The Premier League, in addition to being the most valuable organization in football, also stands out as the European league that raised the most revenue in the 22/23 season.
Although its sporting and financial power means that it is also reflected in the club environment, to the point that the Manchester City It has operating income of US$893 million, the Citizens were recently surpassed by the Real Madrid, with US$897 million, emerging as the global leader in world football.
As confirmed by the 32nd edition of our report “Annual Review of Football Finance”, which analyzes the economic and commercial impact generated by the main football leagues in Europe, the Premier League It continues to be the first competition in revenue, with almost US$6.97 billion and an increase of 12% compared to the previous season.
The league managed to overcome the effects of the pandemic and once again became the second football competition with the highest income during the 2021/2022 season, a position that was taken away by the Bundesliga two seasons ago.
The league experienced significant growth of 11% last season, exceeding US$3,599 million in revenue. The return of the public to the stadiums allowed the competition to generate US$442 million euros in box office revenue, that is, US$381 million more than the previous season.
In this way he displaced the Bundesliga which reaches US$ 3,480 million and a 5% increase. Fourthly, there are the Calcium Italian with US$2,529 million, which makes it the only country in the major leagues that registers a decrease, in this case of -7%, due to the depreciation of national and international broadcasting contracts.
Fifthly, there is the French Ligue 1 which registers a strong growth of 26%, reaching US$2,161 million in revenue, a strong growth motivated mainly by commercial income (US$325 million, 39% more), with Olympique de Marseille (US$105 million ) and PSG (US$48.6 million) responsible for 47% of this increase.
The European football market grew by 7% to US$31.9 billion during the 2021/22 season, due to commercial revenue and record matchdays.
Led by the “big five leagues”, improved financial performance across all European leagues resulted in 7% growth in terms of European football market revenue (although the previous year was affected by the pandemic).
The “big five” European leagues generated record aggregate revenues of $18.59 billion, surpassing the pre-pandemic benchmark of $18.4 billion set in 2018/19, driven by growth of $880.7 million in business income during that period.
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The 2022/23 season witnessed substantial revenue growth for all champions, indicating positive signs of a full return to normalcy after the pandemic. Matchday revenue contributed significantly to this notable improvement: the eight champions recorded stadium revenue in excess of $713 million (17% of combined total operating revenue in 2022/23, compared to 12% recorded by the champions) in 2021/22).
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According to the eighth edition of the “European Champions Report”, the annual publication of “Football Benchmark”, he Manchester City led the group in total operating income ($893 million), but broadening the perspective beyond the eight champions. However, in recent months, Real Madrid surpassed them with $897 million, emerging as the global leader in world soccer.
Naples experienced the largest year-over-year percentage improvement in revenue (+79%), driven by its most successful last season.
On the cost side, Barcelona recorded the highest growth in personnel costs (+39% year-on-year), reaching US$690.5 million. On the contrary, the Paris Saint-Germain reduced its personnel costs to $685 million (-13% year-on-year), improving its cost-income ratio from 109% to 79%, a significant reduction also necessary in view of the introduction of the Squad Cost Ratio included in the new Sustainability regulations UEFA Financial.
On the benefits side, the Barcelona took the lead with record profits (+US$328.5 million), driven by extraordinary transactions. These included the sale of an additional 15% of future national television rights to Sixth Street and the sale of 49% of Barça Studios to Socios.com and Orpheus Media.
Source: Ambito
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