Fan power Football Money League Sports Business Group February 2012 The top 20 Money League clubs generated combined revenues of €4.4 billion in 2010/11, over a quarter of the European football market Contents 2 Welcome 6 How we did it 7 Ups and downs 8 The Deloitte Football Money League positions 1-10 22 A new chapter 26 The Deloitte Football Money League positions 11-20 36 Around the world in 90 minutes Edited by Dan Jones Sub-editor Austin Houlihan Authors Richard Battle, Tim Bridge, Adam Bull, Chris Hanson, Richard Taylor and Alexander Thorpe Sports Business Group at Deloitte PO Box 500, 2 Hardman Street, Manchester, UK M60 2AT Telephone: +44 (0)161 455 8787 E-mail:
[email protected] www.deloitte.co.uk/sportsbusinessgroup February 2012 Football Money League 2012 Sports Business Group 1 Welcome The huge fan interest in both domestic and international Welcome to the 15th edition of the Deloitte Football markets underpin the brand strength of football’s very Money League, in which we profile the highest earning top clubs and means there is limited movement in positions at the top of the Money League. For the fourth clubs in the world’s most popular sport. Published nine successive year, the clubs comprising the top six remain months after the end of the 2010/11 season, the Money the same with no movement amongst these six for the League is the most contemporary and reliable analysis of last three years. clubs’ relative financial performance. El clásico Whilst there are a number of non-financial methods Real Madrid top the Money League for the seventh that can be used to determine a clubs’ relative size successive year with an impressive €41m (9%) revenue – including measures of attendance, fanbase, broadcast growth to €480m in 2010/11.