Campeonato Brasileiro Série A attendance

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 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 does not 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]

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

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#	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

^ Sambafoot - Flamengo still Brazil's most popular club, says survey
^ "Um em cada três torce por Flamengo ou Corinthians, aponta Datafolha". Folha de S.Paulo. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "A pesquisa "esquecida" pelo Datafolha". Blog Teoria dos Jogos. July 1, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "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.
^ "MÉDIAS DE PÚBLICO EM CAMPEONATOS NACIONAIS". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
^ "público do brasileirão - globoesporte.com". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
^ "Os recordes do Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A". Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[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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