The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has today hailed figures showing Scottish football has by far the highest match attendance per capita in European football this season.
New statistics show the SPFL had 21.3 attendees per 1,000 people at matches across its top four divisions, and a weekly average support of 117,700 fans.
This attendance per capita is a remarkable 65 per cent higher than second-placed country the Netherlands, which has 12.9 attendees per 1000 people.
The transfermarkt summary has Denmark in third with 12.2 attendees per 1,000 people, followed by Iceland with 12.0 attendees and England & Wales with 11.4 attendees.
Neil Doncaster, SPFL chief executive, said: “The incredible passion of Scottish football fans is well-documented, and it’s absolutely fantastic to see our game has once again, by some margin, the highest attendance per capita in European football. It’s an enormous vote of confidence for our game and a credit to the fans and the clubs throughout all four divisions.
“Attendances in Scotland have significantly outperformed other countries of a similar size for some time now, and the financial importance of gate receipts to our clubs was starkly underscored during the pandemic, when matches were played behind closed doors.
“To see fans returning in such numbers is just brilliant for our game, as it’s their passion and energy which plays such a vital role in making the SPFL such a compelling spectacle.
“We have gripping stories across all four of our divisions, and we’re expecting a really exciting end to the season for fans across the country.”
Last season, over four million fans turned out to watch their teams across all four Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) divisions.
A total of 4,082,038 fans attended matches across the cinch Premiership, cinch Championship, cinch League 1 and cinch League 2, including play-off fixtures.
