European attendances for 08/09 season.

[The Joker]

Manchester United may have topped the chart for average attendances in European football across the 2008-09 season, but the German Bundesliga has more clubs than the Premier League in the top ten.

United just pipped Real Madrid to the top spot with an average attendance of 75,304 for last season, with the Madrid side closely behind on 74,895.
The only other Premier League club in the top 15 was Arsenal in seventh place with an average of 60,040. Celtic and Rangers also both made it into the top 15.
German sides Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and FC Schalke were all in the top ten, making the Bundesliga the best represented league in the standings.

Average Stadium Attendances 2008-09 – European Top 15
1. Manchester United – 75,304
2. Real Madrid – 74,895
3. Barcelona – 73,913
4. Borussia Dortmund – 73,802
5. Bayern Munich – 69,622
6. FC Schalke – 61,361
7. Arsenal – 60,040
8. Celtic – 57,670
9. AC Milan – 57,066
10. Inter Milan – 55,185
11. Hamburg – 54,744
12. Marseille – 52,376
13. Stuttgart – 51,340
14. Hertha Berlin – 49,695
15. Rangers – 49,533

[Shearer FFSA]

4. Borussia Dortmund – 73,802

[Topin Wagglegammon]

On the whole the Bundesliga is the most attended top flight division in Europe.

[a1079978]

Germany also has the biggest population in Europe so they should be up the top there somewhere. Scotland does well with there support considering the country only has 3 million people so if you worked it out per capita Scotland would be miles a head

[Topin Wagglegammon]

That I did know, but Scotland has fewer teams.

[povman_2009]

Germany still lets people stand up at league games, and tickets are quite cheap in comparison to other leagues, but I must say the numbers are still very impressive. The WC was a big bonus to them with lots of new/upgraded stadiums as well.

[Chade]

4. Borussia Dortmund – 73,802

They used to be around the 80,000 mark... it's not a bad drop considering how well the team (isn't) going. Mind you, 73,000 is down from 77,000 the year before.

[themagnet]

quite surprised only two seria-A teams made the list.

[povman_2009]

quite surprised only two seria-A teams made the list.

There are only 4 stadiums in Italy with a capacity of greater then 50K, so not really that much of a surprise is it ?

[Topin Wagglegammon]

But several clubs ground share.

[Giallorossi]

German Bundesliga Tops All Euro Soccer Leagues In Attendance
The Bundesliga, Germany's top-tier soccer league, saw its highest-ever average attendance, leading all European leagues in '08-09 with 42,521 fans per game, up 7.8% from 39,444 fans per game last season. Bundesliga attendance topped even the 35,594 fans the EPL averaged this season. Dortmund led all clubs with 74,851 fans per game, which would have placed them second behind Manchester United in the EPL. Only three clubs saw declines in average attendance this season, while three clubs (of those returning from '07-08) saw double-digit increases. Listed below is club-by-club attendance for the German Bundesliga for '08-09, with comparisons to last season. Also below is an attendance trend for the Bundesliga from recent years (THE DAILY).

'08-09 GERMAN BUNDESLIGA ATTENDANCE
CLUB GMS TOTAL AVG. PREV. % +/- '07-08 GMS
Dortmund 17 1,272,460 74,851 72,510 3.2% 17
Bayern Munich 17 1,173,000 69,000 69,000 0.0% 17
Schalke 04 17 1,043,580 61,387 61,274 0.2% 17
Hamburg SV 17 931,165 54,774 55,120 -0.6% 17
Hertha Berlin 17 886,668 52,157 45,482 14.7% 17
VfB Stuttgart 17 883,646 51,979 50,706 2.5% 17
FC Cologne* 17 838,367 49,316 n/a n/a 17
Mönchengladbach* 17 805,397 47,376 n/a n/a 17
Eintracht Frankfurt 17 800,100 47,065 48,300 -2.6% 17
Hannover 96 17 711,616 41,860 40,233 4.0% 17
Werder Bremen 17 686,381 40,375 40,267 0.3% 17
1899 Hoffenheim* 17 477,300 28,076 n/a n/a 17
Karlsruher SC 17 476,312 28,018 28,840 -2.8% 17
VfL Wolfsburg 17 465,929 27,408 24,407 12.3% 17
Bayer Leverkusen 17 442,750 26,044 22,471 15.9% 17
VfL Bochum 17 433,762 25,515 24,399 4.6% 17
Arminia Bielefeld 17 398,900 23,465 21,518 9.0% 17
Energie Cottbus 17 284,245 16,720 16,598 0.7% 17
LEAGUE TOTALS 306 13,011,578 42,521 39,444 7.8% 306

NOTES: *=Promoted from Bundesliga 2 after '07-08 season. '07-08 Bundesliga average contains figures for clubs Hansa Rostock, MSV Duisburg and FC Nuremburg, who were relegated.

BUNDESLIGA ATTENDANCE TREND (306 MATCHES)
SEASON TOTAL AVG.
'08-09 13,011,578 42,521
'07-08 12,069,813 39,444
'06-07 12,226,795 39,957
'05-06 12,478,319 40,779
'04-05 11,570,364 37,812
'03-04 11,442,009 37,392
'02-03 10,450,202 34,151
'01-02 10,315,507 33,711
'00-01 9,453,110 30,893
'99-00 9,549,181 31,206
'98-99 10,026,166 32,765
'97-98 10,087,247 32,965
'96-97 9,449,798 30,882
'95-96 9,424,485 30,799
'94-95 9,196,246 30,053

[Nice One Cyril]

Firstly, Germany have the stadia to accommodate larger crowds thanks to the World Cup upgrades. Plus, with over 150% of England's population (82m versus 52m) and less games played (34 versus 38), it's not really that surprising that they get bigger crowds. I have no doubt that Manure would get 100k every week if they had a bigger capacity.

What is perhaps more surprising is that they perform relatively poorly in European comps compared to Spain, Italy and England.

[The Joker]

Firstly, Germany have the stadia to accommodate larger crowds thanks to the World Cup upgrades. Plus, with over 150% of England's population (82m versus 52m) and less games played (34 versus 38), it's not really that surprising that they get bigger crowds. I have no doubt that Manure would get 100k every week if they had a bigger capacity.

What is perhaps more surprising is that they perform relatively poorly in European comps compared to Spain, Italy and England.

The price of tickets in Germany are almost half of the prices in England or Italy.

[Salpigidis]

Germany also has the biggest population in Europe so they should be up the top there somewhere. Scotland does well with there support considering the country only has 3 million people so if you worked it out per capita Scotland would be miles a head

maybe if rangers and celtic had bigger stadiums because the country only has 2 teams

[The Joker]

maybe if rangers and celtic had bigger stadiums because the country only has 2 teams

Greece only has two teams also and neither of them are PAOK so if I was you I wouldn't even talk

[The Hofs 1899]

I watch the bundesliga games on one HD, they are very entertaining game, lots of attacking football and their is a least 5-8 team that could take the title this year.

[El Pibe D'Oro]

Napoli 25th on the extended list - its in the new world soccer - 42, 300 average attendance.

Chelsea were 24th with 42, 800 i think.

[ruud]

adelaide united was also on the extended list being 98921830921st with 10,000 people average

[El Pibe D'Oro]

adelaide united was also on the extended list being 98921830921st with 10,000 people average

Thanks for that pearl of wisdom.

I was just stating World Soccer did a top 50 and Napoli were part of it.

You just cant help yourself can you.

Arrogant git.

[ruud]

[diegom]

WOW, thats 1 mighty big-asss HOOK!

[The Kop]

Dortmund's attendance is even more impressive considering the city is only around 500-600k people.

But Schalle takes the cake here, they average ~61k but only have around 200-300k population.
However, they get a lot of support from Essen a big city without a team which is only ~20km away.

Either way, very impressive.

[El Pibe D'Oro]

Again well done.

Your family must be so proud.

"Insert next stupid hook photo".

Knob.

[Nice One Cyril]

Napoli 25th on the extended list - its in the new world soccer - 42, 300 average attendance.

Chelsea were 24th with 42, 800 i think.

Never been to a Serie A game. What's an average ticket cost?

[ruud]

Again well done.

Your family must be so proud.

"Insert next stupid hook photo".

Knob.

LOL

[Il Duce]

I was just stating World Soccer did a top 50 and Napoli were part of it.
You just cant help yourself can you.
Arrogant git.

No-one cares about napoli but the neapolitans

[El Pibe D'Oro]

I was just stating World Soccer did a top 50 and Napoli were part of it.
You just cant help yourself can you.
Arrogant git.

No-one cares about napoli but the neapolitans

And your point???