У статті представлено показники відвідувань ігор відповідно до кількості місць на стадіоні та мешканців у місці де проходять матчі. Проведено порівняльний аналіз параметрів стадіонів «Донбас Арени» та Emirates Stadium. Надано показники відвідування стадіонів команд прем’єр-ліги України за чемпіонат 2012/2013 та домашніх матчів команди «Металіст».
В статье представлены показатели посещений игр в соответствии с количеством мест на стадионе и жителей в городе где проходят матчи. Проведен сравнительный анализ параметров стадионов «Донбасс Арены» и Emirates Stadium. Предоставлены показатели посещения стадионов команд премьер-лиги Украины за чемпионат 2012/2013 и домашних матчей команды «Металлист».
Indices of games attending according to quantity of places at the stadium and citizens of hosted cities are presented in the article. It is determined that matches of "Borussya Dortmund" (Germany), "Barcelona" (Spain), "Manchester United" (England) teams are more visited. According to the capacity of stadiums best indices have matches of Bundesliga (92%) and English Premier league (95,3%). Smaller percent of stadium attendance according to places existence have games during championship of Spain (73,9%), France (66,8%), Italy (53,8%), Russia (52,7%). Visiting of Ukrainian Premier league matches form 48,0% (2012-2013 years). "Shakhtar" (an average 42 081 fans per a match), "Metalist" (30 936 fans), "Dynamo" (25246 fans), "Chernomorets" (21 995 fans) and "Dnipro" (18 188 fans) have the most part of spectators. Also an average number of fans attending stadiums per 1000 citizens is presented in the research. So, "Shakhtar" football matches in Donetsk are regulary visited by 46 of 1000 residents, in Kiev ~ 10 residents, in Kharkov – 38 fans. At the same time this index in Holland and Switzerland equals: "Eskhende" ~ 187, "Basel" ~ 169, "Eindhoven" ~ 151, "Berney" – 141, "Arnelle" ~ 117, "Groningine" ~ 111, "Brede" ~ 101.
Visit of Ukrainian championship games depends on game quality. During the Ukrainian championship of 2012/2013 on matches of "Metalist" FC the greatest number of the audience was recorded during the games with "Shakhtar" ~ 40 003 persons, "Dnepr" ~ 39 756 and "Dynamo" ~ 38 750 people. When "Metalist" played with outsiders the number of the audience was essentially smaller: "Goverla" ~ 23 765 people, "Carpathians" ~ 26 742 persons, "Illichivets" ~ 24 862 persons. Also during 2012/2013 more successful season for "Metalist" (2nd place in the Ukrainian championship) in the matches that weren't taking leader positions number of the spectators considerably increased comparing to the previous season: "Krivbass" (from 25 086 to 30 115 people), "Vorskla" (from 25 342 to 37 890 people), "Tavriya" (from 20 106 to 30 630 people), "Metallurg" Donetsk (from 19 752 to 26 500 people), "Volyn" (from 17 688 to 28 853 people).
