In 2022, approximately 1.43 million people attended K League 1 football matches in South Korea. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which heavily impacted the spectator sports market, spectator numbers in the two previous years had been below one million. Football matches drew the largest crowds in 2019, when nearly 2.4 million spectators were recorded.
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Statistics Korea. (July 13, 2023). Total number of spectators in K League 1 football in South Korea from 2013 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/910195/south-korea-cumulative-k-league-football-match-attendance/
Statistics Korea. "Total number of spectators in K League 1 football in South Korea from 2013 to 2022 (in millions)." Chart. July 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/910195/south-korea-cumulative-k-league-football-match-attendance/
Statistics Korea. (2023). Total number of spectators in K League 1 football in South Korea from 2013 to 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/910195/south-korea-cumulative-k-league-football-match-attendance/
Statistics Korea. "Total Number of Spectators in K League 1 Football in South Korea from 2013 to 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/910195/south-korea-cumulative-k-league-football-match-attendance/
Statistics Korea, Total number of spectators in K League 1 football in South Korea from 2013 to 2022 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/910195/south-korea-cumulative-k-league-football-match-attendance/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Total number of spectators in K League 1 football in South Korea from 2013 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Korea, July 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/910195/south-korea-cumulative-k-league-football-match-attendance/