TOP TIER LOWS

[Scottish]

There are some appallingly low attendances in some top flights, even in countries where a decent average and/or high figures are recorded. Thirteen countries saw crowds of fifty or less, thirty had 100 or fewer, forty-eight had clubs which couldn't scale the 500 mark and only twenty leagues didn't record a sub-1,000 attendance at some point. Only six countries kept all their figures above 5,000. For further proof of which are the most popular leagues, look at the last two names on this list and reflect that these are the LOWEST crowds seen all season.

19 Guatemala
23 Costa Rica
30 Latvia
30 Macedonia
35 Cyprus
37 Estonia
40 Lithuania
42 Saudi Arabia
50 Armenia
50 Moldova
50 Montenegro
50 Qatar
50 South Africa
60 Romania
63 Northern Ireland
66 Greece
70 Bulgaria
70 Faroe Islands
75 New Zealand
78 Luxembourg
79 Indonesia
85 Ecuador
100 Azerbaijan
100 Bosnia
100 Colombia
100 Georgia
100 Hungary
100 Paraguay
100 Slovenia
100 Venezuela
101 Singapore
102 Wales
145 Iceland
149 Republic of Ireland
150 Albania
155 Czech Republic
197 Hong Kong
200 Serbia
236 UAE
237 Chile
250 Israel
279 Peru
300 Belarus
300 Croatia
300 Malaysia
300 Thailand
417 Portugal
443 Russia
515 Slovakia
600 Bolivia
614 Sweden
650 Turkey
700 Argentina
777 Brazil
800 Kazakhstan
850 Ukraine
856 South Korea
898 Finland
974 Austria
1000 Vietnam
1050 Switzerland
1214 Iran
1546 Denmark
1583 Spain
1892 Scotland
2053 China
2104 Japan
2150 Belgium
2330 Norway
2500 Poland
2800 Mexico
3702 USA
4000 Italy
5046 Australia
5226 Netherlands
5534 France
7243 India
19242 England
21319 Germany

[Swampy]

I expect the USA to rise significantly this year now that Chivas USA are no longer in the league. Lowest so far is 10,0035 for Montreal. Either Montreal or Columbus may drop below 8,000 if they continue their poor form, but with traditionally badly-attended DC United topping the league they should stay reasonably high. As things stand, the USA will in all probability leapfrog India into 3rd place.

[Scottish]

They won't. Spain & Mexico have already overtaken India's figure of last season. France have moved ahead of Italy. The removal of Chivas helps the USA but it's chiefly the introduction of New York City & Orlando City that has bumped up US figures. They're currently about 1,300 per game behind the once mighty Serie A but while there's no way of predicting what the Indian figures will be later on this year there's no way the Americans can end up third. Spain's 27,000 & Mexico's 26,500 are way out of reach. France & Italy are possible targets but highly doubtful this season at least.

The US will definitely overtake the Netherlands this season to become eighth overall.

[Swampy]

I'm talking about the top tier lows list, not averages. Of course the USA are nowhere near the top of the average list.

[Scottish]

Ah, gotcha. Yes, Pune City's capacity is low. I expect every Bournemouth match to be a sell-out so that would keep the England 2015-16 low just above the current US low. Likewise Ingolstadt in Germany.

[Swampy]

For last season, Cypriot top flight club Doxa (who manged a crowd of 4 - four - in a league game in January 2015) managed a low of 11 against Anagennisi Deryneia on January 7th 2017. Doxa are owned by a rich businessman, so they have former Liga and EFL Championship players like Coro, Albert Serran, and Herold Goulon playing for them in a massive old athletics stadium in Nicosia. Very strange club. Like many Cypriot clubs they originally played in the North but fled after the Turkish occupation, but many other clubs (most notably Anorthosis) have kept their old fanbase. If Doxa ever had one, it's gone now.