2025-26 Ligue 1 McDonald's: Matchday 1 attendance (22,623 spectators on average per game)

The Ligue 1 McDonald's drew an average of 22,623 spectators per game on Matchday 1 of the 2025-26 season, from Friday 15 to Sunday 17/08/2025. The average stadium fill rate was 89.8%.

RC Lens - Olympique Lyonnais (0-1), on Saturday 16/08 (kick-off at 17:00 CET), was the game that posted the best attendance on Matchday 1, with 38,137 spectators at Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38,223 capacity) and a stadium fill rate of 99.8%. Only one other match (FC Nantes - Paris SG) was attended by more than 30,000 spectators.

The French top flight drew an average of 18,391 spectators per game on Matchday 1 of the 2024-25 season, and an average stadium fill rate of 83.7%.

• The 18 Ligue 1 clubs posted an average attendance of 27,948 spectators per game during the 2024-25 season, up 3% compared to the 2023-24 season (27,113 spectators per game).
  • This is the best average attendance ever recorded by the French top flight over a single season.
• Ligue 1 welcomed a total of 8.55 million spectators, a figure up on the 2022-23 season (8.26 million).

2025-26 Ligue 1 McDonald's (Matchday 1): five games…