Premier League (Football) – England – 35,931

Premier League (Football) – England – 35,931

 The Premier League, commonly known as the English Premier League (EPL), is today being promoted as “The Greatest Show on Earth.” It is broadcast to over 600 million people in more than 200 countries around the globe. England’s top football competition is contested by 20 clubs each season, and it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with three teams within the Football League. According to UEFA’s league coefficient ranking system, based on performances in European competitions over the last five years, the Premier League is one of the top professional football leagues, currently ranked 2nd behind only the Spanish La Liga.

For the past few years now, the Premier League has remained the second most-watched professional football league in the world. It’s average match attendance of 35,363 during the 2010-11 season was the second-highest, just behind the German Bundesliga, and the overall stadium occupancy that season was 92.2% capacity. The combined total stadium capacity of the Premier League in the 2010–11 season was 770,477 with an average capacity of 38,523.
Though the Premier League remains the most-watched football league in the world in terms of television broadcast, it remains second in terms of average attendance inside the stadium. This is mainly due to the huge gap between the stadium capacities of the league’s rich and poor, or lets say top and bottom clubs. For example: Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United has a stadium capacity of 75,957, while Bloomfield Road, the home of Blackpool, has a capacity of only 16,220.
In the 2012-13 season, the league boasted an average attendance of 35,931, and total attendance in the 380 competitive matches played was 13,653,908. Here’s how the average match attendance changed in the last four seasons: