As a Benfica fan, losing 5 Champions League finals and 3 Europa League finals consecutive is painful to remember 😓🤦

Bayer Leverkusen players Ballack and Ramelow not only went second place in DFB Pokal, Bundesliga and UCL, but also at the WC 2002, as they reached the final with Germany and lost to Brazil. So in one summer, they got four runners up placements.

Based on this I'd assume Hans-Jörg Butt is a key figure in multiple curses. Not only was he part of the 2nd place treble Leverkusen (and did it again with Bayern Munich in 2012) but he also scored goals against Juventus in the UCL for 3 different clubs

U can't talk about a cursed team in the champions league and not talk about Atletico de Madrid. 3 finals were lost in the worst of conditions. At least Juve and Benfica won the title. Atletico always exists in the cruelest ways possible

At Spurs, we even bottle curses

The speed in which alfie uploads is insane. Always informative and funny. Great Job!

Internacional in the brazilian league. Their last title was in 1979, then they were runners up 4 times, 3 with pretty cruel circumstances: 2005 - 11 league games were replayed because of suspicions of referee manipulation. Corinthians got 4 extra points from the replayed matches, Inter got 0, and Corinthians finished 3 points ahead 2009 - last round had eventually champions flamengo facing inter's greatest rival gremio. Big surprise, gremio lost and flamengo finished 2 points ahead of Inter. A draw would have given Inter the title 2020 - Inter needed a simple win on their last match. Tied 0x0 at home with Corinthians, having put 3 balls in the net, none of which counted. The last one being an offside in the last minute of the game.

"I was offered the chance to manage a football team in Sheffield and they asked how flexible I was. I said, 'I can't do Wednesday'" ~ Tim Vine

Idea for a part 2 if there ever is one: New England Revolution in MLS Cup. They have reached the final 5 times, including 3 in a row from 2005-2007, and lost all of them (all but one going to either extra time or penalties). They are also the only team to have reached the final multiple times without ever winning it.

This reminds me of Arsenal CL run and the way we always met Bayern or Barca. There's only so many times u can get trashed by the same team and still believe u can get anything out of each new meeting. Especially when it's the same manager(Arsene) telling u similar things to that made no difference in all the other losses

Benfica's European competition curse is my favourite, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't a former manager curse them by saying they wouldn't win a European competition for 100 years and they still haven't. Edit: Ok so their U19 squad won the 21/22 UEFA Youth League fair enough

i know leverkusen gets a lot of slack, but schalke is more cursed in the bundesliga. 7 runners up finishes (vs 5 for leverkusen) with no titles. 2001 was particularly brutal when the fans were celebrating the “title” on the pitch before bayern scored at the death to take it

Pedantic point: Uruguay, technically, didn't reach 2 WC finals. The 1950 tournament did not have a final. It didn't even have any knockout stages. It had a final group stage - engineered by the Brazilian FA to increase the number of games played at the newly and expensively renovated Maracana, so that the renovation costs could be recouped - where, by chance, everything boiled down to the "last" match between Brazil and Uruguay. Brazil needed only a draw to win the tournament in points, while Uruguay had to win. Brazil, unbelievably, lost after leading in the match till halftime (please check). But, it wasn't a "final" in the sense that we have finals, i.e., one team has to win and the other has to lose

Arsenal getting Bayern/Barcelona for 5 years in a row isn’t a curse but is surely insane.

I atually believe the Benfica UCL curse is real in FM. Got to 5 Finals in a row now, dominating my way to the finals to just lose atleast 2-0 in every final.

I remember how it seemed like Chelsea were cursed in the Champions League from 2004-2011. Then in 2012 when it never seemed like they would win it that year they did.

Please see the America de Cali club from Colombia, a team which reached three consecutive Copa Libertadores finals in the 80s, losing the last of the three in the most dramatic possible way, at the minute 29 of the extra time of the third match. That has been related to a so-called curse from an old man in the 60s.

You mentioned it but Hibs in the scottish cup, 114 years without winning generations lived and died without seeing hibs win that until 2016, was on the pitch of hampden myself

Video Idea: Market value of every balon d'or winner

Benfica Fan here.. 😔 we cursed not just on the pitch. We have a Karmic Curse that consumes the Club in all aspects. Hopefully "Il Maestro" Rui Costa will lead the club back to former Glory. Take heed Man U. Fans, I warn you of the importance of not having "money" oriented owners... (You should be Helping Maguire become better, not destroy the lad) Take a good look at Liverpool and Bayer Munich and Real Madrid. Its about results and desire to win and not about Finances.

If Liverpool didn't win 2019-20 Premier League, they would have made it into this video.

Congrats on catching up with HITC sport! Knowledge wins over pre pubescent humour

Spurs fans: we’re cursed Arsenal fans: Spurs is just bad

São Paulo and the brazilian cup. Even small clubs like Santo André, Paulista de Jundiaí and Juventude have and São Paulo don't. one of the two "big 12" clubs who haven't won yet, along Botafogo

Could've mentioned America de Cali and Deportivo Cali in the Libertadores. 0-6 combined record in the final for the city rivals.

Perth Glory and the A-League Crown, never won the competition in its existence (not through lack of effort) and it's only league title was back in the NSL days in the mid 90s

If you’re interested in another interesting curse, I highly recommend you to do some research about Club Sport Cartaginés from Costa Rica (it includes drunken players in church and a buried doll)

Meanwhile Buffon & Zlatan getting cursed in champions league..

I've always wondered how does the pedigree of a club in a certain competition effect the current players of that club on the pitch? Why are Man City and Juventus better in the League than the UCL? Why are Liverpool and AC Milan better in the UCL than the League? Why can't Leverkusen, Dortmund, Napoli, Roma, Lazio and Spurs win a title to save their lives?

This is a really good video. I enjoyed it. I did not know about Mali's curse in AFCON. 🇲🇱 also seemed cursed in 2022 WC Qualifying, losing 1-0 on aggregate to Tunisia in the final round of African WC qualifying thanks to a horrific own-goal at home. If you're looking for cursed teams, I present to you Uzbekistan. If the AFC had the proposed 2026 WC allotment of 8 teams in 2002, 🇺🇿 would have likely qualified for every single WC from 2002 through 2018, except for the 2010 edition. Instead, as of 2022, they have yet to qualify for a WC.

Bro your videos are underrated, very good content right here

alfie dropping hints hes gonna be leaving hitc soon like the irish guy did, and i hope he does, alfie deserves all the revenue from his hard work, not just a small percentage or however his deal with hitc works out, i have subbed already though, cant be missing my daily dose of alfie excellent football brain

A good case could be made for Aris Thessaloniki who made the greek cup final thirteen times in his history but only won it once having been always one of the top 5 teams in greek football

For a club that is now considered one of England's "big 6", Tottenham's trophy cabinet sure is quite poor as of the last 3 decades.

“Leverkusen may be the most cursed team in world football.” No. Has to be Tottenham and you all know it

As a Chelsea fan after we failed to win the UCL from 2003-2011 I thought we were cursed in that competition, then we won it the next year

My team Kerala Blasters cursed in Indian super league, reached 3 finals and lost three of them 😭😭😭😭😭

For once a negative list Spurs are overqualified for

Totenham: Every competition

But Mexico aren’t actually good enough to reach quarters so it is not really a curse it is expected

Inter’s supporters used a Pinocchio tifo to mock Juventus’ failure to win UCL since 1996. I bet that Liverpool supporters won’t use that kind of tifo to mock Man City

Wouldn't it be nice to be cursed not to win the champions league every season, I wish my club had those problems

Alfie please do 7 clubs that broke their ‘curses’ eg hibs in league cup , Preston in play offs etc PRETTY PLEASE

Honestly seems like both Spurs and Leverkusen have some voodoo on them in almost all competitions they've participated in, at least in recent history.

Whenever mentioning South Korea's 2002 run, always add "Cheated their way into the Semi Finals".

Aldershot Town in the FA cup. Always bow out at the first time of asking, and usually against an amateur team nobody has ever heard of

The Benfica curse... I love it 😂

Could easily have added Portsmouth and the Play offs as we never make it to the final when we make the play offs.

Everton in the Football League cup, never won it despite the other original " big five" winning dozens of them . Two losing finals, and not a sniff in the other years despite being involved since the 60s. Considering we're still the 4th in the list of domestic trophies with 9 league titles and 5 FA cups, our league cup record is appalling.

And Wales in the World Cup. So close to qualifying, so often. So much so that I stopped watching their qualifying games as I couldn't take it anymore. I'd have included Scotland's World Cup group stage curse as well, but they've never made it past the group stages in the Euros either. The 1978 World Cup was the first one I remember watching. I watched the game between Netherlands and Scotland and Archie Gemmill's goal. I was staying at my uncle's and he reckoned that the Dutch let him score.

Juventus is definitely the cursed one in UCL. -5 loss in a row in UCL finals; -they won just one UCL finals in the 90' and all the focus was on the Hysel tragedy; -they scored just 5 goals in all their 9 Finals played.

How Liverpool and the premier league isn’t up here is criminal. 30 years, Macheda goal and never seen again, Gerard’s slip, 97 points and then when they finally win it, there’s a pandemic and the fans couldn’t even celebrate. That is much more cursed than at least 3 of the teams on this list.

just a pat on the back Alfie, well done keep up the great content.

Make a video on teams than could win a trouble (championship, cup and international competition) but missed all three in last game sporting, Benfica, Leverkusen, etc.

What about Atletico de Madrid in the champions league?! We're always close too winning it especially against Real until the last minutes of the final.

As a Malian I can definitely confirm most of us have pretty much given up on winning the afcon it's just never happening.

Benfica finally won the first European final since 1962! The UEFA Youth League this year! (we lost 3 finals in the last few years). Also the Bela Guttman quote is often misquoted, some places say it's "never win a European title" others "without me" (he lost a European final with Benfica since), others "30 years" (or an amount lower than 100), others "100 years", basically it's not real, many Benfica fans know that, and it's just our confidence that is shot in European finals since then.

Fun fact on the Dutch in the 1978 final: despite the Elftal losing the game their coach, the Austrian Ernst Happel, was nicknamed "Wödmasta" (world champion in Austrian dialect) in his home country.

Every single club in the Bundesliga not called FC Bayern Munich seems to be cursed anyway...

Uruguay lost the WCF in 1930. Technically, Sheffield United won a play-off in 1893 beating Accrington in a "test match" thus replacing them in the First Division.

Spurs-every tournament apart from the Audi cup

If the England national team isn't number 1, just in general, then I'll be shocked!

Alfie, please do a video on Trabzonspor and their league win this season + how they're currently fighting to win the turkish Cup too.

8:25 Benfica won Uefa youth league 2 weeks ago but I don't think that counts

Day 22: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 6 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population

I was not ready for that Freddy Adu reference...

been saying for time now that man city is cursed in the ucl it's not just the fact they get knocked out it's how. it's always some kind of miracle for the opposition and it always screws city

If Juventus had won even 1 or 2 of those finals their grand total of Cl wins would look much more respectable for a club of its stature.

My club, Universitatea Cluj, is cursed in the second division of Romanian football. Doubt it's on this list, though.

Suggestion, again: Austria-Hungary national team (full squad). Also 7 referees who are hated in one country.

You really gotta do the Gutman video

I would add the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Voyageurs Cup (for the best team in Canada). For most of the competition's history, there were only a handful of professional teams and only 2 other top-level teams. Yet in 13 years, the Whitecaps have only won it once. Here is a summary of their misery: - In the 6 years where it is just a tabulation of performance against other Canadian teams, they never win it - In 2009, thanks to beating Toronto FC 2-0, they are in the driver's seat. Only a 4-goal victory by Toronto FC in the final game will take the trophy from them. After falling behind 1-0, Toronto goes on to win 6-1 and lifts the Voyageurs Cup - In 2010, they finish a distant second to Toronto FC in the final table - In 2011, they are leading in the final against Toronto when the game is cancelled due to inclement weather. The game is replayed and they lose 2-1, losing the final series - In 2012, they lose 2-1 on aggregate to Toronto FC thanks to a late goal - In 2013, they lead the final twice only for Montreal to tie it. Montreal wins the trophy on away goals - In 2014, they lose to Toronto on penalties in the semis - In 2015, THEY FINALLY WIN IT. The curse is over, right? - In 2016, misery returns when David Ousted and Kendall Waston collide on what should be an easy catch for the goalkeeper. The ball falls to Toronto midfielder Will Johnson who smashes it in with the last kick of the game. Toronto wins the trophy on away goals. - In 2019, the Whitecaps become the first Canadian giant-killing victim, losing to Cavalry FC from the Canadian Premier League - In 2022, they repeat the feat, losing to Pacific FC (NOTE: no other Canadian MLS team has lost to a lower level team)

Technically Uruguay did not reach two World Cup Finals. In 1950 Brazil and Uruguay played each other in the last match of a group stage in which Brazil just needed a tie in order to finish 1st and be champions.

South Korea is an interesting one from the AFC... Iran are also kind of in that boat having not winning their 3rd straight since 1976.

Im a benfiquista and that Bella Gutman curse thingy is all off. There's no evidence about the suposed curse, it was a sensationalist piece from A Bola, a portuguese sports newspaper and there's loads of evidences of Gutman supporting Benfica after departing the club (like when he said that we would win in 1963, wishing luck to our players in another final we had in the 60s). Its time we stop blaming our best and most important coach for our inability to win european silverware. Great video as always Alfie!

Both the Libertadores and Concacaf CL have arguably worse curses than Benfica and Juventus: América de Cali from Colombia played 4 Libertadores finals (1985, 1986, 1987 and 1996) and lost all of them. S. V. Robinhood from Surinam played 5 Concacaf CL finals (1972, 1976, 1977, 1982 and 1993) and also lost all of them.

Now this is my kind of video.

Remember that Jurgen Klopp were "cursed" to always lose in the champions league final and Liverpool had never won premier league again for 30 years. Nothing is Impossible!!

there are two Libertadores examples here America de Cali who went to lose 4 finals 3 in a row in their history making them the club with most finals to never win the libertadores and Cerro Porteño a historic Paraguayan club has reached 6 semi finals and never reached the final of the Libertadores

Uzbekistan qualifying for the World Cup could be on here. Beat Bahrain in the first leg of a playoff in 2006 but were ordered to replay the match having complained about a disallowed goal. Then went out on away goals and would have played Trinidad and Tobago in the final playoff. In 2014, they failed to qualify by one goal differential after Iran shocked South Korea on the final day. Also only needed one goal to qualify on the final day of 2018 but a goalless draw against S.Korea and a late Syria rally in Iran saw them eliminated completely. Were eliminated as one of the inferior runners up in this years edition to Saudi

Arsenal are cursed in Europe in general.

Cerro Porteño in Paraguay is “cursed” in the Copa Libertadores, they made the semi finals 4-5 times, always close but never making it past the semi finals. Meanwhile, Olimpia, the former team of Roque Santacruz won the Libertadores Cup 3 teams and played 7 finals, the last one in 2013..

you should do a Rise & Fall of Swansea City video.

Neverkusen are unbelievably cursed. They're more Spursy than Spurs.

I've been a City fan my entire life, and that loss to Real Madrid is the worst I've ever experienced. Last year felt like our year and then it was lost to a Chelsea team who had NOTHING going for themselves all game... but to return next year and concede 2 goals in the 90th and 91st minute of the semi-final because we just couldn't pass the ball around and defend the way we've done all season, and THEN to concede a stupid penalty in extra time.... THAT just confirmed my belief that we'll never hoist the Champions League trophy. Pep spent well over €1Bn on the team that was on the field against Real Madrid, and still we couldn't get it done with a 2-goal cushion. Not sure what more needs to be done to win at this point.

Can you do a video on the new chelsea owner, just a quick informative on how he got his wealth and what his plans are for chelsea.

The Football League playoffs are exciting, but they're ridiculous. Finishing sixth shouldn't give a team a shot of going up. I think the relegation/promotion playoff they have in Germany is a fairer system x

Pompey also have a dreadful record in the play offs, we have taken part in 4, made it to the final of none, and have never even won across those 8 games.

As a suggestion for part 2, you should talk about América de Cali in Copa Libertadores. They're four times runner-ups and never won the competition. The curse seems to extend to the whole Colombian city of Cali, since their rivals Deportivo Cali also lost the two Libertadores finals they played. That's six losses in six games for teams from Cali.

Alfie the reason i still subscribe 👑

Please make a video on players who were legendary in one football club but lifted major cup(s) at other clubs. Eg : Owen who has cult status at Liverpool but won EPL in Man Utd. Theiry Henry who is a legend for Arsenal but won CL for Barcelona.

You said Juve's 36 titles are close to being twice as many as Milan and Inter combined? Uh...I don't think the math checks out. Milan and Inter have 37 combined (soon to be 38 combined). They have twice as many as Milan and almost twice as many as Inter, but separately.

Do a cursed player or manager video

I always feel for Leverkusen, so unlucky

The Africa curse is real 🤣🤣🤣

how is Atletico de Madrid not in this list? They are the Netherlands of the Champions League, reaching 3 finals and losing all of them. Also, in really cruel circumstances, the fist one against Bayern Munchen where the Germans equalised in the 120th min, the second one against RM with Ramos equaliser in the 93th min and the third one against RM in penalties where Ramos goal was in clear offside (Clattenburg has finally admitted it) and Griezmann missed a penalty during the match

4 in the morning in Miami playing fifa listening to your video

Sheffield utd curse continues

You can also add Chelsea to this list. 3 years straight getting to the FA Cup Final without winning :(

without further(freddy) ado(adu) hahaha genius!!!!!