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. The attendance of 2013 season was 16,337 with average occupation of 40%.
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.
Attendance records
#AttendanceHomeScoreVisitorStadiumDate1155,523Flamengo3–0SantosMaracanãMay 29, 19832154,335Flamengo3–2Atlético MineiroMaracanãJune 1, 19803146,043Fluminense1–1CorinthiansMaracanãDecember 5, 19764138,107Flamengo1–1GrêmioMaracanãApril 4, 19825135,487Botafogo3–1FlamengoMaracanãApril 19, 19816128,781Fluminense0–0VascoMaracanãMay 27, 19847122,001Botafogo2–2FlamengoMaracanãJuly 19, 19928121,353Flamengo1–1VascoMaracanãMay 8, 19839120,441Flamengo2–1GuaraniMaracanãApril 11, 198210118,777Vasco2–2InternacionalMaracanãJuly 28, 197411118,370Fluminense0–0CorinthiansMaracanãMay 20, 198412118,162Flamengo1–0Atlético MineiroMaracanãNovember 29, 198713117,353Botafogo0–0FlamengoMaracanãApril 16, 198114115,002Corinthians4–1FlamengoMorumbiMay 6, 198415114,481Santos2–1FlamengoMorumbiMay 12, 198316113,479Atlético Mineiro0–0SantosMineirãoMay 15, 198317113,286Corinthians2–1InternacionalMorumbiNovember 21, 197618112,993Vasco2–1CruzeiroMaracanãAugust 1, 197419112,403Fluminense1–1Atlético MineiroMaracanãDecember 20, 197020112,047Flamengo1–4PalmeirasMaracanãDecember 9, 197921111,260Flamengo2–1VascoMaracanãMay 5, 198322111,111Santos3–2FlamengoMorumbiFebruary 27, 198323110,877Vasco3–0GrêmioMaracanãMay 19, 198424110,438Bahia2–1FluminenseFonte NovaFebruary 12, 1989
Attendances in 2023
CR Flamengo drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023 edition of the Brazilian top-flight football league, followed by São Paulo FC.worldfootball.net
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