The Top 10 Highest Attendances for a Youth League Match (U19).

By Nicolas Heude —

The Top 10 Highest Attendances for a Youth League Match (U19).

Cologne has just broken the attendance record for a Youth League match – here's the top 10 highest attendances in Youth League history (U19 European Cup).

On Wednesday, 4 February 2026, Cologne hosted Inter in the Round of 16 of the Youth League.

There was huge interest around this match in Germany and Cologne broke the attendance record for a Youth League match (U19 European Cup) with 50,000 supporters. In recent years, many matches across Europe have seen impressive attendances in the Youth League, here is the top 10.

 

The 10 best attendances in Youth League history:

  1. 50,000 : Cologne - Inter / Round of 16 2025-2026
  2. 40,368 : Trabzonspor - Inter / Quarter-finals 2024-2025
  3. 32,510 : Krasnodar - Real Madrid / Play-offs 2017-2018
  4. 20,744 : Union Berlin - Real Madrid / Group stage 2023-2024
  5. 20,115 : Deportivo La Coruña - Dynamo Kyiv / Quarter-finals 2021-2022
  6. 19,301 : Nantes - Copenhagen / Quarter-finals 2023-2024
  7. 19,300 : Borussia Dortmund - Atlético Madrid / Quarter-finals 2021-2022
  8. 17,000 : Astana - Benfica / Group stage 2015-2016
  9. 16,000 : Borussia Dortmund - Hajduk Split / Quarter-finals 2022-2023
  10. 13,377 : Nantes - FC Seville / Play-offs 2023-2024

Source : UEFA

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