Grown men here will cry for two things: their team winning a game and remembering the war.

@melem7808

Ай бұрын

Fuck that, Croatia all the way

@brate2725

28 күн бұрын

@@melem7808They are the best from the Balkans, but they lack in player quality depth and population decrease. You can’t play with the same squad 20 years. Not the same quality is coming behind. A Croatian core team filled with the rest Yugoslav states for the Squad and bench would solve that problem. I think after this tournament Croatia will disappear for 5-6 years until they get a new generation. Serbia lost his generation and of the 90s they were never so good again. Bosnia had good years between 2008-2015. They are also gone. 2-3 players of high quality isn’t enough to compete with Germany, Spain, England etc. they have unlimited supply of players and population.

The team that replaced Yugoslavia at the Euros in 1992, Denmark, ended up winning it.

@mortenfransen

29 күн бұрын

Was gonna write the same thing. And since I'm Danish, and this is our only ever international gold medal in football, it just goes to show how crazy the world can sometimes be.

@maxwellewxam8868

27 күн бұрын

Denmark infamously won by backpassing the ball creating a new rule.

@wildfire9280

25 күн бұрын

@@maxwellewxam8868 Danish ingenuity

@excentrik5725

6 күн бұрын

yes, that was so ironic, Denmark being in second place in qualifying group below Yugo, ended up winning it. Lol, can you imagine how bad Yugoslav players must have felt

Luka and Jokic, arguably the two best basketball players in the world right now, both are from former Yugoslav countries

@zorannayagam7602

9 күн бұрын

dont forget Pogacar and roglic who are the best cyclist in the world

@banditonehundred

6 күн бұрын

Yeah and Melania is the world best Gold Digger too 🫡

"Between Europe and Asia"? Its not Khazakstan. Its firmly in Europe. Its west of greece, right next to Itali.

@Search-Party

Ай бұрын

Just issued a correction, my sincerest apologies. Will do better next time. Thanks for mentioning. - sam

@pionirskizec1004

Ай бұрын

He probably wanted to state the cultural and geographical merge of west and east, lapsus in fabula.

@jcoxdj

Ай бұрын

@@pionirskizec1004I assure you Croatia is a western nation.

@lordhenrywotton95

Ай бұрын

Possibly was thinking of USSR

@tobia5267

Ай бұрын

Italy*

Correction 1:30 - Apologies for the language here. I should have said "this region lies in south and central Europe". We will do better next time, thanks everyone for watching. - Sam

@simon-b

Ай бұрын

This really should be taken down and fixed properly the re-uploaded.

@shakiMiki

Ай бұрын

Don't apologies. You were inadvertently right. Centuries of Ottoman domination means it is between Europe & Asia.

@mindaugaspakalniskis4982

Ай бұрын

8:03 Did Baltics already declare independence from USSR? Where did they go?

@idk-dz3fo

Ай бұрын

I would recommend pinning this comment so people stop writing the exact same comments.

@TheMILVSCR

Ай бұрын

Everyone was very happy to remind you guys, but most of us understand a small mistake. Thanks for the content SP, another great upload.

My entire families generation is from Yugoslavia. Growing up I can tell you firsthand that this team was national gold not just in football but in basketball too. Thank you for bringing this to light!

@lamondaforestry

Ай бұрын

Historically Yugoslavia had better basketball teams than football ones. Very good at both sports but your basketball players are top!

@vojislavl6665

Ай бұрын

My family is also from Yugoslavia, some of whom very yugo nostalgic, which has rubbed off on me. While I never lived in it, it always saddens me to think how we collapsed, and ruined what could've been such a beautiful country.

@G73Server

25 күн бұрын

@@vojislavl6665 i lived a year in slovenia and even i could feel that too. I hope one day you will reunite

A good random fact is that Dejan Stankovic, a legenday defender for Inter Milan, is the only football player to have played 3 different world cups with 3 different countries. Yugoslavia, Serbia Montenegro and then Serbia. Which is something incredible!

@nikolaskoric804

Ай бұрын

Dejan Stankovic was a midfielder mate.

@MaTiCeK

Ай бұрын

Robert Prosinecki actually scored for 2 different countries at the World Cup. How amazing is that?

@neverstopexploring7772

Ай бұрын

For me incredible is something self achievement, natural talent, but his situation is just stupid politic. And he was a midfielder :)

@brxan3096

Ай бұрын

Midfielder* but still, a very unique fact.

@eswarjuri

29 күн бұрын

@@nikolaskoric804there are probably more than 10k people named Dejan Stankovic in the world, if you include “Deyan Stankovich” and count in all people with Yugoslav ancestry

I really liked the sport Yogoslavian system: lots of infrastructure, free sport for everyone from 3 to 18 years old, and not just football: they were strong even in other sports.

@euphoriaggaminghd

Ай бұрын

To this day balkan people excel in many other sports as well. Basketball, judo, watersports etc etc

@P4N_Manuel

Ай бұрын

@@euphoriaggaminghd yea but its expensive af

@ristekostadinov2820

Ай бұрын

we were arguably better at basketball than football, not trying to say that we were bad at it but we have accomplished far more in basketball

@fouziasalahuddinahmed344

Ай бұрын

I'm a tennis player and wasn't expecting all this to be so related to tennis so many players from Serbia and Croatia absolutely excel in elite levels of tennis I mean it can be argued that the greatest player ever is from tiny Serbia

@cereal690

29 күн бұрын

in Australia it cost so much to play at your local team up to 3k a year.

Peak Vidic and young Modric in the same team would've been special

@miloso.1042

28 күн бұрын

Modrić. Vidić, Bane Ivanović, Handanović, Kolarov, Dzeko, Pjanić, Rakitić, Mandžukić, Lovren, Stanković, Misimović, Salihović, Savić, Jovetić, Pandev, Jovanović, Krasić, Ibišević...and add Slovenian players at the time.

@brankovicbrankoni1527

25 күн бұрын

@@miloso.1042 Ibrakadabra ne bi igrao za Švede.

Sweden’s best player is also Ibrahimovic. USA’s Pulisic. Australia’s Viduka and Bosnitch. Maradona’s grandmother is Croat Kariolic. Roger Maris, 100% Croat, beat Babe Ruth’s home run record, perhaps the biggest achievement in sport. USA’s NBA hall of famers Mikan, Maravich and Havlicek all revolutionized basketball. Monica Seles could have been female goat along with compatriot Djokovic, both from Serbia. Janica Kostelic, alpine skiing goat. Handball goats karabatic and balic. Joe Sakic and Mahovlich, both have 500 and 600+ nhl goals, exclusive club. UFC goat Miocic. Mother Theresa was from Yugoslavia. Nikola Tesla. NFL coaching goats belichick, saban and Pete Carroll. Yelich, MLB mvp. Lolich MLB mvp.

@whateverittakes1673

29 күн бұрын

Spartan blood runs through those veins.

@banditonehundred

6 күн бұрын

Add Melania to the list too. She wins the Gold in any digging competition 🫡

@skariarecords

20 сағат бұрын

Monica Seles is Hungarian from the Serbian State Vojvodina

Recently visited Croatia with my family. Beautiful country with a rich history

@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw

29 күн бұрын

rich history😂

@saellenx3528

29 күн бұрын

Yeah, rich History same as Serbia serving Ottomans dor 600 years.😂😂​@@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw

@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw

28 күн бұрын

🤣

@saellenx3528

28 күн бұрын

@@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw Only thing you can do is hide your tears by crying my little Balkan Turk.😆

@power279

13 күн бұрын

Stop fighting each other because of those stupid politician​@@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw

Hajduk Split was Titos favorite. Partisan was team form by Army and took name also stadium is Yugoslavian National Army (YNA) is name of stadium. Rest really nice tbh

@Sveeeaaaaaa

Ай бұрын

Is this a joke?

Love the editing style! I think the behind-the-scenes into After Effect is really cool.

@Search-Party

Ай бұрын

Our new editor Dylan knows black magic

@DylanBoynukalin

Ай бұрын

@@Search-Party he seems like a very handsome editor

"Lying between Europe and Asia..." That's some "Grade A: American Geography" lesson for you there!

@Search-Party

Ай бұрын

Just issued a correction, really sorry about the language there. Thanks for mentioning, though. - sam

@shakiMiki

Ай бұрын

It's a very good description of a region that was dominated & profoundly shaped, to this day by the long Ottomans. The influence runs as deep as central Asia.

@cows543

Ай бұрын

You think you’re really funny with this one don’t you? Well I’ll have you know that actually American geography lessons don’t teach anything about where Europe ends and Asia begins so suck on that. Wait I think I just proved you right

@throwaway756

Ай бұрын

​@@idk-dz3fo because this is a channel run by a guy by the name of Johnny Harris who is obsessed with maps and geopolitics. Mistakes like that may look trivial to us but for people who literally report content that focuses on topics concerning geopolitics, that error takes away their credibility.

@throwaway756

Ай бұрын

​@@shakiMikiyou're like saying that it's okay to call the United States a part of Europe just because the country has a long storied history with that continent. That's a lame excuse.

As a half Croatian with a huge interest in the sport politics of Yugoslavia, I have to say this video was awesome. Great execution, very in depth and awesome profiling of the key people involved in the war and national team. Great work.

@FizzyGajing

29 күн бұрын

Do you guys actually hate each other? Young people particularly.

Great video, all that missing was showing Anze Kopitar lifting the Stanley Cup when showing all the other great athletes from the former Yugoslavia

Great video, but failling to mention Tadej Pogacar and Primosz Roglic is a crime!

For anyone interested in learning more: The podcast Remembering Yugoslavia has a great episode on Yugoslavia and football called The Name of the Game: Yugoslav Football.

@miloso.1042

29 күн бұрын

Možeš li da okačiš link pomenute epizode?

I've been watching since your first video, and wow, each one just keeps getting better and better! Keep up the amazing work! 🎉

@Search-Party

Ай бұрын

bless you

As a Croatian its always been bafflingto me to go to different countries and find they don't have a court for football/basketball/handball/whatever around every other corner and even if they do I don't see kids playing there. We used to meet up at 7/8pm every night in summer as kids in front of the church and play sports! Realizing there's people that don't get decent at a sport and do it even up to their fourties' and late fifties is insane to me 😂😂 I don't know what I would do without playing basketball every week at least once. It's such a cultural phenomenon. There's not one Croatian boy I know that doesn't want to and enjoys playing football with his friends EVERY DAY in summer. Plus the ocean. We swim constantly. We move and run and jump constantly. We compete (probably daddy issues but fuck that 😂)!

Lots of Yugoslavs moved to western Europe since the 70s and especially during the 90s and once there, their children has in many cases become very successful in football, and other sports as well.

@yuriydee

Ай бұрын

Sometimes even Switzerland national team feels like its half Yugoslav players

@ucube33

Ай бұрын

@@yuriydee Switzerland is the second Albanian National football team

@L.internet8

Ай бұрын

@@yuriydee Shaqiri goal celebration x Serbia, 2018 world cup

@brate2725

28 күн бұрын

@@ucube33But every Albania from Switzerland is from ex Yugoslavia. Albania was closed until 1990.

You can add Vardar, as we won Handball Champions League twice in three years. And Macedonia has the best handball goal scorer in Kire Lazarov, holding the World Cup best goal scorer record with 92. In addition to the successes the national teams of Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia have on the International Finals Tournaments.

Stop including Scotland as part of England Challenge 2024 (impossible)

@levskisofiahateall

Ай бұрын

Mission impossible for a usa citizen...

@Neutral_Ground

Ай бұрын

@@levskisofiahateall literally 1 second before, Scotland is highlighted on the map... Wales isn't included and they're a principality 😅

@pavarottiaardvark3431

Ай бұрын

@@Neutral_Ground *long Scottish sigh* it's still included in England during the "these big ones" bit Wales is a separate member of Fifa.

@Search-Party

Ай бұрын

I usually get this right! But made an animation mistake this time. My sincerest apologies to you and Scotland. Thanks for mentioning. - Sam

@spai3

Ай бұрын

Wales isn't included because they didn't qualify. Scotland is highlighted and labelled separately, they just forgot to change the colour when the other countries faded out.

What do you mean between Europe and Asia 😂😂 it's almost in the center of Europe.

@Search-Party

Ай бұрын

Just issued a correct. Sorry about the language there! - sam

@Alejandro_Arellano

29 күн бұрын

To be fair Europe isn't a real continent, it's boundaries are cultural not geographical; it doesn't have it's own continental plate

@victortanasescu7867

29 күн бұрын

​@@Alejandro_Arellano whatever you say american

@davidz2690

26 күн бұрын

@@victortanasescu7867 he's right, the continent is Eurasia. Europe is a racial and political boundary

@lachlanchester8142

26 күн бұрын

@@davidz2690well it just depends how your country defines continents, otherwise Europe Asia and Africa would all class as one continent

Wow, I remembered watching Yugoslavia's teams in the 80"s and specially the 90's. Didn't realize the history behind that success. Great job for this info. Sports and Politics are almost always alined one to each other.

Amazing video and storytelling 👍

Really really well produced video

Great video bro the editing is incredible

Really fantastic I couldn't believe that you make a video about Yugoslavia sport and football. Following you from the first video, great job. I must say even before this video your channel was my favourite.

There was no (summer) olympics in 1974. You are referring to the 1974 FIFA World Cup

Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

amazing work once again, good video!

Fantastic video, keep it up Sam 🔥

Beautiful documentary, love how you present your work entirely.

There's something to add. Not only in football but un cycling, the Yugoslavian countries are incredibly, especially Slovenia with only 2 million people, have had amazing riders like Pogacar, Roglic or Mojoric

“Sport has the power to change the world, It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does" - Nelson Mandela

Man you jinxed Croatia and Serbia let Luka Modric win an international Trophy he has done so much World cup final World cup semi-finals Nations league final.

Your content is awesome 🙌🏽

Croatia just got grouped and it seems all Slavic countries are getting grouped

Good job, been a football fan fan since I was a child and had no idea about this so thanks a lot for the education. 🙏🏾❤️

Trivia : Denmark who replaced Yugoslavia in the 1992 Euros surprisingly win it lead by superstar goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel who would win the Champions League title with Manchester United 7 years later. So the way Yugoslavia play is basically Real Madrid doing FC Barcelona's Tiki-taka

Besides the great content this channel also has incredible artwork and stylistic choices, beautiful to see. Keep up the great work Sam, greeting from Brasil.

@mtk3755

29 күн бұрын

True one of my fav channels on yt.

In the end, only Slovenia made it out of the group stages. And the did so with three ties and no wins.

Loved the video, exactly the type of content I subscribed for 👍👏👏👏.

Great unbiased video thanks man

amazing editing work 🎉

superb! awesome work!

Wonderful. Thank you.

I'm just taking time out of my day to say that these are some of the best produced and edited video essays I've seen in a long time on this platform. KZread needs more creators like you and i hope you will have get the success you deserve

@Search-Party

24 күн бұрын

that's so kind thank you!

@WavyRadiant

24 күн бұрын

@@Search-Partycroatia lost and tied their last 2 games, their unfortunately not favorites anymore😂

@Search-Party

23 күн бұрын

@@WavyRadiant ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

for every search party video notification, i open a pack of lays, play the video and enjoy... one of my favourite channels on youtube... kudos for such quality content..

@Search-Party

Ай бұрын

love potato chips

Love your work Sam!

A great channel with some interesting insights 💭

Interesting fact about that 1992 european championship is that Denmark took their place and went on to win the tournament. Excellent video, I'm off to buy that book thats about geo politics, history AND football. Lordy me

I love the football content dude, so good

smart content. thanks for providing

Do a video of the different national teams in the UK. England, Scotland, Wales etc

You could have made this same video about Yugoslavian music scene. Free access to anyone, allowed teens to get free musical instrument lessons and start garage bands which eventually became popular throughout 6 states.

that episode was incredible!!!

This video just reminded me why I love search party videos

Underrated video well made brother

Great video, always interesting to see how large and diverse the population is in one area.

Fantastic video, my only issue is that you guys at the end, omitted 2 of the top 3, arguably, in the world of Cycling, one of them is won 2 grand tours multiple times and the other is 2 time Tour de France winner in Tadej Pogačar and the aforementioned Primož Roglič, both Slovenian.

Liked that you acknowledged the fact checking relatively quickly. Great video tho. Learned alot and it answered many questions i had about football and sport in these countries. Don't know if there us enough for a whole video in this next question, why does Greenland want or need to join concacaf?

I see all the other comments but damn what a good video

Don't forget Mirko Crocop among the list of impactful athletes from the former Yugoslavia.

That’s some daamm good editing! Almost looks like I am watching Johnny Harris

My aunty worked in Yugoslavia in the early 90’s for yugo tours always sent my mum postcards from the areas she went to and wow I’ve been amazed since a kid and fell I love with their national team some wonderful footballers have come from there over the years gone by.. 😊

I’m originally from the region. I think you covered this well: accurate, fair, and balanced. Good job!

Great video! You should consider doing a video on the relationship of Rugby and South African politics 🏉🇿🇦

Another great football video!

Great! this might be my favourite of your videos so far. Yeah i did cringe at the "between europe and asia" line :), but i get what you meant. Bravo!

@Search-Party

Ай бұрын

just issued a correction for the language there, so sorry for that. Thanks for watching! - sam

You should do one on immigration has affected sports. France winning the 2018 world cup and Many European nations have become successful due to players of African origins. Also how African national football teams are taking advantage of this as well which is evident in the Morocco team that made it to the World Cup Semi final.

Here’s after the group stage: This video did not age well at all😂

this didn't age well (Croatia and Serbia exiting in the group stage)

This is the best video ive ever watched. Congrats. Masterpiece

This video was so good!

Yugoslavia: Land of Giants, despite their tiny territory. They are so tall, the Dutch and to a certain degree the Belgians has to fake their average height data annual in order to stay ahead in the average height chart.

@EvanRoss-fv4ro

18 күн бұрын

Nikola Jokic

Honestly, do more Yugoslavia stuff please!!! Super fascinating!

Excellent video

This video is the best one I've watched in a long time. It really touched me. As a Croatian, I feel pride and happiness because of the success of our national team, as I love sports, and at the same time, what nationalism can do to something as beautiful as football. I look forward to every success of the Croatian Football Federation, but also to the successes of other countries in the region. The style of football is incomparable with other national teams. I just hope we have the quality to win or at least take points from Italy and Spain. Excellent conclusion to the video. What a team that would be!! :O

Watching this, I thought to myself this video seems oddly familiar and then I see John Harris and it all made sense. New subscriber here!

I'm Greek and Yugoslavia was always my favorite team, sadly I just catched up with the 80s and of course 91red star

Excellent video. However, one interesting piece of information was omitted. Yugoslavia qualified for Euro 1992 as first in their qualifying group. Denmark was the runner-up, and at that time, only the winner would go on to play in the final tournament. Yugoslavia was suspended on May 31st, and Denmark was called in as a replacement. Denmark played their first game in the final tournament 11 days later, on June 11th. Basically, they were called in as a replacement at the last moment, and they had no time for extensive preparations, especially knowing that the Danish league had ended a couple of weeks prior and few players went on their vacations. When they were announced as replacements, there was somewhat of a scramble to gather all the players and assemble a team. Nevertheless, they went on to play in the final tournament and, in the end, became champions, beating Germany in the finals. Sports is not math, and it doesn't mean that Yugoslavia would have won the championship should they have been allowed to play. Yet, we can't but notice that in the period 1990-92, Yugoslavian football was at the very top in the world. In the 1990 World Cup, Yugoslavia was in the quarterfinals, a man down and still a better team against defending champions Argentina, and only lost on penalties. In 1991, Red Star won the European Cup (later renamed the Champions League) and also won the Intercontinental Cup. In 1992, Yugoslavia was suspended from the Euro, and a runner-up, Denmark, took their spot and won the championship without preparations. Finally, it is worth mentioning that Yugoslavia was dominating other sports at that time. Yugoslavia won the 1990 FIBA World Championship and the 1991 EuroBasket. Yugoslavia also won the 1991 Water Polo World Champions (and the previous one in 1986). In the 1990 Handball World Championship, Yugoslavia placed 4th. Monika Seles, as a teenager before her 20th birthday, won 8 tennis majors in the 1990-93 period (3 Australian Opens, 3 French Opens, 2 US Opens). The sport was booming at that time (and the country, too, in some aspects), and then self-imploded, and everything fell apart.

Great video! Although you need to work on the finer details with your maps! You had England and Scotland combined 😢

These videos are so interesting! Especially when they have to do with Football, as I for one love the sport.

Some of the old footage was so nostalgic reminded of my childhood.

search party feels like the early days of kurtzegast ... refreshing ... thought provoking and creative !

I didn’t know a video about sports could be so interesting for someone who does not follow sports.

15:58 gave me chills. The music, Djokovic roaring, and the script all culminating in a very chilly "Damn, what could've been 🥶" moment for me. We will never know what sort of sports powerhouse Yugoslavia would have become if it remained a nation but there's little doubt they'd be at or near the top. Thank you Sam 👍

Was left wanting for Pogačar or Roglič when the video went into the "not just football" montage. Still pretty good tho, especially with the correction!

Brilliant stuff

You should do one about Scandinavia and sports generally. The amount of trophies for especially Norway is insane. 5.5 million in population.

One thing that helps is the players leaving from wars of the 90s getting great education in sport and other things in their new host countries. Rakitic althiugh he has now retired from internationals was born in Switzerland. Mateo Kovacic was born in Austria. You have a similar situation with Albanians in Switzerland making up a lot of the Swiss team and now some of them choosing to play for Albania. I live in Sweden and watch the leagues here and see a lot of Middle East players born in Sweden who are now playing football for their Middle East country. With an expanded World Cup I think we will see a competitive Middle East team with players born in Europe

@raenico5285

Ай бұрын

Yupp, African football as a whole benefits massively from Africans born in Europe who return to represent an African country. Cameroun, Senegal, Nigeria and the DRC are good examples

I really loved this video and all the amazing work you folks do! I was wondering, would you all be able to do a similar video about Brazil? I feel like football and Brazilian politics are so intertwined and it would be amazing to see a video about it, especially with you guys take on it!

Good teams but best is a huge stretch. They were never that. Tiny Denmark won the tournament that Yugoslavia were excluded from. Football is an unpredictable game.

@Football_Advanced

Ай бұрын

sorry to tell you mate but they need people to watch the video and a random person would be 10x more likely to watch the downfall of 'the best team in europe' than 'a good team in europe'. it's only to pull in viewers, its not that deep

@shakiMiki

Ай бұрын

@@Football_Advanced Click baiting is not a good long term strategy. The story is actually interesting.

@MrDaCynic

Ай бұрын

​@@shakiMikibut it really is good long term. Mr Beast is a huge proponent of click bait and he's the largest channel in history

@Football_Advanced

Ай бұрын

@@shakiMiki I know, however they have to bait the clicks in order for people to realise that the story is interesting. It actually is a good method long term, as long as the content is actually good

@franohmsford7548

Ай бұрын

Denmark came second in Yugoslavia's qualifying group, finishing only a point behind Yugoslavia with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. They beat Yugoslavia in Yugoslavia, they did lose to the Yugoslavs in Denmark and drew with Northern Ireland in Belfast. They weren't just chosen because they came second to Yugoslavia but also because they had the best record of any team that came second in Qualifying - Portugal had 11 points, Italy, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia all had 10 points. There is a very good chance that Yugoslavia would have won that tournament had it not collapsed and it's been proven that everyone was severely underrating that Danish team including their star player who refused to go.

Let’s goooo we love the sports videos!

Best episode so far

Amazing video Best channel on youtube right now 🔥

My grandfather was from Yugoslavia, his family left when it started to dissolve, I’ve always wondered what their football team would be like now, thank you for doing this video!! I’ll always root for Croatia at the world stage :)

Thanks for the video. I liked it a lot. Just a small correction: the map at 8:04 is wrong. In 1952, the Baltic States were part of the Soviet Union.