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The A-League - Sydney F.C. and Melbourne Victory Have the Most Supporters

Article No. 765 - June 05, 2008

The largest support bases in the newly formed A-League are for Sydney F.C (640,000) and Melbourne Victory (638,000), according to the latest Roy Morgan Single Source data.

Across Australia, the other A-League teams have significant support with 463,000 people supporting Queensland Roar, 315,000 Perth Glory, 291,000 Adelaide United, 208,000 the Newcastle Jets and 160,000 the Central Coast Mariners. The New Zealand based Wellington Phoenix has 32,000 supporters in Australia.

Overall, A-League supporters are split 65.3% Men and 34.7% Women - Sydney F.C., 65.4% Men and 34.6% Women, and Melbourne Victory, 69.9% Men and 30.1% Women.

In total, 1.23 million people attended 84 A-League matches in their recent (2007-2008) season - an average of 14,613 people per match, according to A-League attendances data.

Melbourne Victory attracted the highest average attendance in the home and away season with 26,068 people, followed by Queensland Roar averaging 16,966 people, Sydney F.C. 16,375 and the Newcastle Jets 13,209. Perth Glory had lowest average attendance - 7,598 people per game.

Gary Morgan says:

“The A-League competition is in its third season, and is well supported by 2.59 million men and women. Their successful launch is now followed by expansion plans that include the addition of a new Gold Coast Club, a Women’s League and an expanded schedule of games to be played in Asia — Yes, a ‘Women’s League’!”

A-League attendances

Team	Home Games	Total Attendance	Average per game
Melbourne Victory	10	260,682	26,068
Queensland Roar	11	186,622	16,966
Sydney F.C.	11	180,127	16,375
Newcastle Jets	11	145,298	13,209
Central Coast Mariners	10	127,383	12,738
Adelaide United	10	126,966	12,697
Wellington Phoenix	10	116,831	11,683
Perth Glory	11	83,577	7,598

Source: A-League attendances

A comparison of attendances, per “Football” code

Season	“Football” Code	Total Games (excludes Finals)	Total Attendance	Average attendance per game
2007	AFL	176	6,482,281	36,831
2007	Super 14	23	489,716	21,292
2007	NRL	170	2,689,449	15,820
2007-2008	A-League	84	1,227,486	14,613

Source: AFL, NRL, Super 14 & A-League attendances

Roy Morgan: Summary of supporters of Australian “Football” (i.e. AFL, NRL and A-League), (Year ending March, 2008).

The table below shows the supporters for the major “Football” Codes, across the different regions of Australia.

	AFL			NRL			A-League
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Location of Club	‘000	‘000	‘000	‘000	‘000	‘000	‘000	‘000	‘000

Melbourne	3,427	1,832	1,594	769	514	255	638	446	192
Geelong	389	212	178	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Vic	3,816	2,044 (53.6%)	1,772 (46.4%)	769	514 (66.8%)	255 (33.2%)	638	446 (69.9%)	192 (30.1%)

Sydney	1,278	740	538	3,043	1,802	1241	640	419	222
Canberra	-	-	-	149	88	61	-	-	-
Newcastle	-	-	-	338	158	180	208	126	81
Central Coast	-	-	-	-	-	-	160	98	62
Total NSW	1,278	740 (57.9%)	538 (42.1%)	3,530	2,048 (58.0%)	1,482 (42.0%)	848	545 (64.3%)	303 (35.7%)

Brisbane	921	513	408	1,272	685	587	464	302	162
Gold Coast	-	-	-	207	115	92	0	0	0
Townsville	-	-	-	474	225	249	0	0	0
Total Qld	921	513 (55.7%)	408 (44.3%)	1,953	1,025 (52.5%)	928 (47.5%)	464	302 (65.1%)	162 (34.9%)

Total Adel (SA)	956	508 (53.1%)	449 (47.0%)	-	-	-	292	193 (66.1%)	99 (33.9%)

Total Perth (WA)	1,073	568 (52.9%)	505 (47.1%)	-	-	-	316	179 (56.6%)	137 (43.4%)

Total NZ	-	-	-	157	90 (57.3%)	67 (42.7%)	32	27 (84.4%)	5 (15.6%)

Total	8,044	4,372 (54.4%)	3,672 (45.6%)	6,409	3,677(57.4%)	2,732 (42.6%)	2,590	1,692 (65.3%)	898 (34.7%)

Latest findings from the Roy Morgan Sports Monitor, part of Roy Morgan Single Source, based on an Australia wide sample of 21,061 Men and Women aged 14 years and over (April 2007 to March 2008).

For further information:

Gary Morgan: Office (03) 9224 5213 Mobile 0411 129 094 Home (03) 9419 3242

Michele Levine: Office (03) 9224 5215 Mobile 0411 129 093 Home (03) 9817 3066