The fans were there this year supporting their team tirelessly. This year more than others the support for the fans has proved a turning factor in several games in the home stadium Heliodoro Rodríguez López in the Primera league of the BBVA.
At no time were there less than 15,000 fans in the stadium for any league game which was a substantial reason for the 30 home points gained stated the club website yesterday. The home win points was the highest of any team between 12th and 20th position in the classification of the league
In the end the stadium received more then 350 thousand visitors in total 350.302 which is a record in CD Tenerife's history. This is an average of 18.436 spectators per game, which is almost eighty per cent of the available seats in the Santa Cruz stadium.
The game which received most visitors was Tenerife-FC Barcelona, with 22.510 people; beating by 387 the game where José Luis Oltra's team played the other classic Spanish team Real Madrid, where there were 22.123 spectators.
The gates were over 20,000 another five times starting with the game against Club Atlético de Madrid, when there were 21.414 fans; and when Valencia visited, with 21.366.
Also the mass of fans were present in other games including the ones against Athletic de Bilbao (20.622), Sevilla (20.552) & finally Almería (20.810).
The 17,000 season ticket holders and the relationship between the team and the stands caused this success. A relationship which started in the year the team ascended to the first division. And the club are sure it will be repeated in the season 2010-2011 when CD Tenerife will try again to recuperate their place in the highest level.
