LaLiga: 1^st and 2^nd divisions post a record attendance with over 14.8 million spectators in 2018-19

LaLiga Santander and LaLiga 1|2|3 posted a total attendance of 14,812,356 spectators during the 2018-19 season, an increase of 538,538 compared to in 2017-18 (+3.8%), announced LaLiga on 25/06/2019. The Spanish league has set a new attendance record for the sixth consecutive season.

"LaLiga Santander has managed to surpass the 10-million mark, with a total of 10,102,394 (or 26,585 spectators per game) this time around. The figure shows a 0.7% decrease on the previous campaign, although during the second half of the season, 5.8% more fans attended stadiums (2,243,316) than in the corresponding period in 2017-18," added LaLiga, which saw LaLiga 1|2|3 reach 4.5 million spectators over a season for the first time (4,591,290 spectators, +15.2% compared to 2017-18)," despite the fact that CF Reus did not compete in the second half of the season for disciplinary reasons."

"LaLiga continues to grow as an entertainment industry, with the fans' sustained interest in taking part in the spectacle of Spanish football driving the upward trend in stadium attendance figures season after season,…