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Stats & Data

Portugal Football Club Attendances

June 2007 · original dataset

The Portuguese Liga (sponsored by Sagres in 2008/09) is the top division of Portuguese professional football. Next division down is the Liga de Honra. The Liga is presently contested by sixteen clubs each season and is currently in its 74th edition (2009/10). The competition is dominated by the so called “big three”; (Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting Portugal), who have a total of 71 titles, with Belenenses and Boavista winning the other two.




























































Club

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09
FC Porto 38680 38780 38630 38765
SL Benfica 43055 39010 37560 35700
Sporting CP 31640 33285 29380 26515
Vitoria Guimares 15980 14000 19575 16580
Sporting Braga 11550 12230 15615 10550
Académica Coimbra 9865 8750 6870 5975
Belenenses 5365 4005 2810 5075
CS Maritimo 4325 4165 5825 4940
Leixoes SC 3200 3500 5035 4175
Vitoria Setubal 3835 3425 3255 3835