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Europe’s best supported clubs with aggregate attendances of more than a million fans, including Celtic, Real Madrid and Manchester United

Who attracted the largest audience during the 2017/18 season?

In Europe, there are 15 clubs with aggregate attendances totalling more than a million.

Among those are Manchester United, Celtic and Liverpool, according to football governing body UEFA who in January released its tenth licensing benchmarking report - an overview of the state of football across the continent for the 2017/18 season.

 Where does Old Trafford feature on the list?
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Where does Old Trafford feature on the list?

One nugget of info to jump out was that more people are watching European football than ever before as the 2017/18 season recorded the highest total attendance level on record, with attendances of 105 million.

Celtic's Old Firm rivals Rangers make the top 20 with an average attendance of 49,174 giving them an aggregate attendance of 934,306 last term, placing them 19th in the list.

They are joined by Newcastle (51,992/ 987,848), Benfica (53,209/ 957,762), Stuttgart (56,045/ 952,765) and PSG (46,929/ 891,651).



15. Milan (Serie A): Average attendance in 2017/18 season = 52,690/ Aggregate attendance = 1,001,100

14. Liverpool (Premier League): 53,049/ 1,007,931

13. Man City (Premier League): 54,070/ 1,027,330

 Man City attracted an aggregate attendance of over 1,000,000 last season
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Man City attracted an aggregate attendance of over 1,000,000 last season

12. Schalke (Bundesliga): 61,197/ 1,040,349

11. Atletico Madrid (La Liga): 55,483/ 1,054,177

10. West Ham (Premier League): 56,885/ 1,080,815

9. Celtic (Scottish Premiership): 57,523/ 1,092,937

8. Inter (Serie A): 57,529/ 1,093,051

7. Arsenal (Premier League): 59,323/ 1,127,137

 Arsenal make the list
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Arsenal make the list

6. Real Madrid (La Liga): 66,161/ 1,257,059

5. Barcelona (La Liga): 66,603/ 1,265,457

4. Bayern Munich (Bundesliga): 75,000/ 1,275,000

 Tottenham spent the 2017/18 at Wembley Stadium
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Tottenham spent the 2017/18 at Wembley Stadium

3. Tottenham (Premier League): 67,953/ 1,291,107

2. Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga): 79,496/ 1,351,432

1. Man United (Premier League): 74,976/ 1,424,544

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