The World's 7 BIGGEST Lower League Football Clubs

From fourteen-time Polish champions Wisła Kraków to 2. Bundesliga giants Schalke, HITC Sevens takes a look at some of the world's best supported non-top flight football clubs.

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[Unauffaellig]

It's strange, as a Schalke fan, to see my club at the top of the table

[stennostenno]

Let's see how many Bundesliga 2 teams will be in that list
EDIT: Aw, one per country...

[thomasweigel]

Schalke's attendance is even more impressive when you consider that in a radius of 60km there are 8 other former or actual Bundesliga clubs - including Dortmund, Leverkusen and Gladbach.

[kiri_]

Im genuinely convinced you would have an absolute blast researching and talking about HSV. We have had so much insane stuff happen in our decade long downfall and failure to get promoted. Like a board member of ours forgetting a briefcase full of all our financial documents in the local park and it getting leaked, or the frankly disgraceful and (allegedly) definitely corrupt doping ban on our Centre back Mario Vuskovic

[belodie]

Maybe the opposite next? (Top flight teams that have the lowest attendance relative to their league's average)

[lucaslonchampt]

Alternative name: Top 7 biggest Bundesliga 2 clubs

[jomichel]

well Schalke is also the club with the 6th most members only behind Dortmund, Benfica, Boca Juniors, River Plate, and Bayern

[jontalbot]

I am going to give a shout out for Sunderland as an Ipswich supporter since 68. Sunderland has always been a favourite place to visit as there is a real sense of togetherness there. The city isn’t much but the people are wonderful. They just love their football club.

[Emjey_Enjoys]

Great Video!
Iam a Schalke fan living in Bottrop so it was extra funny for me 😅

Hope we get back to the Bundesliga soon..

[bababababababa]

Germany is so weird. The only country where literal village teams created a couple decades ago like Hoffenheim and Heidenheim are at higher levels than big city clubs with decorated histories like Schalke and Hamburg

[Nolan_B]

A lot of German clubs are absolutely MASSIVE

[Nabend]

I am genuinely convinced that the 2nd Bundesliga is the best/funnest league in Europe this season. Blows all of the big 5 out of the water. Great teams, great stadiums, incredibly competetitive.

[nickchapman]

Another great video. Although I'm English living in Cornwall, I visit Kraków every four weeks. Have been a season ticket holder for many years. Fantastic city and football club.
Your pronunciation is usually very good, however, Wisła is pronounced Viswa not Visla. In Poland, the letter ł is pronounced as a 'w'.
Another great rivalry is that between Wisła Kraków and Cracovia, especially considering their location to each other.
Watch out, too, for Wieczysta Kraków, probably the fastest growing team in Poland, on a par with Wrexham, but without the celebrity ownership.

[juanalfredoconchaguenul]

The colon stadium has that nickname because in the 60' and 70' they beat bigger teams like pele santos, who was 40 games unbeaten. Colon is not even in a top 25 argentina teams, so that is a big achievement for such a tiny club. Its like if hull wins against bayern munich.

[BlueJayy]

As a Schalke Fan from Bottrop i appreciate your comment at 27:20

[youngsterliam.]

Went to Wisła's game vs Rapid, great atmosphere eventhough I was in the kid section

[MrPek-fefp]

Good job Alfie Alf. Love your narration style.

[Robi]

3:54 It's "Pierwsza Liga (First League)" not "I liga" xD

It's just number "one" but written in Roman numeral hence "1" looking like capital "I" :)

[a.e.a.]

Alfie I‘d highly encourage you to also look at Bursaspor (one of only two Turkish clubs outside of Istanbul to have ever won the championship) as they average around 40.000 spectators in the fourth tier of Turkish football. The extreme level of mismanagement since 2010 could also make for a interesting video

[abnormalanorak]

Correction: That match between Karşıyaka and Göztepe actually took place in 1981, Alfie.

It's also known as the İzmir Derby, although the last match took place in 2016, as neither team featured in the same league since then.