Real top football rich list

From SkySports.com

Real Madrid remain the richest club in world football, according to the latest published report on the game's big earners.

Though Los Merengues may have not won a trophy in the past three seasons, they remain the highest money earners after an income of euro292.2million (£192.7million) for the 2005/06 season - an increase of six per cent.

Real's arch-rivals Barcelona were second in the list with an income of euro259.1million (£171million), though the Spanish and European champions' growth was an impressive 25 per cent last season.

The findings come from the latest edition of the Football Money League report that was published by consultants Deloitte.

In all, the top 20 clubs reached earnings of £2.31billion, with revenue from television and sponsorship deals being a major factor.

Eight of the clubs in the top-20 list come from the Premiership, with Manchester United listed as the fourth-richest club at euro242.6million (£160million).

Rangers may be well behind Old Firm rivals Celtic in the Scottish Premier League table, but they are the only Scottish club to crack the 20 - sitting 18th after earnings of euro88.5million (£58.4million).

Deloitte also stated the new television deals that are set to begin in Europe next season will increase clubs' revenues, with the Premiership likely to contribute half of the top 20 clubs under its new TV deal come next season.

List of World's richest clubs

1 Real Madrid - £192.7million
2 Barcelona - £171million
3 Juventus - £165.8million
4 Manchester United - £160million
5 Milan - £157.5million
6 Chelsea - £145.8million
7 Internazionale - £136.3million
8 Bayern Munich - £135million
9 Arsenal - £126.9million
10 Liverpool - £116.1million
11 Lyon - £84.2million
12 Roma - £83.8million
13 Newcastle United - £82million
14 Schalke - £81.1million
15 Tottenham Hotspur - £70.7million
16 Hamburg - £67.1million
17 Manchester City - £59million
18 Rangers - £58.4million
19 West Ham United - £57.3million
20 Benfica - £56.1million

where's valencia? i always thought they were rich club

no merr...

wah!...Madrid still remain the first...
Barcelona second...thought Chelsea can reach at least top three...
wonder if the currency of pound is turn to ringgit...sure alot...

British clubs still make up the majority of that list.

west ham united is on the list
LoL...that is weird

coz of the recent buy out mah... expect liverpool to rise up the ranks in the future

yey Geordie!!

that was last season list , west ham takeover happen this season

Wah, Juve at 3rd place, never thought of that!

Tamoil merrr

do i need to remind everyone again? that was last season list ....juv was the champ before the scandal.

List is based on 05/06 ....tis season 06/07 wil b out nex season

oo ok my bad

wonder how NU,west ham and man city so rich..

TV money and they've got more than enough fans to fill stadiums week in week out

if im not mistaken,the list if for club's earning for the previous 05/06 season.not the total profit of the club ...thats why valencia is not there....WHU make to the FA cup final and 6in EPL (6 right? LOL) ...

holy cow, never thought of we're richer than Newcastle.

wouldn't it be even nicer if we can get a sponsor.

You may not be . The list just takes into account the revenue generated over the last year. It does not take into account the expenses incurred during that period. Real Madrid could have generated the most income in the last 2 years but i can assure you we were one of the highest spenders as well. Does that make us the richest?

i can't find the source of report anymore, but i'm pretty sure AC n Inter were actually not quite hav much nett profit laz term. in fact there were only 4 teams that hav positive balance in their account book laz term in Serie A - Juve n Roma are 2 of them.

This post has been edited by Chrisky: Feb 13 2007, 10:20 AM