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The Deloitte Football Money League is a ranking of football (soccer) clubs by income. It is produced annually by the accountancy firm Deloitte.

Contents 1 Rankings for the 2006/07 season 1.1 Full listing 2 Rankings for the 2005/06 season 2.1 Full listing 2.1.1 The nationalities of the first squad players of the top 20 teams 2.1.2 The ten leagues with the highest revenues 3 Rankings for the 2004/05 season 3.1 Full listing 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Rankings for the 2006/07 season

The rankings are not yet complete but the first three are evident. Real Madrid still hold the first place with a much better financial status. Their arch-rivals Barcelona are in the second place despite not winning any silverware that season. Interestingly, Arsenal have managed the third spot, going up 6 places with a spectacular £200 million (€287.1) turnover. The rest of the list is approximately known but not officially ready yet. Until the new values from other clubs are published, the list will be updated only for the top 3 which are unlikely to change. Note that these are not official values coming from Deloitte sources, but are confirmed by the respective representatives of each club.

[edit] Full listing

Rank	Club	Revenue (€ million)	Country
1.	Real Madrid[1]	351.0	Spain
2.	FC Barcelona [2]	290.1	Spain
3.	Arsenal F.C. [3]	287.1	England

[edit] Rankings for the 2005/06 season

The total revenue of the top 20 richest clubs in the world is now over €3.3 Billion. Barcelona gained four places in the ranking for this year, making the two richest clubs both from Spain. England has the largest number of clubs in the list. Manchester United is still the richest club in the English Premiership, however, they were second on this list last year and have now fallen to fourth. A club from Portugal was added to the list for the first time. Portugal's S.L. Benfica is the third club from the Iberian Peninsula among the top 20 in the world, after Spain's Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona.

[edit] Full listing

Rank	Club	Revenue (€ million)	Country
1.	Real Madrid	292.2	Spain
2.	FC Barcelona	259.1	Spain
3.	Juventus FC	251.2	Italy
4.	Manchester United FC	270.6	England
5.	AC Milan	238.7	Italy
6.	Chelsea FC	221.0	England
7.	FC Internazionale Milano	206.6	Italy
8.	FC Bayern Munich	204.7	Germany
9.	Arsenal F.C.	177.4	England
10.	Liverpool FC	176.0	England
11.	Lyon	127.7	France
12.	A.S. Roma	127.0	Italy
13.	Newcastle United	124.3	England
14.	Schalke 04	122.9	Germany
15.	Tottenham Hotspur	107.2	England
16.	Hamburger SV	101.8	Germany
17.	Manchester City	89.4	England
18.	Rangers	88.5	Scotland
19.	West Ham United	86.9	England
20.	Benfica	85.1	Portugal

[edit] The nationalities of the first squad players of the top 20 teams

England 109 Italy 82 France 61 Spain 52 Brazil 48 Germany 45 Scotland 30 Portugal 28 Argentina 22 Netherlands 18 Ireland 12 Czech Republic 11

Ivory Coast 8 Uruguay 8 Nigeria 7 Sweden 7 Australia 6 Belgium 6 Cameroon 6 Croatia 5 Northern Ireland 5 Switzerland 5 United States 5 Denmark 4

Poland 4 Serbia 4 Wales 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Chile 3 Ghana 3 Greece 3 Mexico 3 Peru 3 Turkey 3 Albania 2 Bulgaria 2 Canada 2

China 2 Egypt 2 Finland 2 Georgia 2 Iceland 2 Iran 2 Israel 2 Republic of Macedonia 2 Mali 2 Norway 2 South Korea 2

Ukraine 2 Angola 1 Belarus 1 Colombia 1 Congo-Kinshasa 1 Costa Rica 1 Estonia 1 Guinea 1 Hungary 1 Japan 1 Montenegro 1 Morocco 1

Namibia 1 Paraguay 1 Romania 1 Senegal 1 Slovakia 1 South Africa 1 Togo 1 Tunisia 1

[edit] The ten leagues with the highest revenues

1 Premier League (England): $130 mln. average

2 Serie A (Italy): $90 mln.

3 Bundesliga (Germany): $89 mln.

4 La Liga (Spain): $75 mln.

5 Ligue 1 (France): $50 mln.

6 Primera División de México (Mexico): $ 30 mln.

7 J. League (Japan): $28 mln.

8 Eredivisie (Netherlands): $25 mln.

9 The Championship (England): $25 mln.

10 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brazil): $24 mln.

[edit] Rankings for the 2004/05 season

In the rankings for the 2004/05 season, Real Madrid ended Manchester United's long run at the top. Three clubs that had appeared in the previous season's top twenty (Marseille, Rangers, and Aston Villa) were replaced by Lyon, Everton, and Valencia.

[edit] Full listing

Rank	Club	Income (€ million)	Country
1.	Real Madrid	275.7	Spain
2.	Manchester United	246.4	England
3.	A.C. Milan	234.0	Italy
4.	Juventus	229.4	Italy
5.	Chelsea	220.8	England
6.	FC Barcelona	207.9	Spain
7.	Bayern Munich	189.5	Germany
8.	Liverpool	181.2	England
9.	Internazionale	177.2	Italy
10.	Arsenal	171.3	England
11.	A.S. Roma	131.8	Italy
12.	Newcastle United	128.9	England
13.	Tottenham Hotspur	104.5	England
14.	Schalke 04	97.4	Germany
15.	Lyon	92.9	France
16.	Celtic	92.7	Scotland
17.	Manchester City	90.1	England
18.	Everton	88.8	England
19.	Valencia	84.6	Spain
20.	Lazio	83.1	Italy

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Top average attendances of European football clubs
• Richest football clubs

[edit] External links

• Deloitte Football Money League 2007 (rankings for the 2005/06 season)
• Deloitte Football Money League 2006 (ranking for the 2004/05 season)