Camp Nou hosts record-breaking women's football match as Barcelona thrash Real Madrid in front of huge crowd

Barcelona Femeni and Real Madrid Femenino have shattered all available records for attendance at a women's football match with 91,553 fans attending their Champions League quarter-final clash at Camp Nou on Wednesday night. 

The hosts held a 3-1 aggregate advantage from the first leg and followed that up with a comprehensive 5-2 victory at home. 

Life-long Barcelona fan and star player Alexia Putellas told the media pre-match how much the big crowd meant. 

"The game can open so many doors for so many girls and I feel proud Barca makes it possible," she said. 

While after the match, goalscorer Caroline Graham Hansen admitted how emotional it was to see such an outpouring of support for women's football. 

"I had to hold my tears back, because this is just too crazy," Barcelona's Hansen told DAZN.

"The crowd is not leaving, they're staying to celebrate with us. I couldn't imagine anything like it, it's just goosebumps all over the place.

"The fans have been singing all game, it's been amazing and it's something I never dreamed of happening. Here today we did it and I hope it's not the last time we do this.

"In the first half I missed a really big chance and in the second-half it was an amazing feeling to score a goal. I can't even describe it, it's one of those moments that will be in my head for the rest of my life.

"It's not only 91,000 here, it's 91,000 having a party - and if you're having fun, I think people will want to repeat it. It's going to be a game changer, not only for our team, but for the women's game."

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— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) March 30, 2022

Record attendance in women's football

Previously, Barcelona was involved in breaking one of the previous attendance records for women's football at club level, when they were involved in a match with Atletico Madrid that saw over 60,000 spectators attend the Wanda Metropolitano in 2019. 

Sporting News takes a look at the crowds that the El Clasico has managed to exceed to break the record and become the highest-attended women's football match on record.