Money list: FC Bayern defends position – FC Barcelona crashes

Season 2020/21

FC Bayern Munich has maintained its position among the top-selling football clubs in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic. The German record champions were listed in third place with a turnover of 611 million euros in the 2020/21 season (2019/20: 634 million euros) according to calculations by the auditing and consulting company “Deloitte”. The table is now led by Manchester City (645 million euros), which replaces FC Barcelona, ​​who fell in fourth place.

Last year Barça was still at the top with 715 million euros, now it is “only” 582 million euros. The financially troubled Catalans have a debt of 1.35 billion euros. Second in the ranking is Real Madrid with a turnover of 641 million euros.

In addition to FC Bayern, only Borussia Dortmund (EUR 338 million) from the Bundesliga is in the top 20. BVB is still 12th. Unlike last year, FC Schalke 04 and Eintracht Frankfurt are no longer represented. Borussia Mönchengladbach (178 million euros) is the third club in 26th place.

New in the top 20 are the four English clubs Leicester (15th), West Ham (16th), Wolverhampton (17th) and Aston Villa (20th). The Premier League is the vast majority with eleven clubs, also thanks to the high TV income.

Money list: Top 20 around FC Bayern and Barcelona turned over 8.2 billion euros

Overall, the top 20 according to the “Football Money League” report by Deloitte had a turnover of 8.2 billion euros, almost at the level of the 2019/20 season. The record was set in the 2018/19 season with 9.3 billion euros. On average, each club achieved a turnover of 409 million euros.

The biggest losses had to be accepted in the area of ​​matchday income. According to “Deloitte”, these revenues are at the lowest level in the history of the study, which has been carried out for 25 years. In 2018/19, these were still EUR 1.5 billion, but the clubs recorded revenues of EUR 111 million in the past season due to the exclusion of spectators.

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