Corinthians ends first half with one of Arena's best crowds in five years | OneFootball

At the end of May, Corinthians wrapped up the first half of the 2026 season. Throughout the first part of the year, Alvinegro posted an average attendance of 38,313 fans across 16 matches (nine wins, three draws, and four losses — 19 goals scored and 10 conceded) at Neo Química Arena, the stadium’s third-best mark over the last five years.

The survey was published by Meu Timão. In this span, 613,015 Corinthians fans turned up in Itaquera, generating an average revenue of R$ 2,778,780.058. During this period, the highest average came in 2024, when the club recorded an average of 42,676 fans across 35 matches, followed by 41,835 in 38 games in the 2025 season.

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In 2022, the first year after the full end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Parque São Jorge club posted an average attendance of 37,823 fans in 36 matches at Neo Química Arena. In 2023, in turn, that number rose to 38,066 across 37 matches. The two biggest crowds at Corinthians’ stadium this season both came in Derbies against Palmeiras.

On April 12, in the scoreless draw between the teams in the Brasileirão, 46,263 fans were in attendance. Timão also finished the match with two players sent off and still had chances to win the game. In the Paulista Championship, in the first week of February, when the rival won 1-0, 45,209 people were in Itaquera to watch the state classic.

Alvinegro, however, also posted crowds below 30,000 again for the first time since November 2023. On February 5, when Alvinegro beat Capivariano 3-0 in the Paulista Championship qualifying stage, 28,600 fans went to the Arena. A week later, in the 2-0 win over RB Bragantino in the third round of the Brasileirão, the crowd was 26,700.

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