By Paul Nicholson
September 23 – English Premier League fans looking for value for money on their away trips should stop attending games in England and start travelling to Germany where the country and the Bundesliga offer much better value, according to the World Football Price Index.
Compiled GoEuro and Onefootball, the index calculates the cost of attending the top division games in 25 countries around the world and finds the best value leagues for Brits to travel to, based on the quality of the league, cost of travel and accommodaton, and the cost of the ticket is Germany, followed by Spain, Portugal and then England.
The least value for money for the travelling English are Japan and the US, while Brazil’s Serie A and Mexico’s LigaMX come in at an interesting tenth and eleventh in the value table, ahead of a number of European leagues.
Naren Shaam, CEO of GoEuro said: “It costs almost the same to travel to Germany to see a Bundesliga match as it does to stay in the UK and attend a Premier League game. Each week more than 2,000 British fans travel to see Borussia Dortmund play, in addition to the 1,500 Brits travelling to St. Pauli games in Hamburg and the 1,000 Brits going to Union Berlin games on a weekly basis. These numbers might lead you to question whether home fans in the UK are really getting a fair deal for their money.”
The most expensive country to watch a match is England, with Premier League tickets costing an average of £53.76 per ticket. This is closely followed by Spain where tickets cost an average of £50.83. The Bundesliga costs just £23.02 on average, while LigaMX is just £7.63.
GoEuro says the away game cost is intended to represent the actual cost of attending an away game in each league’s country. Factors included transport costs, one night’s accommodation costs, and food and beer costs.
Each league’s ranking was determined by combining several world football rankings including UEFA, FIFA, and third party databases.
The ‘value score’ field is then used to determine where you get the best value football for the money you’re spending to see a game. The score is the result of a calculation combining average game costs and the league ranking. Teams with a better league ranking or a lower cost of a ticket will have more value. Formula = 10000/(TicketPrice*(3+LeagueRanking)^2).
http://www.goeuro.co.uk/football-price-index