Attendances of National Football Leagues
The following tables show the attendances of the combined top two tiers, top tier and second tiers of national football leagues in the most recent year in which figures were given. All league attendance figures are courtesy of Wikipedia’s List of Attendance Figures at Domestic Professional Sports Leagues page and accurate as of the 15th of March 2014.
Combined Top Two Tiers’ Attendances
| Rank |
Country |
Year(s) |
Total Att. |
% of Pop. |
| 1 |
Scotland |
2011/12 & 2010/11 |
3,613,294 |
68.24% |
| 2 |
England |
2012/13 & 2011/12 |
23,445,598 |
44.23% |
| 3 |
Netherlands |
2011/12 |
7,245,529 |
43.02% |
| 4 |
Spain |
2011/12 & 2010/11 |
15,252,311 |
32.66% |
| 5 |
Sweden |
2012 |
2,319,814 |
24.04% |
| 6 |
Germany |
2012/13 & 2011/12 |
18,321,929 |
22.73% |
| 7 |
Italy |
2012/13 & 2010/11 |
10,856,189 |
18.11% |
| 8 |
France |
2012/13 & 2011/12 |
10,512,101 |
15.97% |
| 9 |
Poland |
2011/12 & 2009/10 |
3,090,720 |
8.03% |
| 10 |
Japan |
2013 & 2010 |
7,561,129 |
5.95% |
| 11 |
Malaysia |
2008 & 2005 |
1,630,972 |
5.43% |
| 12 |
Brazil |
2013 |
7,632,648 |
3.80% |
| 13 |
Russia |
2012/13 |
3,977,433 |
2.77% |
| 14 |
China |
2013 & 2009 |
5,128,770 |
0.38% |
Top Tier Attendances
| Rank |
Country |
Year(s) |
Total Att. |
% of Pop. |
| 1 |
Cyprus |
2009/10 |
555,840 |
64.19% |
| 2 |
Scotland |
2011/12 |
3,160,414 |
59.69% |
| 3 |
Iceland |
2010 |
159,060 |
48.84% |
| 4 |
Norway |
2010 |
1,948,080 |
38.13% |
| 5 |
Netherlands |
2011/12 |
5,978,689 |
35.50% |
| 6 |
Qatar |
2010/11 |
669,679 |
32.74% |
| 7 |
Montenegro |
2009/10 |
194,238 |
31.33% |
| 8 |
England |
2012/13 |
13,653,908 |
25.76% |
| 9 |
Belgium |
2011/12 |
2,815,321 |
25.29% |
| 10 |
Switzerland |
2010/11 |
2,045,700 |
25.22% |
| 11 |
Portugal |
2011/12 |
2,632,320 |
25.10% |
| 12 |
Spain |
2011/12 |
11,504,567 |
24.63% |
| 13 |
Denmark |
2010/11 |
1,385,717 |
24.63% |
| 14 |
Argentina |
2012/13 |
8,016,797 |
19.24% |
| 15 |
Sweden |
2012 |
1,730,357 |
17.93% |
| 16 |
Austria |
2010/11 |
1,453,860 |
17.09% |
| 17 |
Germany |
2012/13 |
13,038,533 |
16.17% |
| 18 |
Uruguay |
2011/12 Apertura |
498,549 |
15.17% |
| 19 |
Greece |
2010/11 |
1,550,826 |
14.34% |
| 20 |
Italy |
2012/13 |
8,432,075 |
14.07% |
| 21 |
Macedonia |
2006/07 |
280,764 |
13.61% |
| 22 |
Israel |
2010/11 |
1,087,215 |
13.35% |
| 23 |
Serbia |
2011/12 |
913,680 |
12.72% |
| 24 |
Chile |
2009 |
1,833,853 |
11.22% |
| 25 |
Croatia |
2010/11 |
477,840 |
11.14% |
| 26 |
France |
2012/13 |
7,299,737 |
11.09% |
| 27 |
Slovenia |
2010/11 |
216,000 |
10.48% |
| 28 |
Czech Republic |
2010/11 |
1,078,080 |
10.25% |
| 29 |
Paraguay |
2011 |
690,368 |
10.18% |
| 30 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2010/11 |
375,120 |
9.89% |
| 31 |
Algeria |
2007/08 |
3,698,928 |
9.56% |
| 32 |
Hungary |
2011/12 |
918,720 |
9.27% |
| 33 |
Slovakia |
2009/10 |
478,566 |
8.84% |
| 34 |
Romania |
2010/11 |
1,535,390 |
7.63% |
| 35 |
Bolivia |
2008 |
750,056 |
7.48% |
| 36 |
Finland |
2010 |
403,579 |
7.40% |
| 37 |
Mexico |
2011/12 |
8,495,000 |
7.18% |
| 38 |
Ecuador |
2010 |
1,103,873 |
7.03% |
| 39 |
Australia |
2012/13 |
1,632,321 |
6.97% |
| 40 |
Republic of Ireland |
2010 |
290,160 |
6.32% |
| 41 |
Belarus |
2007 |
594,000 |
6.27% |
| 42 |
Bulgaria |
2010/11 |
451,920 |
6.21% |
| 43 |
Ukraine |
2011/12 |
2,711,144 |
5.97% |
| 44 |
Venezuela |
2011/12 |
1,621,472 |
5.60% |
| 45 |
Poland |
2011/12 |
2,123,760 |
5.52% |
| 46 |
Singapore |
2010 |
280,566 |
5.20% |
| 47 |
United Arab Emirates |
2010/11 |
427,680 |
5.18% |
| 48 |
Turkey |
2011/12 |
3,442,500 |
4.49% |
| 49 |
Morocco |
2007/08 |
1,486,800 |
4.48% |
| 50 |
Uzbekistan |
2011 |
1,272,362 |
4.22% |
| 51 |
Malaysia |
2008 |
1,258,348 |
4.19% |
| 52 |
Japan |
2013 |
5,271,047 |
4.14% |
| 53 |
Peru |
2011 |
1,242,615 |
4.08% |
| 54 |
South Korea |
2013 |
2,036,413 |
4.06% |
| 55 |
Iran |
2010/11 |
2,968,000 |
3.84% |
| 56 |
Colombia |
2011 |
1,633,456 |
3.44% |
| 57 |
Kazakhstan |
2010 |
794,304 |
3.11% |
| 58 |
South Africa |
2012/13 |
1,613,280 |
3.04% |
| 59 |
Brazil |
2013 |
5,682,868 |
2.83% |
| 60 |
Azerbaijan |
2009/10 |
246,972 |
2.61% |
| 61 |
Saudi Arabia |
2010/11 |
765,162 |
2.55% |
| 62 |
Thailand |
2013 |
1,657,887 |
2.51% |
| 63 |
Russia |
2012/13 |
3,096,744 |
2.16% |
| 64 |
MLS (USA/Canada) |
2013 |
6,005,991 |
1.89% |
| 65 |
Vietnam |
2011 |
1,328,000 |
1.48% |
| 66 |
Hong Kong |
2011/12 |
104,150 |
1.45% |
| 67 |
Indonesia |
2010/11 |
2,428,930 |
0.97% |
| 68 |
China |
2013 |
4,456,977 |
0.33% |
Second Tier Attendances
| Rank |
Country |
Year(s) |
Total Att. |
% of Pop. |
| 1 |
England |
2011/12 |
9,791,690 |
18.47% |
| 2 |
Scotland |
2010/11 |
452,880 |
8.55% |
| 3 |
Spain |
2010/11 |
3,747,744 |
8.02% |
| 4 |
Netherlands |
2011/12 |
1,266,840 |
7.52% |
| 5 |
Germany |
2011/12 |
5,283,396 |
6.55% |
| 6 |
Sweden |
2012 |
589,457 |
6.11% |
| 7 |
France |
2011/12 |
3,212,364 |
4.88% |
| 8 |
Italy |
2010/11 |
2,424,114 |
4.04% |
| 9 |
Poland |
2009/10 |
966,960 |
2.51% |
| 10 |
Japan |
2010 |
2,290,082 |
1.80% |
| 11 |
Malaysia |
2005 |
372,624 |
1.24% |
| 12 |
Brazil |
2013 |
1,949,780 |
0.97% |
| 13 |
Russia |
2012/13 |
880,689 |
0.61% |
| 14 |
China |
2009 |
671,793 |
0.05% |
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