Argentina, the most expensive country to watch football in Latin America

When on Tuesday the AFA Executive Committee approved the increase of 25% in the popular ticket prices for matches in the first division, the Argentine soccer league will remain more expensive for American spectators in the stadiums.

The Argentine will cost 50 pesos each for the Clausura popular starting on Friday 10 are above the values ​​of the tickets of other leagues that participate in the Copa Libertadores. Although, of course, are also well below the prices of the major European leagues: to see Lionel Messi in the Nou Camp against Rayo Vallecano, for example, costs 109 pesos (19 euros/25 dollars). Although Barcelona, ​​like most European teams, has prices as the rival. The cheapest ticket for him against Real Madrid is 89 euros, more than 500 pesos.

Increases in the AFA. The rise in the popular former was for the Apertura 2010. In August of that year, the AFA Executive Committee had endorsed a 33% increase in the popular, which went from costing $ 30 to 40. In January 2005, for example, go to the stadium to see a set of first in the stadium was $ 10.

In Europe, much more expensive. For the price of the euro, watch football on the Old Continent is much more expensive than in Argentina and Latin America in general. If one takes into consideration the ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), these are the ticket prices cheaper in the top ten leagues in the world:

1) Spain: 25 to 117 U.S. dollars (109-509 pesos)
2) England: $ 55 (239 pesos)
3) Brazil: $ 8.6 (37 pesos)
4) Portugal: 18 to $ 33 (78-143 pesos)
5) France: 13 to $ 33 (56-143 pesos)
6) Germany: $ 20 (87 pesos)
7) Italy: $ 30 (130 pesos)
8) Argentina: $ 11.5 (50 pesos)
9 Netherlands: 46 to $ 66 (200 to 288 pesos)
10 Chile: $ 10 (43 pesos)