Deloitte Football Money League

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

Rankings for the 2006/07 season

The total revenue of the 20 richest clubs in the footballing world is now over a record €3.73 billion. No side could displace Real Madrid, who remain top of football's financial rankings for the third year running after seeing their revenues leap 20 percent to €351.8 million during the 2006/07 season.

Manchester United F.C. displaced FC Barcelona in second place, the Spanish club moving down to third. Chelsea F.C.'s revenue increase sees them return to the top five, into fourth place whilst Arsenal F.C.'s move to the Emirates Stadium transformed their revenues moving them up to fifth place. This marked the first time any country has had three clubs in the top five of the Money League. Revenues it got from winning the Champions league has already boosted that amount to more than $2 billion.

European champions AC Milan moved up to 6th place while runners-up Liverpool moved two places up to 8th. Italian champions FC Internazionale Milano moved down two places to 9th while FC Bayern Munich moved up a spot to 7th. Juventus FC's relegation into Serie B saw them move 9 places down to 13th place.

Manchester City, Glasgow Rangers, West Ham United and SL Benfica were replaced respectively by Scottish champions Celtic, Valencia CF, Olympique de Marseille and SV Werder Bremen.

Full listing

Rank	Club	Revenue (€ million)	Country
1.	Real Madrid	390.2	Spain
2.	Manchester Utd	315.2	England
3.	Barcelona	290.1	Spain
4.	Chelsea	283.0	England
5.	Arsenal	263.9	England
6.	AC Milan	227.2	Italy
7.	Bayern Munich	223.3	Germany
8.	Liverpool	198.9	England
9.	Inter	195.0	Italy
10.	Roma	157.6	Italy
11.	Tottenham	153.1	England
12.	Juventus	145.2	Italy
13.	Lyon	140.6	France
14.	Newcastle	129.4	England
15.	Hamburg	120.4	Germany
16.	Schalke 04	114.3	Germany
17.	Celtic	111.8	Scotland
18.	Valencia	107.6	Spain
19.	Marseille	99.0	France
20.	Werder Bremen	97.3	Germany

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. 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.

Full listing

Rank	Club	Revenue (€ million)	Country
1.	Real Madrid	292.2	Spain
2.	FC Barcelona	259.1	Spain
3.	Juventus	251.2	Italy
4.	Manchester Utd	242.6	England
5.	AC Milan	238.7	Italy
6.	Chelsea	221.0	England
7.	Inter	206.6	Italy
8.	Bayern Munich	204.7	Germany
9.	Arsenal	177.4	England
10.	Liverpool	176.0	England
11.	Lyon	127.7	France
12.	Roma	127.0	Italy
13.	Newcastle	124.3	England
14.	Schalke 04	122.9	Germany
15.	Tottenham	107.2	England
16.	Hamburg	101.8	Germany
17.	Manchester City	89.4	England
18.	Rangers	88.5	Scotland
19.	West Ham	86.9	England
20.	SL Benfica	85.1	Portugal

The ten leagues with the highest revenues

1 Premier League, England: $700 mln. average

2 Serie A, Italy: $490 mln.

3 Bundesliga, Germany: $389 mln.

4 La Liga, Spain: $275 mln.

5 Primera División de México, Mexico: $ 160 mln.

6 Ligue 1, France: $150 mln.

7 J. League, Japan: $129 mln.

8 Eredivisie, Netherlands: $125 mln.

9 The Championship, England: $125 mln.

10 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil: $124 mln.

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.

Full listing

Rank	Club	Income (€ million)	Country
1.	Real Madrid	275.7	Spain
2.	Manchester Utd	246.4	England
3.	AC Milan	234.0	Italy
4.	Juventus	229.4	Italy
5.	Chelsea	220.8	England
6.	Barcelona	207.9	Spain
7.	Bayern Munich	189.5	Germany
8.	Liverpool	181.2	England
9.	Inter	177.2	Italy
10.	Arsenal	171.3	England
11.	Roma	131.8	Italy
12.	Newcastle	128.9	England
13.	Tottenham	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

Comparative Table of Revenue (and Ranking)

Rank	Club	2006/7 (€ million)	2005/6 (€ million)	2004/5 (€ million)	Country
1.	Real Madrid	351.8	292.2 (1)	275.7 (1)	Spain
2.	Manchester Utd	315.4	242.6 (4)	246.4 (2)	England
3.	Barcelona	291.1	259.1 (2)	207.9 (6)	Spain
4.	Chelsea	284.4	221.0 (6)	220.8 (5)	England
5.	Arsenal	264.2	177.4 (9)	171.3 (10)	England
6.	AC Milan	227.7	238.7 (5)	234.0 (3)	Italy
7.	Bayern Munich	223.7	204.7 (8)	189.5 (7)	Germany
8.	Liverpool	202.1	176.0 (10)	181.2 (8)	England
9.	Inter	195.4	206.6 (7)	177.2 (9)	Italy
10.	Roma	157.7	127.0 (12)	131.8 (11)	Italy