European football continues to break records. In the 2022-2023 season, more than 209 million spectators attended stadiums, setting a new record, according to The European Club Talent and Competition Landscape report prepared by UEFA.
The body chaired by Aleksander Ceferin to reach this conclusion analyzed 21,258 games played during the 2022-2023 season.
Of the total, 109 million fans attended stadiums to watch matches in the main European men’s football competitions, while three million people watched women’s football matches live. Thirteen million spectators attended the fields to watch national cup matches; 16 million fans cheered on their teams in European club competitions, and 68 million people went to watch football beyond the First Division.
England and Germany lead the ranking. In the United Kingdom, 44.5 million fans attended stadiums to watch football, representing 21% of all European fans. The report emphasizes the importance of the cups in the English league: 3.8 million tickets were sold in England, double that of the rest of its European rivals. For its part, the matches in Germany attracted 28.9 million viewers during the last campaign.
Spain was the third country with the highest attendance at its stadiums, with 22.2 million fans attending the stadiums.
As for clubs, on a global scale, Barcelona was the one with the highest numbers. The Blaugrana club attracted, on average, 83,498 fans in league matches. By competitions, the club chaired by Joan Laporta sold 1.6 million tickets for LaLiga matches, 584,721 tickets for the Champions League and the Europa League and 154,512 tickets in the Copa del Rey. In Europe, only 17 clubs achieved attendance of more than one million people in their local leagues in 2022-2023. Of them, six English (Manchester United, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool); three Spanish (Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid); three Germans (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Schalke 04); three Italians (Inter Milan, AC Milan and Roma); one French (Olympique de Marseille) and one Scottish (Celtic de Glasgow).
Source: Ambito
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