The Deloitte Football Money League is a ranking of football clubs by income. It is produced annually by the accountancy firm Deloitte. Deloitte reports on the richest clubs are released in early February of each year, describing the season most recently finished, and thus the most recent data available often appears to be out of sync with the footballing world, or out of date. However, it remains perhaps the best way of comparatively assessing football clubs' financial strength.
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Rankings for the 2008–09 season
Full listing
Rank | Club | Revenue (€ million) |
Country |
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1 | Real Madrid | 401.4 | Spain |
2. | Barcelona | 365.9 | Spain |
3. | Manchester United | 327.0 | England |
4. | Bayern Munich | 289.5 | Germany |
5. | Arsenal | 263.0 | England |
6. | Chelsea | 242.3 | England |
7. | Liverpool | 217.0 | England |
8. | Juventus | 203.2 | Italy |
9. | Internazionale | 196.5 | Italy |
10. | Milan | 196.5 | Italy |
11. | Hamburg | 146.7 | Germany |
12. | Roma | 146.4 | Italy |
13. | Lyon | 139.6 | France |
14. | Marseille | 133.2 | France |
15. | Tottenham Hotspur | 132.7 | England |
16. | Schalke 04 | 124.5 | Germany |
17. | Bremen | 114.7 | Germany |
18. | Dortmund | 103.5 | Germany |
19. | Manchester City | 101.2 | England |
20. | Newcastle United | 101.0 | England |
Rankings for the 2007–08 season
Full listing
Rank | Club | Revenue (€ million) |
Country |
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1 | Real Madrid | 365.8 | Spain |
2. | Manchester United | 324.8 | England |
3. | Barcelona | 308.8 | Spain |
4. | Bayern Munich | 295.3 | Germany |
5. | Chelsea | 268.9 | England |
6. | Arsenal | 264.0 | England |
7. | Liverpool | 210.9 | England |
8. | Milan | 209.5 | Italy |
9. | Roma | 175.4 | Italy |
10. | Internazionale | 172.9 | Italy |
11. | Juventus | 167.5 | Italy |
12. | Lyon | 155.7 | France |
13. | Schalke 04 | 148.4 | Germany |
14. | Tottenham Hotspur | 145.0 | England |
15. | Hamburg | 127.9 | Germany |
16. | Marseille | 126.8 | France |
17. | Newcastle United | 125.6 | England |
18. | Stuttgart | 111.5 | Germany |
19. | Fenerbahçe | 111.3 | Turkey |
20. | Manchester City | 104.0 | England |
Rankings for the 2006–07 season
The total revenue of the 20 richest clubs in the footballing world is now over a record €3.73 billion. No side could displace Real Madrid, who remain top of football's financial rankings for the third year running after seeing their revenues leap 20 percent to €351.8 million during the 2006/07 season.
Manchester United displaced Barcelona in second place, the Spanish club moving down to third. Chelsea's revenue increase sees them return to the top five, into fourth place whilst Arsenal's move to the Emirates Stadium transformed their revenues moving them up to fifth place. This marked the first time any country has had three clubs in the top five of the Money League.
European champions Milan moved up to sixth place while runners-up Liverpool moved two places up to eighth. Italian champions Internazionale moved down two places to 9th while Bayern Munich moved up a spot to seventh. Juventus' relegation into Serie B saw them move 9 places down to 13th place.
Full listing
Rank | Club | Revenue (€ million) |
Country |
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1. | Real Madrid | 351.0 | Spain |
2. | Manchester United | 315.2 | England |
3. | Barcelona | 290.1 | Spain |
4. | Chelsea | 283.0 | England |
5. | Arsenal | 263.9 | England |
6. | Milan | 227.2 | Italy |
7. | Bayern Munich | 223.3 | Germany |
8. | Liverpool | 198.9 | England |
9. | Internazionale | 195.0 | Italy |
10. | Roma | 157.6 | Italy |
11. | Tottenham Hotspur | 153.1 | England |
12. | Juventus | 145.2 | Italy |
13. | Lyon | 140.6 | France |
14. | Newcastle United | 129.4 | England |
15. | Rangers | 120.4 | Scotland |
16. | Schalke 04 | 114.3 | Germany |
17. | Celtic | 111.8 | Scotland |
18. | Valencia | 107.6 | Spain |
19. | Marseille | 99.0 | France |
20. | Werder Bremen | 97.3 | Germany |
Rankings for the 2005–06 season
The total revenue of the top 20 richest clubs in the world is now over €3.3 billion. Barcelona gained four places in the ranking for this year, making the two richest clubs both from Spain. England has the largest number of clubs in the list. A club from Portugal was added to the list for the first time. Portugal's Benfica is the third club from the Iberian Peninsula among the top 20 in the world, after Spain's Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Full listing
Rank | Club | Revenue (€ million) |
Country |
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1. | Real Madrid | 292.2 | Spain |
2. | Barcelona | 259.1 | Spain |
3. | Juventus | 251.2 | Italy |
4. | Manchester United | 242.6 | England |
5. | Milan | 238.7 | Italy |
6. | Chelsea | 221.0 | England |
7. | Internazionale | 206.6 | Italy |
8. | Bayern Munich | 204.7 | Germany |
9. | Arsenal | 177.4 | England |
10. | Liverpool | 176.0 | England |
11. | Lyon | 127.7 | France |
12. | Roma | 127.0 | Italy |
13. | Newcastle United | 124.3 | England |
14. | Schalke 04 | 122.9 | Germany |
15. | Tottenham Hotspur | 107.2 | England |
16. | Hamburg | 101.8 | Germany |
17. | Manchester City | 89.4 | England |
18. | Rangers | 88.5 | Scotland |
19. | West Ham United | 86.9 | England |
20. | Benfica | 85.1 | Portugal |
The ten leagues with the highest revenues
Rank | League | Revenue (average) ($ million) |
Country |
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1. | Premier League | 700 | England |
2. | Serie A | 490 | Italy |
3. | Bundesliga | 389 | Germany |
4. | La Liga | 275 | Spain |
5. | Major League Soccer | 160 | United States |
6. | Ligue 1 | 150 | France |
7. | J. League | 129 | Japan |
8. | Eredivisie | 125 | Netherlands |
9. | The Championship | 125 | England |
10. | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 124 | Brazil |
Rankings for the 2004–05 season
In the rankings for the 2004/05 season, Real Madrid longs run at the top. Three clubs that had appeared in the previous season's top twenty (Marseille, Rangers, and Aston Villa) were replaced by Lyon, Everton, and Valencia.
Full listing
Rank | Club | Income (€ million) |
Country |
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1. | Real Madrid | 275.7 | Spain |
2. | Manchester United | 246.4 | England |
3. | Milan | 234.0 | Italy |
4. | Juventus | 229.4 | Italy |
5. | Chelsea | 220.8 | England |
6. | Barcelona | 207.9 | Spain |
7. | Bayern Munich | 189.5 | Germany |
8. | Liverpool | 181.2 | England |
9. | Internazionale | 177.2 | Italy |
10. | Arsenal | 171.3 | England |
11. | Roma | 131.8 | Italy |
12. | Newcastle United | 128.9 | England |
13. | Tottenham Hotspur | 104.5 | England |
14. | Schalke 04 | 97.4 | Germany |
15. | Lyon | 92.9 | France |
16. | Celtic | 92.7 | Scotland |
17. | Manchester City | 90.1 | England |
18. | Everton | 88.8 | England |
19. | Valencia | 84.6 | Spain |
20. | Lazio | 83.1 | Italy |
Comparative table of revenue (and ranking)
Rank | Club | 2007/8 (€ million) |
2006/7 (€ million) |
2005/6 (€ million) |
2004/5 (€ million) |
Country |
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1. | Real Madrid | 365.8 | 351.8 (1) | 292.2 (1) | 275.7 (1) | Spain |
2. | Manchester United | 324.8 | 315.4 (2) | 242.6 (4) | 246.4 (2) | England |
3. | Barcelona | 308.8 | 291.1 (3) | 259.1 (2) | 207.9 (6) | Spain |
4. | Bayern Munich | 295.3 | 223.7 (7) | 204.7 (8) | 189.5 (7) | Germany |
5. | Chelsea | 268.9 | 284.4 (4) | 221.0 (6) | 220.8 (5) | England |
6. | Arsenal | 264.4 | 264.2 (5) | 177.4 (9) | 171.3 (10) | England |
7. | Liverpool | 210.9 | 202.1 (8) | 176.0 (10) | 181.2 (8) | England |
8. | Milan | 209.5 | 227.7 (6) | 238.7 (5) | 234.0 (3) | Italy |
9. | Roma | 175.4 | 157.7 (10) | 127.0 (12) | 131.8 (11) | Italy |
10. | Internazionale | 172.9 | 195.4 (9) | 206.6 (7) | 177.2 (9) | Italy |
References
See also
- Average attendances of European football clubs
- Richest football clubs
- List of Premier League football club owners
External links
- Deloitte Football Money League 2009 (rankings for the 2007/08 season) PDF
- Deloitte Football Money League 2008 (rankings for the 2006/07 season) PDF
- Deloitte Football Money League 2007 (rankings for the 2005/06 season) PDF
- Deloitte Football Money League 2006 (ranking for the 2004/05 season) PDF