Leisure at the National

Scale Sport

The Bundesliga is the number

one football league in the world
in terms of average attendance 45,134 fans per game

Aims
Case study of a national sports
league
Explain the hierarchy of a league and
the location of its teams.
Examine the relationship between
team location and the residence of
its supporters.

 A total of 53 clubs have competed in the Bundesliga since its

founding. FC Bayern Munich has won the Bundesliga the most,
winning the title 24 times. However, the Bundesliga has seen
other champions with Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV,
Werder Bremen, Borussia Mnchengladbach and VfB Stuttgart
most prominent among them. The Bundesliga is one of the top
national leagues, currently ranked 3rd in Europe according to
UEFA's league coefficient ranking, based on performances in
European competitions over the past five seasons. [1] The
Bundesliga is the number one football league in the world in
terms of average attendance; out of all sports, its average of
45,134 fans per game during the 201112 season was the
second highest of any sports league in the world after the
National Football League. The Bundesliga is broadcast on
television in over 200 countries.

Hierarchy and location

Take the blank map of Germany. Using
an (atlas), mark a dot where the current
Bundesliga teams are located.
What is the spatial distribution? (where
are there clusters, not many etc).
Surprising?
Which are the most succesful?
https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%931
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Berlin, Berlin

3,426,354

Hamburg,
Hamburg

1,739,117

Munich,
Bavaria

1,260,391

Cologne,
North RhineWestphalia

963,395

5
6

Frankfurt am M
ain
, Hesse
Essen, North
RhineWestphalia

650,000
593,085

Stuttgart,
BadenWrttemberg

589,793

Dortmund,
North RhineWestphalia

588,462

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Support and location?

Which is the smallest and largest
capacity?
Why?
Does big mean successful?
Why (not?)