International professional services firm Deloitte released their annual Football Money League list, ranking all football clubs based on revenue generated for 2015. The English Premier League placed 5 teams in the first 10 and 9 in the top 20. The results may surprise you:
10. Juventus - £246.4m - Serie A’s lone representative received the largest ever UEFA distribution payment for it’s run to the Champions League final last year.
9. Liverpool - £298.1m - Liverpool’s return to the Champions League resulted in increased matchday & broadcast revenue. We’ll see how their participation in this year’s Europa League affects next year’s rank.
8. Chelsea - £319.5m - Chelsea continuetheir strong growth as they’ve been ranked in the top 8 for the past five seasons for revenue.
7. Arsenal - £331.3m - Arsenal edge out their London rival by less than £12m in revenue from the 2014/15 season. The Gunners earned the highest matchday revenue out of all football clubs for last season.
6. Manchester City - £352.6m - Man City crossed the £350m threshold this past season and show no signs of slowing down. The expansion of the Etihad Stadium should result in even higher revenue for the 2015/16 season.
5. Bayern Munich - £360.6m - Bayern continue to dominate the Bundesliga on and off the pitch as their Germany’s highest ranked Money League club
4. Paris Saint-Germain - £365.8m - PSG hold the Money League club’s high commercial revenue at £230. The club has dramatically improved their financial success over the past few seasons as they were unranked as recently as 2011.
3. Manchester United - £426.6m - United should top next season’s Football Money League as huge additions of their Adidas Partnership and the return to Champions League should provide a huge financial boostto the highly profitable club.
2. FC Barcelona - £426.6m - Barca’s on-pitch success resulted in huge financial gains as the Catalonian club experienced a £21.2m revenue increase from the prior season.
1. Real Madrid - £439m - For the 11th straight year, the Spanish giants reign supreme in revenue generation. Truly, Hala Madrid!