German Football Tops Stadium Attendance According To Brazilian Study

Brazilian consulting agency PLURI Consultoria did a study on attendance in football and the results show that Europe dominates the rankings. The continent has 78 of the top 100 clubs in terms of average attendance. Out of the top 10, nine clubs are in Europe, five are German, two English and two Spanish. The outlier is Mexican club America, which comes in ninth place with an average attendance of 53,750. From the top 100, 89 teams play in their country's top division. Brazilian third division club Santa Cruz is the only team outside its country's top-two divisions that made the top 100 with an average attendance of 36,900. Germany is the country with the most teams in the top 100 with 22. This number includes all 18 clubs from the top flight and four from the 2nd Bundesliga. Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund is the club with the highest average attendance with 80,600 and a 99.8% capacity (PLURI Consultoria).

Number Of Clubs In Top 100 Listed By Country
Rank	Country	Number of Teams	Average Attendance	Average Stadium Capacity	Average Stadium Occupancy in %
1.	Germany	22	42,231	47,193	89.5%
2.	England	20	35,984	40,017	89.9%
3.	Spain	12	38,550	49,528	77.8%
4.	Mexico	10	31,343	48,911	64.1%
5.	Italy	6	38,914	67,976	57.2%
6.	Netherlands	5	36,316	38,821	93.5%
7.	China	4	31,778	59,939	53%
8.	France	3	38,801	49,189	78.9%
9.	Portugal	3	37,465	55,374	67.7%
10.	Brazil	3	29,694	44,800	66.3%
11.	Scotland	2	48,614	55,691	87.3%
12.	Ukraine	2	31,783	45,095	70.5%
13.	U.S.	2	31,592	34,362	91.9%
14.	Japan	2	29,026	56,835	51.1%
15.	Belgium	2	25,711	29,099	88.4%
16.	Canada	1	30,280	31,500	96.1%
17.	Switzerland	1	29,775	38,512	77.3%

Clubs With Highest Occupancy %
Rank	Club	Stadium	Average Stadium Occupancy in %
1.	Bayern Munich	Allianz-Arena	100.1%
2.	Borussia Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	99.8%
3.	ManU	Old Trafford	99.4%
4.	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	99.4%
5.	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	99.4%
6.	Schalke 04	Veltins-Arena	99.3%
7.	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	99.2%
8.	Fulham FC	Craven Cottage	98.8%
9.	Seattle Sounders	Century Link Field	98.8%
10.	FC Augsburg	SGL Arena	98.7%

Clubs With Largest Average Attendance
Rank	Club	Stadium	Average Attendance
1.	Borussia Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	80,552
2.	ManU	Old Trafford	75,387
3.	Barcelona	Camp Nou	74,582
4.	Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabeu	72,316
5.	Bayern Munich	Allianz-Arena	69,053
6.	Schalke 04	Veltins-Arena	61,218
7.	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	60,000
8.	Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	54,359
9.	America	Estadio Azteca	53,750
10.	Hertha BSC	Olympiastadion Berlin	53,449
11.	Hamburg	Imtech Arena	53,436
12.	Borussia Monchengladech	Stadion im Borussia-Park	51,882
13.	Celtic	Celtic Park	50,904
14.	Ajax Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	50,147
15	Newcastle United	St. James Park	49,951

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