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The champion of Spain has the most fans in Europe and significantly surpasses the second place occupied by their fiercest competitor, Madrid's "Real", according to the sports marketing and strategy research company "Sport+Markt".
In third and fourth place are the English giants "Man Utd" and London's "Chelsea", overtaking the strongest German team, Munich's "Bayern".
The company researched the popularity of national championships and international competitions in seventeen European countries - Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Russia.
Although the results are presented in millions, they are based on assumptions from surveys of more than 10 thousand fans aged 16 to 69.
Most popular clubs: (Position, club, country, number of fans in millions)
1. "Barcelona" (Spain) 57.8 2. Madrid's "Real" (Spain) 31.3 3. "Man Utd" (England) 30.6 4. London's "Chelsea" (England) 21.4 5. Munich's "Bayern" (Germany) 20.7 6. London's "Arsenal" (England) 20.3 7. "Milan" (Italy) 18.4 8. Milan's "Inter" (Italy) 17.5 9. "Liverpool" (England) 16.4 10. Turin's "Juventus" (Italy) 13.1 11. St. Petersburg's "Zenit" (Russia) 12.6 12. Moscow's CSKA (Russia) 10.5 13. Moscow's "Spartak" (Russia) 9 14. "Marseille" (France) 7.8 15. Amsterdam's "Ajax" (Netherlands) 7.1
