Peak at 72%

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The Bundesliga has been the biggest spectator magnet in the (Site notre bureau spécialisé) world for years. No other league attracts as many fans, day after game, as the German upper house of (Site notre bureau spécialisé). A significant part of the packed arenas are season tickets, of which around 415,000 have been sold for the 2024/25 season, according to figures from « Kicker ». Anyone who wants to get one of these tickets will have to wait until 2025 in 17 out of 18 cases, because the sale has ended at all clubs except Mainz 05. FSV has issued 16,500 season tickets, which corresponds to 49.5 percent of a stadium capacity of 33,305 seats – which puts Mainz in 14th place in a season ticket distribution comparison.

There is rarely a stadium and spectator statistic in which BVB is not at the top and FC Bayern is just behind. In 2024/25, Germany’s two largest arenas will be filled to 67.7 percent of season ticket holders for Signal Iduna Park and 50.7 percent for the Allianz Arena. TSG Hoffenheim (39.9 percent), as well as newly promoted Holstein Kiel (40.7 percent) and FC St. Pauli (44.1 percent) sold the fewest season tickets relative to stadium capacity. In the case of the Kiezkicker, much more would have been possible.

Bayer in 2nd place in season ticket rankings – Carro: “The stadium has become too small”

Bayer Leverkusen have seen a drop in season tickets during the league season. While there were 19,500 season tickets in the first half of the 2023/24 season, that number rose to 21,400 in the second half of the season. There are as many this season as well, meaning the BayArena will be filled to 70.9% by season ticket holders.

Bayer boss Fernando Carro told « Bild »: « The only regret about this sensational development is that we can no longer meet the wishes of our fans to the same extent as before. The stadium has become too small. We have become a bigger club and in some places we will all still have to get used to it. Building a new stadium will be difficult for the time being in Leverkusen. In Freiburg, that is already behind us. The sports club’s Europa Park stadium was inaugurated in October 2021 and will be visited by season ticket holders 72 percent of the time in the 2024/25 season, a league record.