FC Barcelona breaks revenue record for the 2018/19 season earning EUR 800 million

The 23rd Deloitte Football Money League reveals the top 20 highest revenue generating football clubs for the 2018/19 season, with combined revenues growing 11% to EUR 9.3bn, a new record.

FC Barcelona reaches the top of the Money League for the first time and also becomes the first club to break the EUR 800 million barrier. Real Madrid drops to second, generating revenue of EUR 757.3 million, with the gap between first and second place the highest in the publication’s history (EUR 83.5 million).

Manchester United (EUR 711.5 million) is in third place but is at risk of losing the position as the Premier League’s highest revenue generating club for the first time in next year’s Money League.

Bayern Munich (EUR 660.1 million) remains in fourth position, with Paris Saint-Germain (EUR 635.9 million) entering the top five at the expense of Manchester City (EUR 610.6 million). Tottenham Hotspur (EUR 521.1 million) is eighth, which is the club’s highest ever position, and has overtaken Chelsea (EUR 513.1 million) and Arsenal (EUR 445.6 million) to become London’s highest revenue generating club for the first time since the 1996/97 season.

Broadcast remains the largest individual revenue stream, comprising 44% of total revenue. The ability to attract substantial commercial interest is a distinguishing factor between those at the top (i.e. those traditionally competing in the UEFA Champions League on a regular basis) and at the bottom of the Money League.

It is notable that while an extended period of absence from UEFA club competitions, in particular the Champions League, can significantly impact revenue generation, the top ranked clubs are less reliant on broadcast revenue than smaller clubs.

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Manchester City F.C

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Chelsea F.C

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