2025-26 Ligue 1 McDonald's: Matchday 17 attendance (28,570 spectators on average per game)

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Tribute at the Stade Orange Vélodrome to the French manager Jean-Louis Gasset, who passed away - ©  FC Nantes

Matchday 17 of the 2025-26 Ligue 1 McDonald's season drew an average of 28,570 spectators per game, from Friday 02 to Sunday 04/01/2026. The average stadium fill rate was 86.1%

Olympique de Marseille - FC Nantes (0-2), on 04/01 (kick-off at 15:00 CET), was the match that posted the best attendance, with 64,780 spectators and a 97.8% fill rate at the Stade Orange Vélodrome (66,226 capacity). Two other fixtures drew more than 40,000 spectators.

The French top flight has an average attendance of 27,500 spectators per game and an average stadium fill rate of 86.1% after seventeen matchdays in 2025-26.

  • 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 17): three games with a fill rate above 90%

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Tribute at the Stade Orange Vélodrome to the French manager Jean-Louis Gasset, who passed away - ©  FC Nantes

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