2013 Forbes' Football Clubs list: Real Madrid overtake Manchester United

Spanish giants Real Madrid have moved to the top of the Forbes magazines rich list of the Most Valuable Football Clubs in the world ahead of Manchester United, who have been top of this ranking since it was first released in 2004.

Real Madrid is now valued at US$ 3.3 Billion ahead of Manchester United second in valuation at US$ 3.165 Billion and Barcelona at US$ 2.6 Billion. The top five is completed by FC Arsenal and FC Bayern Munich, who both are the two other clubs valued at over a Billion US$.

Forbes determined its valuations by combining its own review of financial documents and interviews with sports bankers along with Deloitte LLP's annual 'Football Money League' report, which in February 2013 ranked Real Madrid as the richest club by sales/turnover ahead of FC Barcelona and Manchester United.


2013 Forbes' list of the Most Valuable Football Clubs

1. Real Madrid - 3,300 Million USD
1. Manchester United - 3,165 Million USD
3. FC Barcelona - 2,600 Million USD
4. FC Arsenal London - 1,326 Million USD
5. FC Bayern Munich - 1,309 Million USD
6. AC Milan - 945 Million USD
7. Chelsea FC - 901 Million USD
8. Juventus Torino - 694 Million USD
9. Manchester City - 689 Million USD
10. Liverpool FC - 651 Million USD
11. Tottenham Hotspurs - 520 Million USD
12. FC Schalke 04 - 498 Million USD
13. Borussia Dortmund - 456 Million USD
12. Internazionale Milan - 401 Million USD
15. Olympique Lyonnais - 368 Million USD
16. Corinthians Paulista - 358 Million USD
17. SSC Napoli - 330 Million USD
18. Hamburger SV - 300 Million USD
19. Olympique Marseille - 285 Million USD
20. Newcastle United - 263 Million USD

Manchester United top 2012 Forbes' Football Clubs list

Manchester United has topped for the eight year in a row the Forbes magazines rich list of the Most Valuable Football Clubs in the world ahead of Spanish giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

Manchester is now valued at US$ 2.235 Billion, a 20% increase from last year with Real Madrid second at a valuation of US$ 1.877 Billion and Barcelona at US$ 1.307 Billion. The top five is completed by FC Arsenal and FC Bayern Munich, who both are the two other clubs valued at over a Billion US$.

Forbes determined its valuations by combining its own review of financial documents and interviews with sports bankers along with Deloitte LLP's annual 'Football Money League' report, which in February 2012 ranked Real Madrid as the richest club by sales/turnover ahead of FC Barcelona and Manchester United.

Manchester United's massive value not of comes from its on-field success but also their 330 million fans around the world, which makes them the most valuable sports team in the world.


2012 Forbes' list of the Most Valuable Football Clubs

1. Manchester United - 2,235 Million USD
2. Real Madrid - 1,877 Million USD
3. FC Barcelona - 1,307 Million USD
4. FC Arsenal London - 1,292 Million USD
5. FC Bayern Munich - 1,235 Million USD
6. AC Milan - 989 Million USD
7. Chelsea FC - 761 Million USD
8. Liverpool FC - 619 Million USD
9. Juventus Torino - 591 Million USD
10. FC Schalke 04 - 587 Million USD
11. Tottenham Hotspurs - 564 Million USD
12. Internazionale Milan - 490 Million USD
13. Manchester City - 443 Million USD
14. Borussia Dortmund - 394 Million USD
15. Olympique Lyonnais - 385 Million USD
16. Hamburger SV - 355 Million USD
17. AS Roma - 354 Million USD
18. Olympique Marseille - 349 Million USD
19. FC Valencia - 288 Million USD
20. SSC Napoli - 283 Million USD

Deloitte Football Money League: Real Madrid top once more!

The Deloitte Football Money League 2010/11 has been released with Spanish giants Real Madrid topping the league table of the world's 20 highest earning football clubs for the seventh straight year, according to auditing firm Deloitte.

For the first time the combined revenues of the 20 biggest football clubs in the world has crossed the 4 billion Euros mark and now stands at 4,3 billion Euros an increase of 8,3 percent with all these clubs coming out of Europe. England remains the most represented with six out of the top 20 clubs from the Premier League, five from Italy, four from Germany, three from Spain plus two from France.

Once more Spain's big two are the highest revenue earners in world football. Though playing second fiddle to FC Barcelona in the Spanish league and on the European stage Real Madrid have been able to increase their revenues by 40.9 million Euros from the previous season to now an impressive 479,5 million Euros with Barca 28,8 million Euros behind. But the Catalans could once more close the gap over their archrivals.

German Bundesliga side FC Schalke 04 are the biggest movers as they move from 16th place into the Top 10 for the first time due to their UEFA Champions League semifinal appearance and winning the German Cup as their budget rose from 139,8 to 202,4 million Euros.

Atlético de Madrid, VfB Stuttgart and Aston Villa dropped out of the Top 20; while Borussia Dortmund, FC Valencia and SSC Napoli entered this elite group of football clubs.


Deloitte Football Money League - 2009/2010 Top 20

01. (01) Real Madrid 479,5 million Euros
02. (02) FC Barcelona 450,7 million Euros
03. (03) Manchester United 367,0 million Euros
04. (04) FC Bayern Munich 321,4 million Euros
05. (05) FC Arsenal London 251,1 million Euros
06. (06) FC Chelsea London 249,8 million Euros
07. (07) AC Milan 235,1 million Euros
08. (09) Inter Milan 211,4 million Euros
09. (08) FC Liverpool 203,3 million Euros
10. (16) FC Schalke 04 202,4 million Euros
11. (12) Tottenham Hotspurs 181,0 million Euros
12. (11) Manchester City 169,6 million Euros
13. (10) Juventus Torino 153,9 million Euros
14. (15) Olympique Marseille 150,4 million Euros
15. (18) AS Roma 143,5 million Euros
16. (--) Borussia Dortmund 138,5 million Euros
17. (14) Olympique Lyonnais 132,8 million Euros
18. (13) Hamburger SV 128,8 million Euros
19. (--) FC Valencia 116,8 million Euros
20. (--) SSC Napoli 114,9 million Euros

Deloitte Football Money League: Real Madrid top again!

The Deloitte Football Money League 2009/10 has been released with Spanish giants Real Madrid topping the league table of the world's 20 richest football clubs for the sixth straight year, according to auditing firm Deloitte.

For the first time the combined revenues of the 20 biggest football clubs in the world has crossed the 4 billion Euros mark and now stands at 4,3 billion Euros an increase of 8,3 percent with all these clubs coming out of Europe. England remains the most represented with seven out of the top 20 clubs from the Premier League, four each from Germany and Italy, three from Spain plus two from France.

But once more Spain's big two are the highest revenue earners in world football. Though playing second fiddle to FC Barcelona in the Spanish league Real Madrid have been able to increase their revenues by 37.2 million Euros from the previous season to now an impressive 438,6 million Euros with Barca 40,5 million Euros behind. But the Catalans could close the gap considerably through their 30 million Euros per annum sponsorship deal with the Qatar Foundation.

Meanwhile the biggest jump came from big spending Manchester City who have come from 19th to 11th in the table and the Deloitte researchers think in coming seasons they along with Tottenham Hotspurs would make it into the top ten. Who they could replace was not said, but most likely the Italian clubs who are falling behind and maybe even Liverpool without European football.


Deloitte Football Money League - 2009/2010 Top 20

01. (01) Real Madrid 438,6 million Euros
02. (02) FC Barcelona 398,1 million Euros
03. (03) Manchester United 349,8 million Euros
04. (04) FC Bayern Munich 323,0 million Euros
05. (05) FC Arsenal London 274,1 million Euros
06. (06) FC Chelsea London 255,9 million Euros
07. (10) AC Milan 235,8 million Euros
08. (07) FC Liverpool 225,3 million Euros
09. (09) Inter Milan 224,8 million Euros
10. (08) Juventus Torino 205,0 million Euros
11. (19) Manchester City 152,8 million Euros
12. (15) Tottenham Hotspurs 146,3 million Euros
13. (11) Hamburger SV 146,2 million Euros
14. (13) Olympique Lyonnais 146,1 million Euros
15. (14) Olympique Marseille 141,1 million Euros
16. (16) FC Schalke 04 139,8 million Euros
17. (--) Atlético de Madrid 124,5 million Euros
18. (12) AS Roma 122,7 million Euros
19. (--) VfB Stuttgart 114,8 million Euros
20. (--) Aston Villa 109,4 million Euros