Bundesliga / 2.Bundesliga: record 21.4 million tickets sold by the 36 clubs in 2025-26

Germany’s 36 professional football clubs (18 in the Bundesliga and 18 in the 2.Bundesliga) sold a record total of 21.4 million tickets in 2025-26 (an average of 594,444 per club), announced the Bundesliga on 30 July 2026. The previous record had been set in 2024-25, with 20.9 million tickets sold, an average of 580,000 per club.

The 2025-26 season in Germany’s top two divisions recorded an average attendance of 34,974 spectators per match, surpassing the previous record of 34,288 set in 2024-25 by 2%.

Of the 21.4 million tickets sold in 2025-26, 12.7 million (59.4%) were sold by the top-flight clubs (an average of 700,555 per club), whose matches attracted an average of 41,562 paying spectators. This figure remains below the record set in 2018-19, when an average of 42,738 tickets were sold per match.

Of the 21.4 million tickets sold, 12 million were accounted for by season ticket holders at the 36 clubs, representing 56% of total attendance.

Ticket sales for second division matches reached 8.68 million in 2025-26 (compared with 9.3 million in 2024-25), an average of 28,386 per match…