"As of September 2, 2007, the K-League has attracted 1,719,484 fans and an average of 12,162 fans per game. That puts the K-League at 14th in the world for average attendances for domestic premier leagues for association football. ." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-League_2007 Here is a team-by-team report on attendance: http://www.soccerstats.com/2khcrowd.asp?league=southkorea&rankby=1 very good??
K-League 1983 10,493 1984 4,093 1985 5,393 1986 3,500 1987 3,233 1988 3,757 1989 4,128 1990 4,211 1991 9,871 1992 11,553 1993 8,532 1994 7,152 1995 10,258 1996 10,388 1997 6,731 1998 11,780 1999 14,413 2000 10,052 2001 12,745 2002 14,600 2003 9,800 2004 11,941 2005 11,258 2006 10,236?? 2007 12,162 (20th Round)
2007 Team --------------Avg. 1 Suwon SamSung ----25112 2 FC Seoul -----------23410 3 Daegu FC ----------15884 4 Incheon United -----15578 5 Daejeon Citizen ----14954 6 Jeonbuk Hyundai ---12524 7 Chunam Dragons--- 8941 8 Ulsan Hyundai ------8582 9 Jeju United ---------8284 10 Gwangju Sangmu --8054 11 Gyeongnam FC---- 8009 12 Pohang Steelers ---7561 13 Seongnam IlHwa ---7387 14 Busan I Park -------5992 http://www.soccerstats.com/2khcrowd.asp?league=SouthKorea&homeaway=3
What happened to these numbers? At the time we wanted more but now, I'd kill to see attendances reach this figure again. As a younger fan (And someone who has only been following K-League since 12/13, I've never seen a time when K League was really flourishing. It's come to the point where now a "Super Match" would get about 20k.. Does anyone who has lived in Korea or been following the K League have any answers to this?