THE RISE OF WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS IN PARTICULAR, MATCH ATTENDANCES IN THE WOMEN’S GAME HAVE BEEN AMONGST THE BIGGEST IN FOOTBALL Peak audiences for football (selected) 2022 to date
Note: attendances show represent peak audiences for each competition in each season. Additional attendances included for UEFA Women’s Champions League to highlight consistent high attendance levels. The women’s game – given the platform and the venue – now also has the power to capture the imagination of fans in a similar way to the men’s game. n women’s football matches. This is in contrast to earlier years where peaks were sporadic and only associated with the very biggest events, such as the FIFA Women’s World Cup final. attendances at women’s football matches, in particular in the UEFA Women’s Champions League and UEFA Women’s EURO, but also in domestic competitions. Indeed, during the 2022 calendar year, the three highest attendances in European football were at Not only are attendances for women’s football increasing, but big match attendance is now regularly rivalling levels seen in the men’s game. Over the course of the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 seasons there have been multiple eye-catching
Women’s matches
Men’s matches
91,648
120K
95,745
91,553
60,063
75,584
87,192
100K
81,365
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75,546
72,262
80K
47,637
60K
40K
20K
0K
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