Category: Sport Author : Dennis Bjørn Petersen Posted: May 27, 2009
Tags : bundesliga, dortmund, felix magath, Football, premier league, soccer, wolfsburg
With the European soccer leagues coming to an end, the records are pouring in. The soccer league which broke the most records this season is the German Bundesliga.
Dangerous strikers
The most profiled players are Grafite and Edin Dzekos from league winners Wolfsburg. Together they’ve scored 54 goals, which is one goal more than Gerd Müller and Uli Hoeness previous record from the 70s. However Müller and Hoesness scored 53 goals in two seasons straight.
Bayern München could also break the transfer record this summer. German striker Mario Gomez is just a contract away from joining Bayern for a smashing 41 million dollars (30 million euros). Mario Gomez has scored 63 goals in 112 matches.
Most visited league
The Bundesliga 08/09 season was also the most attended one, with 13.008.985 spectators that’s an average attendance of 42.513 per match. This beats the English Premier League attendance by some 7000 spectators. A Premier League match has an average attendance of 35.563. Considering how popular the English league, I think that’s a surprisingly low number. Most of you can propably name more Premier League clubs than Bundesliga clubs.
The not-so-good records
Newly promoted 1899 Hoffenheim had an excellent autumn making them Herbstmeister (Autumn-champion). They topped the league at the winter break, but ended the season as number 7. That is the worst position for a Herbstmeister ever.
Major club Dortmund did have a great season either. They are the first club to only lose five matches and still end as number 6. Out of 34 matches, 14 ended with a draw.
The last record is set by manager Jörg Berger. He recently started managing Arminia Bielefeld, which is his Bundeliga club number eight as manager. Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath has managed six Bundeliga clubs.
May 27, 2009
You might want to add that Germany still has terracing in their stands which allows you to get more fans in a smaller area. England is all seated. The Premiership also has a lot more talent top to bottom in terms of players, which means you have to pay for them. If you look at ticket prices they are higher as well in England which does not allow all people to afford them.
Last but not least some of the best supported teams have come on hard times of late as an example Leeds. This hurts those attendance figures as well. Wigan for example has a great owner and a good team but does not attract as many fans as they like rugby more in that area, but they are in the top flight.