List of sports clubs by membership explained

This page lists the sports clubs with the largest number of members in the world. In many European countries, professional football teams are not organized as clubs, but as corporations. This includes all teams in the English Premier League and most teams in the Spanish Primera División and the Italian Serie A. They therefore do not appear on this list, although they sometimes offer interested persons the opportunity to become 'members' for a fee, which gives them advantages in the purchase of tickets and merchandise. In the big four sports leagues in the United States and Canada, clubs are usually franchises owned by private investors. In Germany, most professional sport teams are organized as corporations (GmbH or Aktiengesellschaft); however, in accordance with the 50+1 rule, the majority of votes lies with the registered associations (e. V.), which have members.

List of largest sports clubs

This list contains all clubs with a current membership of 75,000 or more, provided this is sufficiently documented. There may be other clubs that meet this criterion. The data is based on various sources and may therefore vary in terms of the survey period or the standards applied, which may limit comparability. The inclusion of inactive members who have stopped paying their membership fees alongside active members who actually pay their fees is another factor that can distort the reliability of this list.

Sports clubs with more than 75,000 members!Rank!Sports club!Place!Members!Date
1Club Atlético River PlateBuenos Aires, 335,945August 2023[1]
2FC Bayern MunichMunich, 316,000November 2023[2]
3Boca JuniorsBuenos Aires, 315,879August 2023
4S.L. BenficaLisbon, 298,948June 2023[3]
5=Borussia DortmundDortmund, 200,000May 2024[4]
5=Tasmania Football ClubTasmania, 200,000May 2024[5]
7FC Schalke 04Gelsenkirchen, 180,000December 2023[6]
8German Alpine Club Munich sectionMunich, 179,391December 2023[7]
9German Alpine Club Oberland sectionMunich, 174,515December 2023
10Melbourne Cricket ClubMelbourne, 157,70831 August 2022[8]
11FC BarcelonaBarcelona, 150,317 May 2023[9]
12Sporting CPLisbon, 146,292March 2024[10]
13Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, 140,000March 2024[11]
14SC InternacionalPorto Alegre, 135,000March 2024[12]
151. FC KölnCologne, 132,439September 2023[13]
16HNK Hajduk SplitSplit, Croatia120,637August 2024[14]
17FC PortoPorto, 114,910June 2022[15]
18Grêmio FBPAPorto Alegre, 114,425September 2023[16]
19Collingwood Football ClubMelbourne, 110,102 2024[17]
20West Coast EaglesPerth, 103,275 2023[18]
21Austrian Alpine Club Edelweiss sectionVienna, 102,435December 2022[19]
22Richmond Football ClubMelbourne, 101,349 2023
23Hamburger SVHamburg, 100,000September 2023[20]
VfB StuttgartStuttgart, 100,0003rd May 2024[21]
Borussia MönchengladbachMönchengladbach, 100,000December 2023[22]
24Real Madrid CFMadrid, 99,781December 2023[23]
25Carlton Football ClubMelbourne, 95,277 2023
26Club Atlético IndependienteAvellaneda, 95,173August 2023
27CR FlamengoRio de Janeiro, 89,859March 2023[24]
28Essendon Football ClubMelbourne, 86,274 2023
29Feyenoord RotterdamRotterdam, 85,000May 2024[25]
30Racing Club de AvellanedaAvellaneda, 83,717August 2023
31CR Vasco da GamaRio de Janeiro, 82,611January 2021[26]
32Geelong Football ClubGeelong, 82,155 2023
33Hawthorn Football ClubMelbourne, 80,698 2023
34San Lorenzo de AlmagroBuenos Aires, 80,410August 2023
35Austrian Alpine Club Austria sectionVienna, 78,211December 2022

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-08-04 . River Plate alcanzó una cifra récord de socios y quedó segundo en el ranking mundial . 2024-01-29 . infobae . es-ES.
  2. Web site: 2023-11-12 . FC Bayern München eV: results and records presented at this year’s AGM . 2024-06-01 . fcbayern.com . en.
  3. Web site: Abola.pt . 2023-09-23 . Benfica com 298.948 sócios ativos! Abola.pt . 2024-01-29 . Abola.pt . pt.
  4. Web site: 2024-05-18 . BVB begrüßt das 200.000. Vereinsmitglied . 2024-06-01 . bvb.de . de.
  5. Web site: Tasmania Football Club's first big signing: Brendon Gale to be inaugural CEO . 2024-08-05 . Tasmanian Football Club . en-AU.
  6. Web site: Heßbrügge . Rolf . 2023-12-06 . Schalke: Das ist die schöne Bescherung in der Weihnachtszeit . 2024-01-29 . www.waz.de . de-DE.
  7. Web site: 2023-08-29 . Magazin des Deutschen Alpenvereins (DAV) . 2024-01-29 . www.alpenverein.de . de.
  8. Web site: 2023-06-23 . Final MCC Annual Report . 2024-04-25 . en.
  9. Web site: 2023-05-31 . Xavi's son becomes FC Barcelona member . 2024-06-01 . fcbarcelona.com . en.
  10. Web site: 2024-03-07 . Sporting regista recorde de sócios pagantes em 2023 . 2024-03-11 . www.record.pt . pt-pt.
  11. Web site: Marke von 140 000 Mitgliedern überschritten . 2024-04-26 . Eintracht Frankfurt . de.
  12. Web site: 2024-03-07 . Inter supera 107 mil sócios e impulsiona venda de camisas após chegada de Valencia . 2024-01-29 . ge . pt-br.
  13. Web site: Membership . 1. FC Köln.
  14. Web site: April 2024 . Članstvo (Membership) . 2024-04-26 .
  15. Web site: Relatório e Contas 2021/2022. . FC Porto.
  16. Web site: 2023-12-07 . Rumo aos 120 mil; Veja o número de sócios do Grêmio em 2023 . 2024-01-29 . Grêmio News . en.
  17. Web site: 2024-08-04 . Collingwood break membership record for second consecutive year . 2024-08-08 . Collingwood FC . en.
  18. Web site: 2023-09-05 . Pies leapfrog rival duo as 15 clubs set records: 2023 AFL membership ladder revealed . 2024-03-16 . Fox Sports . en.
  19. Jahresbericht 2022 p. 16
  20. Web site: Wir sind 100.000! . 2024-01-29 . HSV e.V. . en.
  21. Web site: Über 100.000 Dunkelrote! . 2024-05-06 . VfB Stuttgart . de.
  22. Web site: Borussia Mönchengladbach Wir sind 100.000! . 2024-01-29 . Borussia Mönchengladbach . de-DE.
  23. Web site: 2023-12-03 . Cómo hacerse socio del Real Madrid: carnet, abonos, entradas y beneficios . 2024-06-01 . goal.com . es.
  24. Web site: Transparência - Flamengo . 2024-01-29 . www.flamengo.com.br . pt-br.
  25. Web site: Het Legioen - De officiële supportersclub van Feyenoord - Legioen . 2024-05-06 . hetlegioen.feyenoord.nl.
  26. Web site: Montalvão . Tauan . 2021-02-18 . Vasco divulga número de sócios em janeiro de 2021; confira . 2024-01-29 . Vasco Notícias . pt-BR.

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