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Deloitte Football Money League

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The Deloitte Football Money League is a ranking of football clubs by revenue made from football operations. The accountancy firm Deloitte makes this list every year. It publishes it in early February of each year. It is about the season most recently finished.

Rankings by season

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Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue
(€ million)
1 England 11 4383.0
2 Italy 5 1469.0
3 Spain 4 2150.4
Germany 1545.8
5 France 2 856.7
Portugal 373.8
7 Netherlands 1 199.4
Russia 180.4
2020 Rank Club Revenue
( million)
Country 2019 Rank Change
1 Barcelona 840.8  Spain 2 +1
2 Real Madrid 757.3  Spain 1 -1
3 Manchester United 711.5  England 3
4 Bayern Munich 660.1  Germany 4
5 Paris Saint-Germain 635.9  France 6 +1
6 Manchester City 610.6  England 5 -1
7 Liverpool 604.7  England 7
8 Tottenham Hotspur 521.1  England 10 +2
9 Chelsea 513.1  England 8 -1
10 Juventus 459.7  Italy 11 +1
11 Arsenal 445.6  England 9 -2
12 Borussia Dortmund 377.1  Germany 12
13 Atlético Madrid 367.6  Spain 13
14 Internazionale 364.6  Italy 14
15 Schalke 04 324.8  Germany 16 +1
16 Roma 231.0  Italy 15 -1
17 Lyon 220.8  France 28 +11
18 West Ham United 216.4  England 20 +2
19 Everton 213.0  England 17 -2
20 Napoli 207.4  Italy 21 +1
21 Milan 206.3  Italy 18 -3
22 Leicester City 200.0  England 22
23 Ajax 199.4  Netherlands 31+
24 Benfica 197.6  Portugal 30 +6
25 Wolverhampton Wanderers 195.5  England 31+
26 Valencia 184.7  Spain 31+
27 Eintracht Frankfurt 183.8  Germany 31+
28 Zenit Saint Petersburg 180.4  Russia 25 -3
29 Porto 176.2  Portugal 31+
30 Crystal Palace 174.5  England 24 -6
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 13 4411.4
2 Italy 5 1316.2
3 Spain 4 1910.9
4 Germany 3 1190.2
5 France 2 705.9
6 Russia 1 167.8
Turkey 1 165.7
Portugal 1 150.7
2019
Rank
Club Revenue
( million)
Country 2018
Rank
Change
1 Real Madrid 750.9  Spain 2 +1
2 Barcelona 690.4  Spain 3 +1
3 Manchester United 666.0  England 1 −2
4 Bayern Munich 629.2  Germany 4
5 Manchester City 568.4  England 5
6 Paris Saint-Germain 541.7  France 7 +1
7 Liverpool 513.7  England 9 +2
8 Chelsea 505.7  England 8
9 Arsenal 439.2  England 6 -3
10 Tottenham Hotspur 428.3  England 11 +1
11 Juventus 394.9  Italy 10 -1
12 Borussia Dortmund 317.2  Germany 12
13 Atlético Madrid 304.4  Spain 13
14 Internazionale 280.8  Italy 15 +1
15 Roma 250.0  Italy 24 +9
16 Schalke 04 243.8  Germany 16
17 Everton 212.9  England 20 +3
18 Milan 207.7  Italy 22 +4
19 Newcastle United 201.5  England 31+
20 West Ham United 197.9  England 17 -3
21 Napoli 182.8  Italy 19 -2
22 Leicester City 179.4  England 14 -8
23 Southampton 172.0  England 18 -5
24 Crystal Palace 169.0  England 26 +2
25 Zenit Saint Petersburg 167.8  Russia 23 -2
26 Beşiktaş 165.7  Turkey 31+
27 Sevilla 165.2  Spain 31+
28 Lyon 164.2  France 21 -7
29 Brighton & Hove Albion 157.4  England 31+
30 Benfica 150.7  Portugal 30
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 14 4437.1
2 Italy 5 1232.0
3 Germany 4 1319.9
4 Spain 3 1595.4
5 France 2 684.5
6 Russia 1 180.4
Portugal 1 157.6
2018
Rank
Club Revenue
( million)
Country 2017
Rank
Change
1 Manchester United 676.3  England 1
2 Real Madrid 674.6  Spain 3 +1
3 Barcelona 648.3  Spain 2 −1
4 Bayern Munich 587.8  Germany 4
5 Manchester City 527.7  England 5
6 Arsenal 487.6  England 7 +1
7 Paris Saint-Germain 486.2  France 6 −1
8 Chelsea 428.0  England 8
9 Liverpool 424.2  England 9
10 Juventus 405.7  Italy 10
11 Tottenham Hotspur 355.6  England 12 +1
12 Borussia Dortmund 332.6  Germany 11 −1
13 Atlético Madrid 272.5  Spain 13
14 Leicester City 271.1  England 20 +6
15 Internazionale 262.1  Italy 19 +4
16 Schalke 04 230.2  Germany 13 −2
17 West Ham United 213.3  England 18 +1
18 Southampton 212.1  England 22 +4
19 Napoli 200.7  Italy 30 +11
20 Everton 199.2  England 23 +3
21 Lyon 198.3  France 24 +3
22 Milan 191.7  Italy 16 -6
23 Zenit Saint Petersburg 180.4  Russia 17 -6
24 Roma 171.8  Italy 15 -9
25 Borussia Mönchengladbach 169.3  Germany 28 +3
26 Crystal Palace 164.0  England 31+
27 West Bromwich Albion 160.5  England 31+
28 Bournemouth 159.2  England 31+
29 Stoke City 158.3  England 31+
30 Benfica 157.6  Portugal 27 -3
Rising Stars
Club Country
Atlanta United FC  United States
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao  China
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 12 3821.1
2 Italy 5 1095.9
3 Germany 4 1249.7
4 Spain 3 1468.9
5 France 2 680.9
Turkey 2 313.6
6 Russia 1 196.5
Portugal 1 152.1
Rank in
2017
Club Revenue
( million)
Country Rank in
2016
Change
1 Manchester United 689.0  England 3 +2
2 Barcelona 620.2  Spain 2
3 Real Madrid 620.1  Spain 1 −2
4 Bayern Munich 592.0  Germany 5 +1
5 Manchester City 524.9  England 6 +1
6 Paris Saint-Germain 520.9  France 4 −2
7 Arsenal 468.5  England 7
8 Chelsea 447.4  England 8
9 Liverpool 403.8  England 9
10 Juventus 341.1  Italy 10
11 Borussia Dortmund 283.9  Germany 11
12 Tottenham Hotspur 279.7  England 12
13 Atlético Madrid 228.6  Spain 15 +2
14 Schalke 04 224.5  Germany 13 −1
15 Roma 218.2  Italy 16 +1
16 Milan 214.7  Italy 14 −2
17 Zenit Saint Petersburg 196.5  Russia 31+
18 West Ham United 192.3  England 20 +2
19 Internazionale 179.2  Italy 19
20 Leicester City 172.1  England 24 +4
21 Newcastle United 168.2  England 17 −4
22 Southampton 163.3  England 22
23 Everton 162.5  England 18 −5
24 Lyon 160.0  France 31+
25 Fenerbahçe 157.7  Turkey 31+
26 Galatasaray 155.9  Turkey 21 -5
27 Benfica 152.1  Portugal 31+
28 Borussia Mönchengladbach 149.3  Germany 31+
29 Sunderland 144.4  England 25 -4
30 Napoli 142.7  Italy 30
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 16 3939.8
2 Italy 5 993.7
3 Spain 3 1324.9
Germany 3 974.3
5 France 1 480.8
Turkey 1 159.1
Wales 1 132.8
Rank in
2016
Club Revenue
( million)
Country Rank in
2015
Change
1 Real Madrid 577.0  Spain 1
2 Barcelona 560.8  Spain 4 +2
3 Manchester United 519.5  England 2 −1
4 Paris Saint-Germain 480.8  France 5 +1
5 Bayern Munich 474.0  Germany 3 −2
6 Manchester City 463.5  England 6
7 Arsenal 435.5  England 8 +1
8 Chelsea 420.0  England 7 −1
9 Liverpool 391.8  England 9
10 Juventus 323.9  Italy 10
11 Borussia Dortmund 280.6  Germany 11
12 Tottenham Hotspur 257.5  England 13 +1
13 Schalke 04 219.7  Germany 14 +1
14 Milan 199.1  Italy 12 −2
15 Atlético Madrid 187.1  Spain 15
16 Roma 180.4  Italy 24 +8
17 Newcastle United 169.3  England 19 +2
18 Everton 165.1  England 20 +2
19 Internazionale 164.8  Italy 17 -2
20 West Ham United 160.9  England 21 +1
21 Galatasaray 159.1  Turkey 18 -3
22 Southampton 149.5  England 25 +3
23 Aston Villa 148.8  England 22 -1
24 Leicester City 137.2  England 31+
25 Sunderland 132.9  England 27 +2
26 Swansea City 132.8  Wales 29 +3
27 Stoke City 130.9  England 30 +3
28 Crystal Palace 130.8  England 31+
29 West Bromwich Albion 126.6  England 31+
30 Napoli 125.5  Italy 16 -14
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 14 3140.2
2 Italy 5 985.3
3 Germany 4 1083.2
4 Spain 3 1204
5 France 2 604.7
6 Turkey 1 161.9
Portugal 1 126.0
Wales 1 118.0
Rank in
2015
Club Revenue
( million)
Country Rank in
2014
Change
1 Real Madrid 549.5  Spain 1
2 Manchester United 518.0  England 4 +2
3 Bayern Munich 487.5  Germany 3
4 Barcelona 484.6  Spain 2 −2
5 Paris Saint-Germain 474.2  France 5
6 Manchester City 414.4  England 6
7 Chelsea 387.9  England 7
8 Arsenal 359.3  England 8
9 Liverpool 305.9  England 12 +3
10 Juventus 279.4  Italy 9 −1
11 Borussia Dortmund 261.5  Germany 11
12 Milan 249.7  Italy 10 −2
13 Tottenham Hotspur 215.8  England 14 +1
14 Schalke 04 213.9  Germany 13 -1
15 Atlético Madrid 169.9  Spain 20 +5
16 Napoli 164.8  Italy 22 +6
17 Internazionale 164.0  Italy 15 -2
18 Galatasaray 161.9  Turkey 16 -2
19 Newcastle United 155.1  England 25 +6
20 Everton 144.1  England 31+
21 West Ham United 137.4  England 29 +8
22 Aston Villa 133.0  England 31+
23 Marseille 130.5  France 30 +7
24 Roma 127.4  Italy 19 -5
25 Southampton 126.9  England 31+
26 Benfica 126.0  Portugal 26
27 Sunderland 124.8  England 31+
28 Hamburger SV 120.3  Germany 17 -11
29 Swansea City 118.0  Wales 31+
30 Stoke City 117.6  England 31+
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 8 1957
2 Italy 6 1051.7
3 Germany 5 1137.5
4 Spain 4 1237.5
5 France 2 503.1
Turkey 2 283.4
7 Brazil 1 113.3
Portugal 1 109.2
Netherlands 1 107.6
Rank in
2014
Club Revenue
( million)
Country Rank in
2013
Change
1 Real Madrid 518.9  Spain 1
2 Barcelona 482.6  Spain 2
3 Bayern Munich 431.2  Germany 4 +1
4 Manchester United 423.8  England 3 −1
5 Paris Saint-Germain 398.8  France 10 +5
6 Manchester City 316.2  England 7 +1
7 Chelsea 303.4  England 5 −2
8 Arsenal 284.3  England 6 −2
9 Juventus 272.4  Italy 13 +4
10 Milan 263.5  Italy 8 −2
11 Borussia Dortmund 256.2  Germany 12 +1
12 Liverpool 240.6  England 9 −3
13 Schalke 04 198.2  Germany 15 +2
14 Tottenham Hotspur 172  England 14
15 Internazionale 168.8  Italy 11 −4
16 Galatasaray 157  Turkey 19 +3
17 Hamburger SV 135.4  Germany 20 +3
18 Fenerbahçe 126.4  Turkey 31+
19 Roma 124.4  Italy 21 +2
20 Atlético Madrid 120  Spain 25 +5
21 VfB Stuttgart 116.5  Germany 27 +6
22 Napoli 116.4  Italy 21 -1
23 Valencia 116  Spain 22
24 Corinthians 113.3  Brazil 32 +8
25 Newcastle United 111.9  England 22 -3
26 Benfica 109.2  Portugal 24 -2
27 Ajax 107.6  Netherlands 26 -1
28 Lazio 106.2  Italy 31+
29 West Ham United 104.8  England 30
30 Marseille 104.3  France 17 -13
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 11 2213.6
2 Germany 5 963.9
Italy 5 917.2
4 Spain 4 1214.6
5 France 3 488.1
6 Turkey 1 129.7
Portugal 1 111.1
Netherlands 1 104.1
Brazil 1 94.1

For the fourth year in a row, the top 4 teams were Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich. Real Madrid became the first team to have over €500 million in revenue. Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli continued to go up the table quickly.

Rank in
2013
Club Revenue
( million)
Country Rank in
2012
Change
1 Real Madrid 512.6  Spain 1
2 Barcelona 483.0  Spain 2
3 Manchester United 395.9  England 3
4 Bayern Munich 368.4  Germany 4
5 Chelsea 322.6  England 5
6 Arsenal 290.3  England 6
7 Manchester City 285.6  England 12 +5
8 Milan 256.9  Italy 7 −1
9 Liverpool 233.2  England 9
10 Paris Saint-Germain 220.5  France 31+
11 Internazionale 200.6  Italy 8 −3
12 Borussia Dortmund 196.7  Germany 16 +4
13 Juventus 195.4  Italy 13
14 Tottenham Hotspur 178.2  England 11 −3
15 Schalke 04 174.5  Germany 10 −5
16 Napoli 148.4  Italy 20 +4
17 Marseille 135.7  France 14 −3
18 Lyon 131.9  France 17 −1
19 Galatasaray 129.7  Turkey 31+
20 Hamburger SV 121.1  Germany 18 −2
21 Roma 115.9  Italy 15 -6
22 Newcastle United 115.3  England 25 +3
23 Valencia 111.1  Spain 19 -4
24 Benfica 111.1  Portugal 21 -3
25 Atlético Madrid 107.9  Spain 22 -3
26 Ajax 104.1  Netherlands 26
27 VfB Stuttgart 103.2  Germany 27
28 Everton 99.5  England 28
29 Aston Villa 98.6  England 24 -5
30 Fulham 98.0  England 31+
31 Sunderland 96.4  England 30 -1
32 Corinthians 94.1  Brazil 31+
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 11 1886.9
2 Germany 6 986.3
3 Italy 5 858.8
4 Spain 4 1146.9
5 France 2 283.2
6 Portugal 1 102.5
Netherlands 1 97.1
Rank in
2012
Club Revenue
( million)
Country Rank in
2011
Change
1 Real Madrid 479.5  Spain 1
2 Barcelona 450.7  Spain 2
3 Manchester United 367.0  England 3
4 Bayern Munich 321.4  Germany 4
5 Arsenal 251.1  England 5
6 Chelsea 249.8  England 6
7 Milan 235.1  Italy 7
8 Internazionale 211.4  Italy 9 +1
9 Liverpool 203.3  England 8 −1
10 Schalke 04 202.4  Germany 16 +6
11 Tottenham Hotspur 181.0  England 12 +1
12 Manchester City 169.6  England 11 −1
13 Juventus 153.9  Italy 10 −3
14 Marseille 150.4  France 15 +1
15 Roma 143.5  Italy 18 +3
16 Borussia Dortmund 138.5  Germany 22 +6
17 Lyon 132.8  France 14 −3
18 Hamburger SV 128.8  Germany 13 −5
19 Valencia 116.8  Spain 25 +6
20 Napoli 114.9  Italy 29 +9
21 Benfica 102.5  Portugal 26 +5
22 Atlético Madrid 99.9  Spain 17 −5
23 Werder Bremen 99.7  Germany 28 +5
24 Aston Villa 99.3  England 20 −4
25 Newcastle United 98.0  England 31+
26 Ajax 97.1  Netherlands 31+
27 VfB Stuttgart 95.5  Germany 19 −8
28 Everton 90.8  England 27 −1
29 West Ham United 89.1  England 31 +3
30 Sunderland 87.9  England 31+
Appearances by Country
Ranking Country Number of Teams Total Revenue (€ million)
1 England 10 1792
2 Italy 6 989.8
Germany 6 925.5
4 Spain 5 1160.1
5 France 3 390
6 Portugal 1 98.2
Rank Club Revenue
( million)
Country Change
1. Real Madrid 438.6 Spain Spain Steady
2. Barcelona 398.1 Spain Spain Steady
3. Manchester United 349.8 England England Steady
4. Bayern Munich 323.0 Germany Germany Steady
5. Arsenal 274.1 England England Steady
6. Chelsea 255.9 England England Steady
7. Milan 235.8 Italy Italy Increase3
8. Liverpool 225.3 England England Decrease1
9. Internazionale 224.8 Italy Italy Steady
10. Juventus 205.0 Italy Italy Decrease2
11. Manchester City 152.8 England England Increase8
12. Tottenham Hotspur 146.3 England England Increase3
13. Hamburger SV 146.2 Germany Germany Decrease2
14. Lyon 146.1 France France Decrease1
15. Marseille 141.1 France France Decrease1
16. Schalke 04 139.8 Germany Germany Steady
17. Atlético Madrid 124.5 Spain Spain Increase5
18. Roma 122.7 Italy Italy Decrease6
19. VfB Stuttgart 114.8 Germany Germany Increase5
20. Aston Villa 109.4 England England Increase5
21. Fiorentina 106.4 Italy Italy
22. Borussia Dortmund 105.2 Germany Germany
23. Bordeaux 102.8 France France
24. Sevilla 99.6 Spain Spain
25. Valencia 99.3 Spain Spain
26. Benfica 98.2 Portugal Portugal
27. Everton 96.6 England England
28. Werder Bremen 96.5 Germany Germany
29. Napoli 95.1 Italy Italy
30. Fulham 94.2 England England
31. West Ham United 87.6 England England
Rank Club Revenue
( million)
Country Change
1. Real Madrid 401.4 Spain Spain Steady
2. Barcelona 365.9 Spain Spain Increase1
3. Manchester United 327.0 England England Decrease1
4. Bayern Munich 289.5 Germany Germany Steady
5. Arsenal 263.0 England England Increase1
6. Chelsea 242.3 England England Decrease1
7. Liverpool 237.0 England England Steady
8. Juventus 203.2 Italy Italy Increase3
9. Internazionale 196.5 Italy Italy Increase1
10. Milan 196.5 Italy Italy Decrease2
11. Hamburger SV 146.7 Germany Germany Increase4
12. Roma 146.4 Italy Italy Decrease3
13. Lyon 139.6 France France Decrease1
14. Marseille 133.2 France France Increase2
15. Tottenham Hotspur 132.7 England England Decrease1
16. Schalke 04 124.5 Germany Germany Decrease3
17. Werder Bremen 114.7 Germany Germany Increase>3
18. Borussia Dortmund 103.5 Germany Germany Increase>2
19. Manchester City 101.2 England England Increase1
20. Newcastle United 101.0 England England Decrease3
Rank Club Revenue
( million)
Country
1 Real Madrid 365.8 Spain Spain
2. Manchester United 324.8 England England
3. Barcelona 308.8 Spain Spain
4. Bayern Munich 295.3 Germany Germany
5. Chelsea 268.9 England England
6. Arsenal 264.0 England England
7. Liverpool 210.9 England England
8. Milan 209.5 Italy Italy
9. Roma 175.4 Italy Italy
10. Internazionale 172.9 Italy Italy
11. Juventus 167.5 Italy Italy
12. Lyon 155.7 France France
13. Schalke 04 148.4 Germany Germany
14. Tottenham Hotspur 145.0 England England
15. Hamburger SV 127.9 Germany Germany
16. Marseille 126.8 France France
17. Newcastle United 125.6 England England
18. VfB Stuttgart 111.5 Germany Germany
19. Fenerbahçe 111.3 Turkey Turkey
20. Manchester City 104.0 England England

The total revenue of the 20 richest clubs in the footballing world was over €3.73 billion. This was a record. Real Madrid stayed at the top of football's financial rankings for the third year in a row. Their revenue went up 20% to €351.8 million during the 2006–07 season.

Manchester United passed Barcelona into second place. The Spanish club moved down to third. Chelsea's revenue went up. They finished in the top five again, in fourth place. Arsenal's move to the Emirates Stadium changed their revenues. They moved up to fifth place. This was the first time any country (England) has had three clubs in the top five of the Money League.

European champions A.C. Milan moved up to sixth place. Runners-up Liverpool moved two places up to eighth. Italian champions Internazionale moved down two places to 9th. Bayern Munich moved up a place to seventh. Juventus' relegation into Serie B saw them move nine places down to 12th place.

Rank Club Revenue
( million)
Country
1. Real Madrid 351.0 Spain Spain
2. Manchester United 315.2 England England
3. Barcelona 290.1 Spain Spain
4. Chelsea 283.0 England England
5. Arsenal 263.9 England England
6. Milan 227.2 Italy Italy
7. Bayern Munich 223.3 Germany Germany
8. Liverpool 198.9 England England
9. Internazionale 195.0 Italy Italy
10. Roma 157.6 Italy Italy
11. Tottenham Hotspur 153.1 England England
12. Juventus 145.2 Italy Italy
13. Lyon 140.6 France France
14. Newcastle United 129.4 England England
15. Hamburger SV 120.4 Germany Germany
16. Schalke 04 114.3 Germany Germany
17. Celtic 111.8 Scotland Scotland
18. Valencia 107.6 Spain Spain
19. Marseille 99.0 France France
20. Werder Bremen 97.3 Germany Germany

The total revenue of the top 20 richest clubs in the world was over €3.3 billion. Barcelona moved up four places in the ranking for this year. This meant the two richest clubs were both from Spain. England has the largest number of clubs in the list. A club from Portugal was in 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.

Rank Club Revenue
( million)
Country
1. Real Madrid 292.2  Spain
2. Barcelona 259.1 Spain Spain
3. Juventus 251.2 Italy Italy
4. Manchester United 242.6 England England
5. Milan 238.7 Italy Italy
6. Chelsea 221.0 England England
7. Internazionale 206.6 Italy Italy
8. Bayern Munich 204.7 Germany Germany
9. Arsenal 177.4 England England
10. Liverpool 176.0 England England
11. Lyon 127.7 France France
12. Roma 127.0 Italy Italy
13. Newcastle United 124.3 England England
14. Schalke 04 122.9 Germany Germany
15. Tottenham Hotspur 107.2 England England
16. Hamburger SV 101.8 Germany Germany
17. Manchester City 89.4 England England
18. Rangers 88.5 Scotland Scotland
19. West Ham United 86.9 England England
20. Benfica 85.1 Portugal Portugal

In the rankings for the 2004–05 season, Real Madrid was at the top. Three clubs were not in the top twenty anymore (Marseille, Rangers, and Aston Villa). Lyon, Everton, and Valencia were on the list.

Rank Club Income
( million)
Country
1. Real Madrid 275.7 Spain Spain
2. Manchester United 246.4 England England
3. Milan 234.0 Italy Italy
4. Juventus 229.4 Italy Italy
5. Chelsea 220.8 England England
6. Barcelona 207.9 Spain Spain
7. Bayern Munich 189.5 Germany Germany
8. Liverpool 181.2 England England
9. Internazionale 177.2 Italy Italy
10. Arsenal 171.3 England England
11. Roma 131.8 Italy Italy
12. Newcastle United 128.9 England England
13. Tottenham Hotspur 104.5 England England
14. Schalke 04 97.4 Germany Germany
15. Lyon 92.9 France France
16. Celtic 92.7 Scotland Scotland
17. Manchester City 90.1 England England
18. Everton 88.8 England England
19. Valencia 84.6 Spain Spain
20. Lazio 83.1 Italy Italy

In the 2003–04 season, five clubs had revenues of over €200m. Manchester United was again ranked as the richest club in Europe.

Rank Club Income
( million)
Country
1. Manchester United 259.4 England England
2. Real Madrid 236.2 Spain Spain
3. Milan 222.1 Italy Italy
4. Chelsea 217.5 England England
5. Juventus 215.3 Italy Italy
6. Arsenal 174.1 England England
7. Barcelona 169.9 Spain Spain
8. Internazionale 167.1 Italy Italy
9. Bayern Munich 166.4 Germany Germany
10. Liverpool 140.2 England England

English clubs were the most present in the money league for the 2002–03 season. There were five Premier League clubs in the top 10.

Rank Club Income
( million)
Country
1. Manchester United 251.2 England England
2. Juventus 218.8 Italy Italy
3. Milan 200.4 Italy Italy
4. Real Madrid 193.7 Spain Spain
5. Bayern Munich 163.9 Germany Germany
6. Internazionale 162.5 Italy Italy
7. Arsenal 150.1 England England
8. Liverpool 149.3 England England
9. Newcastle United 139.3 England England
10. Chelsea 134.1 England England
Rank Club Income
( million)
Country
1. Manchester United 229.5 England England
2. Juventus 177.9 Italy Italy
3. Bayern Munich 176.8 Germany Germany
4. Milan 159.1 Italy Italy
5. Liverpool 154.6 England England
6. Real Madrid 152.2 Spain Spain
7. Chelsea 143.4 England England
8. Arsenal 141.4 England England
9. Barcelona 139.8 Spain Spain
10. Roma 136.8 Italy Italy
Rank Club Income
( million)
Country
1. Manchester United 217.2 England England
2. Juventus 173.5 Italy Italy
3. Bayern Munich 173.2 Germany Germany
4. Milan 164.6 Italy Italy
5. Real Madrid 138.2 Spain Spain
6. Liverpool 137.6 England England
7. Lazio 125.4 Italy Italy
8. Roma 123.8 Italy Italy
9. Chelsea 118.4 England England
10. Internazionale 112.8 Italy Italy

1997–98

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Rank Club Income
(£ million)
Country
1. Manchester United 87.9 England England
2. Real Madrid 72.2 Spain Spain
3. Bayern Munich 66.2 Germany Germany
4. Juventus 55.3 Italy Italy
5. Newcastle United 49.2 England England
6. Barcelona 48.57 Spain Spain
7. Milan 48.55 Italy Italy
8. Internazionale 48.2 Italy Italy
9. Chelsea 47.5 England England
10. Liverpool 45.5 England England

Summary table: Number of times appearing in Top 10

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Club times
in list
Country
Real Madrid 16 Spain Spain
Manchester United 16 England England
Bayern Munich 16 Germany Germany
Chelsea 16 England England
Liverpool 15 England England
Barcelona 14 Spain Spain
Milan 14 Italy Italy
Arsenal 14 England England
Juventus 12 Italy Italy
Internazionale 11 Italy Italy
Manchester City 8  England
Paris Saint‑Germain 4  France
Roma 4 Italy Italy
Newcastle United 2 England England
Schalke 04 1  Germany
Lazio 1 Italy Italy
Borussia Dortmund 1  Germany
Tottenham Hotspur 1  England

Summary table: Some teams appearing in Top 10

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Club 2011–12
( million)
2010–11
( million)
2009–10
( million)
2008–09
( million)
2007–08
( million)
2006–07
( million)
2005–06
( million)
2004–05
( million)
2003–04
( million)
2002–03
( million)
2001–02
( million)
2000–01
( million)
Country
Real Madrid 512.6 (1) 479.5 (1) 438.6 (1) 401.4 (1) 365.8 (1) 351.8 (1) 292.2 (1) 275.7 (1) 236.2 (2) 193.7 (4) 152.2 (6) 138.2 (5) Spain Spain
Barcelona 483.0 (2) 450.7 (2) 398.1 (2) 365.9 (2) 308.8 (3) 291.1 (3) 259.1 (2) 207.9 (6) 169.9 (7) (11+) 139.8 (9) (11+) Spain Spain
Manchester United 395.9 (3) 367.0 (3) 349.8 (3) 327.0 (3) 324.8 (2) 315.4 (2) 242.6 (4) 246.4 (2) 259.4 (1) 251.2 (1) 229.5 (1) 217.2 (1) England England
FC Bayern Munich 368.4 (4) 321.4 (4) 323.0 (4) 289.5 (4) 295.3 (4) 223.7 (7) 204.7 (8) 189.5 (7) 166.4 (9) 163.9 (5) 176.8 (3) 173.2 (3) Germany Germany
Chelsea 322.6 (5) 249.8 (6) 255.9 (6) 242.3 (6) 268.9 (5) 284.4 (4) 221.0 (6) 220.8 (5) 217.5 (4) 134.1 (10) 143.4 (7) 118.4 (9) England England
Arsenal 290.3 (6) 251.5 (5) 274.1 (5) 263.0 (5) 264.4 (6) 264.2 (5) 177.4 (9) 171.3 (10) 174.1 (6) 150.1 (7) 141.4 (8) (11+) England England
Manchester City 285.6 (7) 169.6 (12) 152.8 (11) 101.2 (19) 104.0 (20) (21+) 89.4 (17) 90.1 (17) (11+) (11+) (11+) (11+) England England
Milan 256.9 (8) 235.1 (7) 235.8 (7) 196.5 (8) 209.5 (8) 227.7 (6) 238.7 (5) 234.0 (3) 222.1 (3) 200.4 (3) 159.1 (4) 164.6 (4) Italy Italy
Liverpool 233.2 (9) 203.3 (9) 225.3 (8) 217.0 (7) 210.9 (7) 202.1 (8) 176.0 (10) 181.2 (8) 140.2 (10) 149.3 (8) 154.6 (5) 137.6 (6) England England
Juventus 195.4 (10) 153.9 (13) 205.0 (10) 203.2 (8) 167.5 (11) 145.2 (12) 251.2 (3) 229.4 (4) 215.3 (5) 218.8 (2) 177.9 (2) 173.5 (2) Italy Italy
Internazionale 185.9 (12) 211.4 (8) 224.8 (9) 196.5 (9) 172.9 (10) 195.4 (9) 206.6 (7) 177.2 (9) 167.1 (8) 162.5 (6) (11+) 112.8 (10) Italy Italy
Schalke 04 174.5 (14) 202.4 (10) 139.8 (16) 124.5 (16) 148.4 (13) 114.3 (16) 122.9 (14) 97.4 (14) (11+) (11+) (11+) (11+)) Germany Germany
Roma 115.9 (19) 143.5 (15) 122.7 (18) 146.4 (10) 175.4 (9) 157.7 (10) 127.0 (12) 131.8 (11) (11+) (11+) 136.8 (10) 123.8 (8) Italy Italy

Annual Review of Football Finance 2011

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Europe's top five leagues had record growth. This made revenue higher in the continent's football industry. It went up 4 percent. This was an all-time high of 16.3 billion euros (£13.7 billion/$23.8 billion) in 2009-10. The “Big Five” had a total revenue of 8.4 billion euros. This was a 5 percent increase over 2008-09, according to Deloitte.[2]

Rank League Revenue
( billion)[3]
Country
1. Premier League 2.479  England
2. Bundesliga 1.664 Germany Germany
3. La Liga 1.622 Spain Spain
4. Serie A 1.532 Italy Italy
5. Ligue 1 1.072 France France

As well as this, a total of €754.1m was given to clubs playing in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. The two finalists, Barcelona and Manchester United, got the most money. Barcelona's win at Wembley in May 2009 earned them a total of €51m. Despite the loss, Manchester United got even more, €53m.[4]

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References

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  1. "Man Utd 'Richest club in the world'". bbc.co.uk. 1999-12-01. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  2. [1] Bloomberg News: European Soccer Team Sales Reach Record 16.3 Billion Euros, Deloitte Says.
  3. [2] BBC: Premier League wages keep on rising, Deloitte says.
  4. [3] UEFA: Champions League financial distribution – 2010–11.

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