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By Paul Nicholson
September 15 – More than 209 million fans attended European club football last season, according to UEFA’s newly released European Club Talent and Competition Landscape report.
The report is an impressive analysis of the continued post-pandemic progress of football in Europe at elite and grassroots level. It focuses attendances as well as trends in the player, coach and competition landscapes of both the men’s and women’s games.
The 2022/23 season was the first with a full return to stadiums across Europe after three seasons of multiple restrictions. The report finds that at least 33 top tier men’s leagues recorded higher aggregate attendances compared to the last pre-pandemic full season 2018/19. A total of 14 leagues reported the highest crowds for at least a decade with all-time record crowds recorded in England, France, and Switzerland.
Across Europe 68 million fans grassroots clubs “away from the flashy arenas”, highlighted UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin.
The report provides detailed analysis and data of the trends within loan player movement and data on the competitive landscape in each of UEFA’s members.
An evolution of UEFA’s Club Licensing Football Benchmarking Report, this Club Talent and Competition report is the first of two reports with the second to follow which will look at the financial and investment landscapes in European club football.
“In general, the report tells a positive story of bounce-back from the unprecedented challenges of recent years, a sport whose popularity remains stronger than ever despite economically difficult conditions in the wider world. Across the report there are indications of a forwards-looking approach,” said Andrea Traverso, Director of Financial Sustainability and Research.
“The remarkable post-pandemic resurgence in crowds at stadia, a testimony to the passion of supporters throughout European club football; Record transfer investment in younger talent and more…
Source link : https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2023/09/15/new-uefa-report-shows-power-post-covid-attendance-bounceback-digs-deep-club-trends/
Author : Paul Nicholson
Publish date : 2023-09-15 09:08:46
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