Campeonato Brasileiro Série A attendance

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is the second largest league in attendance in South America (behind Argentina). Despite the great popularity of football in the country, the league has a low average audience compared to major football leagues in the world, the championship doesn't even appear among the top 10 average attendance in football league, the smallest attendance was in 2004 season with 9,136, the largest was in 1983 season with 22,953.[5] The attendance of 2013 season was 16,337 with average occupation of 40%.[6]

Flamengo (left) and Corinthians (right), the two most supported teams in Brazil,[1] with 36,4 (18%) and 28,6 (14%) million of adepts, respectively, according to Datafolha, in a 2014 research.[2][3][4]

The smallest attendance ever was a game between Juventude and Portuguesa in 1997 with 55 fans, the largest was Flamengo and Santos in 1983 with 155,523.[7]

Attendance records

# Attendance Home Score Visitor Stadium Date
1 155,523 Flamengo 3–0 Santos Maracanã May 29, 1983
2 154,335 Flamengo 3–2 Atlético Mineiro Maracanã June 1, 1980
3 146,043 Fluminense 1–1 Corinthians Maracanã December 5, 1976
4 138,107 Flamengo 1–1 Grêmio Maracanã April 4, 1982
5 135,487 Botafogo 3–1 Flamengo Maracanã April 19, 1981
6 128,781 Fluminense 0–0 Vasco Maracanã May 27, 1984
7 122,001 Botafogo 2–2 Flamengo Maracanã July 19, 1992
8 121,353 Flamengo 1–1 Vasco Maracanã May 8, 1983
9 120,441 Flamengo 2–1 Guarani Maracanã April 11, 1982
10 118,777 Vasco 2–2 Internacional Maracanã July 28, 1974
11 118,370 Fluminense 0–0 Corinthians Maracanã May 20, 1984
12 118,162 Flamengo 1–0 Atlético Mineiro Maracanã November 29, 1987
13 117,353 Botafogo 0–0 Flamengo Maracanã April 16, 1981
14 115,002 Corinthians 4–1 Flamengo Morumbi May 6, 1984
15 114,481 Santos 2–1 Flamengo Morumbi May 12, 1983
16 113,479 Atlético Mineiro 0–0 Santos Mineirão May 15, 1983
17 113,286 Corinthians 2–1 Internacional Morumbi November 21, 1976
18 112,993 Vasco 2–1 Cruzeiro Maracanã August 1, 1974
19 112,403 Fluminense 1–1 Atlético Mineiro Maracanã December 20, 1970
20 112,047 Flamengo 1–4 Palmeiras Maracanã December 9, 1979
21 111,260 Flamengo 2–1 Vasco Maracanã May 5, 1983
22 111,111 Santos 3–2 Flamengo Morumbi February 27, 1983
23 110,877 Vasco 3–0 Grêmio Maracanã May 19, 1984
24 110,438 Bahia 2–1 Fluminense Fonte Nova February 12, 1989

References
  1. Sambafoot - Flamengo still Brazil's most popular club, says survey
  2. "Um em cada três torce por Flamengo ou Corinthians, aponta Datafolha". Folha de S.Paulo. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. "A pesquisa "esquecida" pelo Datafolha". Blog Teoria dos Jogos. July 1, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  4. "A pesquisa secreta do Datafolha em 2014, com a Lusa à frente dos grandes do Recife". Diário de Pernambuco. July 31, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  5. "MÉDIAS DE PÚBLICO EM CAMPEONATOS NACIONAIS". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  6. "público do brasileirão - globoesporte.com". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  7. "Os recordes do Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
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