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		<title>Highest-drawing football clubs in Europe (UEFA domestic leagues), for 2015-16 or 2015 seasons: all clubs (75 clubs) which drew over 25 K per game (home matches in domestic season).</title>
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<em>By Bill Turianski on 24 June 2016; <a href="https://twitter.com/billsportsmaps">twitter.com/billsportsmaps</a></em>.</p>
<p><em>-Primary source for attendance figures on map &#8230;</em> <a href="http://www.soccerway.com/">soccerway.com</a>.<br />
<em>Secondary sources&#8230;</em> <a href="http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm">european-football-statistics.co.uk</a>, <a href="http://www.worldfootball.net/">worldfootball.net</a>, <a href="http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1">ligue1.com</a>.</p>
<p><strong>The map and the chart&#8230;</strong><br />
The map shows all clubs in Europe which drew above 25 000 per game in 2015-16 (75 teams). Each club&#8217;s crest is placed on the location-map of Europe, and at the far right is a chart which shows national flag, club crest, attendance-rank [in Europe], and 2015-16 home average attendance. </p>
<p>If a club on the map was not in the country&#8217;s first division in 2015-16 (ie, not in the 1st level), that is noted on the chart&#8230;there were 9 second-tier clubs that drew above 25 K last season, and there was one third-tier club that drew above 25 K last season (Dynamo Dresden). Also noted is any promotion/relegation in 2015-16&#8230;and of these 75 clubs on the map, 13 of these clubs will be in the second-tier in 2016-17. In other words, a rather surprising 17% of all European football clubs which drew above 25 K in 2015-16 will be in the second division in 2016-17. </p>
<p>Clubs that just missed out on being on this map are 3 English clubs&#8230;Crystal Palace, West Bromwich, and Middlesbrough &#8211; all 3 of whom drew in the high 24-K-range. </p>
<p><strong>Below is an illustration showing a stadium-photo of each of the twelve highest-drawing clubs in Europe in 2015-16</strong> (all teams which had an average crowd-size of 50 000 or more). Highest-drawing club, yet again (for the 5th straight season), is Germany&#8217;s Borussia Dortmund, who drew 81.1 K in their 81.3-K-capacity Westfalenstadion (aka Signal Iduna Park), in Dortmund, which is in the Rhine-Ruhr region of west-central Germany. Of the 12 clubs which drew above 50 K in 2015-16, 6 are German clubs (Dortmund, Bayern, Schalke, Hamburg, Stuttgart, &#8216;Gladbach), 3 are English clubs (Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City), 2 are Spanish clubs (Barça and Real ), and one is a Portuguese club (Benfica). All 12 of these clubs were top flight clubs in 2015-16, but next season one of them &#8211; Stuttgart &#8211; will be in the 2nd division (in 2-Bundesliga). And speaking of high-drawing clubs that were recently relegated&#8230;just missing out at 50-K-per-game last season were 3 clubs, including the once-again-relegated Newcastle Utd of England (at 49.7 K per game). Also just missing out on 50 K per game last season were Hertha Berlin of Germany (also at 49.7 K), and Ajax of the Netherlands (at 49.2 K).</p>
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Below &#8211; <strong>Highest-drawing football clubs in Europe (UEFA) &#8211; Top twelve highest-drawing clubs, 2015-16: All clubs which drew over 50 000 per game</strong>&#8230;<br />
<em>(from home, domestic league matches in 2015-16).</em></ol>
<p>1. Borussia Dortmund/ Signal Iduna Park (aka Westfalenstadion), 81 178.<br />
2. FC Barcelona/ Camp Nou, 78 251.<br />
3. Manchester United/ Old Trafford, 75 286.<br />
4. Bayern Munich/ Allianz Arena, 75 000.<br />
5. Real Madrid CF/ Santiago Bernabéu, 67 698.<br />
6. FC Schalke 04/ Veltins Arena, 61 386.<br />
7. Arsenal/ Emirates Stadium, 59 944.<br />
8. Manchester City/ Etihad Stadium (aka City of Manchester Stadium), 54 041.<br />
9. Hamburger SV/ Volksparstadion, 53 700.<br />
10. VfB Stuttgart/ Mercedes-Benz Arena, 51 983.<br />
11. Borussia Mönchengladbach/ Stadion im Borussia-Park, 51 715.<br />
12. SL Benfica/ Estádio da Luz, 50 322.<br />
<a href="http://billsportsmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uefa-2016-crowds_stadiums_all-11-clubs-drawing-over-50k_best-is-borussia-dortmund-81k_fc-barcelona_manchester-utd_bayern-munich_real-madrid_f_.gif"><img src="http://billsportsmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uefa-2016-crowds_stadiums_all-11-clubs-drawing-over-50k_best-is-borussia-dortmund-81k_fc-barcelona_manchester-utd_bayern-munich_real-madrid_f_.gif" alt="uefa-2016-crowds_stadiums_all-11-clubs-drawing-over-50k_best-is-borussia-dortmund-81k_fc-barcelona_manchester-utd_bayern-munich_real-madrid_f_.gif" /></a><br />
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Photo credits above &#8211;<br />
1. Dortmund, Suedtribune (South Terrace) at Westfalenstadion, photo by Christopher Neundorf at <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:S%C3%BCdtrib%C3%BCne_Dortmund.jpg">Datei:Südtribüne Dortmund.jpg</a> (de.wikipedia.org).<br />
2. Barcelona, tifo at Camp Nou, photo unattributed at <a href="http://www.deportesrcn.com/sites/default/files/camp_nou2.jpg">deportesrcn.com</a>.<br />
3. Manchester United, full house at Old Trafford (yet again, but maybe not for long/see rest of this sentence&#8230;), photo by Getty Images via <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/04/manchester-united-to-close-part-old-trafford-due-to-drab-ticket-sales-5662234/">metro.co.uk/2016/02/04/manchester-united-to-close-part-old-trafford-due-to-drab-ticket-sales</a>.<br />
4. Bayern Munich, tifo at Allianz Arena, photo unattributed at <a href="http://www.ecofoot.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/r%C3%A9sultat-financier-bundesliga.jpg">ecofoot.fr</a>.<br />
5. Real Madrid, photo of interior of Santiago Bernebeu Stadium prior to tifo [April 2013], photo by Luisao200 at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Real_Madrid_fans_at_Santiago_Bernabeu_between_the_chreography_vs._Bor._Dortmund.JPG">File:Real Madrid fans at Santiago Bernabeu between the chreography vs. Bor. Dortmund.JPG</a> (commons.wikimedia.org).<br />
6. Schalke 04, photo of fans with flags and banners in Veltins-Arena, photo by FC Schalke 04 at <a href="http://www.schalke04.de/de/stadion-und-tickets/tickets/ticketshop/page/290--290--.html">schalke04.de/[stadion-und-tickets/ticketshop]</a>.<br />
7. Arsenal, photo of interior of Emirates Stadium unattributed at <a href="https://anajovanovicai.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0/">anajovanovicai.wordpress.com</a>.<br />
8. Manchester City, photo showing 2015 Etihad Stadium expansion [Aug. 2015], photo by Higor Douglas at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etihad_Stadium_-_Man_City_vs_Chelsea_2015-16_(2).jpg">File:Etihad Stadium &#8211; Man City vs Chelsea 2015-16 (2).jpg</a>.<br />
9. Hamburger SV, tifo at Volkparkstadion, photo by Witters via <a href="http://www.hamburg-zwei.de/Hamburg/Service/Verkehr/2014/Oktober/Aenderungen-beim-HSV-Shuttle-HSV-Hoffenheim-So-kommt-Ihr-zum-Stadion">hamburg-zwei.de/2014/Oktober/Aenderungen-beim-HSV-Shuttle-HSV-Hoffenheim-So-kommt-Ihr-zum-Stadion</a>.<br />
10. VfB Stuttgart, photo of fans with flags and banners in the Canstatter Kurve, photo by RudolfSimon at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cannstatter_Kurve_2013.JPG">File:Cannstatter Kurve 2013.JPG</a><br />
11. Borussia Mönchengladbach, screenshot of youtube video, image from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAkBTow5CHg">Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Manchester City [Oct. 2015]</a> (youtube,com video uploaded by vflman).<br />
12. Benfica, photo by <a href="http://estadio11.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html">estadio11.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive</a>.<br />
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Blank map: Thanks to Roke at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-Europe-v4.png">File:BlankMap-Europe-v4.png</a> (commons.wikimedia.org).</p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="http://us.soccerway.com/">Soccerway</a> for attendance figures.</p>
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