Primeira Liga - Attendance

Attendance

Since the beginning of the league, there are three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP. They have also the biggest stadiums in Portugal, with more than 50,000 seats. Other clubs, such as Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting de Braga, also have good attendances. Académica de Coimbra, Vitória de Setúbal, Boavista, Belenenses, and Marítimo are historical clubs, from the biggest Portuguese cities, and have also many supporters. However, they do not have big attendances nowadays. Their stadiums have between 10,000 and 30,000 seats.

The 2010–11 season saw an average attendance by club:

Club Average Stadium
capacity		 Attendance(%) Acumulated Stadium
1 Benfica 38,146 65,647 58,69% 572,197 Estádio da Luz (Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
2 Porto 36,986 50,399 73,39% 554,800 Estádio do Dragão
3 Sporting CP 24,857 50,049 49,67% 372,864 Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI
4 Sporting de Braga 14,508 30,154 47,91% 217,630 Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga)
5 Vitória de Guimarães 13,949 30,000 46,71% 209,235 Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
6 Académica Coimbra 4,558 30,000 15,39% 68,375 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
7 Beira-Mar 4,028 30,127 12,95% 60,433 Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
8 Vitória de Setúbal 3,920 18,694 25,30% 58,813 Estádio do Bonfim
9 Marítimo 3,439 9,177 77,58% 51,586 Estádio dos Barreiros
10 Portimonense 3,307 9,544 28,33% 49,607 Estádio Municipal de Portimão
11 Olhanense 3,194 10,080 27,48% 47,914 Estádio José Arcanjo
12 Leiria 2,407 30,000 10,39% 36,108 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
13 Rio Ave 2,391 12,820 22,11% 35,865 Estádio do Rio Ave FC
14 Nacional 2,083 5,132 40,52% 31,251 Estádio da Madeira
15 Paços de Ferreira 2,040 5,172 44,68% 28,952 Estádio da Mata Real
16 Naval 1º de Maio 1,063 10,000 16,93% 24,053 Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa

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