Attendance at First Leg v Brondby, Some Context

[Keith_M]

There was a lot of negative talk in the run-up towards the First Leg against Brondby, as to how the ticket sales were going. As it turned out, the attendance was much better on the night than most of us expected.

To give some context, I though I'd compare it with the attendances at the other First Leg ties in the round.

Here they are, in descending order...

Kairat (Kazakhstan) v Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)	Central Stadium - Almaty	22,500
Partizan (Serbia) v Zagłębie Lubin (Poland)	Partizan Stadium - Belgrade	15,870
Hibernian (Scotland) v Brøndby (Denmark)	Easter Road - Edinburgh	13,454
Aberdeen (Scotland) v Ventspils (Latvia)	Pittodrie Stadium - Aberdeen	10,672
Genk (Belgium) v Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)	Cristal Arena - Genk	10,450
Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) v Omonia (Cyprus)	Teddy Stadium - Jerusalem	9,200
CSMS Iași (Romania) v Hajduk Split (Croatia)	Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu - Iași	8,004
Maribor (Slovenia) v Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)	Ljudski vrt - Maribor	7,345
Neftçi Baku (Azerbaijan) v Shkëndija (Macedonia)	Bakcell Arena - Baku	6,891
Maccabi Haifa (Israel) v Nõmme Kalju (Estonia)	Netanya Stadium - Netanya	6,500
Debrecen (Hungary) v Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (Belarus)	Nagyerdei Stadion -Debrecen	6,015
Piast Gliwice (Poland) v IFK Göteborg (Sweden)	Stadion Piast - Gliwice	5,629
PAS Giannina (Greece) v Odd (Norway)	Zosimades Stadium - Ioannina	5,615
AIK (Sweden) v Europa FC (Gibraltar)	Friends Arena - Solna	5,250
SønderjyskE (Denmark) v Strømsgodset (Norway)	Sydbank Park - Haderslev	4,795
Midtjylland (Denmark) v Vaduz (Liechtenstein)	MCH Arena - Herning	4,455
Beroe Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) v HJK (Finland)	Beroe Stadium - Stara Zagora	4,424
Austria Wien (Austria) v Kukësi (Albania)	Ernst-Happel-Stadion - Vienna	4,312
Vojvodina (Serbia) v Connah's Quay Nomads (Wales)	Karađorđe Stadium - Novi Sad	4,276
Zimbru Chișinău (Moldova) v Osmanlıspor (Turkey)	Zimbru Stadium - Chișinău	4,160
Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) v Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)	Kadriorg Stadium - Tallinn	2,750
Shirak (Armenia) v Spartak Trnava (Slovakia)	City Stadium - Gyumri	2,747
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarus) v Domžale (Slovenia)	Stroitel Stadium - Salihorsk	2,100
BK Häcken (Sweden) v Cork City (RoI)	Bravida Arena - Gothenburg	2,022
Birkirkara (Malta) v Heart of Midlothian (Scotland)	Hibernians Stadium - Paola	1,868
Videoton (Hungary) v Čukarički (Serbia)	Pancho Arena - Felcsút	1,858
RoPS (Finland) v Lokomotiva (Croatia)	Keskuskenttä - Rovaniemi	1,812
Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) v Jelgava (Latvia)	Štadión Pasienky - Bratislava	1,451
Cliftonville (NI) v AEK Larnaca (Cyprus)	Solitude - Belfast	1,352
Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) v St Patrick's Athletic (RoI)	Traktor Stadium - Minsk	1,286
Admira Wacker Mödling (Austria) v Kapaz (Azerbaijan)	NV Arena - Sankt Pölten	956
KR (Iceland) v Grasshopper (Switzerland)	KR-völlur - Reykjavík	767
MTK Budapest (Hungary) v Gabala (Azerbaijan)	Ménfői út- Győr	501

Third highest, despite the 'high' price and lack of discount for ST holders. Not too shabby

[Liberal Hibby]

And some pretty big traditional names from European football in there too.

Oh and Hearts...

[Hibernian Verse]

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And some pretty big traditional names from European football in there too.

Oh and Hearts...

I heard 398,200 of them were left outside the stadium after it hit capacity. Malta's tourist board were delighted about the record numbers of visitors.

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[SouthsideHarp_Bhoy]

How on earth can kazakhstan be classified as europe...?

It borders china FFS.

[Finn2015]

Good figure and again that without any significant away support in the stand. Good going

[Finn2015]

AND nearly 3,000 more than Aberdeen who have been the second best team in the country for the last two year or so

[Hibby Bairn]

What was the attendance at Ibrox?....oh wait!

[I'm_cabbaged]

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How on earth can kazakhstan be classified as europe...?

It borders china FFS.

More to the point, they were playing tel aviv!! 😂

[Brooster]

Fitbaw folk knew Hibs would get 13k+ even at top dollar.....the drama queens on here were predicting less than 8k....they were wrong as per. The fans turned out in good numbers during the holiday season and if you average the entry fee out at £17 it means we made quarter of a million in gate money alone. Hopefully the fans keep turning up in such numbers.

[Scott Allan Key]

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How on earth can kazakhstan be classified as europe...? It borders china FFS.

t's past the Caucasus, so quite. Just being a former part of Soviet Union and CIS. It is possible that a team from Vladivostok in Russia qualifies. That's further east than Japan.

[Keith_M]

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t's past the Caucasus, so quite. Just being a former part of Soviet Union and CIS. It is possible that a team from Vladivostok in Russia qualifies. That's further east than Japan.

Most of Russia is in Asia as well, so they probably shouldn't be part of UEFA.


I'd like to see somebody tell that to Putin ;-)

[KazHibby]

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How on earth can kazakhstan be classified as europe...?

It borders china FFS.

If you ever make it too Atyrau in Western Kazakhtan, the central bridge over the River Ural, has a Europe marker on one side and an Asia marker on the other side. Certainly 4/5 of the country is landwise in Asia.

[NAE NOOKIE]

Good post Keekaboo .... As you say it gives our turnout some positive perspective.

[joe breezy]

Ha, when I saw people moaning I actually thought the crowd was 5000 or something

***ache

Healthy crowd for a game at this time of the season at such an early stage in the competition

[SouthsideHarp_Bhoy]

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Most of Russia is in Asia as well, so they probably shouldn't be part of UEFA.


I'd like to see somebody tell that to Putin ;-)

Its a flippant point, but there is also a serious point in that half of the reason that european football has been so devalued at our level is the amount of teams that have to be crammed in. Hence us playing umpteen qualifying rounds starting a couple of weeks after the summer.

[madabouthibs]

If only the Yams had 7 more......

[TheGreenMan]

Birkirkara (Malta) v Heart of Midlothian (Scotland) Hibernians Stadium - Paola

Is this actually the name of that teams stadium!?

[Jack Hackett]

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Birkirkara (Malta) v Heart of Midlothian (Scotland) Hibernians Stadium - Paola

Is this actually the name of that teams stadium!?

It's Hibernians of Malta's ground. Birkirkara play at the Ta' Qali National Stadium, which has a capacity of 17k, so I suspect that the Maltesers were a bit dubious about 400k turning up and plumped for Hibernians slightly smaller 4k capacity ground.


....all facts courtesy of wikipedia