Biography & Early Wealth Journey
While the club may not be finishing the season hoisting a trophy as often as fans may like, it has finished on top of one very important category for 11 years – revenue.
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Last season (2014-15) saw the club generate €577m (£439m; $630.8 million) in revenue. Commercial revenue saw an increase, as did game day revenue. When the club's home stadium, in Santiago Bernabéu, has finished current renovations, the club should see revenue continue to increase in the years to come.
Primary Income Streams & Multi-Million Contracts
Overall, revenue for the top 20 teams rose 8 percent to €6.6 billion ($7.2 billion). AS Roma enjoyed the biggest increase over the previous season, with its revenue rising 42 percent to €180.4 million. For the first time, the top three teams generated over €500m in revenue.
A record nine teams in the top 20 are from the Premier League (English professional league for men's clubs). The top 20 teams, all from Europe's big five leagues (Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and the UK), are as follows:
- Real Madrid: €577 million
- Barcelona: €560.8 million
- Man Utd: €519.5 million
- Paris Saint Germain; €480.8 million
- Bayern Munich: €474 million
- Manchester City: €463.5 million
- Arsenal: €435.5 million
- Chelsea: €420 million
- Liverpool: €391.8 million
- Juventus: €323.9 million
- Borussia Dortmund: € 280.6 million
- Tottenham Spur: €257.5 million
- Schalke 04: €219.7 million
- AC Milan: €199.1 million
- Atletico de Madrid: €187.1 million
- AS Roma: €180.4 million
- Newcastle United: €169.3 million
- Everton: €165.1 million
- Internazionale: €164.8 million
- West Ham United: €160.9 million