List of sports clubs by membership

This page lists the sports clubs with the largest number of members in the world. In many European countries, professional football teams are not organized as clubs, but as corporations. This includes all teams in the English Premier League and most teams in the Spanish Primera División and the Italian Serie A. They therefore do not appear on this list, although they sometimes offer interested persons the opportunity to become 'members' for a fee, which gives them advantages in the purchase of tickets and merchandise. In the big four sports leagues in the United States and Canada, clubs are usually franchises owned by private investors. In Germany, most professional sport teams are organized as corporations (GmbH or Aktiengesellschaft); however, in accordance with the 50+1 rule, the majority of votes lies with the registered associations (e. V.), which have members.

This list contains all clubs with a current membership of 75,000 or more, provided this is sufficiently documented. There may be other clubs that meet this criterion. The data is based on various sources and may therefore vary in terms of the survey period or the standards applied, which may limit comparability. The inclusion of inactive members who have stopped paying their membership fees alongside active members who actually pay their fees is another factor that can distort the reliability of this list.

Sports clubs with more than 75,000 members

Rank	Sports club	Place	Members	Date
1	FC Bayern Munich	Munich,  Germany	360,000	July 2024[1]
2	Club Atlético River Plate	Buenos Aires,  Argentina	335,945	August 2023[2]
3	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires,  Argentina	315,879	August 2023[2]
4	S.L. Benfica	Lisbon,  Portugal	298,948	June 2023[3]
5	Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund,  Germany	200,000	May 2024[4]
6	FC Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen,  Germany	180,000	December 2023[5]
7	German Alpine Club Munich section	Munich,  Germany	179,391	December 2023[6]
8	German Alpine Club Oberland section	Munich,  Germany	174,515	December 2023[6]
9	Melbourne Cricket Club	Melbourne,  Australia	157,708	31 August 2022[7]
10	FC Barcelona	Barcelona,  Spain	150,317	May 2023[8]
11	Sporting CP	Lisbon,  Portugal	146,292	March 2024[9]
12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt,  Germany	140,000	March 2024[10]
13	SC Internacional	Porto Alegre,  Brazil	135,000	March 2024[11]
14	1. FC Köln	Cologne,  Germany	132,439	September 2023[12]
15	FC Porto	Porto,  Portugal	131,037	September 2024[13]
16	HNK Hajduk Split	Split,  Croatia	120,637	August 2024[14]
17	Grêmio FBPA	Porto Alegre,  Brazil	114,425	September 2023[15]
18	Collingwood Football Club	Melbourne,  Australia	110,102	2024[16]
19	West Coast Eagles	Perth,  Australia	103,275	2023[17]
20	Austrian Alpine Club Edelweiss section	Vienna,  Austria	102,435	December 2022[18]
21	Richmond Football Club	Melbourne,  Australia	101,349	2023[17]
23	Hamburger SV	Hamburg,  Germany	100,000	September 2023[19]
	VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart,  Germany	100,000	3rd May 2024[20]
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach,  Germany	100,000	December 2023[21]
24	Real Madrid CF	Madrid,  Spain	99,781	December 2023[22]
25	Carlton Football Club	Melbourne,  Australia	95,277	2023[17]
26	Club Atlético Independiente	Avellaneda,  Argentina	95,173	August 2023[2]
27	CR Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil	89,859	March 2023[23]
28	Essendon Football Club	Melbourne,  Australia	86,274	2023[17]
29	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Rotterdam,  Netherlands	85,000	May 2024[24]
30	Racing Club de Avellaneda	Avellaneda,  Argentina	83,717	August 2023[2]
31	CR Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil	82,611	January 2021[25]
32	Geelong Football Club	Geelong,  Australia	82,155	2023[17]
33	Hawthorn Football Club	Melbourne,  Australia	80,698	2023[17]
34	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Buenos Aires,  Argentina	80,410	August 2023[2]
35	Austrian Alpine Club Austria section	Vienna,  Austria	78,211	December 2022[18]

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