The 2016-17 season has finally drawn to a close. The last match of the season, the LaLiga 1|2|3 playoff final between Getafe CF and CD Tenerife, rounded off a historic season in Spanish football, reports www.fcbusiness.co.uk
Historic because a record number of fans attended LaLiga matches in 2016-17 – 14,052,134 to be precise, almost 40,000 more than the 2015-16 season.
Yet this wasn't the only record set. In LaLiga Santander the stadium occupancy percentage increased by nearly a percent from the previous year, reaching 71.51%. What's more, two more records were broken – there were more season ticket holders (7,745,128) and more tickets sold (1,916,765) than ever before.
In addition to LaLiga Santander's achievements, LaLiga 1, 2 & 3 also set records of its own. In the 2016-17 season, 3,560,776 fans turned out to watch their teams do battle in the second tier of Spanish football, while the number season ticket holders hit a record high of 2,577,406.