NFL Europa sets single season attendance record
June 18, 2007 - National Football League Europa (NFLE) News Release
The NFL Europa League season supplied excitement right down to the final weekend and the fans responded by coming out in record numbers.
Total attendance for the season was 600,714 and games averaged 20,024 fans per game, the highest mark in the six-team league's history. NFL Europa joins soccer as the only team sports leagues in Europe to average at least 20,000 fans this year.
SEASON ATTENDANCE AVERAGE
2007 20,024
2005 18,965
2001 18,573
2000 18,102
2002 18,045
"I'm very happy that we were able to achieve a new attendance record with more than 600,000 fans in our stadiums this season," said NFL Europa Managing Director UWE BERGHEIM. "I would like to thank the fans, our sponsors and league employees who made this possible. With these positive numbers, we are looking forward to a successful Yello Strom World Bowl XV on Saturday."
The Frankfurt Galaxy led the league with an average of 33,043 fans per game at Commerzbank Arena, the site of Yello Strom World Bowl XV. Frankfurt, which had a perfect 5-0 regular-season record at home, will face the Hamburg Sea Devils in the league's championship game on Saturday, June 23 (1:00 PM ET, NFL Network).
"We have the greatest fans in the world," says Galaxy linebacker MATT SINCLAIR. "The noise they provide is such an advantage for us."
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