- Deloitte Football Money League
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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.
Current rankings
Rank Club Revenue
(€ million)Country Change 1. Real Madrid 438.6 
Spain
2. Barcelona 398.1 Spain3. Manchester United 349.8 
England4. Bayern Munich 323.0 
Germany5. Arsenal 274.1 England6. Chelsea 255.9 England7. Milan 235.8 
Italy
38. Liverpool 225.3 England
19. Internazionale 224.8 Italy10. Juventus 205.0 Italy211. Manchester City 152.8 England12. Tottenham Hotspur 146.3 England313. Hamburg 146.2 Germany214. Lyon 146.1 
France115. Marseille 141.1 France116. Schalke 139.8 Germany17. Atlético de Madrid 124.5 Spain518. Roma 122.7 Italy619. Stuttgart 114.8 Germany520. Aston Villa 109.4 England521. Fiorentina 106.4 Italy22. Borussia Dortmund 105.2 Germany23. Girondins de Bordeaux 102.8 France24. Sevilla 99.6 Spain25. Valencia 99.3 Spain26. Benfica 98.2 
Portugal27. Everton 96.6 England28. Werder Bremen 96.5 Germany29. Napoli 95.1 Italy30. Fulham 94.2 England31. West Ham United 87.6 EnglandUEFA's top 5 leagues
Italian internet sports business company StageUp conducted a study of the revenues generated by the top European leagues - and found that England’s Premier League made a billion euros more than Italy's Serie A, which enjoyed the second biggest proceeds.[1]
Rank League Revenue
(€ billion)Country 1. Premier League 2.43 England2. Serie A 1.43 Italy3. Bundesliga 1.42 Germany4. La Liga 1.35 Spain5. Ligue 1 1.04 FranceRankings for the 2008–09 season
Rank Club Revenue
(€ million)Country Change 1. Real Madrid 401.4 Spain2. Barcelona 365.9 Spain13. Manchester United 327.0 England14. Bayern Munich 289.5 Germany5. Arsenal 263.0 England16. Chelsea 242.3 England17. Liverpool 237.0 England8. Juventus 203.2 Italy39. Internazionale 196.5 Italy110. Milan 196.5 Italy211. Hamburg 146.7 Germany412. Roma 146.4 Italy313. Lyon 139.6 France114. Marseille 133.2 France215. Tottenham Hotspur 132.7 England116. Schalke 124.5 Germany317. Werder Bremen 114.7 Germany>318. Borussia Dortmund 103.5 Germany>219. Manchester City 101.2 England120. Newcastle United 101.0 England3Rankings for the 2007–08 season
Rank Club Revenue
(€ million)Country 1 Real Madrid 365.8 Spain2. Manchester United 324.8 England3. Barcelona 308.8 Spain4. Bayern Munich 295.3 Germany5. Chelsea 268.9 England6. Arsenal 264.0 England7. Liverpool 210.9 England8. Milan 209.5 Italy9. Roma 175.4 Italy10. Internazionale 172.9 Italy11. Juventus 167.5 Italy12. Lyon 155.7 France13. Schalke 148.4 Germany14. Tottenham Hotspur 145.0 England15. Hamburg 127.9 Germany16. Marseille 126.8 France17. Newcastle United 125.6 England18. Stuttgart 111.5 Germany19. Fenerbahçe 111.3 
Turkey20. Manchester City 104.0 EnglandRankings for the 2006–07 season
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 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 AC 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 13th place.
Rank Club Revenue
(€ million)Country 1. Real Madrid 351.0 Spain2. Manchester United 315.2 England3. Barcelona 290.1 Spain4. Chelsea 283.0 England5. Arsenal 263.9 England6. Milan 227.2 Italy7. Bayern Munich 223.3 Germany8. Liverpool 198.9 England9. Internazionale 195.0 Italy10. Roma 157.6 Italy11. Tottenham Hotspur 153.1 England12. Juventus 145.2 Italy13. Lyon 140.6 France14. Newcastle United 129.4 England15. Rangers 120.4 
Scotland16. Schalke 114.3 Germany17. Celtic 111.8 Scotland18. Valencia 107.6 Spain19. Marseille 99.0 France20. Werder Bremen 97.3 GermanyRankings 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.
Rank Club Revenue
(€ million)Country 1. Real Madrid 292.2 Spain2. Barcelona 259.1 Spain3. Juventus 251.2 Italy4. Manchester United 242.6 England5. Milan 238.7 Italy6. Chelsea 221.0 England7. Internazionale 206.6 Italy8. Bayern Munich 204.7 Germany9. Arsenal 177.4 England10. Liverpool 176.0 England11. Lyon 127.7 France12. Roma 127.0 Italy13. Newcastle United 124.3 England14. Schalke 122.9 Germany15. Tottenham Hotspur 107.2 England16. Hamburg 101.8 Germany17. Manchester City 89.4 England18. Rangers 88.5 Scotland19. West Ham United 86.9 England20. Benfica 85.1 PortugalThe top 10 leagues
Rank League Revenue (average)
($ million)Country 1. Premier League 700 England2. Serie A 490 Italy3. Bundesliga 389 Germany4. La Liga 275 Spain5. Primera Division de Mexico 160 
Mexico6. Ligue 1 150 France7. J. League 129 
Japan8. Eredivisie 125 
Netherlands9. The Championship 125 England10. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 124 
BrazilRankings 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.
Rank Club Income
(€ million)Country 1. Real Madrid 275.7 Spain2. Manchester United 246.4 England3. Milan 234.0 Italy4. Juventus 229.4 Italy5. Chelsea 220.8 England6. Barcelona 207.9 Spain7. Bayern Munich 189.5 Germany8. Liverpool 181.2 England9. Internazionale 177.2 Italy10. Arsenal 171.3 England11. Roma 131.8 Italy12. Newcastle United 128.9 England13. Tottenham Hotspur 104.5 England14. Schalke 97.4 Germany15. Lyon 92.9 France16. Celtic 92.7 Scotland17. Manchester City 90.1 England18. Everton 88.8 England19. Valencia 84.6 Spain20. Lazio 83.1 ItalyRankings for the 2003–04 season
In the 2003/04 season, five clubs recorded revenues of over €200m with Manchester United once again being ranked as the richest club in Europe.
Rank Club Income
(€ million)Country 1. Manchester United 259.4 England2. Real Madrid 236.2 Spain3. Milan 222.1 Italy4. Chelsea 217.5 England5. Juventus 215.3 Italy6. Arsenal 174.1 England7. Barcelona 169.9 Spain8. Internazionale 167.1 Italy9. Bayern Munich 166.4 Germany10. Liverpool 140.2 EnglandRankings for the 2002–03 season
English clubs dominated the money league for the 2002/03 season, with five Premier League clubs occupying spots in the top 10.
Rank Club Income
(€ million)Country 1. Manchester United 251.2 England2. Juventus 218.8 Italy3. Milan 200.4 Italy4. Real Madrid 193.7 Spain5. Bayern Munich 163.9 Germany6. Internazionale 162.5 Italy7. Arsenal 150.1 England8. Liverpool 149.3 England9. Newcastle United 139.3 England10. Chelsea 134.1 EnglandRankings for the 2001–02 season
Rank Club Income
(€ million)Country 1. Manchester United 229.5 England2. Juventus 177.9 Italy3. Bayern Munich 176.8 Germany4. Milan 159.1 Italy5. Liverpool 154.6 England6. Real Madrid 152.2 Spain7. Chelsea 143.4 England8. Arsenal 141.4 England9. Barcelona 139.8 Spain10. Roma 136.8 ItalyRankings for the 2000–01 season
Rank Club Income
(€ million)Country 1. Manchester United 217.2 England2. Juventus 173.5 Italy3. Bayern Munich 173.2 Germany4. Milan 164.6 Italy5. Real Madrid 138.2 Spain6. Liverpool 137.6 England7. Lazio 125.4 Italy8. Roma 123.8 Italy9. Chelsea 118.4 England10. Internazionale 112.8 ItalyComparative table of revenue (and ranking)
Rank Club 2008/9
(€ million)2007/8
(€ million)2006/7
(€ million)2005/6
(€ million)2004/5
(€ million)Country 1. Real Madrid 401.4 365.8 351.8 (1) 292.2 (1) 275.7 (1) Spain2. Manchester United 327.0 324.8 315.4 (2) 242.6 (4) 246.4 (2) England3. Barcelona 365.9 308.8 291.1 (3) 259.1 (2) 207.9 (6) Spain4. Bayern Munich 289.5 295.3 223.7 (7) 204.7 (8) 189.5 (7) Germany5. Chelsea 242.3 268.9 284.4 (4) 221.0 (6) 220.8 (5) England6. Arsenal 263.0 264.4 264.2 (5) 177.4 (9) 171.3 (10) England7. Liverpool 217.0 210.9 202.1 (8) 176.0 (10) 181.2 (8) England8. Milan 196.5 209.5 227.7 (6) 238.7 (5) 234.0 (3) Italy9. Roma 146.4 175.4 157.7 (10) 127.0 (12) 131.8 (11) Italy10. Internazionale 196.5 172.9 195.4 (9) 206.6 (7) 177.2 (9) ItalySee also
- Average attendances of European football clubs
- Richest football clubs
- List of Premier League football club owners
External links
References
- Deloitte Football Money League 2011 (rankings for the 2009–10 season) PDF
- Deloitte Football Money League 2010 (rankings for the 2008–09 season) PDF
- 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
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