Archives February, 2016 (page 22/24)

Bundesliga: attendance for Matchday 19 of 2015-16, Dortmund - Ingolstadt draws 81,359 spectators

Matchday 19 of the 2015-16 Bundesliga season was attended by an average of 42,079 spectators per match from 29 to 31/01/2016. The average attendance of the German championship is currently at 43,150 spectators per match in the 2015-16 season, a 93% stadium fill rate. The leading football league in…

Serie A: attendance for Matchday 22 of 2015-16, Milan derby draws 77,043 fans to the San Siro

Matchday 22 of the 2015-16 Serie A TIM season was attended by an average of 26,063 spectators per match on 30 and 31/01/2016. The average attendance of the Italian championship is currently at 22,273 spectators per match, for a stadium fill rate of 57%. The "Derby della Madonnina" between AC Milan…

Ligue 1: attendance for Matchday 23 of 2015-16, Marseille - Lille draws 40,187 spectators

Matchday 23 of the 2015-16 Ligue 1 season was attended by an average of 17,965 spectators per match from 29 to 31/01/2016. The average attendance of the championship after 23 matchdays is 20,463 spectators per match, or 1,874 people less than at the end of the 2014-15 season (-10%). The Ligue 1…

Facebook: rankings of the European Top 5 leagues (February 2016)

The Premier League is the most popular European championship on Facebook, with more than 218.5 million cumulative fans across its 20 clubs playing in the 2015-16 season, according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 01/02/2016. Only 6 of the 20 Premier League clubs have less than one million…

Top 5: transfer spending during the 2016 winter transfer window, compared to 2015

China: streaming platform Le Sports becomes the exclusive broadcaster of Milan Channel until 2019

Le Sports, the sports branch of LeEco, the Chinese technology and digital content company, has become the exclusive distributor in China of Milan Channel, the TV channel of AC Milan (Serie A TIM), according to local media on 29/01/2016. The partnership between the Italian club and Le Sports will…

SM Caen: the club sign a 12 year agreement with the City to operate the Stade Michel-d'Ornano

SM Caen (Ligue 1) have signed an occupancy agreement in the public domain with the City of Caen for the operation of the Stade Michel-d'Ornano (21,215 seats) for 12 seasons (from 2016-17 to 2027-28 ), announced the club on 30/01/2016. This agreement comes into force on 01/07/2016. Currently, both…

Liverpool FC launch French and Spanish versions of the club website and online shop

Liverpool FC (Premier League) have launched French and Spanish versions of their website, the club announced on 28/01/2016. Exclusive content will be posted regularly on these two new versions of the site. "With over 470 million French and Spanish speakers globally, and the rapid growth of our fan…

FIFA: "My main task will be to bring football back to FIFA and FIFA back to football" (G. Infantino)

"My main task will be to bring football back to FIFA and FIFA back to football. The image of FIFA is not very high and has to come back to the top again. We have to work 100, 200, 1000% for football," said Gianni Infantino, the UEFA general secretary and candidate for the presidency of FIFA, in…

Ligue 1: watchmaker Snyper Geneva becomes the official watch supplier of AS Monaco until June 2017

The Swiss brand Snyper Geneva has become the official watch supplier of AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1) until June 2017, the club announced on 01/02/2016. The watchmaker, established in 2008, will be visible on the LED advertising boards at the Stade Louis II (18,500 seats) as well as on the club's media…