Big five leagues: attendance & capacity
How do Europe's big five leagues compare on matchday? This page pits the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 on average attendance and how full their grounds get, then ranks every league by average stadium capacity. Bundesliga draws the biggest crowds at 43,220 per game, while Bundesliga fills the highest share of its seats (97%).
Average attendance vs occupancy
Avg attendance
Occupancy %
43,220
97% full
39,972
97% full
31,760
81% full
30,809
81% full
25,875
78% full
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Germany · 18 clubs
43,220
avg attendance
44,178
avg capacity
97%
occupancy
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | Attendance | Full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Borussia Dortmund
|
Signal Iduna Park | 81,365 | 81,365 | 100% |
 Bayern München
|
Allianz Arena | 75,024 | 75,000 | 100% |
 FC Schalke 04
|
Veltins-Arena | 62,271 | 61,829 | 99% |
 VfB Stuttgart
|
MHPArena | 60,058 | 59,265 | 99% |
 Eintracht Frankfurt
|
Deutsche Bank Park | 59,500 | 59,071 | 99% |
 Hamburger SV
|
Volksparkstadion | 57,000 | 56,947 | 100% |
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
|
ista-Borussia-Park | 54,057 | 51,100 | 95% |
 1. FC Köln
|
RheinEnergieSTADION | 50,000 | 49,918 | 100% |
 RB Leipzig
|
Red Bull Arena | 47,800 | 44,164 | 92% |
 Werder Bremen
|
Weserstadion | 42,100 | 41,265 | 98% |
 SC Freiburg
|
Europa-Park Stadion | 34,700 | 34,118 | 98% |
 1. FSV Mainz 05
|
Mewa Arena | 33,305 | 31,797 | 95% |
 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
|
BayArena | 30,210 | 30,016 | 99% |
 FC Augsburg
|
WWK Arena | 30,660 | 29,787 | 97% |
 TSG Hoffenheim
|
SNP Arena | 30,150 | 26,697 | 89% |
 1. FC Union Berlin
|
An der Alten Försterei | 22,012 | 21,996 | 100% |
 SC Paderborn 07
|
Home Deluxe Arena | 15,000 | 14,522 | 97% |
 SV 07 Elversberg
|
Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde | 10,000 | 9,113 | 91% |
England · 20 clubs
39,972
avg attendance
41,118
avg capacity
97%
occupancy
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | Attendance | Full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Manchester United
|
Old Trafford | 74,158 | 73,975 | 100% |
 Tottenham Hotspur
|
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | 62,850 | 61,003 | 97% |
 Liverpool
|
Anfield | 61,276 | 60,389 | 99% |
 Arsenal
|
Emirates Stadium | 60,704 | 60,217 | 99% |
 Manchester City
|
Etihad Stadium | 61,038 | 52,640 | 86% |
 Everton
|
Hill Dickinson Stadium | 52,769 | 52,132 | 99% |
 Newcastle United
|
St. James' Park | 52,729 | 52,095 | 99% |
 Sunderland
|
Stadium of Light | 48,095 | 46,417 | 97% |
 Aston Villa
|
Villa Park | 36,887 | 41,977 | 114% |
 Chelsea
|
Stamford Bridge | 40,044 | 39,661 | 99% |
 Leeds United
|
Elland Road | 37,633 | 36,695 | 98% |
 Brighton & Hove Albion
|
Amex Stadium | 32,176 | 31,379 | 98% |
 Nottingham Forest
|
City Ground | 31,212 | 30,421 | 97% |
 Coventry City
|
Coventry Building Society Arena | 32,609 | 30,290 | 93% |
 Ipswich Town
|
Portman Road | 30,294 | 28,303 | 93% |
 Fulham
|
Craven Cottage | 28,107 | 27,228 | 97% |
 Crystal Palace
|
Selhurst Park | 25,194 | 24,925 | 99% |
 Hull City
|
MKM Stadium | 24,983 | 21,400 | 86% |
 Brentford
|
Gtech Community Stadium | 17,250 | 17,132 | 99% |
 Bournemouth
|
Vitality Stadium | 12,357 | 11,175 | 90% |
Spain · 20 clubs
31,760
avg attendance
38,791
avg capacity
81%
occupancy
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | Attendance | Full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Real Madrid
|
Bernabéu | 83,186 | 71,549 | 86% |
 Atlético de Madrid
|
Riyadh Air Metropolitano | 70,460 | 60,855 | 86% |
 Real Betis
|
La Cartuja | 70,000 | 57,427 | 82% |
 Athletic Club
|
San Mamés | 53,331 | 47,617 | 89% |
 FC Barcelona
|
Spotify Camp Nou | 62,652 | 45,099 | 72% |
 Valencia CF
|
Mestalla | 49,430 | 44,699 | 90% |
 Sevilla FC
|
Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán | 43,883 | 35,688 | 81% |
 Real Sociedad
|
Anoeta | 39,313 | 30,698 | 78% |
 RCD Espanyol
|
RCDE Stadium | 37,776 | 28,646 | 76% |
 Elche CF
|
Manuel Martínez Valero | 31,388 | 26,434 | 84% |
 Málaga CF
|
La Rosaleda | 30,044 | 25,361 | 84% |
 Deportivo de La Coruña
|
Abanca Riazor | 32,912 | 24,251 | 74% |
 Racing de Santander
|
El Sardinero | 22,308 | 21,099 | 95% |
 CA Osasuna
|
El Sadar | 23,576 | 20,560 | 87% |
 Levante UD
|
Ciutat de València | 26,354 | 20,211 | 77% |
 RC Celta de Vigo
|
Estadio Abanca-Balaídos | 24,870 | 20,007 | 80% |
 Villarreal CF
|
Estadio de la Cerámica | 23,008 | 17,989 | 78% |
 Deportivo Alavés
|
Mendizorrotza | 19,840 | 16,801 | 85% |
 Rayo Vallecano
|
Estadio de Vallecas | 14,708 | 12,017 | 82% |
 Getafe CF
|
Coliseum | 16,800 | 8,196 | 49% |
Italy · 20 clubs
30,809
avg attendance
36,561
avg capacity
81%
occupancy
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | Attendance | Full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AC Milan
|
Giuseppe Meazza | 75,923 | 71,512 | 94% |
 Inter Milan
|
Giuseppe Meazza | 75,923 | 70,129 | 92% |
 AS Roma
|
Olimpico di Roma | 70,634 | 62,435 | 88% |
 Napoli
|
Diego Armando Maradona | 54,726 | 51,037 | 93% |
 Lazio
|
Olimpico di Roma | 70,634 | 44,077 | 62% |
 Juventus FC
|
Allianz Stadium | 41,507 | 40,237 | 97% |
 Genoa
|
Luigi Ferraris | 33,205 | 31,003 | 93% |
 Bologna
|
Stadio Renato Dall’Ara | 36,462 | 27,974 | 77% |
 Lecce
|
Ettore Giardiniero | 31,559 | 26,007 | 82% |
 Torino
|
Olimpico Grande Torino | 28,177 | 23,324 | 83% |
 Atalanta
|
New Balance Arena - Bergamo | 24,950 | 22,675 | 91% |
 Udinese
|
Bluenergy Stadium | 25,144 | 21,823 | 87% |
 Fiorentina
|
Artemio Franchi | 43,147 | 20,358 | 47% |
 Parma
|
Ennio Tardini | 22,352 | 19,125 | 86% |
 Cagliari
|
Unipol Domus | 16,416 | 16,085 | 98% |
 Monza
|
U-Power Stadium | 18,568 | 11,104 | 60% |
 Como 1907
|
Giuseppe Sinigaglia | 12,039 | 10,524 | 87% |
 Venezia FC
|
Pier Luigi Penzo | 12,048 | 10,379 | 86% |
 Sassuolo
|
Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore | 21,584 | 5,569 | 26% |
 Frosinone
|
Benito Stirpe | 16,227 | — | — |
France · 18 clubs
25,875
avg attendance
31,962
avg capacity
78%
occupancy
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | Attendance | Full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympique de Marseille
|
Cepac Vélodrome | 67,394 | 62,612 | 93% |
 Olympique Lyonnais
|
Groupama Stadium | 59,186 | 49,848 | 84% |
 Paris Saint-Germain
|
Parc des Princes | 48,583 | 47,577 | 98% |
 LOSC Lille
|
Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy | 50,186 | 43,092 | 86% |
 RC Lens
|
Stade Bollaert-Delelis | 38,223 | 37,564 | 98% |
 RC Strasbourg Alsace
|
Stade de la Meinau | 32,300 | 27,836 | 86% |
 Stade Rennais FC
|
Roazhon Park | 29,778 | 27,765 | 93% |
 Toulouse FC
|
Stadium de Toulouse | 33,150 | 24,620 | 74% |
 OGC Nice
|
Allianz Riviera | 36,178 | 22,078 | 61% |
 Le Havre AC
|
Stade Océane | 25,178 | 19,253 | 76% |
 Paris FC
|
Stade Jean Bouin | 19,904 | 16,826 | 85% |
 AJ Auxerre
|
Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 18,541 | 16,313 | 88% |
 FC Lorient
|
Stade du Moustoir | 18,110 | 15,382 | 85% |
 Stade Brestois 29
|
Stade Francis-Le Blé | 15,220 | 14,362 | 94% |
 Angers SCO
|
Stade Raymond-Kopa | 19,350 | 12,484 | 65% |
 Le Mans FC
|
Stade Marie-Marvingt | 25,064 | 12,033 | 48% |
 AS Monaco
|
Stade Louis-II | 18,525 | 8,153 | 44% |
 ES Troyes AC
|
Stade de l'Aube | 20,460 | 7,969 | 39% |
About this data
Average attendance is the mean home crowd across every club in the league; occupancy is that attendance as a share of stadium capacity. A league can pull huge crowds yet still have room to grow, or pack out smaller grounds week after week.
All leagues by average stadium capacity
| # | League | Country | Div | Grounds | Average capacity | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bundesliga | Germany | 1 | 18 |
|
795,212 |
| 2 | Premier League | England | 1 | 20 |
|
822,365 |
| 3 | La Liga | Spain | 1 | 20 |
|
775,839 |
| 4 | Russian Premier League | Russia | 1 | 16 |
|
601,843 |
| 5 | Serie A | Italy | 1 | 18 |
|
584,668 |
| 6 | Ligue 1 | France | 1 | 18 |
|
575,330 |
| 7 | 2. Bundesliga | Germany | 2 | 18 |
|
555,209 |
| 8 | Süper Lig | Turkey | 1 | 17 |
|
494,364 |
| 9 | EFL Championship | England | 2 | 24 |
|
658,198 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan Premier League | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 |
|
23,804 |
| 11 | Scottish Premiership | Scotland | 1 | 12 |
|
256,814 |
| 12 | Ekstraklasa | Poland | 1 | 17 |
|
361,603 |
| 13 | Eredivisie | Netherlands | 1 | 18 |
|
377,021 |
| 14 | Swiss Super League | Switzerland | 1 | 11 |
|
215,182 |
| 15 | Ukrainian First League | Ukraine | 2 | 3 |
|
56,353 |
| 16 | Primeira Liga | Portugal | 1 | 18 |
|
327,751 |
| 17 | 3. Liga | Germany | 3 | 20 |
|
359,664 |
| 18 | TFF Second League | Turkey | 3 | 4 |
|
71,164 |
| 19 | Segunda División | Spain | 2 | 22 |
|
388,445 |
| 20 | Ligue 2 | France | 2 | 18 |
|
314,676 |
| 21 | Erovnuli Liga | Georgia | 1 | 8 |
|
138,532 |
| 22 | Super League Greece 1 | Greece | 1 | 14 |
|
241,154 |
| 23 | EFL League One | England | 3 | 24 |
|
410,464 |
| 24 | Serie B | Italy | 2 | 20 |
|
338,832 |
| 25 | Regionalliga | Germany | 4 | 4 |
|
64,400 |
| 26 | Israeli Premier League | Israel | 1 | 11 |
|
176,578 |
| 27 | SuperLiga | Romania | 1 | 16 |
|
256,057 |
| 28 | Allsvenskan | Sweden | 1 | 13 |
|
204,940 |
| 29 | TFF First League | Turkey | 2 | 16 |
|
246,325 |
| 30 | Belgian Pro League | Belgium | 1 | 17 |
|
260,980 |
| 31 | Russian First League | Russia | 2 | 18 |
|
265,188 |
| 32 | Danish Superliga | Denmark | 1 | 12 |
|
176,468 |
| 33 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | Austria | 1 | 11 |
|
158,239 |
| 34 | HNL | Croatia | 1 | 9 |
|
129,203 |
| 35 | Ukrainian Premier League | Ukraine | 1 | 12 |
|
167,332 |
| 36 | Kategoria Superiore | Albania | 1 | 9 |
|
124,572 |
| 37 | Serbian SuperLiga | Serbia | 1 | 16 |
|
215,147 |
| 38 | First Professional Football League | Bulgaria | 1 | 13 |
|
173,939 |
| 39 | EFL League Two | England | 4 | 4 |
|
47,575 |
| 40 | I liga | Poland | 2 | 18 |
|
209,648 |
| 41 | Superettan | Sweden | 2 | 3 |
|
34,234 |
| 42 | Macedonian First Football League | North Macedonia | 1 | 11 |
|
122,707 |
| 43 | Eliteserien | Norway | 1 | 16 |
|
178,081 |
| 44 | Czech First League | Czechia | 1 | 15 |
|
160,353 |
| 45 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Hungary | 1 | 12 |
|
123,363 |
| 46 | Cypriot First Division | Cyprus | 1 | 9 |
|
91,471 |
| 47 | Liga II | Romania | 2 | 4 |
|
40,589 |
| 48 | Ligue 3 | France | 3 | 17 |
|
170,508 |
| 49 | Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 10 |
|
98,730 |
| 50 | Serie C | Italy | 3 | 60 |
|
591,634 |
| 51 | Second Professional Football League | Bulgaria | 2 | 3 |
|
29,128 |
| 52 | Azerbaijan Premier League | Azerbaijan | 1 | 12 |
|
116,506 |
| 53 | Slovak Super Liga | Slovakia | 1 | 12 |
|
114,895 |
| 54 | Scottish Championship | Scotland | 2 | 1 |
|
9,512 |
| 55 | Primera Federación | Spain | 3 | 39 |
|
366,180 |
| 56 | Challenge League | Switzerland | 2 | 1 |
|
8,700 |
| 57 | Challenger Pro League | Belgium | 2 | 1 |
|
8,548 |
| 58 | Danish 1st Division | Denmark | 2 | 2 |
|
17,060 |
| 59 | II liga | Poland | 3 | 3 |
|
25,106 |
| 60 | Eerste Divisie | Netherlands | 2 | 19 |
|
154,846 |
| 61 | Belarusian Premier League | Belarus | 1 | 14 |
|
111,859 |
| 62 | Maltese Premier League | Malta | 1 | 3 |
|
23,869 |
| 63 | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | Hungary | 2 | 2 |
|
15,746 |
| 64 | Serie D | Italy | 4 | 8 |
|
62,862 |
| 65 | Norwegian First Division | Norway | 2 | 3 |
|
23,418 |
| 66 | Liga Portugal 2 | Portugal | 2 | 18 |
|
135,227 |
| 67 | League of Ireland First Division | Ireland | 2 | 1 |
|
7,485 |
| 68 | Prva liga | Slovenia | 1 | 9 |
|
61,159 |
| 69 | 2. Liga | Slovakia | 2 | 1 |
|
6,500 |
| 70 | Czech National Football League | Czechia | 2 | 2 |
|
12,983 |
| 71 | Prva NL | Croatia | 2 | 1 |
|
6,000 |
| 72 | Moldovan Super Liga | Moldova | 1 | 7 |
|
39,971 |
| 73 | Primera Divisió | Andorra | 1 | 1 |
|
5,600 |
| 74 | 2. Liga | Austria | 2 | 1 |
|
5,595 |
| 75 | Veikkausliiga | Finland | 1 | 12 |
|
66,326 |
| 76 | Liga 3 | Portugal | 3 | 2 |
|
10,826 |
| 77 | League of Ireland Premier Division | Ireland | 1 | 10 |
|
53,496 |
| 78 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | Kosovo | 1 | 9 |
|
45,679 |
| 79 | Segunda Federación | Spain | 4 | 10 |
|
50,159 |
| 80 | Azerbaijan First Division | Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 |
|
5,000 |
| 81 | Esiliiga | Estonia | 2 | 1 |
|
5,000 |
| 82 | Armenian Premier League | Armenia | 1 | 8 |
|
39,673 |
| 83 | NIFL Premiership | Northern Ireland | 1 | 12 |
|
55,037 |
| 84 | TOPLYGA | Lithuania | 1 | 9 |
|
40,252 |
| 85 | I Lyga | Lithuania | 2 | 1 |
|
3,748 |
| 86 | Ykkösliiga | Finland | 2 | 2 |
|
6,873 |
| 87 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | Georgia | 2 | 3 |
|
10,000 |
| 88 | Montenegrin First Football League | Montenegro | 1 | 10 |
|
33,041 |
| 89 | 1. deild karla | Iceland | 2 | 1 |
|
3,000 |
| 90 | Cymru Premier | Wales | 1 | 12 |
|
35,760 |
| 91 | Meistriliiga | Estonia | 1 | 9 |
|
23,853 |
| 92 | Luxembourg National Division | Luxembourg | 1 | 16 |
|
40,810 |
| 93 | Virsliga | Latvia | 1 | 8 |
|
20,137 |
| 94 | Besta deild karla | Iceland | 1 | 12 |
|
28,351 |
| 95 | Gibraltar Football League | Gibraltar | 1 | 1 |
|
2,300 |
Frequently asked questions
Which European league has the highest average attendance?
Bundesliga has the highest average attendance among the big five, at about 43,220 per match.
Which league fills its stadiums the most?
Bundesliga has the highest occupancy of the big five, filling about 97% of available seats on average.
Which league has the biggest stadiums in Europe?
By average stadium capacity, Bundesliga (Germany) leads with about 44,178 seats per ground.
Data reflects the 2025/2026 season.