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Barcelona, Real Madrid, ManU Are Facebook Favorites, Study Finds

Consulting agency Futebol Finance conducted a study to find out which football clubs have the most followers on Facebook. The top-100 list consists of teams from 30 countries and more than 239 million Facebook followers. Close to 84% of those 239 million followers are fans of a European club. Brazil is the country with the most teams in the top 100 with 12. England and Germany both followed with 10. Spain's Barcelona and Real Madrid top the list with both having more than 30 million followers. In comparison to the ranking done in April, this updated study shows a significant increase in the number of followers for clubs in South America, Indonesia and India. For the full chart click here (Futebol Finance).

Facebook Followers
Ranking Club Country
# Of Followers
1 Barcelona Spain 36,619,000
2 Real Madrid Spain 32,858,000
3 ManU England 28,533,000
4 Chelsea England 13,762,000
5 AC Milan Italy 12,206,000
6 Arsenal England 11,778,000
7 Liverpool England 10,529,000
8 Galatasaray Turkey 7,581,000
9 Fenerbahce Turkey 6,099,000
10 Bayern Munich Germany 5,279,000
11 Juventus Italy 4,524,000
12 Boca Juniors Argentina 3,764,000
13 Besiktas Turkey 3,746,000
14 Manchester City England 3,627,000
15 Corinthians Brazil 3,038,000
16 Flamengo Brazil 2,883,000
17 Persib Bandung Indonesia 2,370,000
18 Chivas Mexico 2,197,000
19 Marseille France 2,022,000
20 Al Ahly Egypt 1,875,000

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