Champions League - Real Madrid top rich list

Eurosport - Thu, 12 Feb 14:03:00 2009

Real Madrid remain the world's richest football club, while English clubs have been hit by the declining value of the pound, according to an annual survey by accountancy firm Deloitte.

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Manchester United and Barcelona held their respective second and third positions in the latest "Football Money League" report on the world's 20 biggest soccer clubs ranked by revenue.

"If the exchange rate value of the pound had not depreciated, there would have been nine, rather than seven English clubs in the top 20 and Manchester United would have topped the Money League ahead of Real Madrid," said Dan Jones, partner in the Sports business group at Deloitte.

The impact of the current economic downturn on club revenues was not measured in the report from the 2007-08 season.

But top clubs should weather the crisis, thanks to loyal fan bases and long-term broadcast and sponsors contracts, Deloitte said.

"The unique nature of the football industry will enable major clubs to be relatively resistant to the economic downturn," said Paul Rawnsley, director in the sports business group

Primera Liga champions Real Madrid saw their revenues rise by four per cent to 366 million euros (£330.6m).

Manchester United, the Premier League and Champions League winners, posted a 21 per cent increase in revenues to 324.8m euros (£293.5m).

The top 20 clubs' aggregate revenue grew by six per cent to 3.9 billion eurosm (£3.5bn) in 2007-08.

The ranking was dominated by European clubs, with the number of English clubs growing to seven from six, four from both Germany and Italy and two each from Spain and France.

Fenerbahce became the first Turkish club to feature in the ranking since its creation in 1996-97.

Bayern Munich, whose revenues were boosted by the club acquiring the entire ownership of its home ground, climbed three places to fourth, reaching the top places for the first time in five years. Chelsea dropped one place to fifth.

Celtic, Valencia and Werder Bremen dropped out. Manchester City climbed to 20th position largely due to the increase in broadcast revenues received from the Premier League before the club's take over by the Abu Dhabi-based owners.

RICH LIST TOP 10 (all figures in milion euros)

1 (1) REAL MADRID

2007/08 revenues: 365.8 (from 351.0 in 2006/07)

Matchday: 101.0 / Broadcasting: 135.8 / Commercial: 129.0

2 (2) MANCHESTER UNITED

2007/08 revenues: 324.8 (from 315.2)

Matchday: 128.2 / Broadcasting: 115.7 / Commercial: 80.9

3 (3) BARCELONA

2007/08 revenues: 308.8 (from 290.1)

Matchday: 91.5 / Broadcasting: 116.2 / Commercial: 101.1

4 (7) BAYERN MUNICH

2007/08 revenues: 295.3 (from 223.3)

Matchday: 69.4 / Broadcasting: 49.4 / Commercial: 176.5

5 (4) CHELSEA

2007/08 revenues: 268.9 (from 283.0)

Matchday: 94.1 / Broadcasting: 97.8 / Commercial: 77.0

6 (5) ARSENAL

2007/08 revenues: 264.4 (from 263.9)

Matchday: 119.5 / Broadcasting: 88.8 / Commercial 56.1

7 (8) LIVERPOOL

2007/08 revenues: 210.9 (from 206.5)

Matchday: 49.5 / Broadcasting: 96.4 / Commercial: 65.0

8 (6) AC MILAN

2007/08 revenues: 209.5 (from 228.7)

Matchday: 26.7 / Broadcasting: 122.5 / Commercial: 60.3

9 (11) ROMA

2007/08 revenues: 175.4 (from 145.2)

Matchday: 23.4 / Broadcasting: 105.7 / Commercial: 46.3

10 (9) INTERNAZIONALE

2007/08 revenues: 172.9 (from 176.7)

Matchday: 28.4 / Broadcasting: 107.7 / Commercial: 36.8

Reuters

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  1. Mna U yomweyo, kaya mukuti Reya MADILIDI ZANU ZIMEZO.

    From Henry, on Mon 16 Feb 7:59AM
  2. we r not just the richest club in da world,, we also­ the best in da world...
    HALA MADRID!!!

    From mic09kie, on Mon 16 Feb 6:28AM
  3. united all d way

    From Victor, on Sun 15 Feb 11:26PM
  4. i would have liked that this analysis took into­ consideration the amount of debts of the lubs to decide­ who is the richest and if that parameter was taken into­ account i dont think u would see as many english­ clubs... man u for example is excessively in debt !

    From lionhell, on Sun 15 Feb 6:52PM
  5. reaal madrid hahah, the best club in the world, and­ richest

    From chechenr, on Sat 14 Feb 10:38PM
  6. Barca is 3rd without a Commercial Shirt­ Sponsor.....plus we give money to UNICEF in return.

    From Top Dog, on Thu 12 Feb 9:33PM
  7. I knew Papa Scolari was going to fail woefully at the­ stamford "punctured" bridge. He is not a club­ coach and our worry is his dainted records.. SORRY O!­ but you may now appreciate the chief himself SIR Alex,­ the best in england, europe and the world, anyday any­ time..UNITED 4-EVER-MORE!

    From arthurbhyros, on Thu 12 Feb 6:44PM
  8. I can see that Liverpool suppoters are losing it they­ can stand that Man U are far much better than them.­ consistency z the name of the game.

    From kunje2006, on Thu 12 Feb 6:37PM
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    Do you love traveling and have some­ experience? Just find me out.

    From reijimile08, on Thu 12 Feb 5:04PM
  10. city with too much of a noise, poor­ uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....................................

    From S!O, on Thu 12 Feb 4:04PM
  11. Barca is the only team, wher is on Liverpool level!­ They are clearly the best, and not the richest!!! MU­ and Real are monopole clubs, with no financial­ problems, never! Cos they are just about business! And­ Ferguson is betting behind the coulissas! That's­ for sure!

    From damnsoldja, on Thu 12 Feb 1:56PM
  12. A scotsman make good economic decisions, do you want to­ run the country Fergie?

    From Scottish C, on Thu 12 Feb 1:48PM
  13. maybe MU fullfil 76000, but thats all! Liverpool makes­ every stadium full!!!! If Liverpool got a 100 000­ stadium, then it would be full to!!! Liverpool FC needs­ and deserves Stanley Park!!! (At least 78000 needed)­ And one Kopite is much more than, 25 idiot united­ "fan" in any aspects!!! And thats true!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Thu 12 Feb 1:48PM
  14. And don't be grinning you lot from the other side­ of the great unwashed...

    Taken from the Telegraph, 2nd­ richest my arse. By my reckoning my pub team are above­ Man U. in the rich list.

    "The Glazers bought­ United for £777 million in May 2005, and at the end of­ the 2006/07 season they were £453 million in debt from­ bank borrowings - over half of the entire Premier­ League's total borrowings from banks - and £152­ million in debt from other loans"

    From Ali G, on Thu 12 Feb 1:47PM
  15. £43 million pound profit, good bit of business, well­ done Fergie.

    From Scottish C, on Thu 12 Feb 1:47PM
  16. If the exchange rate stays as it is and they sell him­ this summer for 200 millions euros (£200 million­ pounds).

    From Scottish C, on Thu 12 Feb 1:46PM
  17. Good bit of business by Man U, if they had sold Ronaldo­ last summer they'd had have got 200 million euros­ (£157 million pound at the exchange rate then).

    From Scottish C, on Thu 12 Feb 1:46PM
  18. To all you folks with sky blue shades on. Who said Man­ City were the richest club in the world? Sky News? The­ Sun? A wealthy owner with cash to burn does not­ necessarily mean your club is the richest in the world.­

    What's funny is that by boasting about being­ rich, City and their fans are in fact pricing­ themselves out of players they may actually have a­ chance of signing or conning themselves into massively­ overpaying for average ones, making a fool of­ themselves into the bargain. 14 million for Bellamy­ anyone? I'll give it six months before he stops­ scoring, has an argument in the dressing room and goes­ in a huff. After which you'll get 6 mill back,­ maybe.

    Kaka was never going to sign for you even after­ you offered him megabucks, I doubt many other top stars­ will either.

    Championship next season city, where you­ MAY be the richest club. How I will laugh.

    From Ali G, on Thu 12 Feb 1:42PM
  19. utd would be 3rd in this list if Barca didn't have­ a non-profit sponsor on the front on their shirts,­ thumbs up to Barca for displaying a charity cause,­ other clubs should follow suit and be less greedy.

    From Stephen, on Thu 12 Feb 1:25PM
  20. where is arsenal's money goin????

    From Absalom, on Thu 12 Feb 1:01PM
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