Scottish Premiership attendance surpassed four million for the first time last season, while the competition maintained Europe’s highest crowd-to-population ratio.
The top division welcomed 4.1 million spectators in total, with the average attendance rising by 3% to 17,903. Celtic retained the championship after a thrilling final-day home win against title rivals Hearts.
Only England, Germany, Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands recorded larger overall crowds.
When average attendance is measured against population size, Scotland leads by a considerable margin with almost 20 spectators per 1,000 people, close to double Norway’s second-placed total.
Uefa data indicates that around six million Scottish fans attended men’s football matches during the 2025-26 season. This included 900,000 spectators in the lower divisions, 200,000 at domestic cup fixtures and 800,000 at European games.
Celtic were the only team from outside Europe’s five leading leagues to draw more than one million spectators to home Premiership matches.
Rangers also surpassed one million attendees when matches across every competition were included.
The findings further reveal that players from outside Scotland accounted for slightly more than two-thirds of all Premiership minutes last season.
Across Europe, the average share of minutes played by non-local footballers stands at 47%, while only Greece, Portugal and Turkey fielded a smaller proportion of domestically developed players than Scotland.
Norway, Spain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Sweden each recorded figures exceeding 60%.
The Scottish FA has put forward plans designed to provide younger footballers with more playing opportunities, and SPFL clubs are scheduled to vote on the proposals in November.
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