Newcastle’s remarkable placing in European average attendances for 2016/17
The average attendances of European clubs this season sees two countries dominate.
The top 30 best supported clubs include 11 German sides and eight from England.
The other 11 spots are divided between: Spain (3), Holland (2), France (1), Portugal (2), Scotland (2) and Italy (1).
Borussia Dortmund are at the very top with a cracking home average of 79,653 for home league matches, with Barcelona in second (77,944).
However, with 51,106, Newcastle United are easily the best supported second tier club in any country.
Only 14 clubs in the whole of Europe attracted more supporters per game, all the more noteworthy due to Newcastle playing far more home matches (23) in the English second tier, than the likes of Germany (17) and Spain (19).
2016/17 top European average attendances as compiled by Talksport:
79,653 Borussia Dortmund
77,944 Barcelona
75,289 Manchester United
75,000 Bayern Munich
69,170 Real Madrid
60,703 Schalke
59,956 Arsenal
56,970 West Ham
55,994 Benfica
55,882 Celtic
54,018 Manchester City
53,039 Liverpool
52,341 Hamburg
51,494 Borussia Moenchengladbach
51,106 Newcastle United
50,515 Stuttgart
50,267 Hertha Berlin
49,571 Cologne
49,551 Ajax
49,088 Eintracht Frankfurt
48,573 Rangers
47,500 Feyenoord
47,172 Inter
45,317 PSG
44,719 Atletico Madrid
42,772 Sporting Lisbon
41,454 Leipzig
41,507 Chelsea
41,286 Sunderland
40,881 Werder Bremen
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