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* Address: Székesfehérvár
* Country: Hungary
* Capacity: 14,000
* Opened: 21 November 2018
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: MOL Vidi (football)

Extra stadium info – MOL Aréna Sóstó

Tenants MOL Vidi Football Club were founded in 1941 under a different name. They won the Hungarian top-flight football league in 2011 for the first time in their history.

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* Address: Changchun
* Country: China
* Capacity: 38,000
* Opened:
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Changchun Yatai (football)

Extra stadium info – Changchun Stadium

The stadium is known as the home of football club Changchun Yatai. They were founded in 1996. In 2006, Changchun Yatai finished fourth place in their first-ever Chinese top division season. One year later, the club won the Chinese top-flight football league for the first time in their history. Changchun Yatai became the first sports club from Jilin with 1 million followers on their main social media page.

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Football on social media

Football clubs with at least 500,000 followers on their main social media page

Below is a list with football clubs with at least 500,000 followers on their main social media page. The world famous football sides FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are the only sports clubs with at least 100 million followers on their main social media page. Cristiano Ronaldo, who was born on the archipelago of Madeira, became the second person in the world with 100 million followers on his or her social media page. The Portuguese football legend played numerous matches for Real Madrid. He played professional football for Sporting and Manchester United before he joined Real Madrid. In 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid for Juventus.

Various non-football clubs have at least 10 million and below 100 million followers on their main social media page. Those sports clubs are the Chennai Super Kings, the Chicago Bulls, the Golden State Warriors, the Kolkata Knight Riders, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Miami Heat, the Mumbai Indians and the basketball section of Real Madrid. The Chennai Super Kings, the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Mumbai Indians are cricket clubs from India. The Chicago Bulls, the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat are basketball clubs from the United States. The basketball section of Real Madrid are from Spain.

★★★★ At least 100 million
★★★ At least 10 million and below 100 million
★★ At least 1 million and below 10 million
★ At least 500,000 and below 1 million

🏆 At least one continental or world championship title
🚫 No continental or world championship title

Football finalists

Football clubs which played at least one world championship final

Below is a list with football clubs which played at least one world championship final. The world championship for football clubs is currently known as the FIFA Club World Cup. The former world championship for football clubs ended as the Toyota Cup. Real Madrid won the inaugural tournament in 1960. They are the current world champions in football, the most popular sport in the world. Real Madrid are the record world champions with seven titles. The national football teams of Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Uruguay are the FIFA World Cup winners. Uruguay won the first edition of the tournament in 1930. France are the current world champions and Brazil are the record world champions with five titles. In 2010, the Netherlands became the first team which played three FIFA World Cup finals without winning one.

The AFC Champions League, the CAF Champions League, the CONCACAF Champions League, the Copa Libertadores, the OFC Champions League and the UEFA Champions League are the continental championships for football clubs. European clubs are the most successful at the world championship for football clubs. The UEFA Champions League, the European championship for football clubs, is the continental tournament with the highest prize money. It is among the major sports tournaments in the world. In 1956, Real Madrid became the first winners of the European championship for football clubs. They are the current European champions and the record European champions with 13 titles. Atlético de Madrid from Spain are the only football club with a world championship title without a continental championship title. Olympique de Marseille from France are the only football club which won a European championship title and never played a world championship final.

🏆 At least one continental or world championship title
🚫 No continental or world championship title

Football finances

Football clubs with a transfer value of at least $50 million

Football clubs with a transfer value of at least $50 million are included in the list below. All of the football clubs with a transfer value of at least $1 billion played numerous UEFA Champions League matches. The UEFA Champions League is the continental football championship with the highest prize money. Real Madrid are the most recent football club which became the most valuable sports club in the world. They became the most valuable sports club of the year numerous times. The four most valuable non-football clubs in the world are from the United States. Those clubs are the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, the New England Patriots of the NFL, the New York Knicks of the NBA and the New York Yankees of MLB. The Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots are American football clubs, the New York Knicks are a basketball club and the New York Yankees are a baseball club.

The football legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi and the boxing legend Floyd Mayweather became the first athletes with an annual pay of at least $100 million. The Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo and the Argentine legend Lionel Messi both won the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup several times. Ronaldo won his first world title with Manchester United and Messi won his first world title with FC Barcelona. Both players never won a FIFA World Cup title with their national football team. In 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both played their final FIFA World Cup match in Russia. Ronaldo lost his final match against the national football team of Uruguay and Messi lost his final match against the national football team of France.

★★★ At least $1 billion
★★ At least $100 million and below $1 billion
★ At least $50 million and below $100 million

🏆 At least one continental or world championship title
🚫 No continental or world championship title

Football attendances

Football clubs with an average home league attendance of at least 20,000

Football clubs with an average home league attendance of at least 20,000 in their most recently finished domestic league season are included in the list below. Football is the most popular sport in the world. The Bundesliga is the domestic football league with the highest average attendance. The average attendance in the German league, which has 18 members, is 44,000. The Premier League is the domestic football league with the second highest average attendance. The 20 clubs in the English league drew an average attendance of 38,000. The Premier League became the most valuable domestic football league of the year numerous times.

Borussia Dortmund from Germany are the football club with the highest average home league attendance. They drew an average attendance of 79,000 in 17 home games in their most recently finished German top-flight football league season. Only several American football teams from the United States finished with a higher average home league attendance, although Borussia Dortmund drew a higher total attendance. The American football sections of the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Michigan Wolverines, the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions are the four non-football clubs with the highest average home league attendance. Borussia Dortmund drew an average home attendance of 80,000 for domestic league games for several consecutive years. In 1997, they won their first European and world championship title.

🏆 At least one continental or world championship title
🚫 No continental or world championship title

* Address: Zvishavane
* Country: Zimbabwe
* Capacity: 15,000
* Opened:
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Platinum (football)

Extra stadium info – Mandava Stadium

Tenants FC Platinum were founded in 1995 under a different name. In 2017, they won the top-flight football league of Zimbabwe for the first time in their history.

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* Address: Lucknow
* Country: India
* Capacity: 50,000
* Opened: 1957
* Main use: Cricket, field hockey, football
* Tenants:

Extra stadium info – KD Singh Babu Stadium

The stadium is named after a former Indian field hockey player. He won his first Olympic gold medal in 1948 in London and his second Olympic gold medal in 1952 in Helsinki.

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* Address: Saifai
* Country: India
* Capacity: 43,000
* Opened: 1 June 2018
* Main use: Cricket
* Tenants:

Extra stadium info – Saifai International Cricket Stadium

The stadium became one of the venues used by the Uttar Pradesh cricket team.

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