Abdullah Al-Haqim 
Ticket revenues and clubs have recorded record numbers in Germany in the football championships for the first and second classes for the 2023-2024 season, according to the DFL Association on Tuesday.
The association, which runs the first and second-class championships in Germany, said that the total revenue last season amounted to 5.87 billion euros (6.4 billion dollars), an increase of 12% over the previous record recorded in 2022-2023.
A total of 20.74 million tickets were sold last season, to exceed the number 20 million for the first time.
The average public presence in the league consisting of 18 teams was higher than the average European leagues, including the Premier League, the Italian League and the Spanish League.
The second division league, which has average public attendance, has surpassed similar numbers for the French First Division and the American League, the barrier of one billion euros as revenues for the first time.
In a related context, the Bavarian giant Bayern Munich last season exceeded the barrier of one billion euros from revenue for the first time, despite its third place in the standings behind Bayer Leverkusen, who was crowned without any defeat and also won the cup title.
At a time when the fears surrounding clubs and patrols are increasing throughout Europe, about half of the first and second classes in Germany were in a good position last season.
German clubs apply a 50+1 form that requires affiliated members to have 50% and one of the club’s shares.
This model restricts foreign investment and foreign ownership, while seeking to ensure that members have an opinion on the club’s directions.
The numbers show how German football has recovered from the Kofid-19 pandemic, as the game employed 62,000 people across the country last season, which is an excess of the record, which amounted to 56 thousand in the 2018-2019 season, that is, in the last season before the outbreak of the pandemic.
