The K-League of Professional Football has attracted 3 million spectators for two consecutive years, realizing its increasing popularity.
A total of 2.58,585 people entered K League 1 in the 2024 season and 889,125 people entered K League 2.
Both leagues have rewritten the record for the most spectators in a single season since 2018, when paid attendance tallies began.
He broke the record of 2,447,147 (K League 1) and 564,362 (K League 2) set last year.
Including the K-League 1 and 2, 3,439,662 spectators entered a total of 467 professional soccer games this year.
It achieved the highest number of spectators ever for two consecutive years after surpassing 3 million for the first time in the era of counting paid spectators (301,509).
FC Seoul has the largest stake in the box office success by far.
Ahead of this season, “premier leaguer” Lingard, a former member of the England national team and who wore a Manchester United (England) uniform, joined Seoul, drawing great interest from soccer fans.
On top of that, as head coach Kim Ki-dong took the helm as a “winning contractor,” Seoul fans began to dream of advancing to the top split and winning the championship.
Seoul has written the history of K-League spectators since its home opening game.
51,670 people entered the second round home game against Incheon United at Seoul World Cup Stadium on March 10.
It is a new record for the largest number of spectators in a single K-League game since the introduction of the platform system in 2013.
The Seoul World Cup Stadium was filled with 501,091 people this season. The average is 27,838 per game.
This is also a new figure for the 2023 season, with an average audience of 430,29 and 22,633 spectators.
Seoul swept the full stadium award given by the federation to the club that attracted the largest number of spectators in the 27th to 38th rounds of the K League and the plus stadium award given to the club with the largest number of spectators compared to the previous year.
It is interpreted that the number of spectators has exploded as the “expectation” for the performance of Seoul and Lingard, which has changed since the new start with Kim Ki-dongho, has changed to “reality” over the course of the season.
Seoul under Kim Ki-dong advanced to the Final A for the first time in five years and finished the season in the fourth place (58 points).
Lingard, who scored six goals and three assists this season, entertained fans’ eyes with different passes and game vision.
Ulsan HD, which won its third consecutive K League 1 title, also played a big role in attracting spectators.
On the day of the final 38th round of the Final A match against Suwon FC, where the winning party was held, Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium recorded 348,119 cumulative home spectators this season, setting a new home crowd record since 2018, which counted paid spectators. 온라인카지노
Ulsan drew 25,479 people in the opening game, predicting a box office hit, and in the 16th round against Jeonbuk Hyundai, it recorded the highest number of spectators in a game with 26,671.
In addition to the performance, it is interpreted as the result of the Ulsan club’s active efforts to increase its fan base, such as opening a pop-up store in Yeouido, Seoul, to become a national team.