Barcelona are the
world's most popular team
Nov 23, 2015 10:00:00 Polls
Goal readers voted the current European
champions as the highest supported side,
while Manchester United finished second
and Liverpool and Real Madrid trailed
behindIt's official! Barcelona are the world's
most popular football club, according to
over 100,000 Goal readers who took part in
our recent global poll.
The current European and La Liga
champions have been seen as one of the
world's most famous and best supported
teams for decades, with that popularity
reaching new heights during the glorious
Pep Guardiola years in which Lionel Messi,
Xavi and Co. entered the history books as
arguably the greatest team the sport has
ever seen.
Fans were asked to choose which club they
supported among Europe's top sides and it
was the Catalans who came out on top,
racking up 18 percent (19,703 votes) of the
overall tally. Meanwhile, Liverpool pipped
Manchester United to second place,
collecting 17,433 votes, just 315 more than
their Preview League rivals.
Real Madrid are the fourth highest
supported side, having received 12% of the
votes (12,663), just ahead of Arsenal
(12,599).
Bayern Munich were surprisingly low in the
charts, with the perennial Bundesliga
powerhouse taking 5% of the vote - less
than Serie A side Inter (6%). Chelsea and
Juventus each got a 4% share, putting them
just in front of AC Milan, Borussia
Dortmund, Manchester City and Paris
Saint-Germain.
United were the most popular side in the
United Kingdom, having picked up 23% of
votes. Arsenal were not far behind on 16%,
though, while Barcelona and Real Madrid
interestingly proved to be more popular
than Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester
City among British fans.
In Germany, Barca (22%) showed to have
even more supporters than Bayern Munich
(19%), while in Spain, the Catalan side
(40%) had a huge lead over their fierce
rivals (24%) Real.
Inter may be coming off the back of a rough
couple of years, but they remain the most
popular team in Italy, as they picked up
10% more votes than Juventus, while
Barcelona and Real Madrid came in ahead
of AC Milan.