What On Earth Is Going On At Dinamo Zagreb? 

Alfie again explaining a club's crisis which I didn't even know was happening

I never thought I’d see the day Alfie does a video on my hometown club holy shit

What a coincidence, I am from Zagreb and I just played my class your Sheriff documentary yesterday since we were learning about unrecognised countries in geography. Finally some representation on this channel as well :)

this channel is the university of football. loving it!!

when the british dude makes a what on earth happened to your club you know you’re about to get bodied

Holy shit this is such quality content Alf, you even managed to get the non related fiascos such as Tomislav Horvatinčić and Milan Bandič. Living in Zagreb my whole life I can tell you nailed the facts and stories of our clowns

I encourage everyone to go watch Zdravko Mamic press conference compilations, they are hilarious

Still hoping for a "What on Earth is Going on at Sunderland?" Or maybe a "Fall and Fall of Sunderland" Sunderland til I die showed our relegation to league one and failed attempt to get promoted back to the Championship, but a detailed look at the Premier League years before our relegation would be great, also looking at how things went after STID. The amount of bad luck and awful decisions and from board level down to the pitch is staggering. In the Ellis Short era, and then the Stewart Donald era. -England losing against Iceland essentially resulting in us losing Allardyce, a great manager for us at the time, only for him to be sacked by England after 1 game. -At one point having the 6th highest wage bill in the Premier League with nothing really to show for it. -The purchase of Ricky Alvarez, not playing him, trying to back out of signing him, losing a lawsuit to Inter Milan and still suffering financial implications to this day. -Signing the appalling Jack Rodwell and being financially crippled for years again -Signing a completely past it Emmanuel Eboue who was then released 3 weeks later as he was banned from football for unpaid agent debts -Playing Adam Johnson when the execs knew he was under investigation for sexual activity with a child. -Well known drinking culture among players, general poor professionalism. -Darron Gibson getting arrested for drink driving after a car crash. Gibson also filmed on social media off his tits bad mouthing the team and manager whilst still a player. -Letting our top scorer leave in January in our Championship relegation season -Selling our top scorer in January in our first League 1 promotion push -Replacing him with Will Grigg for 3 million quid on a league 1 budget because our owner at the time wanted to be a big shot. Grigg was a failure since and never even wanted to come. -Losing twice at Wembley in League 1 including in the playoff final in the 95th minute. -Missing out on the playoffs after the season was cancelled due to COVID -Losing again in the playoffs last season -Losing last season's top scorer with 30 goals (Wyke) and our Captain (Power) to Wigan for free in the summer. We've made a solid start to this season and made some decent signings under our new owner, but the whole story of the last 10 years is an absolute car crash worth a deep dive.

Great vid Alfie! As a Slovenian with a Croatian father, I really appreciate the effort you put into your pronunciations, and to help you getting even better at it, here's a tip, in slavic languages, the J is pronounced like an english Y (like in yellow), that should smooth out the most common problem english speakers have with pronouncing slavic words (like Dejan Lovren, imagine the name being written as Deyan). Looking forward to more from you, thanks for all the research and effort you put into your content!

As a Croatian and Dinamo fan, this is fairly well done and well researched video. Good job

As a guy who has a tradition cheering for Dinamo since they were established, only problem are the Mamić brothers, yes they were great scouts and creation of Modrić, Mandžukić etc. is great, but they stole so much money from the club, that is the only problem which is gone. Now they need to pay back the debt.

Welcome to Croatia, we have been expecting you.

Not just Croatia. Its literally the Balkans. You could basically kill whoever you want, unless they are more powerful than you, you will walk free.

The phrase "Welcome to the Balkans" is 100% accurate. I can relate as a Balkan myself

Absolutely correct and precise overview, one thing though that could be more pointed out is that Mamic had and still have an opposition in a majority of the fans and those fans are going through hell just for being against him and its been going on like that for years. That, together with the state of the stadium is the main reason why Dinamos home games have such low attendance.

Brilliant vid Alfie, cheers and greetings from Zagreb! Also, should mention that Horvatincic actually has recently started serving his sentence - but with so many provisions that he may as well still be free 🙄

Do more Balkan teams , there is so much material here xd You should do a video about FK Obilic , its a crazy story.

While Dinamo is without a doubt the best club in Croatia it isn’t the most supported. Hnk Hajduk Split is the most supported club in the country, you can check average attendances from any era of croatian football history and see how big the gap is between Hajduk’s home and away support compared not just to Dinamo but to the rest of the league. Even without stadium attendance, Hajduk is supported throughout the whole region of Dalmatia and even parts of Slavonia while Dinamo’s support is mostly based in the capital of Zagreb. I’m not shitting on Dinamo but saying that they’re the most supported club in the country is just an assumption based upon the fact that they’ve been dominating the league for the last 15 years.

Here is some latest news about this story. Zdravko Mamic is still in Bosnia and said he corrupted the judges who sentenced him to 6 years. He posted pictures and conversations where they can be seen celebrating and having fun together. He said he paid them all. Those judges are now in pre-trial detention, and the one who admitted to bribing them is still free in Bosnia. An even more bizarre situation in this story.

Luka "i can't remember" Modrić

Latvian Football could be an interesting topic to do a video like this on, since 2 of the clubs in the top flight cannot play or have been banned. Ventspil have been banned for 7 years from football for match fixing and Noah were banned from registering new players due to unpaid fees and no longer have 11 players to field, so they have forfeited every game but 1 this season. I don't know everything because I don't really follow Latvian Football, but I would love more information on topic, because it seems juicy

As an avid Dinamo Zagreb supporter and Zdravko Mamić hater I have to say you have made fantastic video and even better analysis of the club and Mamić brothers! Very very well researched, accurate and objective facts given. You have outdone yourself, this is your best video yet. Fun fact: you have mentioned Tomislav Horvatinčić in the video, as the man who killed several people either by car or boat. He is former director at Dinamo and was charged for money laundering and tax evasion while working at the club. But of course, charges were dropped in 2012. Him and Zdravko Mamić are also very good friends. Overall this is movie material right here! And a reason for constant headache among Dinamo supporters.

Thank you for this video, God bless you!

Fantastic video, and perfectly executed. Really enjoyed watching!

Great video. I m from Zagreb a Dinamo supporter since before I could remember. Pretty much 95 precent is spot on. Probably the best video on anything Croatian I have ever seen. Really great work your research is amazing.

Thank you so much for the upload!!!!!

Great Video , as a half german half croatian , its just saddening to see what is happening to my second home club down there.

Fantastic video as always

It's crazy that with all this going on Dynamo Zagreb is still producing pure gold season after season regarding success and new young talents.

"Welcome to the Balkans." Alfie did not miss 🤣🤣🤣

Hey Alfie, cheers from Zagreb on this foggy Friday morning

As a Zagreb fan, i realy need to know the reason

You have a gift for answering the questions we weren’t asking until we were

Excellent video. I would like to point out that although Mamic is undoubtedly corrupt, he is one of many of the peas in the same pod. I’m Croatian, and although I am supportive of the fact that we gained independence, it left a massive opportunity for corruption via crony capitalism. The country stinks of it, and football is no different. Dinamo is the most infamous case, because the Mamic brothers were/are at the top of the pile, but almost all football clubs are run by guys cut from the same cloth, proclaiming they don’t want corruption, yet would commit such acts if they had the power to. One story in particular would be NK Zadar president holding a gun to Subasic’s head forcing him to sign a contract extension to ensure he wouldn’t leave the club for free, just as an example. Thank you for the content, this is the first video I’ve watched of yours and will be taking a deep dive into your channel regardless of what club/country your videos are centred around 👍🏻

Hats down to this channel for being very good at presenting clubs and football histories form other lesser known parts of Europe and not just the top 5 leagues.

HITC Sevens: Made a Video about Bodo/Glimt please!

Love these videos. What On earth is going on at Saint-Etienne? The fans had a banner saying the chairman must leave tomorrow and now have gotten their match delayed tonight

Completely on the spot! Good job mate!

Just finished Modric’s biography and he talks about the Mamic brothers alot., very interesting! Good video 🇭🇷

16:04 - 16:14 out of context sounds like alfie has lost his mind and is coming for us all.

Good work with the research for the topic. Keep it up!

hitcsevens love your work especially the fact that you covered the entire world and not just top league can you please do TP Mazembe 2010 World Cup please I’m sure people would love that story

You know your team’s in bad place when Alfie makes an HITC Sevens ‘What On Earth Is Going On’ video on them

Very good job on the research

Like these videos, great work.

Great video Alfie!! We need a ‘who the hell are Sherif FC’ video

Do red star belgrade next, they are also a very corrupt club and i am sure you will find some pretty intresting information especially about Zvezdan Terzic

I hope this video gets millions of views... Finally someone speaks out!!!

Another excellent video

Spot on. Glad that foreigners see what is really going on here in Croatia.

As a person from Zagreb this is a very nice video.

Great video, Hi from Dalmatia

as a Croatian myself I can assure you that Zdravko Mamić is the most influential and most recognized figure in Croatia

When you were talking about rich people getting away with crimes, I was also thinking about Robert Durst. And that other guy from the staircase who got away with it.

Great video! Dinamo is definitely one of the most corrupt football clubs in the world. Hopefully there will be considerable change soon but I highly doubt it

Day 10: Best non-FIFA affiliated national teams eg Catalonia and Martinique

Anybody old enough to remember when they were called Croatia Zagreb?

I get excited when I see new Alfie videos in my Feed

Can you make a video on if you think a 48 team WC every 2 years would actually help the growth of the game in Africa and Asia , as FIFA claims it would ?( regardless of whether you like the idea or not)

I love this concept of content. Alfie, why don’t you also start to look into what is going wrong for specific players? (Ie Dele Alli) as well as crisis clubs

Don’t even have to watch the whole video to know this will be a great documentary

15:36 IRL 2balkan4you meme "the least corrupt club in Croatian football"

Do what the hell od going on at Hajduk split

The best channel,bar none. Criminals beware! ( if they ever come after you Alfie ,you can stay in my shed for a bit)

This channel is such underrated...

Yea I'm from croatia and this is a good depiction of everything what happened 👏

Damn, Dinamo Zagreb sounds like a mafia

I remember when we played them in a CL qualifier when they were called Croatia Zagreb

16:04 whenever anyone unsubs from HITC Sevens 👀

Great video, everything is true.. 👍👍

They're also one of the most hated clubs in Croatia for the same reason. A lot of its success is down to Mamic's total hegemony over Croatian football. With his hold over the national team as well as syphoning tons of public money in and out of the club, it was next to impossible for any player not to sign up to his agency and Dinamo. There are only a handful of player who tried their luck without signing for Mamic/Dinamo and succeeded. With all the best talent being amassed by Dinamo, the league was dominated by them and their satellite clubs to which they would loan out their surplus players, thus making the league uncompetitive. As a result, people lost all interest and the stadiums were largely empty. Dissatisfaction also escalated with the rise of right-wing groups whose antics supposedly aimed to hurt the corruption in croatian football, but just hurt the reputation of the whole country.

What. A.Video! 🙌🏽

fact check, Hajduk is best supported club in Croatia

we need a video for red star and their controversial owners, great video btw

Croatia is a great country to visit, I absolutely love that place 🇭🇷

Zdravko Mamić is a kind of guy that would successfully sell his prison cellmate to Besiktas for 5 million euros

Can you do 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.

Great and very true story from the neutral point of view! Well done m8

Yea, that about sums the truth, gj. Best regards from Croatia

You are gonna go missing after one of these videos some day im sure lmao good vids Alf

Have you ever considered linking your sources? Or maybe making footnotes or some form of bibliography? I find the information interesting, and I would love to see where you found it!

You like making videos on more obscure clubs. And Bodø-glimt kind of just put themselves on the map with their crushing of Roma. So how about a video on them. As it is a pretty cool story. Club almost went bankrupt in 2006, after already being relegated from the first division due to financial issues, but through a loan, smart transfer dealings and sales. The club eventually won their first ever league title last year. And is in their first ever european competition this year. Where they battered Romas bench team

THANK YOU! I have, for the better half of 4 years, been SO curious about the corruption of the Croatian league, considering the fan protests at Euro 2016, and the "11 in a row" consecutive league titles from 2006-2017, frequent European group stage appearances, and then subsequent 2nd golden age of the Croatian national team. I had gotten the gist of Dinamo Zagreb's leaders being in major roles to the Croatian football federation itself (yikes). But I had no idea it was THIS bad, and that they're actually pretty fucked at the moment.

Very great video i live near the stadium

Love the background videos on the mental owners of football clubs and dodgy dealings

At a certain point in this series, you gotta ask if there are any hegemonic clubs of minor nations that aren’t super corrupt and run essentially as either criminal enterprises or 3rd world dictatorships?

These are the videos where you really shine Alfie. Great job.

You'd fit in easily at the Athletic, such is the quality of your written material and research!

Another HITC Sevens classic

You talking about dragic made me laugh so hard tears were in my eyes

Dude, one day you should make a "what the hell" video about the Czechia. Pelta, Berbr, Hornik, Chvalovsky ... Those are some serious ne'er-do-wells

dinamo zagreb-crvena zvezda the game that started a war,next video idea would be fun to watch and for you to research

Still proud of my club!

Do a story on Velez Mostar and how they no longer play in their home stadium since the Bosnian war and how Zrinjski Mostar (the Croat club) now plays at their ground in a divided Mostar

Mamić was literally like "I'm playing both sides so that I'm always ahead" from *Always Sunny* 😂😂

I got excited when I saw Lovro Majer, then I saw it’s a “What on Earth” video Oh boy😂

Can you do what on earth going on at AS St Etienne please

TBH, seeing Croatian football being featured on this channel didn't surprise me much, however seeing my home town of 4000 people, where the largest Croatian prison is located, at 12:17 and almost being able to see my house on the photo is something I never expected :D

"GNK Dinamo Zagreb are the best supported team in Croatia" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH The best supported team in Croatia for sure while Hajduk Split has 60% of all fans in league every week at their home matches

Would you ever consider doing a video on John Delaney and the complete financial mess he left the Football Association of Ireland in?