English Premier League (EPL) games last season averaged a 95.3 per cent sell-out rate, the highest of the professional football leagues in Europe.

In a report published by the European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) today, the EPL’s average attendance for the 2012/13 season was 35,903. The German Bundesliga had a higher average attendance figure, 41,914, however games only sold at a capacity rate of 91.4 per cent.

Netherlands’ Eredivisie premier football league came third in the table with an average stadium utilisation of 85.8 per cent, ahead of the French Ligue 1 (70.7 per cent), Spanish La Liga (64.1 per cent) and Italian Serie A (58.7 per cent).

The Eredivisie had the lowest average attendance of the top six European leagues in the 2012/13 season with 19,631 fans per game, behind La Liga (25,464), Serie A (23,603) and Ligue 1 (19,261).