Association football, more commonly known as "football" or "soccer" is the most popular sport at 3.5 billion fans. Significant association football attendance records listed below include those with over 100,000 attendance.
Criteria
Association football has multiple statuses/types of matches. A definitive list with such available data of significant attendance figures for every match would be impossible to produce; The list therefore includes these types of matches: senior domestic leagues senior domestic cups continental club competitions national team matches
In most cases, some attendance figures for a specific match may be different to other sources or claims (e.g. Uruguay v Brazil in the 1950 FIFA World Cup where the official figure is 173,850, but is also claimed as approximately 200,000). Uncertainties around decisions on which figures to include is a major difficulty when recording highest attendances in association football. Therefore; sources of attendance figures include those that are claimed by official reports of match organisers (e.g. FIFA for FIFA tournaments, confederations for their respective tournaments, football associations for their respective competitions, etc.) If such data not available by organisers, next sources are International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), then the closest relevant source of the figure.
Domestic leagues Attendance Venue Location League Date Home team Score Away team Ref(s) Estadio do Maracanã Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Campeonato Carioca Flamengo 0–0 Fluminense Estadio do Maracanã Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Campeonato Carioca Flamengo 1–1 Vasco da Gama Estadio do Maracanã Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Flamengo 3–0 Santos Senayan Main Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia Perserikatan Persib 2–2(1–2) PSMS Estádio da Luz Lisbon, Portugal Primeira Divisão Benfica 3–1 Porto Ibrox Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish League Division One Rangers 2–1 Celtic Rajko Mitić Stadium Belgrade, Yugoslavia Yugoslav First League Crvena Zvezda 1–0 Partizan
Domestic cups Attendance Venue Location Cup Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Ref(s) Hampden Park Scottish Cup Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Cup Rangers 1–0 Hibernian Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Cup Rangers 1–0 Greenock Morton Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Cup Celtic 4–0 Rangers Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, India Federation Cup East Bengal 4–1 Mohun Bagan Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Cup Rangers 1–1 Greenock Morton Wembley Stadium London, England FA Cup Bolton Wanderers 2–0 West Ham United Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Cup Rangers 3–2 Celtic Crystal Palace London, England FA Cup Aston Villa 1–0 Sunderland Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, India Federation Cup East Bengal 1–2 Salgaocar Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Cup Celtic 4–0 Rangers Crystal Palace London, England FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Sheffield United Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish League Cup Rangers 1–2 Celtic Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish League Cup Rangers 5–0 Greenock Morton Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Cup Celtic 5–0 Rangers Crystal Palace London, England FA Cup Aston Villa 2–0 Newcastle United
Continental tournaments Attendance Venue Location Tournament Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Ref(s) Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland UEFA European Cup Celtic 2–1 Leeds United Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 4–2 Milan Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 2–0 Fiorentina Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 2–0 Hamburg 121,000Azadi StadiumTehran, IranAFCAsian Club Championship30 April 1999 Esteghlal1–2 Júbilo Iwata Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 3–1 Manchester United Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 4–0 Vasas Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 4–0 Atlético Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 3–1 Barcelona Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 1–1 Bayern Munich Camp Nou Barcelona, Spain UEFA European Cup Barcelona 3–0 IFK Göteborg Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 1–0 Porto Camp Nou Barcelona, Spain UEFA European Cup Barcelona 2–1 Benfica Camp Nou Barcelona, Spain UEFA UEFA Champions League Barcelona 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain Estadio Azteca Mexico City, Mexico CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores Cruz Azul 0–1 Boca Juniors Camp Nou Barcelona, Spain UEFA UEFA Champions League Barcelona 4–0 Manchester United Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 0–1 Ajax Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 3–0 Nice Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup 3–0 Schalke 04 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 4–0 Standard Liège Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 6–0 Zürich Rajko Mitić Stadium Belgrade, Yugoslavia UEFA European Cup Winners’ Cup Crvena Zvezda 2–2 Ferencváros Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 0–1 Ajax Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 3–0 Celtic Mineirão Belo Horizonte, Brazil CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores Cruzeiro 1–0 Sporting Cristal Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain UEFA European Cup Real Madrid 4–0 Partizan Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo, Brazil CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores São Paulo 1–0 Newell's Old Boys Camp Nou Barcelona, Spain UEFA European Cup Barcelona 1–0 Juventus Central Stadium Kyiv, Ukraine UEFA European Cup Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Republican Stadium Kyiv, Ukraine UEFA European Cup Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 Porto Azadi Stadium Tehran, Iran AFC AFC Champions League Persepolis 1–0 Al-Nassr Azadi Stadium Tehran, Iran AFC AFC Champions League Persepolis 2–1 Bunyodkor Azadi Stadium Tehran, Iran AFC AFC Champions League Persepolis 1–0 Al Hilal Azadi Stadium Tehran, Iran AFC AFC Champions League Persepolis 0–0 Kashima Antlers
Intercontinental tournaments Attendance Venue Location Confed. Tournament Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Ref(s) Maracanã Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UEFA-CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup Santos 4–2 Milan El Cilindro Avellaneda, Argentina UEFA-CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup Racing Club 2–1 Celtic Mineirão Belo Horizonte, Brazil UEFA-CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup Cruzeiro 0–0 Bayern Munich
International matches
Competitive matches