CBF Current Avg. Attendance: 36.717 Atlético/MG (12) 27.908 Flamengo/RJ (14) 22.257 São Paulo/SP (12) 19.995 Corinthians/SP (13) 19.843 Grêmio/RS (13) 18.925 Sport/PE (12) 17.603 Internacional/RS (12) 17.290 Cruzeiro/MG (12) 17.021 Palmeiras/SP (12) 15.405 Atlético/PR (13) 15.136 Fluminense/RJ (12) 14.737 Coritiba/PR (12) 13.348 Náutico/PE (13) 12.822 Vitória/BA (13) 11.038 Goiás/GO (12) 10.306 Avaí/SC (13) 10.235 Botafogo/RJ (11) 8.210 Santos/SP (13) 5.400 Santo André/SP (13) 3.591 Barueri/SP (12) League Average: 15.921 their about on par as the MLS's average attendance!!!! why are attendance so low in Brasil???
For a few reasons: - The small clubs take the average way down, if you look at the top 10 averaging teams, its 21,296 avg - Games are availabe on TV via open TV, Payperview, etc...even a guy in a "favela" can get a clandestine conection and watch every single game - Stadiums are hard to get to, most of them are not modern, there are fights in many rivalry games, you can't drink beer in a stadium now... - When your team is doing really well, the european teams will come in and take your best prospect for the last 10 years, by paying peanuts...and I'm sure the club directors are getting their cut to allow these deals...than your team starts losing because you lack depth..... - Brazilian clubs have country wide support, so for instance, when Flamengo plays away, the games are usually pretty packed, but when Barueri comes to town, it doesn't draw so well One think to keep in mind is that when there are big games the crowd will be above 40k, 50k, 60k...when there are so so games the same teams draw 10k, 12k, 15k crowds...I don't think you can compare MLS attendance to Brazil attendance just yet...in the U.S. the crowd can't deliver for a big game like in Brazil and the atmosphere is not even close. Thats my take on it at least.
can i get more then 1 take on this? or is there another site with brazilians that can help me with this dilemma lol thanx for the input Menago.
40.036 Flamengo/RJ (19) 38.761 Atlético/MG (19) 26.305 São Paulo/SP (19) 22.042 Fluminense/RJ (19) 21.973 Cruzeiro/MG (19) 20.213 Corinthians/SP (19) 18.425 Palmeiras/SP (19) 18.323 Internacional/RS (19) 17.896 Sport/PE (19) 17.776 Grêmio/RS (19) 16.817 Coritiba/PR (19) 16.280 Atlético/PR (19) 14.373 Botafogo/RJ (19) 13.863 Náutico/PE (19) 13.391 Vitória/BA (19) 11.944 Goiás/GO (19) 9.983 Avaí/SC (19) 9.242 Santos/SP (19) 4.796 Santo André/SP (19) 3.691 Barueri/SP (19) League Average: 17.807
Nice ascension by Fluminense ... 15 to 22 thousand... the last few games they have about 70,000 Nobody can beat Flamengo in this... LOL