Facebook: the clubs in the Round of 16 of the Champions League have a combined 368.6m fans

The 16 clubs through to the knockout stage of the 2014-15 Champions League had a combined total of 368.6 million fans on the social network Facebook, according to figures compiled by News Tank as of 27/02/2015. FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF together had 165.5 million fans, 46.9% of the total number of fans of the 16 clubs still in contention. The Facebook page of the Champions League itself also has 42.5 million fans.

Among the clubs still in the competition (13 of the 16 clubs belong to one of the European Top 5 leagues), the three Spanish clubs (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF and Atlético de Madrid) count 175.9 million fans, the three English teams (Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC and Manchester City FC) have a total 92.7 million and the four German clubs (FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Schalke 04) have 43.5 million fans. Combined, the Ligue 1 clubs Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco have 19.3 million fans; Juventus (Serie A TIM) have 16.7 million; FC Porto (POR) 2.7 million; FC Basel (SUI) 1.5 million and Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1.4 million.

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