Highest attendance for women’s club match

Chelsea had average over 10k last season (9,6k so far) and it is likely that a few clubs in the English league (e.g. Liverpool, both Manchester clubs) will also reach 10k because, as far as I remember, they have more matches booked at large stadiums this season. Everton atm has 9,5k average.
In German Bundesliga Union Berlin has good numbers (currently 8,4k) and they may reach 10k at the end of the season while Bayern will be moving in the near future to 15k. seats stadium from it's 2,5k training ground.

 

Yes, WSL clubs are starting to move towards playing more games at the main club stadium.
Many are actually playing all their league games there: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Leicester, Everton took over the old men stadium.

 

Barclays WSL - 8th November - Emirates Stadium, London

Arsenal 1 - 1 Chlesea

attendance: 56 537

(14th in top 100 at the time)

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NWSL - 9th Novemeber - Providence Park, Portland

Portland Thorns FC 1 - 0 San Diego Wave FC

attendance: 19 903

(279th in top 300 at the time)


NWSL - 8th Novemeber - Audi Field, Washington D.C

Washington Spirit 1 - 1 (pso. 3-1) Racing Louisville

attendance: 19 215

(285th in top 300 at the time)

 

The second leg of the Liga MX Femenil Aperatura Leguilla Final between Tigres and Club America at Estadio Universitario, Monterrey:

Attendance : 40,100+ (was announced during the game and I didn't write it down).

 

LIGA MX - 23rd November 2025 - Universitario, San Nicolas De Garza

UANL Tigres 1 - 0 Club America

attendance: 40 100 (+) (stadium max. cap. 41 886)

(50th in top 100 at the time)

 

Looks like it's a broader issue...

WSL concerned by Sky broadcast slots after TV audience of just 71,000 watched Arsenal v Chelsea this month | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...rn-sky-sports-broadcast-slots-low-tv-audience

 

yes 12pm kick-offs are horrible for fans. And players having to eat pasta at 7am is not great either.

 

Thanks for finding this article. It was quite illuminating about the commercial struggle to make money televising WSL games. Damn, if I can get up at 7:00 am east coast US time to regularly watch an Arsenal or Chelsea WSL game . . .maybe they should consider promoting their games internationally, maybe outside of Europe as a whole, there may be an international market for their league, or they could try to build one. I think it's a damn good product.

 

Average attendance across top leagues in 2025/26 season



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Serie A

Roma seems to have the largest fan base, which I estimate at around 2,000 to 2,500 per match. Juventus avg att is probably under 2000. The rest of the Serie A clubs hover around above or below 1,000 fans per match.

@blissett can correct me if I'm wrong

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

I expect that in Brazil, during the regular season, the top four clubs will average around 3,000-5,000 spectators per match (Corinthians perhaps even above 6-7k) , and the league itself will look quite similar to Liga MX in terms of attendance, with a clear division between the top and the play-off teams, the middle of the table and the rest.

 

OL Lyonnes struggles to find fans despite years of winning trophies, people around Lyon are not interested in women's football and still have the attitude about football not for women like many population in France.

Nantes are playing in a small stadium (less than 2k stade marcel saupin), but have played a couple of games at the main stadium Stade le Beaujoire, where they push the marketing and offer free tickets to school etc.. so two games at 15k+ push the average attendance up.

 

FIFA Women's Champions Cup - 5th October 2025 - Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan

Wuhan Jiangda 1 - 0 Auckland United

attendance: 32 318

(102nd in top 200 at the time)


Barclays WSL - 6th December 2025 - Emirates Stadium, London

Arsenal 2 - 1 Liverpool

attendance: 34 345

(88th in top 100 at the time)


Barclays WSL - 10th January 2026 - Emirates Stadium, London

Arsenal 0 - 0 Manchester United

attendance: 37 627

(70th in top 100 at the time)

 

• 91 649 to beat Barca at the top
• 58 157 to get into top 10
• 40 101 to get into top 50
• 32 971 to get into top 100
• 20 000 will fall short of top 300 within next month or two

 

Barclays WSL - 24th January 2026 - Stamford Bridge, London

Chelsea 0 - 2 Arsenal

attendance: 30 545

(120th in top 200 at the time)

 

FIFA Women's Champions Cup 2026 (final) - 1st February 2026 - Emirates Stadium, London

Arsenal 3 - 2 Corinthinas

attendance: 25 031

(173rd in top 200 at the time)

 

Barclays WSL - 8th February 2026 - Emirates Stadium, London

Arsenal 1 - 0 Manchester City

attendance: 39 155

(58th in top 100 at the time)

 

That's a big stadium for a new franchise, I know they will use three different ones, very impressive to get that number.

 

The problem with this game is both teams are going to be road weary: they (Denver and Wash.) both have east coast games Wed night, would have a travel day, may be a training day, then game day at 1:00 PM MST. I was excited for the ambience of a large attendance but will be looking to see how well the game is being played.