The most titled football club in the world in history can be determined by counting all the team's trophies won in all tournaments. However, there is one nuance here, namely the level of competition in which this or that trophy was won. This article will present a list of the 10 football teams with the most titles won. Only trophies obtained in the following competitions will be taken into account:
- National League;
- Country Cups;
- Country Super Cup;
- International tournaments (Champions League, Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup).
- Rangers (Scotland) - 115 trophies;
- Celtic (Scotland) - 108;
- Real Madrid (Spain) - 84;
- Barcelona (Spain) - 83;
- Benfica (Portugal) - 82;
- Porto (Portugal) - 75;
- Ajax (Netherlands) - 72;
- Manchester United (England) - 65;
- Bavaria (Germany) - 65;
- Liverpool (England) - 60.
Detailed information for each team. Let's start from the bottom up.
10. Liverpool
The Merseysiders have collected 60 official trophies and still continue to be a super club in Europe. IN last years Liverpool have become less likely to win in big competitions, but history has allowed the club to break into our top 10.
- Championship of England - 18;
- FA Cup - 7;
- Cup football league – 8;
- FA Super Cup - 15;
- Champions League - 6;
- Europa League - 3;
- UEFA Super Cup - 3;
- In total - 60.
9. Bavaria
The most successful German team took 9th place in this list. Bayern is a mega popular club that had huge talents at its disposal. The Bavarians have dominated the Bundesliga for many years and are not going to slow down.
- German Championship - 28;
- German Cup - 18;
- German Super Cup - 5;
- German League Cup - 6;
- Champions League - 5;
- Cup Winners' Cup - 1;
- UEFA Cup - 1;
- UEFA Super Cup - 1;
- In total - 64.
8. Manchester United
One of the most expensive clubs in the world greatest heights reached under Alex Ferguson. More recently, the Red Devils were a formidable force in Europe, but after the departure of the legendary Scottish coach, their power has faded significantly. And yet, Manchester United remains the most titled football club in England, ahead of Liverpool by several awards.
- Championship of England - 20;
- FA Cup - 12;
- Football League Cup - 5;
- FA Super Cup - 21;
- Champions League - 3;
- Europa League - 1;
- Cup Winners' Cup - 1;
- UEFA Super Cup - 1;
- Intercontinental Cup - 1;
- In total - 65.
7. Ajax
Ajax is famous all over the world for its football academy. They train young talents who later become superstars. The team achieved its greatest heights with the legendary Johan Cruyff, when in the period from 1971 to 1973 the Amsterdam team won the UEFA Champions League 3 times.
- Championship Netherlands - 34;
- Netherlands Cup - 19;
- Dutch Super Cup - 8;
- Champions League - 4;
- Europa League - 2;
- UEFA Super Cup - 3;
- Cup Winners' Cup - 1;
- Intercontinental Cup - 2;
- In total - 72.
6. Porto
Since its founding, Porto has practically no equal in their native country. This club is the author of many records in Portugal, including the number of titles won.
- Portuguese Championship - 28;
- Portuguese Cup - 20;
- Portuguese Super Cup - 20;
- Champions League - 2;
- Europa League - 2;
- UEFA Super Cup - 1;
- Intercontinental Cup - 2;
- In total - 74.
5. Benfica
In recent years, Benfica has taken away the title of "the most successful club in Portugal" from Porto. In 2014, the Eagles managed to win all 4 trophies in the country, which allowed them to jump above their eternal competitors.
- Portuguese Championship - 37;
- Portuguese Cup - 29;
- Portuguese Super Cup -7;
- Portuguese League Cup - 7;
- Champions League - 2;
- In total - 82.
4. Barcelona
The Catalan club has achieved success on the European and world stage, both thanks to its pupils, grown up in the La Masia academy, and by signing stars from other clubs. If there were no Real Madrid in the Spanish championship, then Barça completely dominated and won all the country's tournaments.
- Spanish Championship - 26;
- Spanish Cup - 30;
- Spanish Super Cup - 13;
- Champions League - 5;
- Cup Winners' Cup - 4;
- UEFA Super Cup - 5;
- In total - 83.
3. Real Madrid
The exploits of "Real" are known throughout the planet. This legendary team won the largest number international titles. As many as 13 UEFA Champions League cups have been won by Cream in their long history, which still remains an unbeaten record. The "Royal" club is the most titled football club in terms of the number of international cups won.
- Spanish Championship - 33;
- Spanish Cup - 19;
- Spanish Super Cup - 10;
- Champions League - 13;
- UEFA Super Cup - 4;
- Europa League - 2;
- Intercontinental Cup - 3;
- In total - 84.
2. Celtic
It may be strange for many readers to see Celtic in 2nd place in our rankings, but it really is. The Celts have managed to collect many trophies domestically and are also the only Scottish club to have won the European Cup.
- Scottish Championship - 50;
- Scottish Cup - 39;
- Scottish League Cup - 18;
- European Champions Cup - 1;
- In total - 108.
1.Rangers
Surprisingly, the most titled club in the world is the Rangers from the city of Glasgow. The Rangers have collected all their trophies and awards within Scotland, and the only international trophy is the Cup Winners' Cup, won in 1972. Thus, 114 titles allowed the Rangers to climb to the top of our list.
- Scottish Championship - 54;
- Scottish Cup - 33;
- Scottish League Cup - 27;
- Cup Winners' Cup - 1;
- In total - 115.
Last data update 06/01/2019
Conclusion
From today's article, you learned that the Rangers are the most titled football club in the world, with 115 titles. The top 10 also included the giants of world football, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bavaria, Liverpool and Manchester United.
34th place - Everton/ Everton - English football club from Liverpool, 9-time champion of England. club stadium Goodison Park an average of 36,892 fans attend (92% of the stadium capacity).
33rd place - Benfica/ Benfica - Portuguese football club from Lisbon, 32-time champion of the country. club stadium Estadio da Luz an average of 36,975 fans attend (56% of the stadium capacity).
32nd place - Celtic/ Celtic is a Scottish football club from Glasgow, 43 times Scottish champions. club stadium Celtic Park an average of 38,228 fans attend (63% of the stadium capacity).
31st place - juventus/ Juventus is an Italian football club from Turin, a 30-time national champion. The club stadium is visited on average by 38,989 fans (95% of the stadium capacity).
30th place - Milan/ Milan is an Italian football club from the city of the same name, 18-time national champion. Stadium San Siro Milan's home games are attended by an average of 39,340 people (49% of the stadium's capacity).
29th place - Roma/ Roma is an Italian football club from Rome, three-time champion countries. Olympic Stadium Roma's home games are attended on average by 39,747 fans (54% of the stadium's capacity).
28th place - Lille/ Lille is a French football club from the city of the same name, a three-time national champion. club stadium Grand Stade Lille Metropole Lille's home games are attended by an average of 40,52 fans (80% of the stadium's capacity).
27th place - Werder/ Werder is a German football club from Bremen, a four-time national champion. Weserstadion Werder Bremen's home games are attended by an average of 41,117 people (98% of the stadium's capacity).
26th place - Chelsea/ Chelsea - English football club from London, four-time champion of England. club stadium Stamford Bridge Chelsea's home games are attended by an average of 41,603 people (99% of the stadium's capacity).
25th place - Fortune/ Fortuna is a German football club from Düsseldorf, national champion in 1933. club stadium Esprit Arena Fortuna's home games are attended by an average of 42,156 people (77% of the stadium's capacity).
24th place - Sunderland/ Sunderland - English football club from the city of the same name, 6-time champion of England. Stadium of Light Sunderland's home games are attended by an average of 42,178 people (86% of the stadium's capacity).
23rd place - Paris Saint Germain/ Paris Saint-Germain - French football club from Paris, two-time champion of the country. club stadium Parc des Princes PSG's home games are attended by an average of 42,832 people (94% of the stadium's capacity).
22nd place - Miner/ Shakhtar is a Ukrainian football club from Donetsk, a 7-time champion of Ukraine. club stadium Donbass-Arena At Shakhtar's home games, an average of 42,937 people attend (83% of the stadium's capacity).
21st place - Valencia/ Valencia - Spanish football club from the city of the same name, 6-time champion of the country. club stadium Mestalla Valencia's home games are attended by an average of 43,000 people (82% of the stadium's capacity).
20th place - Internationale/ Internazionale (often abbreviated as Inter) is an Italian football club based in Milan. club stadium Giuseppe Meazza Inter's home games are attended by an average of 43,04 people (54% of the stadium's capacity).
19th place - Nuremberg/ Nürnberg is a German football club from the city of the same name, 9-time national champion. Max-Morlock-Stadion an average of 43,162 fans attend (86% of the stadium capacity).
18th place - Liverpool/ Liverpool - English football club from the city of the same name, 18-time champion of England. club stadium Enfield an average of 44,724 fans attend (99% of the stadium capacity).
17th place - Atlético/ Atlético is a Spanish football club from Madrid, 9-time national champion. club stadium Vicente Calderon an average of 44,833 fans attend (82% of the stadium's capacity).
16th place - Feyenoord/ Feyenoord is a Dutch football club from Rotterdam, 14-time national champion. club stadium De Cuyp an average of 45,200 fans attend (88% of the stadium's capacity).
15th place - Hannover 96/ Hannover 96 - German football club from Hannover, two-time national champion. club stadium AVD Arena an average of 49.5 thousand fans attend (93% of the stadium capacity).
14th place - Eintracht/ Eintracht is a German football club from Frankfurt am Main, German champion in 1959. club stadium Commerzbank Arena an average of 46,275 fans attend (90% of the stadium's capacity).
13th place - Manchester city/ Manchester City - English football club from Manchester, 3-time champion of England. club stadium Etihad an average of 46,689 fans attend (98% of the stadium capacity).
12th place - Borussia/ Borussia is a German football club from Mönchengladbach, a 5-time national champion. club stadium Borussia Park an average of 49,353 fans attend (91% of the stadium capacity).
11th place - Stuttgart/ Stuttgart is a German football club from the city of the same name, 5-time German champion. club stadium Mercedes-Benz Arena an average of 49,647 fans attend (82% of the stadium capacity).
10th place - ajax/ Ajax is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam, a 31-time national champion. club stadium Amsterdam Arena an average of 49,806 fans attend (94% of the stadium's capacity).
9th place - Newcastle United/ Newcastle United - English football club from the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, 4-time champion of England. club stadium St. James Park an average of 50,637 fans attend (97% of the stadium's capacity).
8th place - Hamburg Sports Association / Hamburger Sport-Verein or simply Hamburg- German football club from the city of the same name, 6-time national champion. club stadium Imtech Arena an average of 54,849 fans attend (96% of the stadium's capacity).
7th place - Arsenal/ Arsenal - English football club from London, 13-time champion of the country. club stadium Emirates an average of 60 thousand 94 fans attend (100% of the stadium capacity).
6th place - Schalke 04/ Schalke 04 - German football club from Gelsenkirchen, 7-time German champion. club stadium Veltins Arena an average of 60,898 fans attend (99% of the stadium capacity).
5th place - Bavaria/ Bayern - German football club from Munich, 22-time national champion. club stadium Allianz Arena an average of 71,000 fans attend (99% of the stadium's capacity).
4th place - Real/ Real is a Spanish football club from Madrid, a 32-time national champion. club stadium Santiago Bernabeu an average of 72,000 fans attend (90% of the stadium's capacity).
3rd place - Manchester United/ Manchester United - English football club from Manchester, 19-time champion of England. club stadium Old Trafford an average of 75,427 fans attend (100% of the stadium's capacity).
2nd place - Barcelona/ Barcelona - Spanish football club from the city of the same name, 21-time champion of the country. club stadium camp Nou an average of 76,582 fans attend (77% of the stadium capacity).
1 place - Borussia/ Borussia is a German football club from Dortmund, an 8-time national champion. club stadium Signal Iduna Park an average of 80,645 fans attend (100% of the stadium capacity). It is noteworthy that the population of Dortmund within the city limits is only 581 thousand people and one would think that every seventh resident of the city goes to Borussia matches. However, it is not. Borussia has a lot of fans in neighboring cities, which have a direct border with Dortmund and together with it form an agglomeration of 1.65 million people.
in preparing the article, materials from the blog "Eurocups and UEFA coefficients" on sports.ru were partially used
Choosing the best football team on the planet at the end of the year is not such an easy thing. There are several thousand in the world professional clubs and each of them is good in its own way. But there have always been better ones and worse ones. Some teams have been playing for a whole year high level, and in the end, won many trophies, others were left with nothing. In order to select the top 10 football clubs in 2017, the site editors were guided by the following criteria:
- The level of tournaments in which the teams took part;
- Winning matches;
- Achievements in tournaments;
- The level of team play throughout the calendar year.
And here is the top.
- Real Madrid (Spain)
For the second year in a row, the "Royal" club demonstrates truly champion football in all tournaments in which it takes part. In 2017, Zinedine Zidane's team won La Liga, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup. This club simply has no equal today.
- Chelsea (England)
Suck unexpectedly, but the second line of our hit parade was taken by a team from London. "Aristocrats" under the leadership of Antonio Conte began to play in a new way and won the main football tournament Britain under the name English Premier League". In the new season, Chelsea continue to play on their winning note, and are now looking to prove themselves in the UEFA Champions League.
- Juventus (Italy)
Another victory in Serie A and reaching the final of the most prestigious club tournament in Europe allowed Juventus Turin to take a place in the top three football teams of the outgoing year. The "Old Lady" was on top, especially Dlanduigi Buffon, who played flawlessly in the goal frame in almost all matches.
- Bavaria (Germany)
Like every year, few Bundesliga teams can compete with the Munich club for the league title. Bayern struck with their excellent game not only in the German championship, but also in the Champions League. The Ancelotti boys had good chances get into the final, but at the last stage they were knocked out by Real Madrid.
- Monaco (France)
"Monegasque" sensationally shot in Europe, reaching the 1/2 finals of the Champions League. In addition, the Jardim team became the first French championship, breaking the long-term dominance of Paris Saint-Germain. Monaco has had an incredible year. This team does not have as many stars as Real Madrid or Juventus, but this did not stop them from being among the best.
The full list of the top 10 clubs according to the editors of our site looks like this:
- Real Madrid (Spain);
- Chelsea (England);
- Juventus (Italy);
- Bavaria (Germany);
- Monaco (France);
- Barcelona, Spain);
- PSG (France);
- Napoli (Italy);
- RB Leitzpig (Germany);
- Tottenham (England).
You can also make your own list the best teams. We are waiting for your options in the comments.
In general, during 2011, the national championships of the countries belonging to UEFA are watched by 168 million of their inhabitants, which make up the segments of active (43%) and moderate (57%) fans.
These football fans relatively regularly follow the course of one or several championships and periodically, but with varying frequency, watch matches of the relevant tournaments or their reviews, video reports, etc. in stadiums, on TV (the dominant share of the audience) or via the Internet.
The following countries made the largest contribution to the real fan audience of the national European championships: Germany (21 million people), Great Britain (18.5 million people), Turkey (16 million people), Italy (15 million people), France (12 million people), Spain (11.5 million people), Russia (9.5 million people), Ukraine and Poland (7.5 million people each), Holland (6 million people), Romania (5, 5 million people), Belgium, Greece and Portugal (3 million people each).
Of the 168 million fans of the national championships of the Old World, about 7% do not constantly sympathize with any of the clubs, and 13% are fans of two (rarely more) clubs in different championships. The remaining 80% really support only one team, usually from their own country (some of them also support local clubs playing in the lower divisions).
Popularity rating list of football clubs in the UEFA national championships as of 01.10.2011
(top 70 by number of real fans as the sum of fans from home country and fans from other UEFA countries, excluding European competition audiences)
1. Barcelona (Spain) - 6,665,000 people
2. Real Madrid (Spain) - 6,330,000
3. Manchester United (England) - 5,435,000
4. Juventus (Italy) - 5,425,000
5. Bayern M (Germany) - 4,445,000
6. Galatasaray (Turkey) - 4,270,000
7. Milan (Italy) - 3,815,000
8. Liverpool (England) - 3,730,000
9. Inter (Italy) - 3,710,000
10. Marseille (France) - 3,350,000
11. Fenerbahce (Turkey) - 3,265,000 people
12. Arsenal (England) - 3,005,000
13. "Borussia" D (Germany) - 2,850,000
14. Chelsea (England) - 2,520,000
15. Lyon (France) - 2,415,000
16. Besiktas (Turkey) - 1,930,000
17. Spartak M (Russia) - 1,830,000
18. Paris Saint-Germain (France) - 1,685,000
19. Dynamo K (Ukraine) - 1,685,000
20. Ajax (Holland) - 1,665,000
21. Zenit (Russia) - 1,660,000 people
22. "Stuttgart" (Germany) - 1,535,000
23. Tottenham (England) - 1,475,000
24. Schalke-04 (Germany) - 1,470,000
25. Hamburg (Germany) - 1,450,000
26. Werder (Germany) - 1,385,000
27. Steaua (Romania) - 1,380,000
28. Legia (Poland) 1,375,000
29. Roma (Italy) - 1,295,000
30. Wisla (Poland) - 1,260,000
31. Napoli (Italy) - 1,255,000 people
32. CSKA (Russia) - 1,190,000
33. Shakhtar (Ukraine) - 1,175,000
34. Aston Villa (England) - 1,000,000
35. Manchester City (England) - 975,000
36. Borussia M (Germany) - 970,000
37. Hertha (Germany) - 865,000
38. PSV (Holland) - 855,000
39. Cologne (Germany) - 820,000
40. Valencia (Spain) - 815,000
41. Feyenoord (Holland) - 770,000 people
42. Newcastle (England) - 760,000
43. "Lille" (France) - 730,000
44. "Bordeaux" (France) - 710,000
45. "Hannover-96" (Germany) - 710,000
46. Lazio (Italy) - 675,000
47. Fiorentina (Italy) - 670,000
48. Dynamo M (Russia) - 665,000
49. Dynamo B (Romania) - 660,000
50. Nuremberg (Germany) - 650,000
51. Red Star (Serbia) - 635,000 people
52. "Lech" (Poland) - 625,000
53. Olympiakos (Greece) - 620,000
54. Saint-Etienne (France) - 600,000
55. Lokomotiv (Russia) - 595,000
56. Dnepr (Ukraine) - 580,000
57. Everton (England) - 575,000
58. Metalist X (Ukraine) - 570,000
59. "Rapid" B (Romania) - 565,000
60. Athletic (Spain) - 550,000
61. Freiburg (Germany) - 550,000 people
62. Palermo (Italy) - 550,000
63. Eintracht F (Germany) - 535,000
64. AEK (Greece) - 525,000
65. " West Ham"(England) - 520,000
66. Sevilla (Spain) - 515,000
67. Porto (Portugal) - 510,000
68. Trabzonspor (Turkey) - 510,000
69. Anderlecht (Belgium) - 505,000
70. "Lance" (France) - 500,000
Well-known clubs such as Brugge, Glasgow Rangers and Celtic, Benfica and Sporting CP fell short of half a million fans. Together with them, the Russian Kuban and Rubin, and the Ukrainian FC Karpaty settled down in the eighth ten. Top 100 of Russian teams also included "Anji" and "Wings of the Soviets".
Dynamics
In May 2009, the top five looked like this:
1. Real Madrid (Spain) - 5,750,000 people
2. Juventus (Italy) - 5,595,000
3. Barcelona (Spain) - 5,200,000
4. Manchester United (England) - 5,005,000
5. Bayern M (Germany) - 4,525,000
As for the clubs of the Russian Premier League, almost all of them have significantly reduced the number of their real fans in two seasons (by 27% on average). The audience of clubs in the French championship decreased by 12%, and the Greek championship by 7%.
The maximum positive indicators are in the championships of England and Holland - the ranks of fans of their clubs have increased by more than 15%. The third and fourth positions are in the Spanish (+ 13%) and Belgian (+ 7%) championships. Changes in other championships are within 5%.
Domestic - foreign
In terms of the absolute number of fans in their country, the top five looks like this: Galatasaray, Bayern, Juventus, Real Madrid and Marseille. And in terms of the number of foreign European fans - Barcelona, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and Chelsea.
Spartak Moscow remains the best representative of Eastern Europe in these categories. But if in terms of the number of foreign fans it is still confidently ahead of all other clubs in this part of the continent, then in terms of domestic fans, its long-term monopoly was interrupted by Dynamo Kyiv (mainly due to the fact that in two years the Spartak audience has thinned by 23%). Now both of these teams with the same performance share the 17th line among all the clubs in the UEFA zone. And in 19th place is the St. Petersburg "Zenith", actively catching up with "Spartak" in the number of real Russian fans.
Note
The rating did not take into account passive fans (146 million people) and the general public sympathetic to football (123 million people). Some of them declaratively classify themselves as fans of a club (clubs), but, in fact, they are not. The course of the respective national championships is either not followed at all, or they do it from time to time. At the same time, the matches of “their” teams, as a rule, are not watched by any of the available methods (TV, stadiums, pubs, the Internet, etc.). Football fans who support certain clubs exclusively in the Champions League and Europa League were not taken into account.
Quantitative estimates of the SK analytical agency, 2002-2011. Formed based on the results of a comprehensive analysis of data from various pan-European and national studies of the size, activity and preferences of football fans, indicators of relevant media measurements and statistical reports, current parameters of the exclusive information model of football fans in European countries and other profile information (January-September 2011). The target audience is residents of UEFA countries over 10 years old.
Modern football clubs increasingly resemble professional media companies. In addition to “faster, higher, stronger”, the commercial side is also important for the club. Sports, including football, are part of the entertainment industry, and a lot of money is spinning there. With what better club works with the public, the more fans it has, the easier it is to monetize them, the more money the club has and the cooler the players playing there.
What football teams are the most beloved, who are watched most willingly, who has the largest audience of devoted fans? IN Popularity rating of the best Russian football clubs in 2019 we have collected the teams most beloved by Russians, which regularly participate in the championships and most often appear on blue screens.
10. Ural
The list of the most popular football clubs in Russia opens with one of the "patriarchs", whose yellow-black colors have been appearing on the football field for more than 80 years. Ural fans are conservative people and try not to change their preferences. After all, for a real fan to cheat on his football team is worse than cheating on the woman he loves. So they continue to watch Ural's matches in the Premier League, hoping for a miracle.
However, in the past few years, things have been going smoothly for Ural, and the club may fly out of the standings of the Russian Championship 2018-2019.
9. Anji
Fans of "Anji" are dissatisfied - according to the results of the Russian Football Championship, Makhachkala residents are in danger of being eliminated from the tournament. The club is also experiencing financial difficulties, since Suleiman Kerimov, for a long time who paid for Anji, preferred to step aside.
The club cannot hire new players - the RFU chamber banned Anji from buying new players until the money is paid to the old ones. And the fans, although they swear at bad results teams in the current championship, however, continue to look and believe in the best.
8. Ruby
Now the Kazan club is in sixth place in the Russian Premier League, but the path to the European League is closed to it. By decision of the UEFA Chamber of Investigation, it was decided to exclude Rubin from the standings for violating the rules of fair play.
Rubin's situation is not brilliant - due to the scarcity of funding, he continues to lose players. At the beginning of March, five people had already left the Dragons, and the club's management is going to cut the salaries of the rest. How this will affect the popularity of the club - time will tell.
7. Rostov
Many football teams post cuts from their “test matches” on YouTube, earning popularity with fans, but not Rostov. Severe Rostovites prefer to keep their strategic and tactical developments in secret.
At the moment, Rostov is in sixth place in terms of the total number of points in the Russian Championship.
6. Dynamo
Alas, for many years things have not been going well for the White-and-Blues, but the fans are a devoted audience. Moreover, Dynamo's history of victories is impressive: it was practically the only club before perestroika that took part in all the national championships and won a huge number of titles. It was for the Moscow Dynamo that Lev Yashin once played.
But since the mid-90s, Dynamo's luck has changed, and the blue-blues won their last victory (the Cup of Russia) in 1995, and just ten years later they dropped out of the Premier League. How long will the fans still bask in the light of a dying star, and how many of them will be left in ten years?
5. Krasnodar
Although Krasnodar is one of the newcomers among Russian football clubs (it started its existence only 11 years ago), the fans love and appreciate it. Especially after the new team managed to win the Russian Cup in 2013-2014.
Before the winter break, Krasnodar was close behind the current leader, Zenit, just one point behind. However, then a series of failures began: Krasnodar not only flew out of the Europa League, surrendering to Valencia, but also lost 11 matches in a row.
However, the “bulls” do not lose heart, because, as the president of the club said, the main thing for them is a spectacular game, not a result. At the moment in standings Russian Championship "Krasnodar" goes head to head with Lokomotiv, taking fourth place.
4. Locomotive
Top four leading sports clubs in Russia, in popularity in 2019, Lokomotiv opens. His matches, like those of Spartak, Zenit and CSKA, are usually watched by about 5 million viewers across the country.
And after last year's leadership of Lokomotiv in the Russian championship, when the club, despite the loss of several high-class players, managed to win first place for the third time, its audience increased by several percent.
3. CSKA
It is paradoxical that the age composition of the fans of CSKA - one of the oldest football clubs in the country, leading its ancestry from pre-revolutionary Russia - is the youngest. Most often, the matches of this team are watched by young men under 25, and according to the results of polls, in this age segment, the popularity of CSKA overtakes even the first place in the rating. The reason, perhaps, is that the childhood of the main audience fell on the “golden” era of the club, when the “soldiers” in the early 2000s won victory after victory. Added to this is a change in the direction of the club's development: since last year, its management has taken a course on the younger generation, inviting many young players to the team.
As for world fame, the picture is less favorable. At the beginning of 2019, the Spanish agency Deportes & Finanzaz analyzed the number of comments, links and reviews on the pages of football clubs on Twitter and compiled a list of the most popular clubs among fans. In the rating of 100 teams (where, in addition to CSKA, only one other Russian team entered), the club took 73rd place.
2. Zenith
Although football clubs in Russia are funded by the state, it prefers to keep its citizens on a meager ration. Therefore advanced Russian clubs they begin to glance at their Western colleagues and try to learn from their experience. Zenit was one of the first (together with Spartak and Lokomotiv) to start working directly with fans through social networks popular with Russian users.
Perhaps it was thanks to this that Zenit managed to increase the number of its viewers one and a half times - from 1.1 million to 1.6 million people. And in the world ranking from Deportes & Finanzaz, Zenit is in 44th place, ahead of CSKA by 29 positions.
There are no more Russian teams in the ranking. And the results of the current Russian Football Championship in 2019 only confirm the superiority of Zenit in the Spanish rating. So far, he is in the lead in the standings, exceeding the result of CSKA by 5 points.
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1. Spartacus
The first place in terms of the number of loyal fans, and hence the popularity among Russian football clubs, is occupied by the famous Spartak. This is the most titled of the domestic clubs.
Every fifth viewer Russian Premier League watching matches with Spartak. However, if we compare the current popularity with the number of fans Russian football at the beginning of this century, a sadder picture emerges. Then the matches of the Premier League were watched by one and a half times more spectators, and the number of Spartak fans exceeded 2.5 million people. Now they are half a million less.
However, Spartak is still the leading football club in terms of popularity in Russia. This even shows the number of times you watch practice matches on YouTube. There, the audience of a single sparring from Spartak is almost equal to the total number of those who watched records from other clubs in the Premier League. And this is despite the fact that the results of the current Russian Football Championship for Spartak are disappointing - in terms of the total number of points, it ranks fifth.
