Boca Juniors is the club with the most members and River Plate the one that sold the most tickets
Since the arrival of Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia to the presidency of AFA, the entity that regulates Argentine football decided to make very important changes to improve its image. From a Marketing management to review contracts and get new sponsors, the new step of the institution that is in Viamonte 1366, was to present an extensive report on the news of each club of the Super League and the First National.
Analyzing the number of members, ticket sales, sponsors, income, number of players, employees, among several other items; For the first time AFA managed this report in collaboration with FIFA. But in Marca en Zona we will focus on two of them, since Boca Juniors is the club with more members and River Plate the one that sold the most tickets during the 2017/2018 period.
The xeneize set stands at the top in terms of the number of active partners. With 206,078 fans who pay their social quota, Boca Juniors has managed to impose itself on these items through the action of “Adherent Partner”. Being the only Argentine set to have that category, River Plate (151,435) and Independiente (83,428) are placed behind those of the Ribera.
As for the tickets sold over the mentioned period, who is imposed on this item is River Plate. The millionaire club registered an average of 48,073 spectators per encounter, which represents almost 70% of the Monumental, given that the stadium has a capacity for 70,074 fans. Behind those of Núñez is Boca Juniors with 14,141 fans, which if compared to the Bombonera locations gives an average of 88%.
The full report can be accessed by entering the AFA website