Liverpool, Man Utd, Real Madrid: The 40 clubs with highest average attendance in 21st century
As the height of the Covid-19 pandemic conclusively proved, football is absolutely nothing without fans.
When supporters are not in stadiums to cheer the team through the good times and the bad times, games are a fraction of the spectacle that they should be.
Fans also have an enormous impact on proceedings. Why do you think stadiums like Anfield, the Santiago Bernabeu and Camp Nou are such fortresses, eh?
When home fans pack into the ground, they create an atmosphere that both motivates their own players and strikes fear into the opposition.
That’s why clubs are desperate for their stadiums to be at capacity for each game, as it gives the team a huge advantage.
But which European teams have been the best at packing out their ground on matchday throughout the course of the 21st century?
Thanks to PopFoot, we know the answers to that very question.
The stats-based Twitter account have provided the 40 European clubs with the highest average attendance since the turn of the millennium.
Check out their findings below…
40. FC Nuremberg – 34,116
39. Napoli – 34,557
38. Aston Villa – 35,429
37. Athletic Bilbao – 36,228
36. Everton – 37,023
35. Hannover – 37,187
34. Sunderland – 37,516
33. West Ham United – 37,871
32. Lyon – 37,933
31. Werder Bremen – 38,526
30. Atletico Madrid – 39,015
29. Valencia – 39,286
28. Tottenham Hotspur – 39,288
27. Eintracht Frankfurt – 40,239
26. Benfica – 40,287
25. Chelsea – 40,871
24. Paris Saint-Germain – 41,238
23. AS Roma – 42,875
22. Feyenoord – 43,222
21. FC Cologne – 43,782
20. Borussia Monchengladbach – 44,250
19. Rangers – 44,933
18. Stuttgart – 45,384
17. Manchester City – 45,408
16. Liverpool – 45,526
15. Hertha Berlin – 46,452
14. Marseille – 47,915
13. Ajax – 48,175
12. Newcastle