Crowds
Portuguese LeagueEvery 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 Season63,098
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
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup55,039
UEFA Champions League48,376Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup45,000
UEFA Europa League40,763Portuguese League40,689
Portuguese Cup28,936League Cup26,150Lisbon FA Honour Cup21,667Lisbon Championship8,250
UEFA Champions League48,376Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup45,000UEFA Europa League40,763Portuguese League40,689Portuguese Cup28,936League Cup26,150Lisbon FA Honour Cup21,667Lisbon Championship8,250Competitions 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 Nacional do Jamor67.8%
Estádio Municipal Dr. Alves Vieira144.9%“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 LeiriaHome1,000
v CampomaiorenseHome1,500
v GD ChavesHome2,000v Estoril PraiaHome2,000Sign in and mark the matches you attended to see which of these crowds you were part of.