LFP: 10.87 million spectators across Ligue 1 & Ligue 2 in 2025-26, a record with 36 clubs

A total of 10.87 million spectators attended Ligue 1 McDonald's Name of the top division of French football for the 2024-2027 cycle (€30m per season) and Ligue 2 BKT Name of the French Ligue 2 championship for the 2020-2024 cycle.

Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT), an Indian tyre manufacturer, obtained the naming rights for Ligue 2 from 2020-21 for four seasons… matches during the 2025-26 season, setting a record since both divisions simultaneously switched to 18 clubs in 2024-25 and representing an average attendance of 18,059 spectators per match, the Ligue de Football Professionnel President: Vincent Labrune (elected on 10/09/2020, re-elected on 10/09/2024) General secretary: David Terrier (UNFP) appointed on 29/10/2024 Treasurer: Pierre-Olivier Murat (Rodez Aveyron… announced on 26 May 2026.

Regarding Ligue 1, which moved from 20 to 18 clubs in 2023-24:
• record average occupancy rate of 87.4% (86.7% in 2024-25);
• average attendance of 27,588 spectators per match (compared with 27,948 the previous season);
• total attendance of 8.39 million spectators (8.55 million in 2024-25).

"This momentum is reflected concretely by eight clubs above 90% occupancy (Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens, RC Strasbourg Alsace, Stade Rennais FC, Stade Brestois 29, Olympique de Marseille, FC Lorient and AJ Auxerre), five clubs averaging more than 35,000 spectators (OM, Olympique Lyonnais, PSG, LOSC Lille and RC Lens), and 118 sold-out matches (out of 306), representing nearly 40% of fixtures," the LFP President: Vincent Labrune (elected on 10/09/2020, re-elected on 10/09/2024) General secretary: David Terrier (UNFP) appointed on 29/10/2024 Treasurer: Pierre-Olivier Murat (Rodez Aveyron… said.

The highest attendance of the season was recorded during Olympique de Marseille - Stade Brestois (3-0), with 66,279 spectators at a sold-out Stade Orange Vélodrome on 08 November 2025.

Ligue 2, which also switched to 18 clubs in 2024-25, recorded a total attendance of 2.48 million spectators (+8%) and an average of 8,337 per match (+10%), "thus reaching the fifth-highest level in its history."