Packed Stadiums - TOP 10 Highest Average Attendances in World Football!

Grêmio is currently experiencing a huge drop in its average attendance at home games. Due to the very expensive tickets, poor local infrastructure of the stadium, the distance of the arena from the main centers of Porto Alegre and flooding, the tricolor is not able to maintain its audience in the arena.

On the other side of the River Plate, River Plate is breaking historical records after the renovation of the Monumental de Núñez. Large crowds have become increasingly rare in football, due to the safety issues that more modern arenas and stadiums have adopted over the years. Even so, with an enviable infrastructure, River Plate climbs the ranking of the club with the highest average attendance in the world, straight to first place in the latest census of 2024.

Let's see what the Ranking is like currently.

The Monumental de Núñez is the largest stadium in South America and holds just over 85,000 people. This extraordinary capacity was achieved after its renovation, which was completed in the first half of 2023. This meant that, the following year, together with a good phase for the club, River managed to surpass Borussia Dortmund in the ranking of highest average attendance.

Argentine fans are extremely passionate and, since 2022, when they won the World Cup, they have been experiencing an era of football vigor in the country. This also explains the drastic increase in attendance at stadiums, always reaching the limit in all games, in any competition.

For a long time, Borussia Dortmund has been the most loyal and fanatical fan base in the world. The famous “Yellow Wall” is a pioneer in many forms of support, with its mosaics, chants and pre-match rituals, which inspire fans all over the world.

Although they may not have the biggest fan base in Germany, Dortmund is a symbol of a city that is predominantly made up of working-class people. These workers found refuge in football from their tiring workdays, and this resulted in the entire city flocking to the Signal Iduna on Borussia Dortmund match days. For a long time, the German club was the world leader in average attendance and remains one of the most passionate fan bases in the world.

Bayern Munich is the biggest and most influential club in Germany. Perhaps driven by its biggest rival, it is also one of the clubs with the highest average attendance in the world. Unlike Borussia, Bayern Munich is a much more media-savvy club, which attracts the attention of many fans outside the country due to its great hegemony in German football. So it is only natural that the club receives a huge audience at every match, since it is one of the biggest (perhaps the second biggest) clubs in the world.

United is the biggest club in England and has the biggest fan base. And it has always been that way, since the very beginning of the sport, back in 1878, when the club was founded, it has always been the biggest English power in terms of fan base. Manchester, like Dortmund, is a city with a very strong working class, who meet at the stadium to escape from long days of work. Despite this, United is also an elite club and has been the most valuable football team in the world several times throughout its history, and remains one of the most valuable to this day, always appearing at the top of the rankings. This has a lot of influence when it comes to filling the stadiums too, as the club attracts the attention of many supporters around the world.

After a long hiatus in Italian football, the country is once again enjoying large crowds due to the good form of its teams and the constant renewal of national football over the years. Internazionale is the second largest fan base in Italy, but has always been one of the most passionate about football.

Despite being a much more valuable, successful and influential club worldwide, Milan always lags behind Internazionale when it comes to fans. It currently has the third largest fan base in the country and the 6th largest average in the world.

The biggest football club in the world also has the 5th largest fan base in the world. Real Madrid is also one of the clubs with the most fans worldwide, who always travel in droves to see Merengue's games. It is one of the few truly elite clubs that appear on this list. Teams that identify with the common people, the working class, and speak openly about political and social issues usually have very high audiences. This is not the case for Real Madrid, making its average attendance even more impressive.

When it comes to clubs that identify with the people and speak about political and social issues, Olympique is a football club that does all of this and more. The result is one of the most passionate fan bases in the entire world.

Olympique fans are openly left-wing and have always been involved in anti-capitalist, pro-immigrant movements in the country (especially Arabs) and also in anti-fascist movements and direct actions in favor of workers and the less fortunate in the city. This has resulted in an extremely vocal and present fan base that always goes in large numbers to see Olympique play.

Another club with proletarian origins in its foundation, West Ham has the second largest average fan base in England and is very similar to its rival Manchester United in terms of how its fans identify with the club. However, West Ham's fans are notoriously known for fostering one of the largest "Hooligan" movements in England, which are those violent fans who constantly fight, adding up to several cases of violence against rival teams both inside and outside their country.

Despite being a club that is not among the big 6 in England and frequently having poor campaigns in the Premier League, often falling to the second division, the club still fills the stadium with its extremely fanatical fans (in both a good and bad sense).

Roma's fans are some of the most passionate in Italian football and are known for being very present, singing and partying, even when the club is being thrashed. The club from the country's capital has a fan base that is not that big, but one that identifies very much with the club. Due to its unique colors, mascots and being located in the heart of Italy, the club also attracts a lot of attention from many supporters from all over the world who come to see Roma play.

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