European team) without having an aleague team! As for Leeds they were more a 2nd team due to the Aussies playing for them....
@@joehunt390 I wish more Aussies support A-League teams as the league will improve if we do
@@chuckmeat87 well it would be nice but I don't see it ever happening, there is 2 camps that won't ever do so.
1. The people who live old nsl clubs and have no interest in any of the "new franchise" clubs.... etc
2. The euro snobs that can't accept the aleague for what it is and have to compare it with top European leagues.
As a Chelsea Fan from Kenya, i give this video A Seal of Approval😍🤩🤩
I'd say in the netherlands, Liverpool might be more popular, mostly because of their succes with van dijk, although recently ten Hag raised another wave of attention for manU
If ten hag becomes successful United might dominate in netherlands though barca will still be supreme there ig
Posting for the 10th 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)?
I first saw this on your 8th try, this is actually an interesting idea
Do it
I'll watch rhat
I think Brigthon are the most popular pl club in Japan now, due to Mitoma
A part from the later years, Man Utd used to be the most popular football club in Malta 🇲🇹 They even used to come here quite frequently during summer. Can you please do a video about Maltese football ⚽ please... Thank you
Day 2 of asking for a video about the rise, fall, and rise again of Queens Park FC, oldest club in scotland, from being in the third division and on the brink of bankruptcy 10 years ago, to the brink of promotion to the top flight now after back to back promotions from the 4th tier
Great vid!
Topic suggestion: 7 great footballers that never represented their national team
Bermuda, you're more likely to see a Burnley or bristol city jersey here due to Nahki Wells. I will probably be West Ham or Spennymoor town next with Ajani burchall or Dale Eve doing bits recently
I would quite like to know the biggest in Switzerland and Austria, as well as all the micronations (San Marino, etc)
Arsenal is most likely the most popular in Albania because of Xhaka and Mustafi
Damn I don't think there is never another player who had a career redemption like Xhaka I wish we won the trophy just for him this year !
Watched the video twice and still don't recall Brazil and yes someone has pointed out at doing an EFL one in which case surely North Korea will have Middlesborough , you'll never get a full statistic as to popularising a club is, but it's fairly believeable , would love to know how the stats have changed throughout the different decades.
Brazil is mentioned pretty prominently
I am an Indian. When I was a kid, almost every boy in my class had that Classic Rooney (AIG-sponsored) shirt. I was the only Arsenal fan (due to being the First team in FIFA)
I think Liverpool's popularity have grown past Chelsea's in Colombia, mainly because of Luis Diaz being the main man of the National Team at the moment
The amount of support for Chelsea is a huge reflection of how the PL has only taken hold around the world since the turn of the century.
Uruguay even has its own Liverpool.
As a brit who moved to the US, even living in rural maine when I go to the sports bar there are plenty of man city fans...its wild how much that club has developed in ten years or so.
I'd rather say "has been *air quotes*developed*air quotes*"...
Plastic American fans lol. You will see a sudden surge of arsenal fans if they do win the league somehow
Who do you support Joe Brady?? Just wondering
Where's a good bar to watch games in Maine? Just moved here and feels like they're all in Portland
@@rayzhang7591 not necessarily. America has always had a large Arsenal fanbase.
Alfie’s best video ever….absolute genius
In a couple of years Wrexham is going to be the most popular club in the US😂
In Denmark, brentford seems to be pretty popular, understandably. Although not at the level of Liverpool or united
Australia, I would've thought Liverpool over Man utd with Leeds utd punching above its weight.
In Austria the most popular foreign club is Real Madrid due to David Alaba followed by Bayern Munich. No Idea which Premier League Team is the most popular but I suppose its Chelsea or Manchester United.
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
Don't think Iceland got mentioned. In the few months I stayed there I met fans of several premier League clubs lots of Liverpool and Arsenal (although as a Liverpool fan I was always likely to meet more of them), Chelsea seemed popular because of Guðjohnsen too. Met some Everton and Villa fans there too. However, it seemed that Barcelona again were more popular than any premier league side.
(Happy to be set straight by someone who is actually from and lives there)
In Romania, Man U was probably the top team years ago, but nowadays you'll find the most outspoken fans are supporting Liverpool.
👉Once, Real Madrid's chairman Perez said that "We, Real Madrid have no competition in world football in terms of titles won. The only competition we face is in terms of global fanbase and Manchester United dominates that. It is even crazier to imagine this given we have nearly 5x UCL as them. Yes, football is crazy because emotions have no logic. Man United is truly a football giant in every sense."
We might consider Chelsea due to Dan Petrescu and even Mutu who is still liked in Romania
I’m assuming both Man U and Liverpool are still dwarfed by Barca, on account of the great George Hagi.
I'm surprised that Man U is the most supported team here in the Netherlands. I really expected Arsenal, as I hear that one far more frequently than Man U
Man Utd mainly due to RVP and RVN plus Man Utd have a Dutch manager rn so that explain why
@@BigSmokeMUFC That's true. I was just surprised, as I hear Arsenal as a common second team here, far more than United. And Arsenal also has some Dutch heritage with RVP, Overmars, and Bergkamp
@@lthecatt9667 very true
Wolverhampton Wanderers have a huge following in China because of owners Fosun Corporation. There's a huge number of supporters in Mexico as well because of Raul Jimenez and South Korea because of Hwang Hee-chan. They are also popular in Portugal because they have had and currently have a number of Portuguese players within their ranks.
dont forget Serbia :)
Deportivo Nampula is now a certified classic of HITC
Almost 60% of my countrymen support Manchester United😯
It is even more crazy as Man Utd has not won any top title for almost 10 years now. It just shows how loyal and die hard their fanbase is💯
Basically united vs liverpool for world popularity
👉Once, Real Madrid's chairman Perez said that "We, Real Madrid have no competition in world football in terms of titles won. The only competition we face is in terms of global fanbase and Manchester United dominates that. It is even crazier to imagine this given we have nearly 5x UCL as them. Yes, football is crazy because emotions have no logic. Man United is truly a football giant in every sense."
Having spent time in Sweden, and before having watched in full (so not sure if it got mentioned) I got the feeling that Liverpool was the most popular club there