Top 12 European Leagues in average attendance

[pc4th]

Europe

1. Bundesliga (06-07)---------------38,888
2. EPL (06-07)-------- -------------34,363
3. La Liga (06-07)----------------- 28,838
4. Ligue 1 (06-07)----------------- 21,817
5. Series A (06-07)---------------- 18,473
6. Championship(06-07)------------18,221
7. Eredivisie(06-07)-----------------18,052
8. Bundesliga 2(06-07)--------------16,815
9. Scottish Premier League (06-07)--16,194
10. Turkish Premier (05-06)----------15,189
11. Russian Premier League (06)------11,792
12. Portugese Liga (06-07)-----------10,636



World-wide

1. Bundesliga (06-07)---------------38,888
2. EPL (06-07)-------- -------------34,363
3. La Liga (06-07)----------------- 28,838
4. Mexico's Primera Division(05-06)--25,117
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. Bundesliga 2(06-07)------------16,815
11. Scottish Premier League (06-07)--16,194
12. Major League Soccer (06) --------15,504
13. Turkish Premier (05-06)------------15,189
14. Primera División Argentina(03-04)---14,853
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

13 of the 20 most attended leagues in the world are from Europe.

[FNU]

Interesting. I wonder what it will be like this coming year.

[MechCAK]

There are low capacity Stadiums in Turkey.
Fener's stadium's capacity is 52.000, BJK's 32.000. GS's 25.000
and the others are low then 20.000, most of them 15.000.
And most of them are old (historical :) )

We will built new stadiums in 2-3 years.
Then maybe our league's attendance will be higher than 20.000.

[Jwaksman]

What is your source for that? Can you include a link?

[pc4th]

What is your source for that? Can you include a link?

Mostly from soccernet.com stats.
MLS is from mlsnet.com stats
J-league is from the j-league website stats.
Someone provided the updated info for Mexican and Turkish leagues (pdf file).

[The Jitty Slitter]

again one wonders how long football can stay so cheap in germany when you see those figures for the epl....

[Gutan]

Hmm. I see that Norway are coming dangerouse close to enter top 20 on this world list now, 10.600 avg so far this season.

[CDSANTACLARA]

PORTUGAL WILL BE HIGHER THIS YEAR

Leixoes and Guimaraes got promoted so I see an average of 16,000

[pc4th]

Attendance by teams

2006-2007 Season

1 Celtic 57,927
2 Rangers 50,051
3 Hearts 16,936
4 Hibernian 14,586
5 Aberdeen 12,579
6 Kilmarnock 7,563
7 Dundee Utd 7,146
8 Dunfermline 6,105
9 Motherwell 5,876
10 St Mirren 5,608
11 Falkirk 5,386
12 Inverness CT 4,878

2006-2007 Season

1 Man Utd 1,440,694 75,826
2 Arsenal 1,140,863 60,045
3 Newcastle 963,036 50,686
4 Liverpool 827,660 43,561
5 Chelsea 789,294 41,541
6 Man City 759,946 39,997
7 Everton 698,040 36,738
8 Aston Villa 688,071 36,214
9 Tottenham 679,043 35,739
10 West Ham 659,663 34,719
11 Sheff Utd 579,728 30,512
12 Middlesbrough 526,866 27,729
13 Charlton 497,708 26,195
14 Reading 452,758 23,829
15 Bolton 448,515 23,606
16 Fulham 423,310 22,279
17 Blackburn 404,233 21,275
18 Portsmouth 357,817 19,878
19 Watford 356,258 18,750
20 Wigan 345,019 18,158

1 Sunderland 733,406 31,887
2 Derby 703,292 28,131
3 Norwich 564,524 24,544
4 Southampton 572,400 23,850
5 Sheff Wed 543,685 23,638
6 Leicester 533,736 23,205
7 Ipswich 516,231 22,444
8 Birmingham 512,294 22,273
9 Leeds 497,109 21,613
10 Wolverhampton 510,003 21,250
11 West Brom 498,260 20,760
12 Coventry 448,388 20,381
13 Hull 431,428 18,757
14 Crystal Palace 384,585 17,481
15 Stoke 362,235 15,749
16 Cardiff 350,139 15,223
17 Preston 318,822 14,491
18 QPR 297,537 12,936
19 Barnsley 292,860 12,733
20 Plymouth 289,273 12,577
21 Burnley 274,999 11,956
22 Southend 230,554 10,024
23 Luton 197,347 8,580
24 Colchester 125,718 5,466


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Major League Soccer
2007 Season (as of August 24, 2007)

Los Angeles Galaxy 23,076
D.C. United 20,721
Toronto FC 20,098
New York Red Bulls 16,543
New England Revolution 16,277
Real Salt Lake 16,225
Houston Dynamo 14,879
Colorado Rapids 14,821
FC Dallas 14,696
Chicago Fire 14,685
Columbus Crew 13,510
Chivas USA 13,013
Kansas City Wizards 9,696

Ave: 15,917

[chopsuey12]

Nice.

[zippy85]

pc4th you seem to be good with stats, do you know the figures as gate receipts in terms of monies acquired of the English and German leagues, i want to know just how much we are being ripped off.:)


P.S This UEFA Europe Forum is strangely addictive :confused:

[pc4th]

Mostly from soccernet.com stats.
MLS is from mlsnet.com stats
J-league is from the j-league website stats.
Someone provided the updated info for Mexican and Turkish leagues (pdf file).

Opps...I thought that where I got it from when I started an attendance thread a few months back. But I got it from here.

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

It includes other sports.
Only 2 soccer leagues made it on the top 6 leagues in average attendance.

NFL, MLB, CFL and Australia Rules Football are the other top 6.

[pc4th]

Mostly from soccernet.com stats.
MLS is from mlsnet.com stats
J-league is from the j-league website stats.
Someone provided the updated info for Mexican and Turkish leagues (pdf file).

Opps...I thought that where I got it from when I started an attendance thread a few months back. But I got it from here.

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

It includes other sports.
Only 2 soccer leagues made it on the top 6 leagues in average attendance.

NFL, MLB, CFL and Australia Rules Football, EPL and Bundesliga makes up the top 6.

College Football is not included.

Average attendance per division in 2004:

*Division I-A: 45,704
*Division I-AA: 8,588
*Division II: 3,713
*Division III: 1,867

Total attendance per division in 2004:

*Division I-A: 32,495,401 (75% of all total attendance for all divisions)
*Division I-AA: 5,650,727
*Division II: 2,851,498
*Division III: 2,107,855

Division I-A individual totals (average per game):

*1-Michigan: 111,025 (the Wolverines have won the attendance title 35 times since 1949)
*2-Tennessee: 106,644
*3-Ohio State: 104,876
*4-Penn State: 103,111
*5-Georgia: 92,746

[leg_breaker]

If England had the terracing and cheap prices of Germany, the average attendance would probably be around 50k.

[chopsuey12]

Ist die beste Liga meiner Meinung nach. Ich mag, wie stark sie kämpfen. Ich sehe dieses als die konkurrierendste Liga. Traurig über meinen Deutschen. Everyone always has the chance to take the title.Thats the reason i think that so many people went to games...and the prices don't hurt at all.

[zippy85]

Ist die beste Liga meiner Meinung nach. Ich mag, wie stark sie kämpfen. Ich sehe dieses als die konkurrierendste Liga. Traurig über meinen Deutschen. Everyone always has the chance to take the title.Thats the reason i think that so many people went to games...and the prices don't hurt at all.
Show-off :p

[chopsuey12]

Show-off :p

HAHA.Go StuttGart!!

[96Squig]

Show-off :p

I hear a bit of envy in your voice :-P

Fact is, in Germany the fans still have a chance to influence decisions, whereas in England that is gone, provably forever. That results in ticket prices affordable for the little man. If they would be as low in England attendance there would probably higher than in Germany, but acting as if it is unfair that the ticket prices are cheaper in D is a bit weir, to put it mildly.

[The Jitty Slitter]

I agree - it's more a cultural difference.

Germany is yet to fully go "free market"

Clubs don't look to maximise their ROI in this area.

[96Squig]

I agree - it's more a cultural difference.

Germany is yet to fully go "free market"

Clubs don't look to maximise their ROI in this area.

Maybe we never will...