world's richest club

[BAGGIO 15]

Real Madrid & Barcelona lead football rich list as Schalke make surprise top-10 entrance
The Spanish giants continue to dominate the Football Money League as they have expanded their enormous lead over the top clubs from England, Germany and Italy

Real Madrid crowned as world's richest club for seventh year in a row

•Clubs from four different countries in top 10
•Schalke climb most places - from 16th to 10th
•Top-seven placings remain unchanged

Real Madrid and Barcelona remain top of football’s rich list as the Spanish duo moved further clear of their rivals from England, Germany, Italy and France. According to the 2012 Deloitte Football Money League, published today, the Liga giants are the only clubs with annual revenue over €450 million.

Real Madrid top the Football Money League for the seventh year in succession and are now just one year short of equalling Manchester United’s dominance in the top position during the first eight years of the Money League.

However, they are being chased hard by rivals Barcelona, whose 13 per cent growth in 2010-11 meant revenue surpassed €450m for the first time.

"Barca’s shirt deal with the Qatar Foundation, will further boost the club’s revenue in 2011-12. Nonetheless, Real Madrid will be confident it can remain at the top of the Money League next year. The two clubs’ on-pitch performance, particularly in this season’s Champions League, will have a big influence on the final outcome," commented Dan Jones, Partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte.

United’s failure to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League in 2011-12 will likely result in the gulf between the club and its Spanish opponents stretching to over €100m.

Once again, the Money League top 20 comprises clubs from the ‘big five’ European leagues, six of which come from the English Premier League, while a further five English clubs were just outside the top 20 for revenues in the 2010-11 season (Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Everton, West Ham United and Sunderland).

Tottenham’s debut in the Champions League, where they reached the quarter-finals, almost helped then to 10th spot in this year’s Money League.

However, they were leapfrogged by Bundesliga side Schalke – this year’s biggest climbers – who jumped six places, pushing Italian giants Juventus out of the top 10 in the process. Schalke’s dramatic rise up the Money League came as a result of a Champions League campaign that saw the club reach the semi-finals of the competition.

Nevertheless, a disappointing 14th-place finish in the 2010-11 Bundesliga season and failure to qualify for Champions League football in 2011-12 will likely see a drop back down the rankings next year.

For the fourth successive year, the clubs comprising the top six places in the Money League – Madrid, Barcelona, United, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Chelsea – have remained the same, with no movement in their respective positions for the last three years.


DELOITTE MONEY LEAGUE -
THE TOP 20


CLUB

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1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. Manchester Utd
4. Bayern Munich
5. Arsenal
6. Chelsea
7. Milan
8. Inter
9. Liverpool
10. Schalke
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11. Tottenham
12. Man City
13. Juventus
14. Marseille
15. Roma
16. Dortmund
17. Lyon
18. Hamburg
19. Valencia
20. Napoli
10-11 REVENUE

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€479.5m
€450.7m
€367m
€321.4m
€251.1m
€249.8m
€235.1m
€211.4m
€203.3m
€202.4m
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€181m
€169.6m
€153.9m
€150.4m
€143.5m
€138.5m
€132.8m
€128.8m
€116.8m
€114.9m

The combined revenues of the world’s 20 highest-earning football clubs have defied the gloomy economic forecasts around Europe by growing three per cent on the previous year.

They have achieved double the rate of growth of the economies of the countries represented in the Money League, which grew on average by just 1.7% during the course of 2010 and by 1.3% in 2011.

The 20 clubs generated €4.4 billion in revenue during the 2010-11 season and now represent over a quarter of the total revenues of the European football market. Nine of the top 20 clubs recorded double-digit growth in the year.

"Continued growth of the top 20 clubs during 2010-11 emphasises the strength of football’s top clubs, especially in these tough economic times. Whilst revenue growth has slowed from 8% in 2009-10 to 3% in 2010-11, their large and loyal supporter bases, ability to drive strong broadcast audiences and continuing attraction to corporate partners has made them relatively resilient to the economic downturn," Jones added.
All revenue figures in the Money League report are based on the 2010-11 season or the most recent available calendar year. It focuses on the revenue generated by each club, not expenditure such as wages and debt management.

Commenting on the impact of Uefa’s financial fair play break-even requirement, Paul Rawnsley, a Director in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, stressed that the measurements are likely to have a positive influence on the balance between revenue and expenditure.

"The focus on football’s future financial sustainability is more prevalent in Europe than at any time in the past 20 years. We remain keen to see that translated into a better balance between revenue and expenditure.

"Uefa’s break-even requirement, to be assessed for the first time in 2013, is helpful in driving this improvement. It is encouraging more owners to consider the longer term development of their clubs, in terms of generating revenues, investing in facilities and youth development, and controlling their expenditures."

[Chelsea4thewin]

you would think a team like liverpool sitting in 9th would have more success in the last 20 years domestically

[BTAC]

You would think a team like Chelsea, sitting in 6th, would have had more success in European competitions in the last 100000000 years.

[Chelsea4thewin]

You would think a team like Chelsea, sitting in 6th, would have had more success in European competitions in the last 100000000 years.

well we didnt have the money like your day

were u even old enough to remember any of the title winning seasons?

[BTAC]

You would think a team like Chelsea, sitting in 6th, would have had more success in European competitions in the last 100000000 years.

well we didnt have the money like your day

Well we haven't had the money in the last 10 or more years to compete with certain clubs domestically.

[Le King]

You would think a team like Chelsea, sitting in 6th, would have had more success in European competitions in the last 100000000 years.

well we didnt have the money like your day

Well we haven't had the money in the last 10 or more years to compete with certain clubs domestically.

youve had enough to buy dud players
but ill be honest, liverpool has had a pretty decent starting 11, its just there bench where they lack quality, everyone needs you need a big squad if u wanna win trophies

[BTAC]

well we didnt have the money like your day

Well we haven't had the money in the last 10 or more years to compete with certain clubs domestically.

youve had enough to buy dud players

Think about that statement.

When it clicks, come on back and make your excuses.

[Chelsea4thewin]

here we go again

[BTAC]

here we go again

Not going to respond to my post about two way streets? I thought as much.

[The Kop]

well we didnt have the money like your day

Well we haven't had the money in the last 10 or more years to compete with certain clubs domestically.

youve had enough to buy dud players
but ill be honest, liverpool has had a pretty decent starting 11, its just there bench where they lack quality, everyone needs you need a big squad if u wanna win trophies

Yeh, know what you mean. We shoulda let Adam go to Spurs and get Webb.

Maybe in the summer we can go after Dowd? Hopefully bacon face isn't in the market.

[Le King]

Yeh, know what you mean. We shoulda let Adam go to Spurs and get Webb.

Maybe in the summer we can go after Dowd? Hopefully bacon face isn't in the market.

somehow you'd still fk that transfer up and pay over the odds for webb

[BTAC]

Still hasn't clicked. #LOL

[Victoria's Secret]

We won the league using 16 players in a whole season, why do you need a big squad again?

Whilst we were winning league after league after Euro Cup after League after Euro Cup, Utd were the biggest spenders winning nothing.

Know your history sonny.

[Chaos]

Having money has proven not to be the only cog to make this work. Albeit a little bias, but Arsenal have spent naff all compared to the other "then" top 4 consisting of utd, Chelsea liverpool and arsenal. Every year we spend he least, it's only that the last 6 years of this tight budgeting that it has really come to light that we need to spend that bit extra to remain some form of threat to the title.

[sephiroth]

Not surprising to see Schalke crack the Top 10 given the efficiency of the German model of football governance. Look for the German teams to become the new powerful teams in Europe in the next 5 years if FFP is implemented correctly, and fairly.

[Bomber]

Stuff the "richest" club list. Who are in the bottom 20, ie the poorest clubs?

[BrickTop]

I thought Malaga would have been in there, are'nt they rich sherry too?

[Nice One Cyril]

I thought Malaga would have been in there, are'nt they rich sherry too?

The thread title's a bit of a misnomer (as is the Football Money League) since it only relates to turnover not assets, nor does it take into account the wealth of the owners (which would be impossible to apportion to a football club).

Gives a good indication of who's got the most Worldwide support and the best sponsorship deals though.

[Old Master]

It will only be a matter of time before the Spanish clubs start to drop down the list as their economy is a basket case.
That's why Italian clubs have slipped down the list and English clubs are following closely.
Germany and France will be the countries to benefit as their economies are booming.

[The Kop]

So long as there is an uneven distribution of TV revenue towards the big 2 they'll be top indefinately.

[Victoria's Secret]

Although it's not English money making our clubs rich,

The whole thing is farcical, Man Utd are in danger of doing a LFC, one more financial crisis, the owners go into debt and the club is in turmoil. I don't go with being rich whilst massively in debt.

[paokara]

Lets not forget Schalke have let go some of it's best players one of whom is the most expensive goalkeeper in the world in Manuel Neuer, Ivan Rakitic, Christian Pander. Who were part of their Bundesliga runner up season a couple of years ago plus a couple of others and replaced with with young less expensive players like Julian Draxler and Kyriakos Papadopoulos starting. Very good business considering they're now only 2 points from top, it's good to see a club who obviously now has the money still invest wisely

[aussie pride]

It will only be a matter of time before the Spanish clubs start to drop down the list as their economy is a basket case.
That's why Italian clubs have slipped down the list and English clubs are following closely.
Germany and France will be the countries to benefit as their economies are booming.

Italy have 5 clubs in the top 20 - England 6


That sums up the Italian economy!

[ozzie owl]

I would have thought a better measure would have been to show the net profit before tax for each of these clubs.

[BAGGIO 15]

I would have thought a better measure would have been to show the net profit before tax for each of these clubs.

2013.