Attendance
Since the beginning of the league, there are three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP. They have also the biggest stadiums in Portugal, with more than 50,000 seats. Other clubs, such as Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting de Braga, also have good attendances. Académica de Coimbra, Vitória de Setúbal, Boavista, Belenenses, and Marítimo are historical clubs, from the biggest Portuguese cities, and have also many supporters. However, they do not have big attendances nowadays. Their stadiums have between 10,000 and 30,000 seats.
The 2010–11 season saw an average attendance by club:
| Club | Average | Stadium capacity |
Attendance(%) | Acumulated | Stadium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 38,146 | 65,647 | 58,69% | 572,197 | Estádio da Luz (Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica) |
| 2 | Porto | 36,986 | 50,399 | 73,39% | 554,800 | Estádio do Dragão |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 24,857 | 50,049 | 49,67% | 372,864 | Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI |
| 4 | Sporting de Braga | 14,508 | 30,154 | 47,91% | 217,630 | Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga) |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 13,949 | 30,000 | 46,71% | 209,235 | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques |
| 6 | Académica Coimbra | 4,558 | 30,000 | 15,39% | 68,375 | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra |
| 7 | Beira-Mar | 4,028 | 30,127 | 12,95% | 60,433 | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro |
| 8 | Vitória de Setúbal | 3,920 | 18,694 | 25,30% | 58,813 | Estádio do Bonfim |
| 9 | Marítimo | 3,439 | 9,177 | 77,58% | 51,586 | Estádio dos Barreiros |
| 10 | Portimonense | 3,307 | 9,544 | 28,33% | 49,607 | Estádio Municipal de Portimão |
| 11 | Olhanense | 3,194 | 10,080 | 27,48% | 47,914 | Estádio José Arcanjo |
| 12 | Leiria | 2,407 | 30,000 | 10,39% | 36,108 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 2,391 | 12,820 | 22,11% | 35,865 | Estádio do Rio Ave FC |
| 14 | Nacional | 2,083 | 5,132 | 40,52% | 31,251 | Estádio da Madeira |
| 15 | Paços de Ferreira | 2,040 | 5,172 | 44,68% | 28,952 | Estádio da Mata Real |
| 16 | Naval 1º de Maio | 1,063 | 10,000 | 16,93% | 24,053 | Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa |
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