Massive thanks to @Lechus7 for finding all these matches. I'd like to get all this on Wikipedia some day but not really sure how to go about that. The 100th most attended match is now 22,134! I think I'm going to keep track of every match over 25k, as that seems like a major milestone. But so far I'll just keep removing matches below that threshold and under 100th. Updated list here!
15th Jan 2023 FA WSL - matchweek 11 Emirates Stadium (London) attendance: 46 811 Arsenal 1 - 1 Chelsea
2022 November 4 30 274 America 3-1 Guadalajara Estadio Azteca (Mexico City) Liga MX Liguilla Semifinal (Mexico) 36 509 UANL 2-1 Monterrey Universitario (San Nicolás de los Garza) Liga MX Liguilla Semifinal (Mexico) 2022 November 7 25 899 Guadalajara 3-3 America Estadio Akron (Guadalajara) Liga MX Liguilla Semifinal (Mexico) 42 516 Monterrey 2-2 UANL Estadio BBVA (Guadalupe) Liga MX Liguilla Semifinal (Mexico) 2022 Novmeber 11 52 654 America 0-1 UANL Estadio Azteca (Mexico City) Liga MX Liguilla Final (Mexico) 2022 November 14 41 615 UANL 2-0 America Universitario (San Nicolás de los Garza) Liga MX Liguilla Final (Mexico)
2023 January 22 att. 34 900 UANL 1 - 0 Bayern Munich Universitario (San Nicolás de los Garza) Copa Amazonas (Mexico)
From just matches in November and December of 2022.... rk. attendance - scoreline (location) 5. 52,564 - America 0-1 UANL (Estadio Azteca, Mexico City) 11. 46,967 - Barcelona 3-0 Bayern Mu (Camp Nou, Barcelona) 14. 44,259 - Manchester City 1-1 Manchester United (Etihad Stadium, Manchester) 17. 42,516 - Monterrey 2-2 UANL (Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe) 18. 41,615 - UANL 2-0 America (Universitario (San Nicolás de los Garza) 22. 40,604 - Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United (Emirates Stadium, London) 25. 38,350 - Chelsea 3-0 Tottenham (Stamford Bridge, London) 32. 36,509 - UANL 2-1 Monterrey (Universitario (San Nicolás de los Garza) 37. 34,900 - UANL 1-0 Bayern Munich (Universitario (San Nicolás de los Garza) 53. 30,274 - America 3-1 Guadalajara (Estadio Azteca, Mexico City) 59. 28,720 - Barcelona 6-0 Rosengard (Camp Nou, Barcelona) 60. 28,565 - Newcastle United 2-1 Barnsley (St. James Park, Newcastle) 75. 25,899 - Guadalajara 3-3 America (Estadio Akron, Guadalajara) 94. 24,000 - Bayern Munich 3-1 Barcelona (Allianz Arena, Munich)
2023 March 4th att. 33 742 Ajax Amsterdam 1 - 1 Feyenoord Johan Cruijff Arena (Amsterdam) Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie
2023 March 21st att. 39 454 AS Roma 0 - 1 FC Barcelona Stadio Olimpico (Rome) UWCL quarterfinal 2023 March 24th att. 22 161 Everton 1 - 1 Liverpool Goodison Park (Liverpool) FA WSL 2023 March 21st att. 20 000 Bayern Munich 1 - 0 Arsenal Allianz Arena (Munich) UWCL quarterfinal
A record-setting start to the season!#WePlayHere pic.twitter.com/dbPF2x5uvH— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) March 26, 2023
2023 March 26th att. 27 221 Benfica 0 - 1 Sporting CP Estadio da Luz (Lisbon) Liga BPI New record attendance for women's football in Portugal
Appreciate all the updates and help from everyone. Wanted to do a quick recap of 2023 matches thus far... rk. attendnace - match (date) 12. 46,811 - Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea (Jan15) 24. 39,454 - Roma 0-1 Barcelona (Mar21) 38. 34,964 - UANL 1-0 Bayern Munich (Jan22) 42. 33,742 - Ajax Amsterdam 1-1 Feyenoord (Mar4) 54. 30,854 - San Diego Wave 3-2 Chicago Red Stars (Mar25) 69. 27,919 - Manchester United 4-0 West Ham United (Mar25) 73. 27,221 - Benfica 0-1 Sporting CP (Mar26) Going forward, if a match is at or over 25k, I'll keep it on the list. Previously I've been removing any match under 25k and ranked over 100th all-time. Currently the cutoff is 90/91st so I'm guessing by the end of the year we'll have 100 matches all-time with 25k.
Im RheinEnergieSTADION sitzen heute 38.365 Menschen. Publikumsrekord bei einem Spiel in der Frauen-Bundesliga. Köln, wir sind stolz auf dich. ❤️🤍___#effzeh #KOESGE pic.twitter.com/JP32r0dY3h— 1. FC Köln (@fckoeln) April 23, 2023 FC Koln vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
Barcelona 1 - 1 Chelsea (UWCL Semifinal) The biggest crowd of the @UWCL season for the final match at Camp Nou before its renovation 🤩#UWCL | #BarChe pic.twitter.com/E65ezMaCk2— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) April 27, 2023
DFB-Pokal final Wolfsburg vs Freiburg in Cologne 👏 IHR SEID DER WAHNSINN! 💥Zum DFB-Pokalfinale ist das RheinEnergieSTADION RESTLOS AUSVERKAUFT! 👏👏#DFBPokalFrauen #WOBSCF #WomensWeek | 📸 Imago pic.twitter.com/3YhqEYSWRS— DFB-Frauen (@DFB_Frauen) May 18, 2023
I've updated all the posts and CL games. Once again, ty everyone : ) You can see the full list here Half of the top 100 have come since 2020, which is crazy to see. Here's a little fun chart to help visualize the growth. Bottom axis is date and vertical axis is size of crowd. Each vertical line is the start of the year. This is only including the top 100 matches.
If the list is 20,000 or more attendance, here is another to add: May 21, 2023, Portland Thorns (h) 4 v Chicago Red Stars (a) 0, attendance 20,402, Providence Park, NWSL (USA) OL Reign says the game this evening v the Thorns, at OL Reign, will have more than 40,000.
missing: 77 390 Chelsea vs. Manchester United - 14th May 2023 30 877 Monterrey vs. UANL Tigres - 25th March 2023
20,254 Portland Thorns v Washington Spirit - 23 June 2023 Providence Park (Portland, Oregon) NWSL (USA)
22,682 San Diego Wave v OL Reign - 24 June 2023 Snap Dragon Stadium (San Diego, California) NWSL (USA)