FOOTBALL CLUB ATTENDANCES (2006)

'Football club attendances (2006)': The table below displays the highest football club attendance averages for all regular seasons concluding in 2006. Regular seasons are also known as "home and away" seasons. These figures have been drawn from domestic and superleague competitions. However, continental championships, such as the UEFA Champions League, have been ignored, as these lack a true regular season. Only those clubs achieving a home attendance average of 45,000 plus will be displayed in this list, to be updated annually.

It spans all the world's major football codes, which include:

Football (Soccer) premierships

American Football, whose flagship is the NFL

Australian Rules Football, whose flagship is the Australian Football League (AFL)

Super 14, plus other Rugby Union competitions from around the world

Other football codes, such as Arena Football (US), Gaelic Football and Rugby League.

RANKING	CLUB	COUNTRY	COMPETITION	SPORT	HOME GAMES	AVERAGE	MAIN GROUND	CAPACITY
1	Washington Redskins	USA	NFL	American Football	8	87631	FedExField	91704
2	New York Giants	USA	NFL	American Football	8	78613	Giants Stadium	80242
3	Kansas City Chiefs	USA	NFL	American Football	8	77909	Arrowhead Stadium	79451
4	New York Jets	USA	NFL	American Football	8	77321	Giants Stadium	80242
5	Denver Broncos	USA	NFL	American Football	8	76347	INVESCO Field at Mile High	76125
6	Carolina Panthers	USA	NFL	American Football	8	73567	Bank of America Stadium	73298
7	Miami Dolphins	USA	NFL	American Football	8	73246	Dolphin Stadium	75540
8	FC Barcelona	Spain	La Liga	Football	19	73225	Nou Camp	98787
9	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	Bundesliga 1	Football	17	72627	Signal Iduna Park	81264
10	Cleveland Browns	USA	NFL	American Football	8	72334	Cleveland Browns Stadium	73200
11	Real Madrid	Spain	La Liga	Football	19	71544	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium	80354
12	Baltimore Ravens	USA	NFL	American Football	8	70818	M&T Bank Stadium	70107
13	Green Bay Packers	USA	NFL	American Football	8	70718	Lambeau Field	72922
14	Atlanta Falcons	USA	NFL	American Football	8	70432	Georgia Dome	71228
15	Houston Texans	USA	NFL	American Football	8	70183	Reliant Stadium	72000
16	Philadelphia Eagles	USA	NFL	American Football	8	69224	Lincoln Financial Field	68532
17	Tennessee Titans	USA	NFL	American Football	8	69143	LP Field	68798
18	New Orleans Saints	USA	NFL	American Football	8	68808	Louisiana Superdome	72003
19	Manchester United	England	Premier League	Football	19	68764	Old Trafford	68174
20	New England Patriots	USA	NFL	American Football	8	68756	Gillette Stadium	68756
21	San Francisco 49ers	USA	NFL	American Football	8	68150	Monster Park	70207
22	Seattle Seahawks	USA	NFL	American Football	8	67977	Qwest Field	67000
23	Buffalo Bills	USA	NFL	American Football	8	67646	Ralph Wilson Stadium	73967
24	Bayern München	Germany	Bundesliga 1	Football	17	67641	Allianz Arena	69000
25	Jacksonville Jaguars	USA	NFL	American Football	8	66858	Alltel Stadium	67164
26	San Diego Chargers	USA	NFL	American Football	8	66378	Qualcomm Stadium	66300
27	Cincinnati Bengals	USA	NFL	American Football	8	65983	Paul Brown Stadium	65535
28	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	USA	NFL	American Football	8	65582	Raymond James Stadium	66321
29	St. Louis Rams	USA	NFL	American Football	8	65326	Edward Jones Dome	66000
30	Minnesota Vikings	USA	NFL	American Football	8	63717	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	64000
31	Arizona Cardinals	USA	NFL	American Football	8	63603	University of Phoenix Stadium	63500
32	Dallas Cowboys	USA	NFL	American Football	8	63288	Texas Stadium	65675
33	Pittsburgh Steelers	USA	NFL	American Football	8	62432	Heinz Field	65050
34	Chicago Bears	USA	NFL	American Football	8	62223	Soldier Field	61500
35	Schalke 04	Germany	Bundesliga 1	Football	17	61299	Veltins-Arena	61482
36	Detroit Lions	USA	NFL	American Football	8	60889	Ford Field	65000
37	AC Milan	Italy	Serie A	Football	19	59993	San Siro	85700
38	Oakland Raiders	USA	NFL	American Football	8	58495	McAfee Coliseum	63026
39	Celtic FC	Scotland	SPL	Football	19	58150	Celtic Park	60832
40	Indianapolis Colts	USA	NFL	American Football	8	57144	RCA Dome	60272
41	Collingwood Magpies	Australia	AFL	Australian Football	11	52883	Melbourne Cricket Ground	100000
42	Hamburger SV	Germany	Bundesliga 1	Football	17	52629	AOL Arena	57274
43	Newcastle United	England	Premier League	Football	19	52032	St James' Park	52387
44	Inter Milan	Italy	Serie A	Football	19	51371	San Siro	85700
45	Olympique Marseille	France	Ligue 1	Football	19	49625	Stade Vélodrome	60031
46	Rangers FC	Scotland	SPL	Football	19	49245	Ibrox Stadium	49500
47	Boca Juniors	Argentina	Primera División Argentina	Football	19	49000	La Bombonera	57400
48	1. FC Köln	Germany	Bundesliga 1	Football	17	48941	RheinEnergieStadion	50997
49	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany	Bundesliga 1	Football	17	47834	Borussia Park	54019
50	Ajax Amsterdam	Netherlands	Eredivisie	Football	17	47281	Amsterdam ArenA	51628
51	Northern Bulls	South Africa	Super 14	Rugby Union	7	47000	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	51762
52	Hertha Berlin	Germany	Bundesliga 1	Football	17	46703	Olympic Stadium (Berlin)	74228
53	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	J-League	Football	17	45573	Saitama Soccer Stadium	63700

'References:'

AFL crowd figures have been sourced from the 2006 AFL season page (Wikipedia)

Argentine football crowd figures have been sourced from BigSoccer.com

European football crowd figures have been sourced from European Football Statistics

Japanese football crowd figures have been sourced from the official J-League web site

NFL crowd figures have been sourced from NFL attendances (ESPN)

Super 14 rugby union crowd figures have been sourced from IOL.co.za.