LFP: 46% of French people interested in football in 2023-24 (+4% vs 2022-23), 3 in 10 support a club

"46% of French people are interested in football (+4 percentage points compared to 2022-23), which is the highest level ever recorded. Football is ahead of rugby (41%) and tennis (37%)". This is one of the main findings of the annual Ipsos barometer on the interest in, the following of and the image of sports, competitions and professional football clubs, commissioned by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and Foot Unis, the first results of which were published on 12/03/2024.

Other data to note:
• "Football is particularly attractive among young people (55% of under-35s are interested, far ahead of tennis, in second place with 43%);
• For the first time, football is the No. 1 sport for women, also at a record level (36%);
• The Ligue 1 Uber Eats remains, as it has always been since the inception of the survey, the favourite competition for French people interested in football: 42%, ahead of the Champions League (24%) and the Coupe de France (11%);
• The Ligue 1 Uber Eats has reached its highest level of interest among the French (36%, +2%, i.e. 22 million people aged 10 and over);
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