Euro 2016: end of the September "week of football" qualifying matches on 07 and 08/09/2015

Matchdays 7 and 8 of qualification for the final tournament of Euro 2016 (hosted in France from 10/06 to 10/07/2016) concludes the September "week of football" on 07 and 08/09/2015.In addition to France (automatically qualified as the host country), Austria, England, the Czech Republic and Iceland…

Attendance: Premier League and Bundesliga top 13 million total fans, but NFL and MLB lead all sports

The Premier League (13.75 million) and the Bundesliga (13.33 million) both topped 13 million total spectators in terms of stadium attendance during the 2014-15 season, according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 04/09/2015. With 380 total games played, the Premier League averaged 36,176…

Premier League: Manchester United are the most searched English club according to Google Trends

Google collated data on searches for Premier League clubs’ names in every accessible country in the world, between 08/08/2015 and 28/08/2015, and found that Manchester United FC are the most searched for club in the vast majority of global territories.There were only 14 countries in Europe where…

Twitter: Real Madrid (Liga BBVA) reach 17 million followers on its main account

Real Madrid CF (Liga BBVA) reached 17 million followers on its main Twitter account, the highest total of any European club, according to figures recorded by News Tank Football on 01/09/2015. The Madrid club has 1.1 million followers more than FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA). Arsenal FC (Premier League…

Premier League transfer spending reaches €1.184bn during the 2015 summer transfer window

The 20 Premier League clubs spent a record £870m (€1.184bn at 02/09/2015) during the 2015 summer transfer market (from 10/06 to 01/09/2015), according to the Sports Business Group of the audit firm Deloitte on 02/09/2015. This sum is 4% higher than the previous record of £835m (€1.052bn as of…

Transfers: A. Martial to Man U creates gains for Olympique Lyonnais and CO Les Ulis due to training

The transfer of of the Frenchman Anthony Martial (19 years old) from AS Monaco (Ligue 1) to Manchester United FC (Premier League), which was formalised on 01/09/2015 and is estimated at £36m (or about €50m, plus unspecified bonuses) by British media, and €60m (+ €20m in bonuses) by French media…

Facebook: Manchester United (1^st) have three times the number of fans than Manchester City (5^th)

Manchester United FC (Premier League) have 66.2 million fans on the social media network Facebook, more than three times the number of fans of their cross-city rival Manchester City FC (19.5 million), according to the data compiled by News Tank Football on 31/08/2015. Manchester United are the…

Attendance of sports leagues around the world in 2013-14 and 2014-15

Bundesliga: attendance for Matchday 3 of 2015-16

Matchday of the 2015-16 Bundesliga drew an average of 44,534 spectators per match from 28 to 30/30/2015. The average attendance for the German league this season is 43,441 spectators per match, for a stadium fill rate of 93%. The match between Borussia Dortmund ana Hertha BSC Berlin (3-1) drew the…

Liga BBVA: attendance for Matchday 2 of 2015-16

Matchday 2 of the 2015-16 Liga BBVA drew 30,912 spectators per game on average from 28 to 30/08/2015. The average attendance in the league is currently at 27,722 spectators after 20 matches played, for a stadium fill rate of 71%. The match between FC Barcelona - Malaga CF (1-0) attracted the best…