He Real Madrid, With a total of 841 million euros, it is the club with the highest income, according to the latest report from UEFA in “European overview of club financing and investment”, where the Barcelona appears third with 815 and the Atlético de Madrid He is fifteenth with 371.
The document published this Wednesday shows that more than 700 European first division clubs have registered onetotal revenue of €23.9 billion in 202213% more than in 2021, and in 2023 the revenue of the 20 main clubs was 11.7 billion, representing a “very healthy” increase of 16% compared to the previous year.
The revenue mentioned is the latest data available at the end of the 2023 financial year, according to the UEFA study, where the City of Manchester English is second in this section (836 million), the PSG The French are fourth (807) and Manchester United, fifth (747).
Prepared with detailed analysis of more than 700 clubs by 2022 and the 132 largest UEFA participants in 2023, the document also reflects that Spain is the second country with the highest average and total collections, due to its high receipts at the box office, and Barcelona is the club that has raised the most, with 190 million euros, while Real Madrid is in fourth place, with 134.
UEFA reckons the data confirms how European club football is emerging from the pandemic, with growth across all revenue sources and interest in it having Breaking attendance records across Europe.
The strong level of acquisitions and club investments from around the world also continues to demonstrate investor confidence in European football and its unique appeal, which sustains analysis, highlighting the low level of insolvency. “This robust model underpins the vitality, stability and extraordinary growth of European football,” said its president, Alexander Ceferin.
This is the income statement:
1 – More than 700 European first division clubs recorded a total revenue of 23.9 billion euros in 202213% more than in 2021, a year affected by the pandemic, and 4% more than the record before the health crisis, which was 23,000 million in 2019.
2 -The forecast, according to the first statements of the clubs in 2023, is that the total income will exceed €26,000 million in that training. Between the 20 main clubs, they added 11.7 billion that year and enjoyed an increase of 16%.
3 – Real Madrid has the highest revenue figure (841 million). Also in the top 20 are Barcelona, third with 815, and Atlético de Madrid, fifteenth, with 371.
4 -On average, the income of the top 20 clubs increased by 15.2% in 2023 and only three clubs recorded a decrease in their income. The biggest increases in income in absolute terms were recorded by Barcelona (+176 million), PSG (+137), Milan (+126) and Naples (+120).
5 – The English Premier League generated 6.5 billion in 2022 and came out on top in most income categories. The League maintained its second position with a total revenue of 3.3 billion. Spain is second in income classification, with a total of 432 million, compared with 894 in England.
6 – Television revenues continue to be the most important polarizing factor. The combined number of more than 700 clubs will reach 8,000 million in 2022 from national football. Of these, the 20 Spanish clubs registered just over 1,400.
7 – All clubs have a record figure of 7.8 billion commercial revenue in 2022an increase of 14% compared to 2021. LaLiga clubs generated almost 860 million.
8 – Barcelona and Real Madrid are again among the top five in this section. Barça is second with 396 million and Real Madrid is fifth with 355. Atlético is thirteenth with 128.
Player salaries:
1 – In total, the clubs declared 12.8 billion in player salaries in 2022a figure that increased by 4.7% compared to 2021 and 13% relative to the pre-pandemic level in 2019.
2 – Spanish clubs spent just over 2,000 million euros in total.
3 – Barcelona is the second club that paid the biggest fees to its players in 2023, 505 million (including football and other sports). Real Madrid is fifth with 320 million, Atlético eleventh with 190 and Sevilla, twentieth with 135.
4 – Player salaries paid by the 20 clubs with the largest payrolls are reduced by 1.1% in total in 2023.
5 – The biggest drop in absolute terms was recorded by Real Madrid (142 million)PSG (97), Manchester United (88) and Juventus (72).
6 – Barcelona and Manchester City experienced big increases of 158 and 68 million euros, respectively.
7 – Salaries remain unsustainable in some leagues, as they absorb 89% of the revenue in French clubs, 88% in Belgian and Turkish clubs and 83% in Italian clubs. In contrast, they captured less than 60% of the revenue in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Sweden.
Cost chapter:
1 – The total cost of running clubs as a whole will reach 8,000 million in 2022 -an increase of 25%-. The biggest increases in absolute terms were recorded by Barcelona (142 million), Tottenham Hotspur (54) and Milan (53).
2 – Total operating losses are 900 million in 2022which represents a slight improvement compared to 1,000 million in 2020 and 2021.
3 – Barcelona is the exception of the yearas it recorded the second largest operating loss in history, with 179 million euros.
Transfer costs:
1 – Spanish clubs earn 251 million from transfers in 2022, compared to 793 of the English.
2 – Barcelona (with the highest historical profit of 423 million), English Brighton and Italian Naples achieved an exceptional total profit of more than 100 millionalthough Barça is due to profits from divestments.
3 – The Manchester United squad at the end of the 2023 financial year (before the summer 2023 transfer window) is the most expensive in history, with a combined value of €1,422 million. It surpassed Real Madrid in 2020 (1,332 million).
4 – English and Spanish clubs are responsible for more than two thirds of the increase of 5,510 million in accumulated debt in Europe between the end of 2019 and 2022.
5 – Spain is the third country with the most clubs (24) involved in multi-club investment structures.
Source: La Verdad
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