Top 10 Richest Football Clubs In The World

No.1 Manchester
United
Current Value: $1.86 billion
Revenues: $428 million
Country: England
League: Barclays Premier League
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
Glazer family
Stadium: Old Trafford (Seating
Capacity: 76,000)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): 2%
Most valuable and profitable (as
measured by earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization) sports team in the
world. Powerful global brand
with 333 million supporters
worldwide, including 193 million
in Asia, and 9.5 million Facebook
fans. Commercial revenue of
$122 million growing at double-
digit annual rate thanks to new
deals with Turkish Airlines,
Betfair and several
telecommunications companies.
Value of Red Devils up 12% past
year in local currency.
No.2 Real Madrid
Current Value: $1,4 billion
Revenues: $537 million
Country: Spain
League: Liga BBVA
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
club members
Stadium: Estadio Santiago
Bernabeu (Seating
Capacity:80,400)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): 10%
Los Blancos generated the
second-most revenue (behind
the New York Yankees) of any
sports team on the planet last
year, $537 million.
No.3 Arsenal
Current Value: $1.19 billion
Revenues: $336 million
Country: England
League: Barclays Premier League
Owner/Majority Shareholder: E.
Stanley Kroenke
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
(Seating Capacity:60,400)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): 1%
Inked multi-year deal in late 2010
with YES Network, largest
regional sports channel in U.S., to
televise games on tape delay as
well as magazine shows.
No.4 Bayern Munich
Current Value: $1 billion
Revenues: $396 million
Country: Germany
League: German Bundesliga
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
club members
Stadium: Allianz Arena (Seating
Capacity:69,000)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): 6%
Won the domestic league and
German Cup double last season
and reached Champions League
final where they lost to Inter
Milan.
No.5 Barcelona
Current Value: $975 million
Revenues: $488 million
Country: Spain
League: Liga BBVA
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
club members
Stadium: Camp Nou (Seating
Capacity:98,800)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): -2%
Debt-saddled team’s lucrative
broadcasting deal with financially
distressed MidiaPro in jeopardy.
No.6 AC Milan
Current Value: $838 million
Revenues: $289 million
Country: Italy
League: Serie A TIM
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
Silvio Berlusconi
Stadium: San Siro (Seating
Capacity:80,100)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): 5%
Drop in average attendance of
15,000 per game at San Siro
resulted in match day revenue
decreasing 6% last season.
No.7 Chelsea
Current Value: $658 million
Revenues: $313 million
Country: England
League: Barclays Premier League
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
Roman Abramovich
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
(Seating Capacity:42,500)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): 2%
Two years ago Roman
Abramovich moved his 726
million-euro loan to his team to
his holding company Chelsea
Limited. Even though the loans
from the holding company were
converted to equity by the team
last year we include the debt in
our leverage figures because it is
still repayable to Abramovich,
who owns both entities.
No.8 Juventus
Current Value: $628 million
Revenues: $251 million
Country: Italy
League: Serie A TIM
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
Agnelli family
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di
Torino (Seating Capacity:27,500)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): -4%
The Old Lady is moving into a
new, privately financed 105
million-euro stadium next season
that will seat 41,000, 49% more
than the current stadium.
No.9 Liverpool
Current Value: $552 million
Revenues: $276 million
Country: England
League: Barclays Premier League
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
John Henry, Tom Werner
Stadium: Anfield (Seating
Capacity:45,300)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): -33%
New England Sports Ventures
paid $476 million to buy the
debt-laden team from Tom Hicks
and George Gillett in October.
No.10 Inter Milan
Current Value: $441 million
Revenues: $275 million
Country: Italy
League: Serie A TIM
Owner/Majority Shareholder:
Massimo Moratti
Stadium: San Siro (Seating
Capacity:80,100)
1-yr Value Change (U.S.): 7%
Massimo Moratti has injected an
estimated $100 million into his
team during the past three years
to fund operating losses.