There are 229 clubs in Europe enjoying on average 10,000 spectators and more. We list all of them to show the Continent’s most magnetic teams. Some fanbases really deserve praise for their participation, right Rangers/Portsmouth?

It’s here! Later than usually because of the exciting World Cup in Brazil, but we can finally present to you the list of Europe’s biggest clubs. Biggest not by score or budget, but by attendances. Which correlate with both money and success, don’t they?

Well, thankfully not entirely. This is where the 10+ Ranking shows the great side of football as we reveal that passionate Rangers or Portsmouth supporters aren’t giving up on their clubs after dramatic relegations. Quite the opposite – seeing crowds of almost 43,000 per game in the third league of Scotland is stunning, just like Portsmouth’s 15,460 in English 4th tier.

Of course the impressive cases are rather few among the 229 clubs that crossed the 10,000 average crowd. But then again, drawing 10,000 people week after week is still a great result. This year’s list has exactly the same number of clubs as last one, which represent 31 leagues in 24 European countries. As it’s been for years now, England has the highest number of football clubs in the pack (45, one in five of all 10+ clubs), but Germany has the largest clubs (10 among top 20).

Part 1: The leagues

This year’s edition of the 10+ Ranking also includes 15 leagues with average game audience of 10,000+. Both Bundesligas are here, the higher one being the most attended league one more time with 43,490 people per game. Second Bundesliga is Europe’s 7th highest league, winning with English Championship just like the first Bundesliga leaves Premier League behind.

Details may be viewed in the table below. It’s becoming clear that France’s Euro 2016 puts the country on a fast lane to build one of Europe’s strongest leagues, gaining nearly 2,000 spectators more per game than in 2012/13, even before stadium projects are delivered.

TABLE 1. Leagues with 10+ crowds

No	League	Country	Average attendance	League leader (rank / attendance)
1	Bundesliga		43,490 (+866)	Borussia Dortmund (1st / 80,291)
2	Barclays Premier League		36,607 (-1,052)	Manchester United (2nd / 75,207)
3	Primera División		26,843 (-1,406)	FC Barcelona (3rd / 71,958)
4	Serie A		23,385 (+85)	FC Inter (18th / 46,246)
5	Ligue 1		21,092 (+1,852)	Paris Saint-Germain (21. / 45,420)
6	Eredivisie		19,434 (-162)	AFC Ajax (11th / 50,871)
7	2. Bundesliga		17,888 (+649)	1. FC Köln (19th / 46,235)
8	SkyBet Championship		16,608 (-885)	Brighton and Hove Albion (68th / 27,283)
9	Spor Toto Super Lig		14,520 (+1,446)	Fenerbahçe (26th / 42,270)
10	Jupiler Pro League		11,836 (+415)	KV Club Brugge (74th / 25,728)
11	Premier Liga		11,510 (-1,478)	Zenit Sankt Petersburg (111th / 18,942)
12	Premier Liga		11,082 (-1,456)	Shakhtar Donetsk (47th / 33,335)
13	Raiffeisen Super League		10,772 (-1,247)	FC Basel (66th / 27,841)
14	Primeira Liga		10,238 (+435)	SL Benfica (24th / 43,613)
15	Scottish Premier League		10,010 (-2,024)	Celtic FC (16th / 46,808)

Great progress may also be seen in Russia and Turkey, where there are more new stadiums under construction than anywhere else on the Continent. Though Russian Premier Liga lost some spectators in 2013/14, this is largely because of all Moscow based clubs apart from Lokomotiv playing at temporary venues as four stadium projects in the metropolis are ongoing.

On the other side the Ukrainian Premier Liga is losing as the country’s political situation became unstable. Eastern and southern clubs saw a large decrease in turnouts. Another large league in trouble is the Scottish Premier League. Relegation of Rangers coincided with grave situation in both of Edinburgh’s clubs, which resulted in over 2,000 people less at each game. Of course it's much more complex, but we're only giving an overview...

Part 2: The clubs

You might call it stable, boring, stagnant, but Europe’s top 10 clubs is pretty much the same every year. This time none of the 7 biggest clubs changed their position in Europe. First refreshing changes come with 8th and 9th Borussia Moenchengladbach and Hertha Berlin. The latter club saw one of Europe’s largest increase in tickets sold.

11,800 people more at every game is a great success, but not the greatest in Europe. That one is reserved for RC Lens, who nearly doubled their crowds from 2012/13 by winning promotion back to Ligue 1. Another impressive change comes from Nice, where opening of Allianz Riviera gave OGC Nice a great boost.

German Fortuna Dusseldorf is the least fortunate club by attendance. The side lost over 12,000 people per game after relegation. Further great losses come from Italy (Hellas Verona, Palermo and Fiorentina) and Ukraine (Shakhtar, Metalist and Chernomorets), also visible in Poland, where Śląsk is only filling a fourth of the Euro 2012 stadium.

As mentioned above, we decided to honour teams that stand out in comparison to their counterparts across Europe. This is why the below image presents the very biggest crowd-drawers in each tier of professional football. Second, third and fourth league teams with crowds of this magnitude surely deserve a mention!

Detailed list of all 229 clubs may be seen below:

Caption   - improvement | - no change | - fall | - club outside last year's 10+   - new stadium | - reconstruction | - temporary stadium used
No	Club	Stadium	2014 Attendance1
1	Borussia Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	80,291 (-229)
2	Manchester United	Old Trafford	75,207 (-322)
3	FC Barcelona	Camp Nou	71,958 (+808)
4	Bayern Monachium	Allianz Arena	71,000 (=)
5	Real Madryt	Santiago Bernabeu	70,754 (+1,878)
6	FC Schalke 04	Veltins Arena	61,569 (+398)
7	Arsenal FC	Emirates Stadium	60,013 (-66)
8	Borussia Moenchengladbach	Borussia Park	52,233 (+2,511)
9	Hertha BSC	Olympiastadion	51,889 (+11,868)
10	Hamburger SV	Imtech Arena	51,825 (-1,091)
11	AFC Ajax	Amsterdam ArenA	50,871 (+381)
12	VfB Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz-Arena	50,471 (+417)
13	Newcastle United	St. James Park	50,395 (-122)
14	Manchester City	Etihad Stadium	47,080 (+106)
15	Eintracht Frankfurt	Commerzbank Arena	47,052 (-992)
16	Celtic FC	Celtic Park	46,808 (+960)
17	Club Atlético de Madrid	Estadio Vicente Calderón	46,746 (+2,825)
18	FC Inter	San Siro	46,246 (-408)
19	1. FC Köln	RheinEnergie Stadion	46,235 (+5,547)
20	Hannover 96	AWD Arena	45,664 (+1,305)
21	Paris Saint-Germain	Parc des Princes	45,420 (+2,181)
22	Feyenoord	De Kuip	45,238 (+91)
23	Liverpool FC	Anfield	44,671 (-77)
24	SL Benfica	Estadio da Luz	43,613 (+1,247)
25	Rangers FC	Ibrox Stadium	42,938 (-2,806)
26	Fenerbahçe SK	Şükrü Saracoglu Stadyumu	42,270 (-315)
27	Chelsea FC	Stamford Bridge	42,482 (+1,020)
28	Sunderland AFC	Stadium of Light	41,090 (+546)
29	SSC Napoli	Stadio San Paolo	40,918 (+1,282)
30	Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	40,656 (+17)
31	1. FC Nürnberg	Grundig Stadion	40,412 (-1,106)
32	AS Roma	Stadio Olimpico	40,083 (+335)
33	Galatasaray SK	Türk Telekom Arena	40,067 (-3,195)
34	AC Milan	San Siro	40,061 (-3,590)
35	Lille OSC	Stade Pierre Mauroy	38,662 (-1,931)
36	Olympique de Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	38,129 (+4,656)
37	Everton FC	Goodison Park	37,732 (+1,377)
38	Juventus FC	Juventus Stadium	37,318 (-1,328)
39	Valencia CF	Estadio Mestalla	36,903 (-1,110)
40	Aston Villa	Villa Park	36,081 (+1,022)
41	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	34,808 (-1,221)
42	Olympique Lyonnais	Stade de Gerland	34,414 (+2,328)
43	West Ham United	Upton Park	34,197 (-522)
44	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Esprit Arena	33,982 (-12,044)
45	Sporting CP	Estádio Jose Alvalade XXI	33,703 (+7,182)
46	Athletic Club de Bilbao	San Mamés Barria	33,383 (-1,493)
47	Shakhtar Donetsk	Donbass Arena	33,335 (-7,868)
48	ACF Fiorentina	Stadio Artemio Franchi	33,098 (-7,048)
49	PSV Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	33,025 (-57)
50	RC Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert	31,016 (+14,837)
51	1. FSV Mainz	Coface Arena	30,983 (-169)
52	Real Betis Balompié	Estadio Benito Villamarín	30,652 (-3,098)
53	AS Saint-Etienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	30,595 (+7,629)
54	Sevilla FC	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	30,545 (-455)
55	Southampton	St. Mary's Stadium	30,212 (-661)
56	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	29,943 (-1,815)
57	FC Twente	De Grolsch Veste	29,569 (+116)
58	SS Lazio	Stadio Olimpico	29,548 (-3,078)
59	FC Augsburg	Impuls Arena	29,295 (+217)
60	Beşiktaş JK	Ataturk Olympiat Stadi	29,119 (+5,682)
61	FC Porto	Estádio do Dragão	28,685 (-1,593)
62	Bayer Leverkusen	Bayarena	28,452 (+332)
63	FC Sankt Pauli	Millerntor-Stadion	28,371 (+4,229)
64	FC Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	28,169 (+9,498)
65	VfL Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	28,022 (+1,395)
66	FC Basel	St. Jakob Park	27,841 (-1,195)
67	Cardiff City	Cardiff City Stadium	27,430 (+4,432)
68	Brighton and Hove Albion	AMEX Stadium	27,283 (+1,047)
69	Dynamo Dresden	Glücksgas-Stadion	27,004 (+2,040)
70	1899 Hoffenheim	Wirsol Rhein-Neckar Arena	26,906 (+744)
71	Norwich City	Carrow Road	26,805 (+117)
72	Dynamo Kyiv	Stadion Olimpijski	26,681 (-1,008)
73	Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	26,137 (-775)
74	Club Brugge KV	Jan Breydel Stadion	25,728 (+226)
75	Elche CF	Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero	25,320 (+10,340)
76	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	25,194 (+835)
77	Leeds United	Elland Road	25,088 (+3,516)
78	Leicester City	King Power Stadium	24,994 (+2,940)
79	Fulham FC	Craven Cottage	24,977 (-417)
80	Derby County	Pride Park	24,933 (+1,705)
81	Standard Liège	Stade de Sclessin	24,902 (+2,677)
82	OGC Nice	Allianz Riviera	24,186 (+13,940)
83	Hull City	KC Stadium	24,117 (+6,749)
84	Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	24,114 (+6,834)
85	SC Freiburg	MAGE SOLAR Stadion	23,394 (+118)
86	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	Estadio Anoeta	23,204 (-523)
87	Metalist Kharkov	Metalist Arena	23,081 (-7,779)
88	SC Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	23,012 (-1,720)
89	Eintracht Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	22,804 (+2,415)
90	Nottingham Forest	City Ground	22,629 (-453)
91	UC Sampdoria	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	22,102 (-1,183)
92	Deportivo La Coruña	Estadio Riazor	22,068 (-7,374)
93	Bursaspor KD	Bursa Atatürk Stadyumu	21,783 (+6,162)
94	Málaga CF	Estadio la Rosaleda	21,551 (-5,012)
95	KRC Genk	Cristal Arena	21,445 (-1,491)
96	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	21,238 (-2,840)
97	Hellas Verona	Stadio Marc Antonio Bentegodi	21,206 (-7,920)
98	Bologna FC 1909	Stadio Renato dall'Ara	21,145 (-420)
99	Genoa CFC	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	20,983 (-1,130)
100	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux Stadium	20,878 (-784)
101	Celta Vigo	Estadio Balaidos	20,410 (-421)
102	Swansea City	Liberty Stadium	20,407 (+37)
103	FC Groningen	Euroborg	19,845 (-1,218)
104	1. FC Union Berlin	Alte Försterei	19,830 (+2,727)
105	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	Estadi Nou Sarria	19,632 (-1,632)
106	Lech Poznań	INEA Stadion	19,571 (-3,070)
107	RSC Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadion	19,563 (-1,537)
108	TSV 1860 München	Allianz Arena	19,312 (-3,370)
109	FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd	Marakana	19,231 (+4,129)
110	Reading FC	Madejski Stadium	19,166 (-4,696)
111	Zenit Sankt Petersburg	Petrovskiy Stadion	18,942 (+2,026)
112	AIK Solna	Friends Arena	18,900 (+4,589)
113	Vitesse Arnhem	Gelredome	18,884 (+422)
114	Girondins de Bordeaux	Stade Chaban-Delmas	18,833 (-570)
115	Terek Grozniy	Achmat Arena	18,019 (-1,986)
116	NAC Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	17,844 (+520)
117	BSC Young Boys	Stade de Suisse	17,553 (+315)
118	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	17,506 (-1,105)
119	KAA Gent	Ghelamco Arena	17,748 (+7,091)
120	Ipswich Town	Portman Road	17,110 (-416)
121	FK Dnipro Dniepropietrovsk	Dnipro Arena	17,107 (+205)
122	Real Sporting Gijón	Estadio El Molinón	17,011 (-1,164)
123	Legia Warszawa	Stadion Wojska Polskiego	17,009 (-1,078)
124	Torino FC	Stadio Comunale di Torino	16,931 (+221)
125	Arminia Bielefeld	Schueco Arena	16,904 (+6,575)
126	Olympiakos Pireus	Stádio Georgios Karaiskakis	16,848 (-4,117)
127	FC Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	16,778 (-735)
128	RB Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	16,734 (+9,117)
129	Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	16,655 (-1,124)
130	VfL Bochum	rewirpowerSTADION	16,166 (+1,650)
131	Karlsruher SC	Wildparkstadion	16,145 (+4,171)
132	Bolton Wanderers	Macron Stadium	16,140 (-1,963)
133	Charlton Athletic	The Valley	16,134 (-2,365)
134	Malmö FF	Swedbank Stadion	16,093 (+1,388)
135	Villareal CF	Estadio el Madrigal	16,083 (+5,110)
136	Brøndby IF	Brøndby Stadion	15,931 (+5,469)
137	Middlesbrough FC	Riverside Stadium	15,748 (-1,046)
138	Real Valladolid	Estadio Jose Zorilla	15,741 (-542)
139	FC København	Parken Stadion	15,720 (-206)
140	Stade de Reims	Stade Auguste-Delaune	15,558 (-18)
141	Watford AFC	Vicarage Road	15,511 (+2,058)
142	AZ Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	15,501 (-726)
143	Portsmouth FC	Fratton Park	15,460 (+3,228)
145	Birmingham City	St. Andrew's Stadium	15,457 (-1,245)
146	FK Chornomorets Odesa	Stadion Chernomorets	15,426 (-6,812)
147	Granada CF	Estadio Nuevo los Carmenes	15,398 (-5,049)
148	Wigan Athletic	DW Stadium	15,176 (-4,036)
149	FC Lorient	Stade de Moustoir	15,160 (-85)
150	EA Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	15,001 (+5,494)
151	Toulouse FC	Stadium de Toulouse	14,993 (-2,745)
152	Calcio Catania	Stadio Angelo Massimino	14,967 (+1,157)
153	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	14,961 (-13)
154	Atalanta BC	Stadio Atletti Azzurri d'Italia	14,847 (-1,120)
155	Levante UD	Estadi Ciutat de Valencia	14,730 (+479)
156	CA Osasuna Pamplona	Estadio El Sadar	14,709 (-1,529)
157	Montpellier Hérault SC	Stade de la Mosson	14,679 (-2,400)
158	AS Nancy Lorraine	Stade Marcel Picot	14,678 (-918)
159	Parma FC	Stadio Ennio Tardini	14,582 (+1,403)
160	Rosenborg BK	Lerkendal Stadion	14,538 (+1,088)
161	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Stade Auguste Bonal	14,388 (+891)
162	Valenciennes FC	Stade du Hainaut	14,354 (-1,143)
163	Udinese Calcio	Stadio Friuli	14,325 (-1,181)
164	Blackpool FC	Bloomfield Road	14,216 (+300)
165	Huddersfield Town	Galpharm Stadium	14,212 (-901)
166	Sassuolo Calcio	Mapei Stadium	14,195 (+10,387)
167	Heart Of Midlothian FC	Tyncastle Stadium	14,183 (+1,372)
168	Bradford City	Valley Parade	14,120 (+3,798)
169	FC Metz	Stade Saint Symphorien	13,916 (+5,251)
170	Roda JC Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg	13,870 (+374)
171	Kubań Krasnodar	Kuban Stadion	13,819 (-7,115)
172	SK Rapid Wien	Gerhard-Hannapi-Stadion	13,792 (-429)
173	Burnley FC	Turf Moor	13,719 (+791)
174	Anzhi Makhachkala	Dynamo Stadion / Anji Arena	13,673 (-3,614)
175	SC Bastia	Stade Furiani	13,647 (+2,030)
176	Trabzonspor KR	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu	13,535 (-877)
177	FC St. Gallen	AFG Arena	13,388 (-922)
178	FK Ural	Centralnyj Stadion	13,189 (???)
179	Konyaspor K	Konya Atatürk Stadı	13,135 (+6,544)
180	PAOK FC	Stádio Toumba	13,125 (+3,336)
181	Aberdeen FC	Pittodrie Stadium	13,032 (+3,279)
182	Lechia Gdańsk	PGE Arena Gdańsk	13,004 (-202)
183	Lokomotiv Moskwa	Stadion Lokomotiv	12,831 (-31)
184	MSV Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	12,599 (-237)
185	Maccabi Tel-Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	12,561 (+1,366)
186	Wisła Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	12,507 (-1,114)
187	Djurgårdens IF	Tele2 Arena	12,475 (+3,292)
188	FK Krasnodar	Kuban Stadion	12,197 (+1,704)
189	PEC Zwolle	IJsseldelta Stadion	12,023 (+1,240)
190	Bristol City AFC	Ashton Gate	11,928 (-1,420)
191	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Trolli Arena	11,926 (-4,920)
192	Eskişehirspor SK	Eskişehir Atatürk Stadi	11,886 (-8)
193	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Metallurg Stadion	11,880 (-1,819)
194	IFK Göteborg	Gamla Ullevi	11,589 (+1,096)
195	Barnsley FC	Oakwell Stadium	11,557 (+1,350)
196	FK Rostov	Olimp-2 Stadion	11,527 (+1,649)
197	Kayseri Erciyesspor	Kadir Has Şehir Stadyumu	11,397 (+5,577)
198	Sparta Praha	Generali Arena	11,340 (+2,555)
199	Spartak Moskva	Khimki Arena / Stadion Lokomotiv	11,311 (-6,055)
200	SK Brann	Brann Stadion	11,306 (-1,015)
201	FC Luzern	swissporarena	11,291 (-1,093)
202	Vitória Guimarães	Estadio Dom Afonso Henriquez	11,194 (-1,041)
203	Millwall FC	The Den	11,062 (+503)
204	SC Paderborn 07	Benteler-Arena	10,998 (+2,219)
205	Las Palmas	Estadio Gran Canaria	10,976 (-1,104)
206	Evian TG FC	Parc des Sports dAnnecy	10,919 (+708)
207	US Palermo	Stadio Renzo Barbera	10,911 (-7,021)
208	NEC Nijmegen	McDOS Goffertstadion	10,887 (-1,037)
209	AS Livorno	Stadio Armando Picchi	10,875 (+5,294)
210	Amkar Perm	Zvezda Stadion	10,807 (+1,184)
211	SM Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	10,794 (+665)
212	Rayo Vallecano	Campo del Futbol de Vallecas	10,749 (+1,137)
213	AS Cesena	Stadio Dino Manuzzi	10,684 (+2,779)
214	ADO Den Haag	Kyocera Stadion	10,601 (+259)
215	Hibernian FC	Easter Road Stadium	10,585 (-177)
216	Hajduk Split	Stadion Poljud	10,528 (+1,322)
217	Sporting Braga	Estadio Municipal de Braga	10,484 (-1577)
218	Samsunspor	Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium	10,381 (+764)
219	Córdoba CF	Estadio Nuevo Arcangel	10,364 (+837)
220	CD Tenerife	Estadio de Tenerife	10,360 (???)
221	Śląsk Wrocław	Stadion Miejski we Wrocławiu	10,356 (-4,763)
222	Helsingborgs IF	Olympia Stadion	10,284 (+900)
223	Viking FK	Viking Stadion	10,284 (+390)
224	Preston North End	Deepdale Stadium	10,234 (+1,020)
225	UD Almeria	Estadio Mediterraneo	10,229 (+2,494)
226	Kayserispor	Kadir Has Şehir Stadyumu	10,160 (-4,369)
227	Red Bull Salzburg	Red Bull Arena	10,106 (+1,934)
228	Viktoria Plzeň	Doosan Arena	10,090 (+43)
229	ES Troyes AC	Stade de l'Aube	10,029 (-3,807)

^{1 - attendances from the 2013/14 campaign (or 2013 for countries playing in Spring-Autumn system) presented in bold, increase/decrease compared to 2012/13 presented in brackets.}

^{Data collected primarly from official league reports by - among other - The Premier League, The Football League, DFB, LFP, KNVB. Where official data wasn't possible to find, figures from European Football Statistics and WorldFootball.net were used.}