Deloitte_Football_Money_League

Deloitte Football Money League

Deloitte Football Money League

Annual ranking of association football clubs, by revenue


The Deloitte Football Money League is a ranking of football clubs by revenue generated from football operations. It is produced annually by the accountancy firm Deloitte and released in early February of each year, describing the season most recently finished.

Summary performance timeline

The following table shows the clubs who have appeared in the rankings since the 1996–97 season, sorted by average annual rank, and drawn from the annual lists below.

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Rankings by season

2022–23

[1]

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2021–22

[2]

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2020–21

[3]

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2019–20

[4]

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2018–19

[5]

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2017–18

[7]

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2016–17

[9]

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2015–16

[11]

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2014–15

[13]

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2013–14

[15]

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2012–13

[17]

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2011–12

[18]

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For the fourth year running, the top 4 teams were Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich, with Real Madrid becoming the first team to generate over €500 million in revenue. Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli continued their meteoric rises up the table.

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2010–11

[20]

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2009–10

[22]

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2008–09

[24]

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2007–08

[25]

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2006–07

[27]

The total revenue of the 20 richest clubs in the footballing world was 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% 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 nine places down to 12th place.

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2005–06

[29]

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.

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2004–05

[30]

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.

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2003–04

[32]

In the 2003–04 season, five clubs recorded revenues of over €200m with Manchester United once again being ranked as the club with the highest revenue in Europe.

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2002–03

[33]

English clubs dominated the money league for the 2002–03 season, with five Premier League clubs occupying spots in the top 10.

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2001–02

[33]

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2000–01

[34]

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1999–2000

[35]

According to 30 June 2000 exchange rate (£1 = €1.581528) [36]

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1998–99

[37]


According to 30 June 1999 exchange rate (£1 = €1.523693) [38]

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1997–98

[39]


According to 30 June 1998 exchange rate (£1 = €1.535628) [40]

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1996–97

[41]

According to 30 June 1997 exchange rate (£1 = €1.481353) [42]

Summary table: Number of times appearing in Top 10 and Top 20


Summary table 2000 to 2012: Some teams appearing in Top 10

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Annual Review of Football Finance 2011

Record growth in Europe's top five leagues boosted revenue in the continent's football industry by 4 percent to an all-time high of 16.3 billion euros (£13.7 billion/$23.8 billion) in 2009-10. The "Big Five" had total revenue of 8.4 billion euros, a 5 percent increase over 2008-09, according to Deloitte.[43]

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In addition to that a total of €754.1m was distributed to clubs participating in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, with the two finalists, Barcelona and Manchester United, receiving the largest amounts. Barcelona's triumphant run to the title at Wembley in May earned them a total of €51m. Despite the loss, Manchester United got even more €53m.[45]

See also


References

  1. "Deloitte Football Money League 2024 (rankings for the 2022–23 season)". www2.deloitte.com.
  2. "United top money league". theguardian.com. 2001-11-30. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  3. "Gains and prawn keep United top of the rich list". theguardian.com. 2000-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  4. "Man Utd 'Richest club in the world'". BBC. 1999-12-01. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  5. "United head world rich league". theguardian.com. 1999-02-03. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  6. Bloomberg News: European Soccer Team Sales Reach Record 16.3 Billion Euros, Deloitte Says.
  7. BBC: Premier League wages keep on rising, Deloitte says.
  8. UEFA: Champions League financial distribution – 2010–11.

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