Most popular football clubs.

Source: Sport+Markt  (sample of 1000 people from 34 countries).

1. Manchester United : 354 million supporters
2. Barcelona : 270 million
3. Real Madrid : 174 million
4. Chelsea : 135 milljoner
5. Arsenal : 113 million
6. Milan : 99 million
7. Liverpool : 71 million
8. Inter : 49 million
9. Bayern Munich : 24 million
10. Juventus : 20 million
11. Manchester City : 18 million
12. Tottenham : 11 million
13. Newcastle : 6 million.  

Total:
England : 708 million (7 clubs)
Spain : 444 million (2 clubs)
Italy : 168 million (3 clubs)
Germany : 24 million (1 club)

Italian survey on football support.

Osservatorio nazionale in collaboration with Coop (Associazione Nazionale cooperative di consumatori).

Do you have a favourite football team?
September 2012: 42,9% yes
September 2011: 45,3%
September 2010: 52,2%
September 2009: 55,6%

Which team do you support?
28,5% Juventus (-0,7% in one year)
15,8% Milan (-0,2%)
14,5% Inter (-4,1%)
13,2% Napoli (+4,2%)
7,3% Roma (+0,8%)
2,6% Fiorentina (-0,9%)
17,6% Other team (+0,8%)

Italy's hottest fans.

According to ledieci.net.


1. Roma
2. Hellas Verona
3. Napoli
4. Lazio
5. Livorno
6. Torino
7. Catania
8. Atalanta
9. Milan
10. Reggina.

Clubs with most supporters, Spain.

Los clubes españoles con más aficionados.


32,8% Real Madrid
25,7% Barcelona
5,3% Valencia
5,1% Athletic Bilbao
4,3% Atlético de Madrid
3,3% Betis
2,7% Zaragoza
2,3% Sevilla
2,2% Celta, Deportivo
1,3% Osasuna, Real Sociedad
1,0% Espanyol
0,8% Racing Santander, Sporting Gijón
0,7% Málaga
0,6% Cádiz, Las Palmas, Tenerife
0,5% Mallorca
0,4% Recreativo Huelva, Murcia, Valladolid
0,3% Almería
0,2% Gimnàstic Tarragona, Alavés, Albacete, Elche
0,1% Getafe, Villarreal, Hércules Alicante, Numancia, Xerez.


Source: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (2007).

Number of supporters in the main football nations.

Argentina
34% Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires)
31% River Plate (Buenos Aires)
8% Independiente (Avellaneda)
6% Racing Club (Avellaneda)
6% San Lorenzo (Buenos Aires)

Brazil
17% Flamengo (Rio)
12% Corínthians (São Paulo)
9% São Paulo
7% Palmeiras (São Paulo)

Spain
36% Real Madrid
29% Barcelona

Italy
24% Juventus
18% Milan
17% Inter

England
18% Manchester United
17% Liverpool
12% Arsenal

Germany
29% Bayern Munich
6% Borussia Dortmund
6% Schalke 04

Russia
27% Zenith St. Petersburg
23% CSKA Moscow
19% Spartak Moscow.

 Source: Sport+Markt.