By Jaroslaw Adamowski
January 6 – Czech Republic’s Gambrinus Liga has posted improved attendance results for the 2013/2014 mid-season. After fifteen rounds, the average match attendance was 5,062 spectators, up 10.5% from 4,584 spectators in the same period a year earlier.
The Czech football league association (LFA) is hoping to continue with this gradual increase in attendance over the coming years, said Dusan Svoboda, head of the LFA.
The improved mid-season results at Czech stadiums come after three seasons of continuing decline in attendance at the top tier of the Czech professional football league. In the 2011/2012 mid-season, the average match attendance was 4,660, and in the 2010/2011 mid-season Gambrinus Liga matches attracted 4,670 spectators on average, reported local daily newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes.
This year, among the 16 Czech football clubs competing in the Gambrinus Liga, the highest average home attendance was reported by Viktoria Plzno, with 10,207 spectators. Sparta Prague was second, with an average of 9,647 spectators, followed by FK Teplice, with 7,168, and Slavia Prague, with 7,120. The lowest average attendance was reported by Dukla Prague, with 2,841 spectators, and Zbrojovka Brno, with only 1,650 spectators.
Sparta Prague’s home match against Teplice had the second-highest attendance of all, with 16,521 spectators present at the club’s Generali Arena. However, this was considerably less than the Prague derby of 2011 which pitted Sparta against rival Slavia Prague, attracting 18,299 spectators.
Znojmo’s home match against Mlada Boleslav attracted the lowest attendance in the 2013/2014 mid-season, with a mere 391 spectators.
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