Every figure below is drawn from the 1,186 of 2,643 played matches that carry a recorded gate (44.9%), spanning 1950–2026. A match with no figure is left out rather than counted as an empty ground — the archive stores an unknown gate as a zero, and averaging those in would quietly drag every number on this page down. 1 match was played behind closed doors and is excluded.
Biggest Away Gate80,000
Best Season47,633
Season by Season
Average gate per season, newest first; each bar is scaled against the best season shown. A season missing from this list has no recorded gate at all, which is not the same as a season nobody attended.
By Competition
Intercontinental Cup71,102
UEFA Champions League44,045Inter-Cities Fairs Cup40,550UEFA Cup Winners' Cup36,760Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup35,629
UEFA Europa League33,479FIFA Club World Cup30,380Portuguese League29,307
Portuguese Cup25,235League Cup19,797Lisbon FA Honour Cup18,908Lisbon Championship8,400
UEFA Champions League44,045Inter-Cities Fairs Cup40,550UEFA Cup Winners' Cup36,760Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup35,629UEFA Europa League33,479FIFA Club World Cup30,380Portuguese League29,307Portuguese Cup25,235League Cup19,797Lisbon FA Honour Cup18,908Lisbon Championship8,400Competitions with fewer than 3 recorded gates are left out — one match is not an average. Pick a competition to scope the whole page to it.
Who Fills the Ground
FC Porto67,164
Sporting CP60,170
Casa Pia AC57,839
Santa Clara52,533
CD Tondela48,923
Vitória SC46,412
Portimonense46,265
Estoril Praia45,301
FC Arouca45,247
Boavista FC43,275
Feirense43,249
Moreirense43,034Average gate at our ground by visiting club, minimum 3 recorded meetings.
Grounds, and How Full They Get
Estádio da Luz28.6%
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica72.3%
Estádio dos Barreiros98.0%
Estádio Municipal de Guimarães74.7%
Estádio do Bessa Séc. XXI55.3%
Estádio do Bonfim92.0%
Estádio 28 de Maio70.2%
Estádio do Restelo68.5%
Estádio do Rio Ave FC (Arcos)173.2%
Estádio José Alvalade86.3%
Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto (Antas)70.1%
Estádio do Dragão95.8%
Estádio José Alvalade (1956)67.6%
Campo de São Luís176.8%
Municipal de Braga69.6%“How full” divides the average gate by the ground’s capacity today. Grounds shrank when they went all-seater, so a historical average can exceed a modern capacity and read over 100% — the old Estádio da Luz is the clearest case. Minimum 3 recorded gates per ground.
When We Draw a Crowd
By Day of the Week
By Kickoff Time
Kickoff times cover only the 403 recorded home gates that carry a time as well as a date — most of the archive stores midnight where the time is simply not known, and those are excluded rather than filed under a small-hours kickoff that never happened. The day of the week, by contrast, is trustworthy on every row.
Biggest Crowds
Record Gates
Quietest Recorded
v TirsenseHome500
v UD LeiriaHome1,000v MoreirenseAway1,498
v CampomaiorenseHome1,500
v CD AvesAway2,000Sign in and mark the matches you attended to see which of these crowds you were part of.