Indian Super League attendance

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The Indian Super League is the top football league in India. Founded in 2014, the 2015 season saw an average attendance of 27,111 between the eight teams, higher than the average from the league's inaugural season in 2014.

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Highest Attended Matches

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateStadium
1 Atlético de Kolkata 2–1 Chennaiyin FC 68,34016 December 2015 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
2 Atlético de Kolkata 3–0 Mumbai City FC 65,00012 October 2014 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
3 Mohun Bagan 2–0 East Bengal 62,54229 October 2022 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
4 Kerala Blasters 0–1 Delhi Dynamos 62,08718 October 2015 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
5 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Odisha FC 62,00728 April 2024 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
6 Mohun Bagan 1-3 Mumbai City FC 62,0074 May 2024 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
7 Mohun Bagan 2–1 Mumbai City FC 61,77715 April 2024 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
8 Mohun Bagan 2–0 FC Goa 61,59108 March 2025 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
9 Kerala Blasters 0–0 Mumbai City FC 61,48310 October 2015 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
10 Kerala Blasters 0–1 Chennaiyin FC 61,32330 November 2014 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
11 Atlético de Kolkata 2–3 Mumbai City FC 61,2764 December 2015 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
12 Atlético de Kolkata 1–2 Kerala Blasters 60,90013 October 2015 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
13 Atlético de Kolkata 1–1 Kerala Blasters 60,25126 October 2014 Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan

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Season averages

SeasonTotal gateGamesAverageHigh avg.TeamLow avg.TeamRef.
2014 15,90,2926124,71148,897 Kerala Blasters 5,895 Pune City [2]
2015 16,59,8086127,11146,111 Kerala Blasters 4,985 Pune City [3]
2016 12,60,2076121,00352,008 Kerala Blasters 5,396 Mumbai City [4]
2017–18 13,99,4079515,04732,047 Kerala Blasters 7,449 Mumbai City [5]
2018–19 12,31,3049513,15520,016 Jamshedpur 9,981 Mumbai City [6]
2019–20 12,26,9129513,05225,847 ATK 5,240 Mumbai City
2020–21 Played behind closed doors, due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22 Played behind closed doors, due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022–23 14,79,76511712,75628,207 ATK Mohun Bagan 2,457 NorthEast United

ISL attendance compared to the other leagues

As of
LeagueSportCountrySeasonTeamsGamesTotal
attendance
Average
attendance
Ref(s)
National Football League American football United States 2016 3225617,788,67169,487 [7]
Bundesliga Association footballGermany 2016–17 1830612,702,42741,511 [8]
Premier League Association footballEngland (1 club in Wales) 2016–17 2038013,612,31635,822 [9]
Australian Football League Australian rules football Australia 2017 182077,287,88035,207 [10]
Big Bash League Cricket Australia 2016–17 8351,053,99730,114 [11] [12]
Major League Baseball Baseball United States (1 club in Canada) 2017 302,41972,670,42330,042 [13]
Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball Japan 2017 1285825,139,463 [C] 29,300 [14]
Liga MX Association football Mexico 2015–16 181534,253,406 [15] 27,800 [16]
La Liga Association footballSpain 2016–17 2037810,470,78127,700 [17]
Indian Premier League Cricket India 2017 860 [18] 1,567,54326,126 1
Indian Super League Association football India 2015 8611,653,80827,111 [19]
Canadian Football League Canadian football Canada 2016 9812,003,714 [20] 24,691 [21]
Chinese Super League Association footballChina 2016 162405,798,13524,159 [22]
Serie A Association footballItaly 2016–17 203808,422,37822,164 [23]
Major League Soccer Association footballUnited States/Canada 2017 223748,269,91922,112 [24]
Bangladesh Premier League Cricket Bangladesh 2015–16 634 [18] 742,00021,824 1
2. Bundesliga Association footballGermany 2016–17 183066,650,99321,735 [25]
Argentine Primera División Association football Argentina 2014–15 20901,923,70021,374 [26]
Ligue 1 Association footballFrance (1 club in Monaco) 2016–17 203787,948,99021,029 [27]
EFL Championship Association footballEngland 2016–17 2455211,105,92220,119 [28]
Super Rugby Rugby union New Zealand (5 teams)
South Africa (5 teams)
Australia (5 teams) [29]
2015 15125 [30] 1,034,82619,163 [31]
Eredivisie Association footballNetherlands 2016–17 183065,841,52119,094 [32]
J1 League Association footballJapan 2017 183065,778,17818,883 [33]
Argentine Primera División Association football Argentina 2016–17 304507,261,65016,137 [26]
National Rugby League Rugby league Australia (1 club in New Zealand) 2016 162013,228,623 [34] 16,063
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Association football Brazil 2016 203785,975,92615,809 [35]
Aviva Premier Rugby union England 2016–17 121352,033,80515,065 [36]

See also

References

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  15. Refers to the 2015–16 Torneo Clausura
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  18. 1 2 Data includes 4 play-off matches.
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  20. This number reflects regular-season games only. With the season's five playoff games included, total attendance was 2,113,556, an average of 24,576.
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  29. Super Rugby expanded to 18 teams in 2016, but will revert to 15 in 2018. As of the next season in 2018, the competition will have 5 teams from New Zealand, 4 from both Australia and South Africa, and one each from Argentina and Japan.
  30. Data includes 5 play-off matches.
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  34. This figure includes the 9 matches of the 2016 NRL finals series.
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  36. "Home attendance Aviva Premiership 15/16". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.