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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