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Top 10: The richest football clubs

Real Madrid ahead of Manchester United and Bayern Munich: These are the three top football clubs in the world.



The accountants of Deloitte have drawn up a list of the highest-ranking soccer clubs under the title "Football Money League 2015". The basis was the annual financial statements 2013/14 of the largest football clubs in Europe.


Real Madrid is the richest football club


Real Madrid, with a record turnover of 549.5 million euros, ranks first in the ranking list. Manchester United (518.0 million euros) and FC Bayern München (487.5 million euros) will follow each other at a considerable distance.

The English Premier League, with five clubs, is half of the top 10 of the richest football clubs in 2015. The Bundesliga is only represented with FC Bayern, while Borussia Dortmund is ranked 11th with EUR 261.5 million.



placeClubRevenue (million)
1real Madrid€ 549.5
2Manchester United€ 518.0
3Bayern Munich€ 487.5
4FC Barcelona€ 484.6
5Paris Saint Germain€ 474.2
6Manchester City€ 414.4
7Chelsea FC€ 387.9
8thFC Arsenal€ 359.3
9Liverpool FC€ 305.9
10Juventus Torino€ 279.4

Not counting the ranking of the "richest" soccer clubs is how much money the clubs really have on the high edge (the famous "cash money account" of the Bavarians). It must be noted that sales are ≠ cash flow.

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