Highest attendance for women’s club match

The final of the AFC Women's Asian Cup between Australia and Japan in Sydney that's just been played is credited a 70.000+ crowd in attendance. Should be quite high in the rankings, even these days, shouldn't it?

 

It's 3rd best attendance for Australia WNT and surely top 10-15 around the world for WNT's

WNT's top attendace (above 50k)

MEXICO
110 000 (1971)
USA
90 185 (1999)
six matches between 50 644 and 78 972
ENGLAND
87 192 (2022)
83 132 (2023)
78 346 (2024)
77 768 (2019)
AUSTRALIA
76 798 (2024)
75 784 (2023)
74 397 (2026)
60 279 (2026)
GERMANY
73 680 (2011)
BRAZIL
70 454 (2016)
52 660 (2016)
CHINA
65 000 (1991)
55 000 (1991)
SPAIN
55 843 (2025)
NIGERIA
55 000 (1991)
CANADA
54 027 (2015)
53 855 (2015)
53 058 (2015)
MOROCCO
50 000 (2022)

 

2.Bundesliga - 21st March 2026 - MHP-Arena, Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart - FSV Mainz 05 2:4

attendance:31736

 

2. FrauenBundesliga - 21st March 2026 - MHP-Arena, Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart 2 - 4 FSV Mainz 05

attendance: 31 736

(111th in top 200 at the time)


NWSL - 14th March 2026 - Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Boston Legacy 0 - 1 Gotham FC

attendance: 30 207

(125th in top 200 at the time)


NWSL - 21st March 2026 - Providence Park, Portland

Portland Thorns FC 2 - 0 Seattle Reign FC

attendance: 23 321

(205th in top 300 at the time)

 

Official attendance in Denver is 63,004, a new #NWSL record -- smashing last year's mark by over 20,000.

— Jeff Kassouf (@JeffKassouf) March 28, 2026

 

NWSL - 28th March 2026 - Empower Field, Denver

Denver Summit FC 0 - 0 Washington Spirit

attendance: 63 004

(6th in top 100 at the time)

NWSL attendance record & national leagues world record as only UWCL and English FA Cup has bigger attendance for single match.



Barclays WSL - 28th March - Emirates Stadium, London

Arsenal 5 - 2 Tottenham

attendance: 46 123

(30th in top 100 at the time)



Premiere Ligue - 28th March 2026 - Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Olympique Marseille 1 - 2 Montpellier HSC

attendance: 35 715

(84th in top 100 at the time)



Barclays WSL - 28th March 2026 - Old Trafford, Manchester

Manchester United 0 - 3 Manchester City

attendance: 24 983

(187th in top 200 at the time)



honorable mention

WE League - 28 March 2026 - Peace Wing, Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 1 - 0 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama

attendance: 17 612

Highest attendance in current season in WE League.

 

UWCL - 2nd April 2026 - Camp Nou, Barcelona

FC Barcelona 6 - 0 Real Madrid

attendance: 60 067

(9th in top 100 at the time)



UWCL - 1st April 2026 - Allainz Arena, Munich

Bayern Munich 2 - 1 Manchester United

attendance: 25 000

(187th in top 200 at the time)

 

UWCL - 25th April 2026 - Alianz Arena, Munich

Bayern Munich 1 - 1 Barcelona

attendance: 31 000

(121st in top 200 at the time)


UWCL - 26th April 2026 - Emirates Stadium, London

Arsenal - OL Lyonnes

attendance: 26 758

(164th in top 200 at the time)

 

UWCL - 3rd May 2026 - Camp Nou, Barcelona

Barcelona 4 - 2 Bayern Munich

attendance: 60 021

(11th in top 100 at the time)


Frauen Bundesliga - 2nd May 2026 - RheinEnergie Stadium, Koln

FC Koln 3 - 0 SV Werder Bremen

attendance: 30 411

(130th in top 200 at the time)


UWCL - 2nd May 2026 - Groupama Stadium, Lyon

OL Lyonnes 3 - 1 Arsenal

attendance: 22 505

(224th in top 300 at the time)

 

DFB Pokal Final - 14 May 2026 - RheinEnergie Stadium, Koln

Wolfsburg 0 - 4 Bayern Munich

attendance: 46 064

(33rd in top 100 at the time)


Copa de La Reina Final - 16 May 2026 - La Romerada, Saragossa

Barcelona 3 - 1 Atletico Madrid

attendance: 26 093

(174th in top 200 at the time)


Barclays WSL - 13 May 2026 - Emirates, London

Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton

attendance: 25 068

(186th in top 200 at the time)

 

Liga MX Femenil - 14 May 2026 - Estadio BBVA, Guadelupe

Monterrey 1 - 0 America

attendence: 35 228

(91st in top 100 ath the time)


Liga MX Femenil - 25 April 2026 - Estadio BBVA, Guadelupe

Monterrey 0 - 3 UANL Tigres

attendance: 27 408

(164th in top 200 at the time)


Liga MX Femenil - 17 May 2026 - Estadio Ciudad de los Deporttes, Mexico City

America 3 - 0 Monterrey

attendance: 30 000 (unofficial)

(140th in top 200 at the time)

 

Yes and no... Matches between UANL, Monterrey, and América (sometimes including Pachuca and Guadalajara) typically draw much larger crowds than the league average. Playoff (Liguilla) matches, in particular, are heavily promoted. In the past, such high attendance figures for individual matches have occurred.
At the same time, this year’s Clausura has seen a 25% increase in overall attendance compared to last year’s Apertura, so this isn’t coming out of nowhere.

The matches on May 14 and 17 are the Clausura finals—they’re always well attended.

 

NWSL - 17th May 2026 - Providence Park, Portland OR

Thorns 0 - Angel City 0

attendance: 20,652

 

Can you dig into your resources to find the attendance at last year's Concacaf Women's Champions Cup Semifinals and Finals played at Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, that included the two local teams Tigres and Monterrey? I don't think those were sell-outs, but the capacity of that stadium (42,000) is higher than this year's venue (25,900). I'm interested to see if they can carry the enthusiasm of the Liguilla into this tournament--might be a clue into the growth of the support in Mexico. Thanks!

 

semi-finals
Club America 1-3 Gotham and Tigres UANL 2-0 Portland Thorns
doubleheader - attendance 4 589

Final
Tigres UANL 0-1 Gotham FC
and 3rd place match America 0-3 Porland Thorns
doubleheader - attendance 17 264

 

I'm dragging in this year-old post of yours @Lechus7 to illustrate that those great Liglla finals did not carry-over to the Concacaf games shortly thereafter, which included one of the participants in that tournament, held at the same venue. So given the contrasting turn-out for last years Ligilla and Concacaf games, I'll be interested in seeing what numbers we'll see tomorrow and the final. It may mean the Mexicans don't yet rate this tournament nor perhaps the opponents, or their clubs chances of winning. Or they could be saving their money for the many men's games as well.

PS the date in the post I've quoted is for 2025 not 2024, just for clarity.

 

My perspective on this, from watching some of the matches, is that at least the NWSL clubs rate these matches as secondary to their league matches. So perhaps the competition has not yet reached a high status level.

 

I'd agree with this perspective in regard to the group stage because you only need to place second to advance, and the most difficult teams in each group (for the NWSL teams) is one from Liga MX and another NWSL team. A NWSL team can usually waltz by the Central American and Caribbean teams and can use a reserve-laden team. There's no sense in bringing too many starters to a midweek game in El Salvador, when you have a league game on the weekend during the stretch run to the playoffs.

But the knockout round is taken seriously by at least Gotham (given there performances last year) Their management and coach want to set a high standard for their club to strive for international success, hence the major commitment in time, travel and money to train in Spain for a few weeks before the Fifa Champion Cup last January. The Concacaf Champion Cup also gets you into Women's Club World Cup in 2028, so I'd imagine Washington would be keen to win this tournament the next few days. There's also prize money involved in all these trophies. Finally, both teams are are on break from the league fixtures until May 30-31 and then begin their June break, so there really isn't a schedule conflict.

 

UWCL Final - 23 May 2026 - Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

FC Barcelona 4 - 0 OL Lyonnes

attendance: 24 258

(210th in top 300 at the time)

 

NWSL - 30th May 2026 - Providence Park, Portland OR

Portland Thorns 2 - Utah Royals 2

attendance: 20,053

 

(289th in top 300 at the time)

(304th in top 400 ath the time)

 

FA Women's Cup final - 31st May 2026 - Wembley Stadium, London

Brighton 0 - 4 Manchester City

attendance: 43 917

(40th in top 100 at the time)