2008 Australian football code crowds
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Australia is home to 4 professional football codes. This is a comprehensive list of crowd figures for Australian football codes in 2008. It includes several different competitions and matches from Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, Association Football and Rugby Union (International Rules is a code of football played by Australian Rules footballers). Sydney and Brisbane have teams represented in all four codes. Hobart and Darwin are Australia's only capital cities without a professional football team, but both cities play host to Australian Rules and Rugby League games during the pre and regular season.
Included Competitions
National Competitions
Several football codes have national (domestic) competitions in Australia, the following are taken into consideration:
- The 2008 Australian Football League season (AFL), which includes a finals series and a pre-season cup (the 2008 NAB Cup)
- The 2008 National Rugby League season (NRL)
- The 2008-09 A-League season (A-L)
Two of these leagues, specifically the NRL and A-League, have one team in New Zealand. Attendance figures for the New Zealand teams are taken into account in the figures on this page.
Note that the Australian Rugby Championship folded at the end of 2007.
Other Competitions
Other competitions, such as international and representitive competitions, included are:
- The 2008 Rugby League World Cup, which will be held in Australia in 2008 (RL WC)
- The 2008 Tri Nations Series (Tri Nat)
- The 2008 Rugby League State of Origin series (SoO)
- The 2008 Super 14 season
- The 2008 Asian Champions League (ACL)
- The 3rd Round of Asian qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup (WCQ)
Note: For these competitions, only figures for games that take place in Australia are taken into account
Non-Competition Games
Some Non-competition matches (such as friendly and exhibition matches) are also included:
- Home test matches played by the Australian National Rugby Union Team, the Wallabies, in 2008.
- Home test matches played by the Australian National Rugby League Team, the Kangaroos, in 2008.
Note: this list will be updated as more games are scheduled.
Attendances by Code
In order to directly compare sports, the total attendances for each major code are listed here. The colour-coding of the different codes is used throughout the article.
| Code | Games Played | Total Crowd | Average Crowd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association Football | 2 | 74,625 | 37,313 |
| Rugby Union | 6 | 125,825 | 20,971 |
| Australian Rules | 15 | 245,070 | 16,338 |
| Rugby League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note that only the competitions that appear on this page are considered, there are many other (generally smaller) competitions, leagues and matches that take place for all of the football codes, but these are not included. The following are included:
- Crowds for Australian rules football include games from the pre-season NAB Cup.
- So far, no crowds for Rugby League are included.
- Association Football attendances include the first World Cup qualifier played by the Socceroos.
- Rugby Union attendances include some games from the Super 14.
Attendances by Competition
Some codes have multiple competitions, several competitions are compared here.
| Competition | Pre Season | Regular Season | Finals games | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Crowd | Number | Crowd | Number | Crowd | ||||
| Total | Average | Total | Average | Total | Average | ||||
| WCQ | - | - | - | 1(of 3) | 50,969 | 50,969 | - | - | - |
| ACL | - | - | - | 1 (of 6) | 23,656 | 23,656 | - | - | - |
| Super 14 | - | - | - | 6 | 125,825 | 20,971 | |||
| AFL | 15 | 245,070 | 16,338 | 0(of 176) | 0(of 9) | ||||
| Tri Nat | - | - | - | 0(of 3) | - | - | - | ||
| RL WC | - | - | - | 0(of 12) | 0(of 6) | ||||
| SoO | - | - | - | 0(of 3) | - | - | - | ||
| NRL | - | - | - | 0(of 192) | 0(of 9) | ||||
| A-League | - | - | - | ||||||
- The "Regular Season" is also known as the "Home and Away Season", "Premiership season" or the "Group Stage", generally consisting of some form of league or round-robin format.
Attendances by Team
Attendances that specific teams pull for their home games are listed here.
- Teams are listed by competition - generally the figures only take regular season games into account, however international teams may include all games played (competition games and non-competition games)
- The Socceroos are Australia's national association football (soccer) team, The Wallabies are Australia's national Rugby Union team - their nicknames are used to avoid confusion
| Team | Competition | Played | Home Crowds | Average |
| Collingwood | AFL | 1 | 45,383 | 45,383 |
| Essendon | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adelaide | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlton | AFL | 1 | 72,552 | 72,552 |
| West Coast Eagles | AFL | 1 | 39,591 | 39,591 |
| St Kilda | AFL | 1 | 36,614 | 36,614 |
| Richmond | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fremantle | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Swans | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawthorn | AFL | 1 | 40,141 | 40,141 |
| Geelong | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brisbane Lions | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Bulldogs | AFL | 1 | 24,835 | 24,835 |
| North Melbourne | AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Port Adelaide | AFL | 1 | 28,206 | 28,206 |
| Socceroos | WCQ | 1 | 50,969 | 50,969 |
| Waratahs | Super Rugby | 2 | 59,282 | 29,641 |
| Reds | Super Rugby | 2 | 37,013 | 18,507 |
| Brumbies | Super Rugby | 2 | 29,530 | 14,765 |
| Western Force | Super Rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wallabies | Tri Nat | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brisbane Roar | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne Victory | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Coast Mariners | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellington Phoenix | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcastle Jets | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne Victory | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney FC | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth Glory | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adelaide United | ACL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne Victory | ACL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gold Coast Titans | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Queensland Cowboys | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brisbane Broncos | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wests Tigers | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcastle | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manly-Warringah | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parramatta | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealand Warriors | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St George Illawarra Dragons | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Roosters | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penrith Panthers | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne Storm | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canberra Raiders | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cronulla-Sutherland | NRL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kangaroos (RL) | Non-Comp | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New South Wales Blues | SoO | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Queensland Maroons | SoO | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Attendances by Match
Attendances for single matches are listed here. Note that not all matches are necessarily included.
Single Matches
These are once-off matches, that aren't part of any regular league competition.
| Crowd | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Ground | Match Type |
| 50,969 | Socceroos | 3 | Qatar | 0 | Telstra Dome | WCQ |
| 25,127 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 20 | ANZ Stadium | Charity Shield |
League Matches
Matches that are part of a league or regular competition.
| Crowd | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Ground | Competition | Round |
| 72,552 | Richmond | 17.7.109 | Carlton | 11.13.79 | MCG | AFL | 1 |
| 48,100 | Kangaroos | 9.13.67 | Essendon | 19.8.122 | Telstra Dome | AFL | 1 |
| 45,383 | Collingwood | 16.15.111 | Fremantle | 13.7.85 | MCG | AFL | 1 |
| 40,141 | Hawthorn | 23.16.154 | Melbourne | 6.14.50 | MCG | AFL | 1 |
| 28,206 | Geelong | 15.15.105 | Port Adelaide | 14.12.96 | AAMI Stadium | AFL | 1 |
| 24,835 | Western Bulldogs | 19.12.126 | Adelaide | 18.15.123 | Telstra Dome | AFL | 1 |
| 25,065 | Eels | 28 | Bulldogs | 20 | ANZ Stadium | NRL | 1 |
| 20,084 | Storm | 32 | Warriors | 18 | Telstra Dome | NRL | 1 |
| 29,386 | Roosters | 34 | Rabbitohs | 20 | ANZ Stadium | NRL | 1 |
| 26,974 | Titans | 24 | Cowboys | 16 | Skilled Park | NRL | 1 |
| 15,424 | Sea Eagles | 10 | Sharks | 16 | Brookvale Oval | NRL | 1 |
| 17,233 | Knights | 30 | Raiders | 14 | Energy Australia Stadium | NRL | 1 |
| 31,250 | Broncos | 48 | Panthers | 12 | Suncorp Stadium | NRL | 1 |
| 18,211 | Wests Tigers | 24 | Dragons | 16 | Sydney Football Stadium | NRL | 1 |
| 32,271 | NSW Waratahs | 24 | Brumbies | 17 | Sydney Football Stadium | Super 14 | 4 |
| 27,011 | NSW Waratahs | 20 | Hurricanes | 3 | Sydney Football Stadium | Super 14 | 1 |
| 23,329 | St Kilda | 1.15.12 (111) | Richmond | 2.7.11 (71) | Telstra Dome | NAB Cup | 1 |
| 27,011 | Western Force | 24 | Crusaders | 29 | Subiaco | Super 14 | 4 |
| 23,656 | Melbourne Victory | 2 | Chunnam Dragons | 0 | Telstra Dome | ACL | 1 |
| 19,183 | Qld Reds | 22 | Highlanders | 16 | Suncorp Stadium | Super 14 | 1 |
| 17,830 | Qld Reds | 16 | Stormers | 34 | Suncorp Stadium | Super 14 | 4 |
| 14,286 | ACT Brumbies | 22 | Highlanders | 20 | Canberra Stadium | Super 14 | 2 |
| 15,244 | ACT Brumbies | 43 | Queensland Reds | 11 | Canberra Stadium | Super 14 | 3 |
| 26,823 | Adelaide | 0.9.10 (64) | St Kilda | 2.7.9 (69) | AAMI Stadium | NAB Cup | Grand Final |
| 8,256 | Western Bulldogs | 1.6.9 (54) | North Melbourne | 1.4.10 (43) | TIO Stadium | NAB Cup | 1 |
| 32,502 | Fremantle | 2.12.14 (104) | North Melbourne | 1.7.9 (60) | Subiaco Oval | NAB Cup | 1 |
| 19,831 | Western Bulldogs | 0.8.11 (59) | Essendon | 3.12.14 (113) | Telstra Dome | NAB Cup | 2 |
| 20,940 | Hawthorn | 4.9.13 (103) | Carlton | 4.3.15 (69) | Telstra Dome | NAB Cup | 2 |
See also
External links
- Official Website of the Australian Football League
- National Rugby League
- A-League Official website
- Asian Champions League Official website
Note: Sources for this Article are from Wikipedia related articles regarding the included competitions and teams.