At the end of the 2016-17 Bundesliga season, Borussia Dortmund were not top of the league. In fact, the team had a bit of a down season. However, the club did top one table in Europe during the season. Borussia topped the table for having the average highest attendance in all of Europe. Not a bad little stat for a team that was nearly bankrupt during the 2000s.
Borussia’s average attendance in 2016-17 was 79,653 at Signal Iduna Park. It is a great stadium, and one that should be on every football fan’s bucketlist.
The German’s nearest rival when it came to attendance was Barcelona. The Spanish team attracted 77,944 to games a Camp Nou. Like Signal Iduna Park, Camp Nou is a landmark, and a place to see all on its own. Manchester United finished the 2016-17 season in third place in terms of average attendance. The Red Devils attracted 75,290 to Old Trafford.
Top 50 teams by attendance 2016-17
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 79,653 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 77,944 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 75,290 |
| 4 | Bayern Munich | 75,000 |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 69,170 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 60,703 |
| 7 | Arsenal | 59,957 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 56,972 |
| 9 | Benfica | 55,994 |
| 10 | Celtic | 54,477 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 54,019 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 53,016 |
| 13 | Hamburger SV | 52,341 |
| 14 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 51,494 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 51,106 |
| 16 | VFB Stuttgart | 50,515 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 50,267 |
| 18 | FC Koln | 49,571 |
| 19 | Ajax | 49,551 |
| 20 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 49,088 |
| 21 | Rangers | 48,941 |
| 22 | Feyenoord | 47,500 |
| 23 | Inter Milan | 47,172 |
| 24 | Paris Saint Germain | 45,317 |
| 25 | Atletico Madrid | 44,719 |
| 26 | Sporting CP | 42,772 |
| 27 | Chelsea | 41,508 |
| 28 | RB Leipzig | 41,454 |
| 29 | Sunderland | 41,287 |
| 30 | Werder Bremen | 40,811 |
| 31 | AC Milan | 40,294 |
| 32 | Olympique Marseille | 39,898 |
| 33 | Juventus | 39,489 |
| 34 | Athletic Bilbao | 39,463 |
| 35 | Everton | 39,310 |
| 36 | Olympique Lyon | 39,171 |
| 37 | Porto | 39,130 |
| 38 | Napoli | 36,605 |
| 39 | Hannover 96 | 36,482 |
| 40 | PSV Eindhoven | 33,724 |
| 41 | Valencia | 33,238 |
| 42 | Sevilla | 32,816 |
| 43 | Spartak Moscow | 32,760 |
| 44 | Aston Villa | 32,107 |
| 45 | Leicester City | 31,893 |
| 46 | Real Betis | 31,761 |
| 47 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31,639 |
| 48 | AS Roma | 31,133 |
| 49 | Southampton | 30,936 |
| 50 | Middlesbrough | 30,449 |
Perhaps the top 10’s biggest surprise was not Schalke, which is an institution in Gelsenkirchen, but West Ham. The Hammers attracted 56,000-plus. Of course, the team play at the London Olympic Stadium; but that figure was still more than Manchester City and Liverpool.
While there will be some change in the top 50 during the 2017-18 season, many of the teams that made the list will stay the same. Of course, you can experience these amazing venues and teams with WoWTickets.football.
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