Top 20 leagues 2008 in average attendance

[greenlion]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attendance_figures_at_domestic_professional_sports_leagues#Outdoor_sports

08/09 season update to Dec 22

Bundesliga        Germany     07/08    38,612    08/09   40,958 
EPL               England     07/08    36,076    08/09   34,704
La Liga           Spain       07/08    29,124
Serie A           Italy       07/08    23,180    08/09   24,501
Ligue 1           France      07/08    21,804    08/09   20,668     
Primera           Argentina   2008     20,886
J-League          Japan       2008     19,278
Eredivisie        Netherlands 07/08    18,732    08/09  19,396
Bundesliga 2      Germany     07/08    18,140    08/09  15,423
FLC               England     07/08    17,022    08/09  17,607
Srie A           Brazil      2008     16,992
MLS               US          2008     16,460
A-League          Australia   07/08    15,363    08/09  11,135
SPL               Scotland    07/08    14,915    08/09  15,687
CSL               China       2008     13,543
RPL               Russia      2008     13,334
K-League          South Korea 2008     13,242
Jupiler League    Belgium     07/08    11,369    08/09  10,828
Superliga         Portugal    07/08    11,216    08/09  10,673
Axpo Super League Switzerland 07/08    10,917    08/09   9,074

Note: No Official Infomations from great leagues like : Mexico,Turkey, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Iran & Saudi Arabia

 

[Ranyen]

Hahahaha, we beat the average for 08/09 (11,135) for our one game v Sydney.

Somebody send that to Rebecca Wilson.

 

[David Votoupal]

Remember that in a lot of countries, many clubs are based in smaller towns and leagues tend to be dominated by 2-3 big city clubs. Also, in many countries people don't quite have the same purchasing power we do.

 

[Jorome Alexander Bennett]

What do you mean by purchasing power, David?

These statistics are of limited interest to me. As DV says, other leagues are v. different from ours.
We know we have major potential for growth. I'm not interested in what other leagues average, I'm interested in CCM getting the 15 000 average that I think we can get.
That would take a rise in general interest in the A-league. That takes a strong Sydney, imo, to interest the extremely Sydney centric media. If we have a strong product, in a few years the wider exposure that comes with FTA tv will send us close to our full potential.

This is a subject we could write pages and pages about. Effects of ACL, Asian cup, WC.
To sum it up,
This season's averages will show up as an anomoly in an upwardly moving trend.