[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Go for it Nicky.

The more the merrier.

i know my Fortuna has little stadium capacity but these teams have a reputation as ''cult teams''

also sometimes a better and more fun atmosphere during matches than a Barcelona match for example with that huge Camp Nou where if you are at the highest seats you can't really see the players

[Nicky91]

Italian Serie A teams by stadium capacity

1. AC Milan (75.923) *note AC and Inter share the stadium*
2. Inter Milan (75.923)
3. AS Roma (70.634)
4. Lazio Roma (70.634)
5. Napoli (54.726)
6. Fiorentina (43.147)
7. Juventus (41.507)
8. Hellas Verona (39.211)
9. Bologna (38.279)
10. Sampdoria (36.685)
11. Genoa (36.600)
12. Lecce (31.533)
13. Torina (27.958)
14. Parma (27.906)
15. Udinese (25.144)
16. Sassuolo (21.584)
17. Atalanta (21.300)
18. Brescia (19.500)
19. Cagliari (16.233)
20. SPAL (16.134)

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

i know my Fortuna has little stadium capacity but these teams have a reputation as ''cult teams''

also sometimes a better and more fun atmosphere during matches than a Barcelona match for example with that huge Camp Nou where if you are at the highest seats you can't really see the players

There's nothing wrong with supporting a smaller team.

Imo it can be interesting to see how much a smaller team can over achieve sometimes, the biggest examples on this thread so far being Getafe and Atalanta, they've done incredible to be currently achieving their feats given their smaller stadium capacities compared to most teams in their respective leagues.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Jesus, so they are.

Im so out of touch these days.

Tbf if it weren't for doing this thread, I'd have thought the same as you.

I'm gonna do the League that has Berwick Rangers in it next because I'm curious to know where they place.

Lowland Football League:
1. East Stirlingshire - Falkirk Stadium - 7,937
2. Caumbernauld Colts - Broadwood Stadium - 7,936
3. Berwick Rangers - Shielfield Park - 4,099
4. Stirling University - Forthbank Stadium - 3,808
5. The Spartans - Ainslie Park - 3,612
6. BSC Glasgow - Recreation Park - 3,100 (sharing the stadium with Alloa Athletic)
7. Kelty Hearts - New Central Park - 2,660
8. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic - New Dundas Park - 2,200
9. Gala Fairydean Rovers - 3G Arena - 2,000
10. Civil Service Strollers - Christie Gillies Park - 1,569
11. Vale Of Leithen (it sounds like a town from Dragon Age lol) - Victoria Park - 1,500
12. Dalbeattie Star - Islecroft Stadium - 1,320
13. Edinburgh University - East Peffermill Stadium - 1,100
14. Gretna 2008 - Raydale Park - 1,030
15. East Kilbride - K Park - 660
16. Caledonian Braves - Alliance Park - 500

It's nice to see that the Gretna phoenix club is getting closer to the top 4 tiers of Scottish Football.

And great job Nicky btw with the Eredivisie and Serie A stats.

If anybody else wants to have a go at this as well there is no rule saying that you can't. I think that Nicky will agree with me in saying how much fun this can actually be. It's more fun to me than that Wolves vs Leicester game last night anyway to me.

National League South:
1. Bath City - Twerton Park - 8,840
2. Weymouth - Bob Lucas Stadium - 6,600
3. Havant & Waterlooville - West Leigh Park - 5,300
4. St Albans City - Clarence Park - 4,500
5. Maidstone Utd - Gallagher Stadium - 4,200
6. Eastbourne Borough - Priory Lane - 4,151
7. Dartford - Princes Park - 4,100
8. Braintree Town - Cressing Road - 4,085
9. Welling Utd - Park View Road - 4,000
10. Wealdstone - Grosvenor Vale - 3,607
11. Billericay Town - New Lodge - 3,500
11. Hampton & Richmond - Beveree Stadium - 3,500
13. Concord Rangers - Thames Road - 3,300
14. Chelmsford City - Melbourne Stadium - 3,019
15. Chippenham Town - Hardenhuish Park - 3,000
15. Dulwich Hamlet - Champion Hill - 3,000
15. Tonbridge Angels - Longmead Stadium - 3,000
19. Hungerford Town - Bulpit Lane - 2,500
20. Dorking Wanderers - Meadowbank Stadium - 2,000
20. Oxford City - Court Place Farm - 2,000
20. Slough Town - Arbour Park - 2,000

[Nicky91]

also Serie A fun facts

*AS Roma is called the good of the Rome teams, Fan wise, where Lazio Roma fans have been called out for fascism on occasion

*Juventus were relegated because of the corruption scandal, they gloriously fought themselves back to the top of italian football

*one of the current oldest teams in the serie a is SPAL, founded in 1907, who had returned to serie a in 2016 after a absence from top level of 49 years, and current manager of theirs is former italy international Luigi Di Biagio

*the fiorentine stadium was first called Stadio Giovanni Berta after a famous florence fascist but had a name change to Stadio Artemio Franchi (named after one of their most successful club presidents)

[Nicky91]

Bundesliga (2019-20 season) by stadium capacity

1. Borussia Dortmund (81.365) Signal Iduna Park
2. Bayern Munich (75.000) Allianz Arena
3. Hertha BSC (74.649) Olympiastadion
4. Schalke 04 (62.271) Veltins-Arena
5. Borussia Mönchengladbach (59.724) Borussia-Park
6. Fortuna Dusseldorf (54.600) Merkur-Spiel Arena
7. Eintracht Frankfurt (51.500) Commerzbank Arena
8. 1.FC Koln (49.698) RheinEnergieStadion
9. RB Leipzig (42.558) Red Bull Arena
10. Werder Bremen (42.100) WohnInvest Weserstadion
11. FSV Mainz 05 (34.000) Opel Arena
12. FC Augsburg (30.660) WWK Arena
13. Bayer Leverkusen (30.210) BayArena
14. 1899 Hoffenheim (30.150) PreZero Arena
15. VFL Wolfsburg (30.000) Volkswagen Arena
16. SC Freiburg (24.000) SchwarzWald-Stadion
17. Union Berlin (22.012) Stadion An Der Alten Forsterei
18. SC Paderborn (15.000) Benteler Arena

''current manager''

Borussia Dortmund - Lucien Favre (Swiss)

Bayern Munich - Hans Dieter Flick (German)

Hertha BSC - Alexander Nouri (German)

Schalke 04 - David Wagner (American)

Borussia Mönchengladbach - Marco Rose (German)

Fortuna Dusseldorf - Uwe Rosler (German)

Eintracht Frankfurt - Adi Hutter (Austrian)

1.FC Koln - Markus Gisdol (German)

RB Leipzig - Julian Nagelsmann (German)

Werder Bremen - Florian Kohfeldt (German)

FSV Mainz 05 - Achim Beierlorzer (German)

FC Augsburg - Martin Schmidt (Swiss)

Bayer Leverkusen - Peter Bosz (Dutch)

1899 Hoffenheim - Alfred Schreuder (Dutch)

VFL Wolfsburg - Oliver Glasner (Austrian)

SC Freiburg - Christian Streich (German)

Union Berlin - Urs Fischer (Swiss)

SC Paderborn

[Mystic Mock]

You're really good at doing this Nicky.

I in particular love some of the side details that you're doing, I honestly need to do more lists like that eventually.

Anyway I'm going for a League that's on the rise in Association Football at the moment, and tbh this country desperately needs a discussion that's positive about their country as sadly they've had a terrible start to the year.

Chinese Super League:
1. Beijing Sinobo Guoan - Workers Stadium - 66,161
2. Jiangsu Suning - Nanjing Olympic Sports Center - 61,443
3. Dalian Pro - Dalian Sports Center Stadium - 61,000
4. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Hebei Olympic Sports Center - 60,000
5. Chongqing Dangdai Lifan - Chongqing Olympic Sports Center - 58,680
6. Shandong Luneng Taishan - Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium - 56,808 (they also use a second Stadium called Shandong Provincial Stadium which holds up to 43,700 at it's max capacity)
7. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao - Tianhe Stadium - 54,856 (the reigning champions)
8. Tianjin TEDA - Tianjin Olympic Center - 54,696
8. Tianjin Tianhai - Tianjin Olympic Center - 54,696 (yes the two Tianjin teams groundshare)
10. Qingdao Huangdai - Qingdao Guoxin Stadium - 45,000
11. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua - Hongkou Football Stadium - 33,060
12. Hebei China Fortune - Langfang Stadium - 30,040
13. Wuhan Zall - Dongxihu Sports Centre - 30,000
14. Henan Jianye - Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium - 29,860
15. Guangzhou R&F - Yuexiushan Stadium - 18,000
16. Shanghai SIPG - Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium - 16,000

[Mystic Mock]

Ligue 1:
1. Marseille - Orange Velodrome - 67,394
2. Lyon - Groupama Stadium - 59,186
3. Lille - Stade Pierre-Mauroy - 50,186
4. PSG - Parc Des Princes - 48,583
5. Bordeaux - Matmut Atlantique - 42,115
6. Saint-Etienne - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard - 41,965
7. Nice - Allianz Riviera - 35,624
8. Nantes - Stade De La Beaujoire - 35,322
9. Toulouse - Stadium Municipal - 33,150
10. Montpellier - Stade De La Mosson - 32,900
11. Rennes - Roazhon Park - 29,778
12. Strasbourg - Stade De La Meinau - 29,230
13. Metz - Stade Saint-Symphorien - 25,636
14. Reims - Stade Auguste Delaune - 21,684
15. Angers - Stade Raymond Kopa - 18,752
16. Monaco - Stade Louis II - 18,523
17. Nimes - Stade Des Costieres - 18,482
18. Dijon - Stade Gaston Gerard - 15,995
19. Brest - Stade Francis-Le Ble - 15,931
20. Amiens - Stade De La Licorne - 12,097

Trivia about Ligue 1 teams.

1. Dijon are the only team from the Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comte that are currently playing in the top flight of French Football.

2. Franck Ribery played for Brest between 2003-2004, scoring 3 times in 35 appearances.

3. PSG and Marseille have a rivalry which is nicknamed Le Classique. Their version of El Classico from Real Madrid and Barcelona.

[Mystic Mock]

Cymru Premier:
1. Aberystwyth Town - Park Avenue - 5,000
1. Newtown - Latham Park - 5,000
3. Barry Town Utd - Jenner Park Stadium - 3,500
4. Bala Town - Maes Tegid - 3,000
4. Caernarfon Town - The Oval - 3,000
4. Carmarthen Town - Richmond Park - 3,000
4. Cefn Druids - The Rock - 3,000
4. Pen-y-Bont - Kymco Stadium - 3,000
9. The New Saints - Park Hall - 2,034
10. Cardiff Metropolitan University - Cyncoed Campus - 1,620
11. Airbus UK Broughton - Hollingsworth Group International Airfield - 1,600
12. Connah's Quay Nomads - Deeside Stadium - 1,500

Ligue 2:
1. Lens - Stade-Bollaert-Delelis - 37,705
2. Le Havre - Stade Oceane - 25,178
3. Valenciennes - Stade Du Hainaut - 25,172
4. Le Mans - MMArena - 25,064
5. Troyes - Stade De l'Aube - 21,684
6. Auxerre - Stade De l'Abbe-Deschamps - 21,379
7. Caen - Stade Michel d'Ornano - 21,215
8. Nancy - Stade Marcel Picot - 20,087
9. Grenoble - Stade De Alpes - 20,068
10. Sochaux - Stade Auguste Bonal - 20,005
11. Paris FC - Stade Charlety - 20,000
12. Lorient - Stade Du Moustoir - 18,890
13. Guingamp - Stade De Roudourou - 18,378
14. Chateauroux - Stade Gatson Petit - 17,173
15. Clermont Foot - Stade Gabriel Montpied - 11,980
16. Niort - Stade Rene Gaillard - 10,886
17. Ajaccio - Stade Francois Coty - 10,446
18. Chambly - Stade Pierre Brisson - 10,178
19. Orleans - Stade De La Source - 7,000
20. Rodez - Stade Paul-Lignon - 5,955

No offence to any possible Sochaux fan that might possibly be reading this thread, but Bonal?! I know that it's childish humour, but the unintentional innuendo there is just funny that it's translated to sound like boner.

Childish humour aside (Nicky91 and Michael21 do apologise over their comments) have you ever been to any of these Stadiums? And if so what are they like?

[Mystic Mock]

Yes I'm bumping this up again for anybody that cares.

Lezgue Of Ireland Premier Division:
1. Shamrock Rovers - Tallaght Stadium - 8,000
2. Cork City - Turners Cross - 7,845
3. Finn Harps (newly promoted) - Finn Park - 6,000
4. Sligo Rovers - The Showgrounds - 5,500
4. Waterford - Regional Sports Centre - 5,500
6. St Patrick's Athletic - Richmond Park - 5,340
7. Dundalk - Oriel Park - 4,500
8. Derry City - Brandywell Stadium - 3,700
8. Shelbourne - Tolka Park - 3,700
10. Bohemians - Dalymount Park - 3,640

I'm shocked that Bohemians came bottom tbh.

[Mystic Mock]

NIFL Premiership:
1. Linfield - Windsor Park - 18,614
2. Institute (They share one thing in common with Derry Girls lol) - Brandywell Stadium - 7,700
3. Glentoran - The Oval - 6,054
4. Dungannon Swifts - Stangmore Park - 5,000
5. Carrick Rangers - Hotel Loughshore Arena - 4,500
6. Glenavon - Mourneview Park - 4,160
7. Crusaders - Seaview - 3,383
8. Ballymena Utd - The Showgrounds - 3,050
9. Cliftonville - Solitude - 2,530
10. Coleraine - The Showgrounds - 2,496
11. Larne - Inver Park - 2,000
12. Warrenpoint Town - Milltown - 1,280

Fact 1 - Ballymena Utd and Coleraine do not in fact groundshare, they both have separate Stadiums that share the same name.

Fact 2 - Coleraine's Showgrounds Stadium can really hold up to over 13,000 people, but most of the Stadium doesn't get used due to health & safety reasons.

Fact 3 - Warrenpoint Town play in Sky Blue just like Coventry City and Man City.

And here's the NIFL Premiership table in a more rough manner.

1. Linfield - Pld 31 - W 22 - D 3 - L 6 - GD +47 - Pts 69
2. Coleraine - Pld 31 - W 19 - D 8 - L 4 - GD +40 - Pts 65
3. Crusaders - Pld 31 - W 17 - D 8 - L 6 - GD +36 - Pts 59
4. Cliftonville - Pld 31 - W 18 - D 5 - L 8 - GD +26 - Pts 59
5. Glentoran - Pld 31 - W 17 - D 7 - L 7 - GD +27 - Pts 58
6. Larne - Pld 31 - W 16 - D 8 - L 7 - GD +30 - Pts 56
7. Glenavon - Pld 31 - W 10 - D 5 - L 16 - GD -25 - Pts 35
8. Carrick Rangers - Pld 31 - W 10 - D 2 - L 19 - GD -13 - Pts 32
9. Dungannon Swifts - Pld 31 - W 8 - D 6 - L 17 - GD -40 - Pts 30
10. Ballymena Utd - Pld 31 - W 7 - D 6 - L 18 - GD -20 - Pts 27
11. Warrenpoint Town (relegation Playoff) - Pld 31 - W 5 - D 3 - L 23 - GD -59 - Pts 18
12. Institute (relegated) - Pld 31 - W 2 - D 9 - L 20 - GD -49 - Pts 15

If there's any major differences between the Stadium capacity and the season placings between teams then I'd love to know, as there's some that I might've not noticed.

And going off topic for a second, I hope that everybody is doing fine on the Forum, and hopefully everybody in the world can pull through what's been a terrible year so far imo. Thank god for my friends, Family, and the Entertainment Industry in general keeping me from going fully insane.

[Dogeatdog]

Thanks to Corona the capacity of these may as well be zero now

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

Thanks to Corona the capacity of these may as well be zero now

Too true.

Hopefully that won't be for long though.

[Dogeatdog]

Tbh I wouldn’t mind if they called of the Charlton game this weekend, we are just playing shocking atm

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

Tbh I wouldn’t mind if they called of the Charlton game this weekend, we are just playing shocking atm

Who are you going to play? If the game goes ahead.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

Tbh I wouldn’t mind if they called of the Charlton game this weekend, we are just playing shocking atm

Sadly some bad news has come in from Charlton's perspective (don't worry it's not related to the Coronavirus issue) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51851930

I feel sorry for the fans and the rest of the staff that have to put up with the bickering.

Also I really hope that the EFL reconsider their decision to punish them, after all how many teams are gonna get punished under this very harsh FFP system? The EFL and the FA appear to be selective on which teams that they punish, and how severe that they'll punish teams over the same or similar incidents.

[Mystic Mock]

Northern Premier League:
1. Grantham Town - South Kesteven Sports Stadium - 7,500
2. Stalybridge Celtic - Bower Fold - 6,500
3. Buxton - The Silverlands (a great Dragon Age place) - 5,200
4. Witton Albion - Wincham Park - 4,813
5. Ashton Utd - Hurst Cross - 4,500
6. FC United Of Manchester (great pals with Man Utd) - Broadhurst Park - 4,400
7. Gainsborough Trinity - The Northolme - 4,304
8. Hyde Utd - Ewen Fields - 4,250
9. Stafford Rangers - Marston Road - 4,000
10. Lancaster City - Giant Axe - 3,500
10. Nantwich Town - The Weaver Stadium - 3,500
10. Radcliffe - Stainton Park - 3,500
10. South Shields - Mariners Park - 3,500
10. Warrington Town - Cantilever Park - 3,500
10. Whitby Town - Turnbull Ground - 3,500
16. Scarborough Athletic (Phoenix club of Scarborough FC) - Flamingo Land Stadium - 2,833
17. Atherton Collieries - Alder Street - 2,500
18. Bamber Bridge - Irongate - 2,264
19. Matlock Town - Causeway Lane - 2,214
20. Basford Utd - Greenwich Avenue - 2,200
21. Mickleover Sports - Station Road - 1,500
21. Morpeth Town (Hello Merlin TV Series) - 1,500

Bundesliga 2:
1. VfB Stuttgart - Mercedes-Benz Arena - 60,449
2. Hamburger SV - Volksparkstadion - 57,000
3. 1. FC Nurnberg - Max-Morlock-Stadion - 49,923
4. Hannover 96 - HDI-Arena - 49,000
5. Dynamo Dresden - Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion - 32,066
6. Karlsruher SC - Wildparkstadion - 29,699
7. FC St. Pauli - Millerntor-Stadion - 29,546
8. VfL Bochum - Vonovia Ruhrstadion - 29,299
9. Arminia Bielefeld - Schuco-Arena - 27,300
10. Greuther Furth - Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer - 18,500
11. Darmstadt 98 - Merck-Stadion Am Bollenfalltor - 17,000
12. VfL Osnabruck - Stadion An Der Bremer Brucke - 16,667
13. Erzgebirge Aue - Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion - 15,711
14. SV Sandhausen - BWT-Stadion Hardtwald - 15,414
15. Jahn Regensburg - Arena Regensburg - 15,224
16. Holstein Kiel - Holstein-Stadion - 15,034
17. 1. FC Heidenheim - Voith-Arena - 15,000
18. Wehen Wiesbaden - BRITA-Arena - 12,250

[Mystic Mock]

A little trivia about the San Marino National Team to shake things up.

1. The San Marino Stadium opened up in 1969.

2. They are according to the FIFA rankings the worst team in International Football.

3. Andy Selva is still San Marino's top scorer with 8 goals from 74 appearances despite retiring from international duty in 2016. Selva also is San Marino's most capped player.

4. The San Marino Stadium can hold up to 6,664 people.

5. San Marino have only ever won one game in their 30 year history at the highest level of International Football, and that was in a friendly match against Liechtenstein where San Marino won 1-0 on 28 April 2004.

6. San Marino's heaviest defeat was a 13-0 home defeat to Germany on 6 September 2006.

7. The 1998 World Cup Qualifying was the only World Cup Qualifier where San Marino failed to score a single goal throughout the campaign.

8. San Marino are mainly made up of amateur players who hold down second jobs away from Football.