Bundesliga: attendance for Matchday 2 of 2015-16, Schalke - Darmstadt draws 61,565 spectators

Matchday 2 of the 2015-16 Bundesliga season drew an average of 44,220 spectators per match from 21 to 23/08/2015. The average attendance of the German championship is 43,554 spectators (93% fill rate) after each of the 18 clubs has played one home game. The match between FC Schalke 04 and newly…

Italy: Parma, relegated to the fourth division, sell 7,608 season tickets for 2015-16

Parma Calcio 1913, the new club of the city of Parma (Italy) following the bankruptcy of Parma FC, was launched by Guido Barilla, chairman of the Barilla agro-industrial group, on 01/07/2015. The club has registered 7,608 season ticket holders for the 2015-16 season during which the team will play…

Liga BBVA: Barcelona changed the surface of the Camp Nou, still opting for natural grass

Work to replace the entire Camp Nou pitch (FC Barcelona, 99,350 places) took place from 18 to 22/08/2015, announced FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA)."Unlike in other seasons, the operation was a simple case of replacing the grass with the new turf. It was simply a procedure to improve the substrate with…

Premier League: attendance for Matchday 3 of 2015-16, Man United - Newcastle draws 75,354 fans

Matchday 3 of the Premier League season drew an average of 37,559 spectators from 22 to 24/08/2015. The average attendance this season is 36,735 spectators for a stadium fill rate of 98%. The match between Manchester United FC - Newcastle United FC (0-0) attracted the best crowd of Matchday 3…

Ligue 1: attendance for Matchday 3 of 2015-16, Marseille - Troyes draws 58,356 spectators

Matchday 3 of the Ligue 1 season drew an average of 22,849 spectators per match, for a stadium fill rate of 76%, from 21 to 23/08/2015. The average attendance in the league is currently at 22,997 spectators after 30 matches played. The match between Olympique de Marseille - ESTAC Troyes (6-0…

MLS: average franchise value is $157m (€137m), up 52% since 2013 (Forbes)

The average franchise value of a team in MLS is up to $157m (€137m), according to estimates in the 2015 MLS Most Valuable Teams report from the American business magazine Forbes, published on 19/08/2015. This average franchise value is up 52% compared to the 2013 MLS report from Forbes ($105m…

Bundesliga: Bayern Munich reach the milestone of 4,000 fan clubs worldwide (309,425 members)

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) now have 4,000 fan clubs worldwide, announced the club on 17/08/2015. The "#rotwienie Oberopfingen" based in Kirchdorf (Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany, 90 kilometers from Munich), which has 95 members, was the 4,000^th fan club to be officially recognised by…

Bundesliga: FC Bayern Munich open an office in Shanghai to develop its brand in China

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) have opened an office in Shanghai (CHN), its second overseas location, after their New York office opened in April 2014, announced Jörg Wacker, the club's head of internationalisation and strategy, on 23/08/2015. The main purpose of the new office will be managing the…

Ligue 1: AS Monaco create a webpage "asmonacograndmatch.com" dedicated to its major events

On the occasion of the club's second leg of the 2015-16 Champions League play-off tie between AS Monaco and Valencia CF, kick-off at 20:45 CET at the Stade Louis II in Monaco (the first leg was played in the Mestalla on 25/08/2015, a 3-1 victory for Valencia), the principality club has updated its…

MLS: franchise value and turnover (in $m)