It doesn’t matter if the team sweeps the field or with one win in five games, one thing is constant in Maccabi Haifa: the green crowd fills the stadium. The team’s fans continue to arrive in droves and at the end of this season are expected to break a record in average spectators at the home stadium.
No less than 28,532 fans on average came to Maccabi Haifa’s home stadium in the 11 league games that took place there during the 2022/23 game season, a record in the Premier League. The previous record was set by… Maccabi Haifa, which recorded an average audience of 24,751 last season. By the way, the two remaining games for Maccabi Haifa before the playoffs: against Beitar Jerusalem and a derby against Hapoel Haifa, so it is likely that they will also be fully occupied.
By the way, not only Maccabi Haifa records record numbers. According to the official website of Maccabi Tel Aviv, the highest average home crowd in the club’s history stands at 21,150 in the 19/20 season. This season it surpasses this record with 22,550, and this despite being trailed behind Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel BS in the fight for the championship.
Two other groups that are on the rise are Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel B.S. The team from the capital registers an average of 12,757 this season, an impressive increase compared to last season (9,017), while Turner has 12,895 fans this season compared to 10,978 last season. Hapoel Tel Aviv is the only one to register a decrease with 10,265 this season compared to 11,173 last season.
Back in Haifa, the club is ranked the respectable 60th in average home crowd among the first leagues in Europe in average crowd. It is followed by clubs such as PSV Eindhoven (28,297) and Berkusen (27,842).
*Data according to transfermarkt