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Stats & Data

Top 30 European Football Clubs by Match Attendances

June 2007 · original dataset

Rank	Club	Average 2008/09	Country	Rank 07/08	Rank 06/07
1	Manchester Utd.	75,690	England	2	1
2	Borussia Dortmund	74,830	Germany	3	3
3	Real Madrid	71,960	Spain	1	4
4	Barcelona	71,300	Spain	5	2
5	Bayern Munich	69,000	Germany	4	4
6	Schalke 04	61,385	Germany	6	6
7	Arsenal	60,040	England	7	7
8	AC Milan	59,730	Italy	9	18
9	Celtic	57,670	Scotland	8	8
10	Internazionale	55,345	Italy	13	15
11	Hamburg SV	54,775	Germany	10	9
12	Olympique Marseille	52,275	France	11	10
13	Hertha BSC	52,155	Germany	18	13
14	VfB Stuttgart	51,925	Germany	14	19
15	Rangers	49,535	Scotland	15	12
16	FC Koln	49,310	Germany	21	23
17	Ajax	49,015	Netherlands	16	14
18	Newcastle Utd.	48,750	England	12	11
19	Borussia Munchengladbach	47,375	Germany	29	17
20	Eintracht Frankfurt	47,010	Germany	17	16
21	Atletico de Madrid	44,605	Spain	19	22
22	Feyenoord	44,015	Netherlands	20	26
23	Liverpool	43,610	England	22	21
24	Manchester City	42,900	England	25	29
25	Hannover 96	41,860	Germany	Not in top 30	Not in top 30
26	Chelsea	41,590	England	26	25
27	Sevilla	41,505	Spain	Not in top 30	Not in top 30
28	PSG	40,900	France	Not in top 30	Not in top 30
29	Werder Bremen	40,475	Germany	30	27
30	Sunderland	40,170	England	24	Not in top 30