The latest edition of the Deloitte Football Money League Report, published last week, shows that FC Barcelona earned the highest revenue among all football clubs in 2019: At €840 million, it added an impressive €150 million, or 18%, over 2018. Commercial revenues for a football club are essentially high-margin sources of revenue such as the sale of merchandise, stadium rights, advertisement and promotions. A football club’s revenues can be broken down broadly into three overarching categories — commercial, broadcast and matchday. For instance, Barcelona’s revenue from commercial operations is €20 million more than La Liga rival Atletico Madrid’s entire revenue for the 2018-19 season. In 2018-19, for the top five revenue earners, commercial revenues accounted for 49% of their revenues.

Source: Mint January 23, 2020 16:52 UTC