Spectator records: 2nd Bundesliga exceeds Bundesliga on the match day!

Spectator records: 2nd Bundesliga exceeds Bundesliga on the match day!

On the 28th matchday of the 2nd Bundesliga, the clubs experienced a remarkable spectator spectacle. According to diefalsche9 , the games of the 2nd Bundesliga attracted more spectators than the games of the Bundesliga. Overall, the 2nd Bundesliga recorded 315,029 fans in the stadiums this weekend, which is 38,033 more than the 276,996 spectators who attracted the Bundesliga. This development is the third time in history that the number of spectators of the 2nd Bundesliga exceeds that of the Bundesliga.

gratifying for the 2nd Bundesliga is that this match day represents the second largest encouragement in the history of the league. Only on the 19th matchday of this season more spectators were counted - a total of 322,468. The game between Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV with 71,500 fans in the Berlin Olympic Stadium set a new record for the stadium, the largest viewer background since 2013.

Special games and audience records

The highest number of spectators in the ranks was reached at the weekend of Schalke 04 against SSV Ulm in 1846. 61,922 fans followed the duel, which for SSV Ulm is the largest backdrop since April 8, 2000. Furthermore, the games in Düsseldorf, Cologne and Nuremberg experienced higher number of spectators than the best Bundesliga game. In Cologne, 50,000 fans were present at the meeting between 1. FC Köln and Hertha BSC, while in Nuremberg the game was sold out between the Franconia and the HSV - for the first time in 18 years.

The interest in the top game between 1. FC Magdeburg and the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, which was also sold out, was particularly high. In contrast, there were some cards in the guest area in Elversberg and Darmstadt, and there were also gaps in Karlsruhe and Braunschweig.

This season has already visited the games of the 2nd Bundesliga this season. The league is on course to break the record of 8,930,630 spectators from the 2023/24 season. This season is only the second that the 7 million viewer mark exceeds, while the Bundesliga already counts 9,716,037 spectators and controls the target of 10 million viewers.

summary of the development of viewers

The number of spectators in the Bundesliga has declined in recent years, so the 2nd Bundesliga shows a clear trend towards increasing attractiveness. The average number of visitors this season is 30,329 per game, which indicates a record course. The previous top value of 29,290 spectators came from the past season. It is particularly impressive that all 20 spectator -strongest game days in the 2nd Bundesliga come from the last or current season, such as Transfer market reports.