By: falsche9
this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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Bayern is the biggest club in the world by members, second is Benfica. Schalke and Dortmund are still bigger than any British club (ManU is the biggest), pretty crazy stuff in terms of member numbers
There's no point in making this comparison. Different teams and leagues have different membership conditions.
My club, Corinthians, has 30M supporters yet I believe about 100k members bcs not all can afford a membership and it doesn't actually give you many benefits if you don't go often to the stadium. Not to obviously mention how expensive it can be compared to our supporters' average income. Membership is not traditionnally in our culture.
Here paying for a membership usually grants you a discount to go to the stadium (season tickets are not really a thing in Brazil). Germany has the 50+1 so fans have power. Having 100k members under our circumstances is already fabulous.
Well but that's the same in Germany. Most fans aren't members.
Real Madrid has 2 types of membership. Socios are capped and get voting rights in things concerning the club, has been closed for over a decade I think. Second is Madridista Club which is uncapped and has over a million members
UK clubs dont have a members system so you cant really include them in the discussion. You have no basis for saying Schalke and Dortmund having larger support than Man U or Liverpool.
My basis is the source I linked in my other comment, and literally ManU do have a club membership system lol, as do Liverpool. Its a football club in the end mate, those have members