The England vs. Germany Euro 2022 final attracted 87,192 spectators on Sunday, breaking the previous attendance record for any European Championship final.
Chloe Kelly made sure she is always remembered as a Lionesses legend as she helped England win a historic game in extra time in front of record-breaking spectators at Wembley Stadium in London.
The hosts had taken the lead thanks to a beautifully executed lob by Ella Toone, but Lina Magull’s equalizer forced an additional 30 minutes.
The number of attendees broke the previous attendance record set at the men’s tournament in 1964, when 79,115 people watched Spain play the Soviet Union in the championship match at Santiago Bernabeu.
The opening match between England and Austria at Old Trafford attracted a crowd of 68,781, making it the second time this summer alone that the Women’s European Championship attendance record has been beaten.
Before the final, the 2022 edition of the tournament recorded 487,683 spectators, which was more than twice the previous attendance record for the women’s competition established five years prior when the Netherlands successfully hosted Euro 2017.
When the final attendance is taken into account, Euro 2022 surpasses the 574,000 record for the overall number of spectators who attended games during the tournament.
The 91,648 spectators that watched Barcelona play Wolfsburg in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal match at Camp Nou in April 2022 still hold the record for the largest crowd ever to watch a women’s football game.
Women’s EURO is an attendance record-breaking competition
- 87,192: England 2-1 Germany (final, 31/07/2022 – Wembley Stadium, London)
- 68,871: England 1-0 Austria (group stage, 06/07/2022 – Old Trafford, Trafford)
- 41,301: Germany 1-0 Norway (final, 28/07/2013 – Friends Arena, Solna)
- 30,785: Northern Ireland 0-5 England (group stage, 15/07/2022 – St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton)
- 29,092: England 3-2 Finland (group stage, 05/06/2005 – City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester)
- 28,994: England 2-1aet Spain (quarter-final, 20/07/2022 – Brighton & Hove Community Stadium, Brighton & Hove)
- 28,847: England 8-0 Norway (group stage, 11/07/2022 – Brighton & Hove Community Stadium, Brighton & Hove)
- 28,624: England 4-0 Sweden (semi-final, 26/07/2022 – Bramall Lane, Sheffield)
- 28,182: Netherlands 4-2 Denmark (final, 06/08/2017 – FC Twente Stadion, Enschede)
- 27,445: Germany 2-1 France (semi-final, 27/07/2022 – Stadium MK, Milton Keynes)
Each Women’s EURO round is an attendance record for all Euro rounds
Qualifying
24,835: France 1-0 Greece (03/06/2016 – Roazhon Park, Rennes)
Group stage
68,871: England 1-0 Austria (06/07/2022 – Old Trafford, Trafford)
Group stage: not involving hosts
22,596: Switzerland 1-4 Netherlands (17/07/2022 – Bramall Lane, Sheffield)
Quarter-finals
28,994: England 2-1aet Spain (20/07/2022 – Brighton & Hove Community Stadium, Brighton & Hove)
Quarter-finals: not involving hosts
16,025: Germany 2-0 Austria (21/07/2022 – Brentford Community Stadium, London)
Semi-finals
28,624: England 4-0 Sweden (26/07/2022 – Bramall Lane, Sheffield)
Semi-finals: not involving hosts
27,445: Germany 2-1 France (27/07/2022 – Stadium MK, Milton Keynes)
Final
87,192: England 2-1aet Germany (31/07/2022 – Wembley Stadium, London)
Final: not involving hosts
41,301: Germany 1-0 Norway (28/07/2013 – Friends Arena, Solna)
Women’s EURO final tournaments with the highest attendance
Total
- 574,875 (31 games): England 2022
- 240,055 (31 games): Netherlands 2017
- 216,888 (25 games): Sweden 2013
Average per game
- 18,544 (31 games): England 2022
- 9,000 (4 games): West Germany 1989
- 8,676 (25 games): Sweden 2013
UEFA women’s club football games with the highest attendance
- 91,648: Barcelona 5-1 Wolfsburg (UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final first leg, 22/04/2022 – Camp Nou, Barcelona)
- 91,553: Barcelona 5-2 Real Madrid (UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final second leg, 30/03/2022 – Camp Nou, Barcelona)
- 87,192: England 2-1aet Germany (UEFA Women’s EURO final, 31/07/2022 – Wembley Stadium, London)
- 68,871: England 1-0 Austria (UEFA Women’s EURO group stage, 06/07/2022 – Old Trafford, Trafford)
- 50,212: Lyon 2-0 Frankfurt (UEFA Women’s Champions League final, 17/05/2012 – Olympiastadion, Munich)
- 43,255: Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 Lyon (UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final second leg, 30/04/2022 – Parc des Princes, Paris)
- 41,301: Germany 1-0 Norway (UEFA Women’s EURO final, 28/07/2013 – Friends Arena, Solna)
- 32,257: Barcelona 1-3 Lyon (UEFA Women’s Champions League final, 21/05/2022 – Juventus Stadium, Turin)
- 30,785: Northern Ireland 0-5 England (UEFA Women’s EURO group stage, 15/07/2022 – St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton)
- 30,328: Netherlands 7-0 Northern Ireland (FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifying, 06/04/2018 – PSV Stadion, Eindhoven)*
- 29,092: England 3-2 Finland (UEFA Women’s EURO group stage, 05/06/2005 – City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester)
