dortmund set another attendance record published: friday 28 august 2015, 9.20cet a crowd of 64,200 watched borussia dortmund knock out odd on thursday, breaking the previous record for a uefa europa league play-off by more than 12,000.
borussia dortmund have established an attendance record for a uefa europa league play-off with a crowd of 64,200 watching them beat odd of norway 7-2 in thursday's second leg.
the previous high of 52,034 had been achieved by schalke 04 against hjk helsinki in 2011/12, which was also the record for any pre-competition proper game until 65,190 watched bvb defeat wolfsberg in the third qualifying round three weeks ago.
tonight's crowd at the bvb stadion dortmund sits sixth on the all-time list for uefa europa league matches, not far off the record of 67,553 set last season by dynamo kyiv against everton in the round of 16. the next target for dortmund is to take away schalke's record of 53,123 for a uefa europa league group stage game.
highest attendances in uefa cup/uefa europa league play-offs/qualifying 1: 65,190 – borussia dortmund 5-0 wolfsberg, 06/08/2015, third qualifying round second leg 2: 64,200 – borussia dortmund 7-2 odd, 27/08/2015, play-off second leg 3: 52,034 – schalke 04 6-1 hjk helsinki, 25/08/2011, play-off second leg 4: 51,862 – crvena zvezda 1-2 stade rennais, 18/08/2011, play-off first leg 5: 51,795 – celtic 3-0 (forfeit, original result 0-0) sion, 18/08/2011, play-off first leg
second qualifying round record: 46,907 – celtic 6-3 wacker innsbruck, 26/08/1997 first qualifying round record: 46,900 – rangers 2-0 shelbourne, 29/07/1998
highest attendances in uefa europa league 1: 67,553 – dynamo kyiv 5-2 everton, 19/03/2015, round of 16 second leg 2: 67,328 – manchester united 1-2 ajax, 23/02/2012, round of 32 second leg 3: 65,535 – dynamo kyiv 5-1 fiorentina, 16/04/2015, quarter-final first leg 4: 65,190 – borussia dortmund 5-0 wolfsberg, 06/08/2015, third qualifying round second leg 5: 65,110 – beşiktaş 1-3 club brugge, 19/03/15, round of 16 second leg
group stage record: 53,123 – schalke 2-1 steaua bucureşti, 01/12/2011
highest attendances in uefa cup/uefa europa league 1: 110,000 – real madrid 0-0 ipswich town, 03/10/1973, first round second leg 2: 93,000 – real madrid 2-1 torino, 01/04/1992, semi-final first leg 3: 92,000 – dynamo kyiv 1-1 eintracht braunschweig, 14/09/1977, first round first leg 4: 90,832 – barcelona 0-0 liverpool, 05/04/2001, semi-final first leg 5=: 90,000 – barcelona 1-2 bayern münchen, 16/04/1996, semi-final second leg 5=: 90,000 – real madrid 3-0 internazionale milano, 24/04/1985, semi-final second leg 5=: 90,000 – real madrid 6-1 anderlecht, 12/12/1984, third round second leg 5=: 90,000 – dinamo tbilisi 2-0 napoli, 13/09/1978, first round first leg 5=: 90,000 – barcelona 2-1 aston villa, 15/03/1978, quarter-final second leg
group stage record: 66,000 – bayern münchen 2-2 bolton wanderers, 08/11/2007
