# List of sports clubs by membership

Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. This page lists the sports clubs with the largest number of members in the world. In many European countries, professional football teams are not organized as clubs, but as corporations. This includes all teams in the English Premier League and most teams in the Spanish Primera División and the Italian Serie A. They therefore do not appear on this list, although they sometimes offer interested persons the opportunity to become 'members' for a fee, which gives them advantages in the purchase of tickets and merchandise. In the big four sports leagues in the United States and Canada, clubs are usually franchises owned by private investors. In Germany, most professional sport teams are organized as corporations (GmbH or Aktiengesellschaft); however, in accordance with the 50+1 rule, the majority of votes lies with the registered associations (e. V.), which have members.

## List of largest sports clubs

This list contains all clubs with a current membership of 75,000 or more, provided this is sufficiently documented. There may be other clubs that meet this criterion. The data is based on various sources and may therefore vary in terms of the survey period or the standards applied, which may limit comparability. The inclusion of inactive members who have stopped paying their membership fees alongside active members who actually pay their fees is another factor that can distort the reliability of this list.
Sports clubs with more than 75,000 members :
| Rank | Sports club | Place | Members | Date |
| 1 | S.L. Benfica | Lisbon, Portugal | 400,000 | February 2025 |
| 2 | FC Bayern Munich | Munich, Germany | 400,000 | February 2025 |
| 3 | Club Atlético River Plate | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 350,000 | December 2024 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 335,000 | August 2023 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund, Germany | 218,000 | November 2024 |
| 6 | Tasmania Football Club | Tasmania, Australia | 205,000+ | December 2024 |
| 7 | FC Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 180,000 | December 2023 |
| 8 | German Alpine Club Munich section | Munich, Germany | 179,391 | December 2023 |
| 9 | German Alpine Club Oberland section | Munich, Germany | 174,515 | December 2023 |
| 10 | Melbourne Cricket Club | Melbourne, Australia | 157,708 | 31 August 2022 |
| 11 | FC Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | 150,317 | May 2023 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany | 150,000 | February 2025 |
| 13 | Sporting CP | Lisbon, Portugal | 146,292 | March 2024 |
| 14 | SC Internacional | Porto Alegre, Brazil | 135,000 | March 2024 |
| 15 | 1. FC Köln | Cologne, Germany | 132,439 | September 2023 |
| 16 | FC Porto | Porto, Portugal | 131,037 | September 2024 |
| 17 | HNK Hajduk Split | Split, Croatia | 120,637 | August 2024 |
| 18 | Grêmio FBPA | Porto Alegre, Brazil | 114,425 | September 2023 |
| 19 | Collingwood Football Club | Melbourne, Australia | 110,102 | 2024 |
| 20 | West Coast Eagles | Perth, Australia | 103,275 | 2023 |
| 21 | Austrian Alpine Club Edelweiss section | Vienna, Austria | 102,435 | December 2022 |
| 22 | Richmond Football Club | Melbourne, Australia | 101,349 | 2023 |
| 23 | Hamburger SV | Hamburg, Germany | 100,000 | September 2023 |
| 23 | VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart, Germany | 100,000 | 3rd May 2024 |
| 23 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 100,000 | December 2023 |
| 24 | Real Madrid CF | Madrid, Spain | 99,781 | December 2023 |
| 25 | Carlton Football Club | Melbourne, Australia | 95,277 | 2023 |
| 26 | Club Atlético Independiente | Avellaneda, Argentina | 95,173 | August 2023 |
| 27 | CR Flamengo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 89,859 | March 2023 |
| 28 | Essendon Football Club | Melbourne, Australia | 86,274 | 2023 |
| 29 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 85,000 | May 2024 |
| 30 | Racing Club de Avellaneda | Avellaneda, Argentina | 83,717 | August 2023 |
| 31 | CR Vasco da Gama | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 82,611 | January 2021 |
| 32 | Geelong Football Club | Geelong, Australia | 82,155 | 2023 |
| 33 | Hawthorn Football Club | Melbourne, Australia | 80,698 | 2023 |
| 34 | San Lorenzo de Almagro | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 80,410 | August 2023 |
| 35 | Austrian Alpine Club Austria section | Vienna, Austria | 78,211 | December 2022 |