Top 5 Stadiums in European Football

European football has its identity in the world. It is famous for its beautiful display of the game as well as its big clubs, their stadiums and fans. Every game week fans come out to support their teams in weekly matches. Bigger clubs have big stadiums to accommodate their fans in big numbers so they can gather and cheer their team. These stadiums show beautiful display of their fans during matches. Using stats from ESPN’s official website here is a list of top 5 stadiums in Europe in terms of fans to stadium capacity ratio.

#5. Allianz Arena

Allianz Arena is the home stadium for Bayern Munih.FC Bayern was established in 1900 by 11 sportsmen led by Franz David. Its home stadium has a capacity of 71,437. It is the third largest stadium in Germany behind Signal Iduna Park and Olympiastadion. It has an average attendance of 71,000 which comprises 99.8% of the stadium, making it stand at number 5.

#4. Santiago Barnabaue

Royal Madrid Football Club, generally known as Real Madrid, is an experienced Football team based in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1902. The team is the wealthiest Football team with regards to income, with a yearly revenues of €513million and the most precious, worth €3.3billion. Real Madrid maintains many long-standing rivalries, specifically El Clásico with FC Barcelona and El Derby madrilène with Atletico Madrid. It has a home stadium in Madrid named Santiago Bernabaue, with a total capacity of 85,454. It has an average attendance of 72,601, which comprises 84.6% of the total capacity, making it stand no. 4 in the ranking.

#3. Old Trafford - Theatre of Dreams

Manchester United known as the Red Devils is an English Premier League club residing in Manchester. They have won many trophies in English football, including a record 20 League titles, a record 11 FA Cups, 4 League Cups and a record 20 FA Community Shields. The club has also won 3 European Cups. Manchester United is the third richest club in the world. They have their home stadium named as Old Trafford or “Theatre of Dreams”. It has a total capacity of 75,731. The averages attendance here is nearly 75,526, which makes it 99.6% of the total capacity. So it stands at no. 3 in our stadiums ranking.

#2. Camp Nou

FC Barcelona (Barca) is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Barcelona were ranked first in the All-Time Club World Ranking and currently places on top of the UEFA club rankings. Barcelona are the current Spanish football champions and have won 22 La Liga so far. It has its home stadium named as Camp Nou. It has a total capacity of 99,786, making it the largest stadium in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of capacity. As per ESPN’s stats it has an average attendance of 77,232. So it stands at no. 2 in our ranking.

#1. Signal Iduna Park

Dortmund is one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any football club in the world. Dortmund is the 11th biggest football team in the world. They have won eight German football championships so far. Their home stadium’s name is Signal Iduna Park having a total capacity of 80,645, and an average attendance of 80,500 with 99.8%. It stands no. 1 in our stadium’s ranking for the European Football.