Crowds
Every figure below is drawn from the 278 of 318 played matches that carry a recorded gate (87.4%), spanning 1957–2026. 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.
Avg at Our Ground48,376over 137 matches
Avg Away38,424over 133 matches
Record Crowd120,000our ground
Biggest Away Gate115,000their ground
Spectators in Total12,244,506across recorded matches
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
Competitions 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
Average gate at our ground by visiting club, minimum 3 recorded meetings.
Grounds, and How Full They Get
| Ground | Matches | Avg | Best | Capacity | How Full |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lisboa | 70 | 49,288 | 66,387 | 68,100 | 72.4% |
| Estádio da Luz Lisboa | 66 | 47,885 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 39.9% |
“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 Kickoff Time
Kickoff times cover only the 104 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
Quietest Recorded
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