Bundesliga: 26,180 season tickets per club (55,000 at Borussia Dortmund), no offer more than €900

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The 18 Bundesliga clubs have an average of 26,180 season ticket holders per club for the 2017-18 season. This total places the German championship third in the European Top 5 leagues, behind LaLiga Santander and the Premier League.

Borussia Dortmund, with 55,000 subscribers, is the most successful German club in this metric in 2017-18, the same as in 2016-17. The club is third in the Top 5 leagues, tied with Manchester United FC (Premier League). All 18 Bundesliga clubs have at least 15,000 subscribers, which is unique in Europe. The German club with the lowest number of subscribers is SC Freiburg (15,000).

VfL Wolfsburg is the club with the highest season ticket / stadium capacity ratio (72%), but this ranks only at 22nd highest amount the 98 clubs in the Top 5 leagues. This reflects a specificity only present in Germany: despite the best average match attendance in Europe, the Bundesliga has an average season ticket / capacity ratio of only 54%, a figure much lower than LaLiga Santander and the Premier League. This ratio reflects the desire of German clubs to cap the number of…


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