European Football Confederation, Through the program ‘European club talent and competition scene’, He examines clubs and competitions year after year and the conclusion of what happened in the 23-24 season is that the economic figures are approaching those that were before the pandemic and that the attendance to Stadiums, large and small, in the strongest tournaments and in others with less gloss, It continues to grow for the second campaign in a row. The fan wants to go to football, to feel the sport up close despite the mass offer he receives through any kind of platform.
In total there were 229 million fans Those who allowed themselves to be seen by various stadiums of the European continent, both in women’s and men’s football, including the matches of the national team in which there were eight million. Of them, 212 million attended men’s football, nine million attended women’s football and eight matches of the national team. Of these, 111 million attended League matches at a high level, and the Italian league was the only one that increased its capacity for the big five tournaments. 71 million attended lower league matches, 13 million attended Cup matches and 17 million attended UEFA competitions.
English cup (United in the lead), The second German (the presence of historians) and the English Championship (23,000 on average is the highest European league in terms of quantity) have nothing to envy the numerous championships. England, Germany and Spain occupy the podium.
Borussia Dortmund is the most popular 81,305 fans The average per match, followed by Milan with 1.86 million, Manchester United with 1.83, and Real Madrid is in fourth place with 1.8 million, While Atletico is sixth with 1.64. In total there are seventeen teams that have exceeded one million fans, among which Barcelona does not figure due to their move to Montjuic.
Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid: summary and goals / Champions League (final)
Women’s football accounts
Women’s football continues to grow and grow. 2.8 million fans came to domestic tournaments, 0.7 million to the Champions League. Six clubs exceeded one hundred thousand spectators , and Arsenal topped 337,221 spectators, With Barcelona in second place with 216,974. England tops the table with 1.046 million, while Spain is in third place with 467,000 viewers.
An explosion of joy in Barcelona with the third UEFA Women’s Champions League
Manchester City, in the tail of changes
The new football has made the five changes, well, Halmstad Sweden is the one that uses it the least with 2.8 substitutions per game on average, It is followed by West Ham (2.9) and Manchester City (3.0). Only one club uses all five substitutions in all league matches: Inter.
Spanish coaching talent for Europe
The report shows that 63% of European First Division clubs changed coaches
At least once last season, with 779 changes. Turka is in the lead with 35, It is followed by Italy with 28, Portugal with 27 and Spain with 19.
There is a fact that speaks well of Spanish technicians , because it is The performance evaluation system issued by MS to various championships and national teams with 59. Italy is still 37th in second place, with Serbia, Portugal and Germany at 32.
Quieter choices for technicians
The average duration of 24 coaches at the final stage of Euro 2024 is three seasons (3.1) at the beginning of the tournament. Didier Deschamps He is the longest-lived by staying in the position for more than 12 seasons, followed by Southgate (already dismissed) with 7.8, and Dalic with 6.8.
8.9 average number of engagements and least spending
European clubs this summer signed an average of 8.9 players, 5% more than in 2023. It is estimated that The average Premier League signing cost 15.6 million euros.
2023 was the best year since the pandemic in terms of spending on engagements. The emergence of football Saud in the elite, the transfer of European teams to numbers by the pandemic. The severance from Saudi Arabia of Saud in 2024 led to A setback that left spending in the last twelve months at 6, 700 million euros, To 7,300 from the previous year. In two years of covid (2020 and 2021), the lowest figure remained at 3,900 million euros.
