| The EFL officially highest attended European league after Premier League. 23:16 - Jun 11 with 2147 views | hubble |
"Last season saw the highest overall attendance at Championship matches since records began more than 130 years ago.
More than 12 million people purchased tickets to second-tier games in 2023-24 - an increase of 22% on the previous season, the English Football League said.
The figure is higher than Germany's Bundesliga, Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A, making the Championship the second highest-attended league in Europe, behind the Premier League."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2ll8jdknzeo
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| The EFL officially highest attended European league after Premier League. on 23:30 - Jun 11 with 2104 views | ChrisNW6 |
Great stats to promote English football but probably skewed as the Championship has 5 teams more than the Bundesliga and 3 more than Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A.
The 86k Wembley final and the fact that 4 well supported clubs were in the play offs also helped.
Be interested to see the average stats per league, rather than totals. |  | | |
| The EFL officially highest attended European league after Premier League. on 01:34 - Jun 12 with 2014 views | hubble |
I'm not sure why you would want to seek ways to denigrate this fact (no matter how mildly)... this is a second tier league and you're comparing it with the top leagues of other countries... and yet the figures speak for themselves. I think it's an astounding stat and it just goes to show that the love of the beautiful game is alive and well in its home country. | |
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| The EFL officially highest attended European league after Premier League. on 03:44 - Jun 12 with 1972 views | SydneyRs |
| The EFL officially highest attended European league after Premier League. on 23:30 - Jun 11 by ChrisNW6 |
Great stats to promote English football but probably skewed as the Championship has 5 teams more than the Bundesliga and 3 more than Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A.
The 86k Wembley final and the fact that 4 well supported clubs were in the play offs also helped.
Be interested to see the average stats per league, rather than totals. |
86k doesn't make much difference when the overall figure was 12 million, about 0.7%.
There's also some huge global clubs in those other leagues which makes it even more impressive. So while I take your point about more teams, we are talking about a second tier competition to the most watched league (on TV anyway) in the world. | | | |
| The EFL officially highest attended European league after Premier League. on 08:17 - Jun 12 with 1835 views | MrSheen |
It’s a great achievement for the Championship, but 2 Bundesliga will have crazy crowds next year, including 5 of the 10 Euro 2024 venues - Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Gelsenkirchen. |  | | |
| The EFL officially highest attended European league after Premier League. on 11:08 - Jun 12 with 1649 views | MedwayR |
Average attendances:
1. Bundesliga (Germany) – 39,458
2. Premier League (England) – 38,303
3. Serie A (Italy) – 30,429
4. La Liga (Spain) – 29,156
5. Bundesliga 2 (Germany) – 28,217
6. Ligue 1 (France) – 26,608
7. Championship (England) – 22,868
8. Eredivisie (Netherlands) – 19,698
9. Scottish Premiership (Scotland) – 16,715
10. Liga Portugal (Portugal) – 11,620
https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/comparing-saudi-pro-league-attendance
As already stated, some massive clubs in Bundesliga 2, also premier league has some very small stadiums lately with Bournemouth and Luton for example. But overall, especially considering ticket prices, English football is very well attended. The link above goes further with top 39 attended European leagues so includes L1&2 too. |  |
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| The EFL officially highest attended European league after Premier League. on 12:37 - Jun 12 with 1556 views | slmrstid |
Lies, damned lies and statistics.
The Championship, and English football pyramid in general, is incredibly well supported compared to their equivalents around the globe. Way better.
But its incredibly disingenuous to suggest its the 2nd best attended when the number of fixtures it has dwarfs other leagues.
Total Championship fixtures - 552
Total Bundesliga / 18 team fixtures - 306
Total Premiership / 20 team fixtures - 380
In this instance average is a far better indicator.
Of course saying "2nd highest in total" is no doubt some useful marketing for someone trying to flog TV and sponsorship deals! |  | | |
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