So far, 2,999,892 spectators have watched European football in Parken since the first home game against Finnish side Mikkeli back in September 1992.
That works out at an average of approx. 20,800 across all 144 home games – or just over 21,000 if you leave out the three games in 2020, when we played in front of empty stands because of Covid restrictions.
The biggest European crowds
The record for a European home game dates back to before Parken's capacity was reduced in 2009, when the D stand was rebuilt. The three biggest crowds ever are:
39,308 against Manchester United on 1 November 2006
38,211 against Benfica on 29 August 2007
37,516 against Lazio on 8 August 2001
Since the rebuild, the three biggest crowds are:
37,241 against Real Madrid on 10 December 2013
37,049 against Barcelona on 2 November 2010
36,797 against Panathinaikos on 7 December 2010
The three lowest attendances at a European home game – apart from the three matches played behind closed doors in 2020 – all come from the 1990s:
4,232 against Slovan Bratislava on 27 September 1994
4,319 against FC Jazz on 9 August 1994
4,432 against Hradec Králové on 28 September 1995
Closing in on three million away as well
We aren't far off three million spectators at our European away games either. So far 2,963,933 have watched us on the road, leaving us around 36,000 short of that milestone.
Whether we get there as soon as 2026 is doubtful, though, with only Inter d'Escaldes in Andorra and Universitatea Craiova in Romania left to visit.
We do look set to reach a combined European attendance of six million this year. We are currently just 36,175 spectators short, and we should pass that mark during the last four games of the league phase.
