Top 20 Soccer Leagues (attendance)

[pc4th]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attendance_figures_at_domestic_professional_sports_leagues

1. Bundesliga (06-07)---------------38,888
2. EPL (06-07)-------- -------------34,363
3. La Liga (06-07)----------------- 28,838
4. Mexico's Primera Division(03)___________23,750
5. Ligue 1 (06-07)----------------- 21,817
6. Series A (06-07)---------------- 18,473
7. J-league (06)--------------------18,292
8. Championship(06-07)------------18,221
9. Eredivisie(06-07)-----------------18,052
10. Primera División Argentina(03-04) _________17,363
11. Bundesliga 2(06-07)------------16,815
12. Turkish Premier Super League(03-04)________16,799
13. Scottish Premier League (06-07)--16,194
14. MLS (06) ------------------------15,504
15. A-league (06-07)------------------14,042
16. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (06)-12,385
17. Russian Premier League (06)-------11,792
18. Portugese Liga (06-07)-----------10,636
19. Chinese Super League (06)-------10,600
20. Jupiler League (06-07)-----------10,533

Bonus:
21. K-league, 10,009.

If anyone have the updated info for Mexico, Argentina and Turkey, please post.

[pc4th]

FYI

The ten leagues with the highest revenue (per team)

1 Premier League (England): $130 mln. average
2 Serie A (Italy): $90 mln.
3 Bundesliga (Germany): $89 mln.
4 La Liga (Spain): $70 mln.
5 Ligue 1 (France): $50 mln.
6 Primera División de México (Mexico): $ 30 mln.
7 J. League (Japan): $28 mln.
8 Eredivisie (Netherlands): $25 mln.
9 The Championship (England): $25 mln.
10 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brazil): $24 mln

[j.fisher]

Pretty surprising to see MLS right behind the SPL. As for the revenue no REAL surprise except the Championship being right up there.. which isn't a surprise really.

[pc4th]

Pretty surprising to see MLS right behind the SPL. As for the revenue no REAL surprise except the Championship being right up there.. which isn't a surprise really.

The most surprising fact for me is Series A's attendance. 18,473.

It used to be 25,000+ a few years ago. I guess Juventus in Series B didn't help. Though Juventus averages only around 28,000 per game.

[Gold is the Colour]

Pretty surprising to see MLS right behind the SPL.

And the A-League right behind them even though it's only in it's second year. J-League at no. 7 as well shows that there is pretty good interest outside of the "traditional" countries

[napolisoccer]

I think that the next SERIE A will have 25.000/30.000 average attendences. In fact there is an enormous enthusiam for the next season and will be there JUVE, NAPOLI and GENOA in place of MESSINA, CHIEVO and ASCOLI......and above all I hope that stadium will open to all spectators in all games and that will not be there other scandals and penalizations like in the last season.

[leg_breaker]

Bear in mind that MLS attendance numbers are often double/triple the actual turnout.

[AcesHigh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attendance_figures_at_domestic_professional_sports_leagues

16. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (06)-12,385

thats shameful. There are some clubs which really make that average go down. Juventude and São Caetano for example. Grêmio had an average attendance of 28 thousand last year.

and this year Grêmio had an average attendance of 15 thousand in the STATE LEAGUE!!! And av 45 thousand in the Libertadores Cup.

FYI

The ten leagues with the highest revenue (per team)

1 Premier League (England): $130 mln. average
2 Serie A (Italy): $90 mln.
3 Bundesliga (Germany): $89 mln.
4 La Liga (Spain): $70 mln.
5 Ligue 1 (France): $50 mln.
6 Primera División de México (Mexico): $ 30 mln.
7 J. League (Japan): $28 mln.
8 Eredivisie (Netherlands): $25 mln.
9 The Championship (England): $25 mln.
10 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brazil): $24 mln

at first sight thats not good. But we must remember the REAL is very devalued in relation to the dollar, and brazilians earn in REAIS. If brazilians just started earning in dollars, prices would be the same, and thus Av Revenue would be $50 million. Kinda like GDP vs GDP PPP (Power Purchase Parity)

[tguy24]

Bear in mind that MLS attendance numbers are often double/triple the actual turnout.

What a bunch of bullshit.

If you believe that then lets see some evidence.
MLS many have padded the numbers in the pass but never double and they have been very accurate with the figures this year and the areage is still over 15,000.

[sidis]

the current media for brazilian league is now 14.086 (97 games of 379 already player)

[tommuster]

yes man

[Andy TAUS]

And the A-League right behind them even though it's only in it's second year.Bearing in mind that the NZ Knights' average attendance was 5 sheep & a dog, the overall A-League figure was surprising. Let's hope that the NZ Phoenix round up a few more sheep, this coming season.

[Spartak]

The most surprising fact for me is Series A's attendance. 18,473.

It used to be 25,000+ a few years ago. I guess Juventus in Series B didn't help. Though Juventus averages only around 28,000 per game.

Although there has been a steady decline in Serie A attendance the last 5 years, that 18,473 number is a bit misleading. Due to the stadium bans resulting from the riots in Catania a number of stadiums were closed completely to the public and others were only open to season ticket holders.

[Mad2Ad]

FYI

The ten leagues with the highest revenue (per team)

1 Premier League (England): $130 mln. average
2 Serie A (Italy): $90 mln.
3 Bundesliga (Germany): $89 mln.
4 La Liga (Spain): $70 mln.
5 Ligue 1 (France): $50 mln.
6 Primera División de México (Mexico): $ 30 mln.
7 J. League (Japan): $28 mln.
8 Eredivisie (Netherlands): $25 mln.
9 The Championship (England): $25 mln.
10 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brazil): $24 mln

the reason for a the higher average in premiership is down to partly that the tv money is spread out more venly in the premiership then in other leagues and therefore the smaller teams get more money in comparison to other smaller teams from other leagues. this should mean the smaller clubs do better in uefa cup etc but they dnt suprisingly

[Bartio88]

the reason for a the higher average in premiership is down to partly that the tv money is spread out more venly in the premiership then in other leagues and therefore the smaller teams get more money in comparison to other smaller teams from other leagues. this should mean the smaller clubs do better in uefa cup etc but they dnt suprisingly

Suprisingly? Hahah. They never do. Probably because long balls are out of date since 1966.

[RichardL]

the reason for a the higher average in premiership is down to partly that the tv money is spread out more venly in the premiership then in other leagues and therefore the smaller teams get more money in comparison to other smaller teams from other leagues. this should mean the smaller clubs do better in uefa cup etc but they dnt suprisingly

crowds starting rising in England long before the tv money got big, and it hardly accounts for the large crowds outside the premiership, where tv money is tiny.

As much as SKY and parts of the media like to claim the game's growth is down to them, it isn't.

[RichardL]

Suprisingly? Hahah. They never do. Probably because long balls are out of date since 1966.

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[leg_breaker]

the reason for a the higher average in premiership is down to partly that the tv money is spread out more venly in the premiership then in other leagues and therefore the smaller teams get more money in comparison to other smaller teams from other leagues. this should mean the smaller clubs do better in uefa cup etc but they dnt suprisingly

The problem is, it's often mid to lower table English teams in the Uefa Cup competing against Champions League-chasing teams in other countries. I.e. relegation candidates like Boro and Newcastle playing Seville, AZ Alkmaar and Roma who are all either in title races or Champions League positions.

English teams are also known to play a lot of second string players, and there is little fan interest.

[jpick]

it is not just juve coming back that will help attendance (next season in a they will be well above 30), but also the lack of penalties has put the same interest that milan had a few years ago with their ticket sales, also genoa and especially napoli will have huge turnouts as their fan bases are large and rabid. this alone will help the averages quite a bit. in addition, as spartak alluded to, the security measures at some stadiums allowed only season ticket holders and sometimes no opposing fans to travel, so this dampened the numbers. I wouldn't be surprised to see at least around average attendances of 23+ thousand next season in serie a, maybe close to the 25k mark, if all goes well.

also, when comparing to a few years back, remember that was with 18 teams, 20 teams means that additional provincial squad or two that further dilutes the numbers, so if serie a gets say 24k next year, that might be like 26k a few years back if you cut out two provincial sides that usually have some of the lower attendances. so, comparing to more than a few seasons ago also gets tricky because of that.

[jokura]

According to ENB Sports Statistics (www.enbltd.com) (http://www.enbltd.com)/) these are the updated attendances for leagues at Argentina, Mexico and Turkey:

ARGENTINA (2005/06): 14,853

MEXICO (2005/06): 25,117

TURKEY (2005/06): 15,189