20 clubs in La Liga have Arabic-speaking accounts

Valencia Stadiums: One million views of our matches from Jordan

Real Madrid and Barcelona are the top clubs to follow 

Report: Rabie Al-Adwan

The Spanish League "LaLiga" announced the completion of the number of Spanish League clubs that have Arabic-speaking accounts on social networking sites with content directed to the Arab audience.

This came in a special press conference held by La Liga in the presence of Al Malaeb newspaper and a number of colleagues in the Arab media, in the presence of Raul Astale, marketing director for the league in the Middle East and North Africa region, and media officials from Valencia and Villarreal clubs, the latest to join the Arabic-speaking account holders, where it was confirmed. The number of clubs that have accounts in Arabic has increased from 10 last season to 20 this season.

This increase comes as a result of the great cooperation and efforts made by La Liga with the clubs during an entire year, in order to enable the appropriate content for the clubs and the Spanish League to reach all Arab audiences, even at the level of the second division, which has 3 clubs with Arabic-speaking accounts.

The media official at Valencia Club said in his response to an inquiry regarding the numbers received from Jordan that nearly a million views of the team’s matches are from Jordan, and this is a source of great pride for the club. The club has also signed agreements with new partners in Jordan, as the relationship is good with Jordan and aims to Club to develop.

The association revealed that Real Madrid and Barcelona top the ranking of the most followed teams on social media sites in the world, with Real Madrid having more than 432 million followers, Barcelona 387 million, and Atletico Madrid in 15th place with 53 million.

The Arabic language is considered the third most followed language by La Liga fans, after English and Spanish, as Egypt ranks first in the Arab world on the list of countries that follow the Spanish League competitions.

The association revealed that Arabic is the third most popular language for followers of La Liga accounts in the world, at 12%, after English, 30%, and Spanish, 18%.

Egypt is among the top four countries that follow Spanish League competitions with a rate of 4.72%, and first in the Arab world, after India with 5.38%, Bangladesh with 4.80%, and Indonesia with 4.76%, while Spain comes in eighth place with a rate of 3.57%. Valencia Club revealed some of its distinguished numbers in the region. Arabic, where the average viewership of its matches reaches about 38 million viewers during the season. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia leads the viewership of its matches with an average of 9.8 million viewers, while the total number of Arab nationalities who follow the club’s various accounts reaches 20% of the total followers, with a total of more than 1, 4 million followers from the Middle East and North Africa region.

Specifically, Valencia's Arabic language accounts are the third most followed after Spanish and English, and Algeria tops the list with 7.96%, Egypt 7.57%, and Morocco 4.20%. While Villarreal considered that most of his followers are in Saudi Arabia and Algeria, due to the presence of former Saudi player Salem Al-Dosari in his ranks, and Algerian Issa. Mandy.

The Arabic language is the fourth most followed language on the club’s accounts, and followers from the Arab region represent about 20% of its total followers.