Fontajau has not yet reached the 5,000-spectator mark this season in the ACB, but crowds continue to rise.
Diari de Girona reported that attendance has grown across every home fixture for FIATC Girona, climbing from an opening-day crowd of 4,367 against Murcia up to 4,876 for the recent match against Bilbao. That upward trend parallels a strong turnout in European competition, where the FIBA Europe Cup games played during midweek each drew more than 2,100 fans to the Girona arena.
Across the first four domestic home dates, the team drew 4,367 fans against Murcia, 4,578 against Coruña, 4,714 against Joventut, and 4,876 against Bilbao. Diari de Girona said that this represents a 509-spectator increase between the first and fourth home fixtures, amounting to an 11.7 percent growth rate.
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Cumulative attendance at Fontajau sits at 18,535 spectators across four league matches, averaging 4,634 per game. The club remains undefeated at home in domestic play. Diari de Girona reported that the team’s strong home form leaves the arena just 124 people short of a 5,000-person gate for its best domestic turnout so far.
Current figures trail last season’s averages, when Fontajau regularly hovered near 5,000 fans per match. Diari de Girona reported that Bàsquet Girona finished its fourth ACB campaign with 83,855 total spectators over 17 matches, averaging 4,932 per game. The current average of 4,634 marks a drop of roughly 6 percent.
Last year, the venue surpassed 5,000 attendees in nine of 17 league fixtures. High-water marks included 5,532 against Real Madrid, 5,478 against Lleida, 5,427 against Barça, and 5,361 against Bilbao. Diari de Girona pointed out that crowd numbers regularly touched roughly 90 percent of the arena’s 5,600 maximum capacity across previous campaigns.
In addition to domestic play, the FIBA Europe Cup has drawn 7,256 total spectators across three games, averaging 2,419 per fixture. Diari de Girona reported that the competition started with 2,900 people for the visit of Dinamo București, followed by 2,167 against Zastal Zielona Gora and 2,189 in the subsequent European outing.
When stacked against the rest of the continent, the 2,167 fans who watched the Zastal fixture placed Fontajau fourth overall among 21 group-stage matches that week. Diari de Girona said that only matches hosted by German side Trier and French clubs Nancy and Chalon drew larger crowds during that specific round.
Combined figures across both competitions show that nearly 26,000 people have passed through the turnstiles at Fontajau this season. Diari de Girona reported that the visit of Barça on Dec. 6 at 12:00 local time will serve as the next major test for the arena’s attendance figures.
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