Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs

This is a list of the richest football clubs in the world as ranked by Forbes magazine on their worth in United States dollars.

Contents

2011 rankings

Rankings as of 20 April 2011.[1]

Rank Team Country Value ($M)[2] % change
on year		 Revenue ($M)
1 Manchester United England 1,864 1 428
2 Real Madrid Spain 1,451 10 537
3 Arsenal England 1,192 1 336
4 Bayern Munich Germany 1,048 6 396
5 Barcelona Spain 975 -2 488
6 Milan Italy 838 5 289
7 Chelsea England 658 2 313
8 Juventus Italy 628 -4 251
9 Liverpool England 552 -33 276
10 Internazionale Italy 441 7 275
11 Tottenham Hotspur England 412 11 179
12 Schalke Germany 377 -2 171
13 Lyon France 358 8 179
14 Hamburg Germany 340 3 179
15 Manchester City England 291 13 153
16 Stuttgart Germany 281 0 141
17 Werder Bremen Germany 279 2 147
18 Marseille France 277 6 173
19 Atlético Madrid Spain 275 6 153
20 Borussia Dortmund Germany 260 -1 124

2010 rankings

Rankings as of April 2010.[3][4]

Rank Team Country Value ($M)[2] Debt as
% of value[5]		 % change
on year		 Revenue ($M) Operating
income ($m)[6]
1 Manchester United England 1,835 46 -2 459 150
2 Real Madrid Spain 1,323 54 -2 563 130
3 Arsenal England 1,181 41 -2 369 102
4 Barcelona Spain 1,000 58 4 513 113
5 Bayern Munich Germany 990 14 -11 406 61
6 Liverpool England 822 47 -19 304 37
7 Milan Italy 800 0 -19 276 41
8 Juventus Italy 656 3 9 285 57
9 Chelsea England 646 8 -19 340 -73
10 Internazionale Italy 413 0 12 276 -14
11 Schalke Germany 384 50 -25 175 -7
12 Tottenham Hotspur England 372 29 -16 186 35
13 Lyon France 333 10 -21 196 5
14 Hamburg Germany 329 0 0 206 41
15 Roma Italy 308 0 -19 205 25
16 Werder Bremen Germany 274 0 -6 161 24
17 Marseille France 262 0 9 187 19
18 Borussia Dortmund Germany 261 32 -20 145 8
19 Manchester City England 258 0 -17 143 -56
20 Newcastle United England 198 8 -30 142 -49

2009 rankings

Rankings as of April 2009.[7]

Rank Team Country Value ($M)[2] Debt as
% of value[5]		 % change
on year		 Revenue ($M) Operating
income ($m)[6]
1 Manchester United England 1,870 54 4 512 160
2 Real Madrid Spain 1,353 23 5 576 81
3 Arsenal England 1,200 107 0 349 80
4 Bayern Munich Germany 1,110 0 21 465 59
5 Liverpool England 1,010 59 -4 332 50
6 Milan Italy 990 0 24 330 58
7 Barcelona Spain 960 43 22 487 108
8 Chelsea England 800 92 5 424 -13
9 Juventus Italy 600 5 18 264 46
10 Schalke Germany 510 38 9 234 41
11 Tottenham Hotspur England 445 29 12 228 70
12 Lyon France 423 18 4 245 94
13 Roma Italy 381 9 -12 276 69
14 Internazionale Italy 370 77 -8 272 27
15 Hamburg Germany 330 0 13 202 44
16 Borussia Dortmund Germany 325 33 1 183 9
17 Manchester City England 310 0 62 164 -16
18 Werder Bremen Germany 292 0 12 177 27
19 Newcastle United England 285 96 -5 198 -13
20 Stuttgart Germany 264 0 not reported 176 18
21 Aston Villa England 240 10 26 150 1
21 Marseille France 240 0 28 200 20
23 Celtic Scotland 218 14 -4 145 11
24 Everton England 207 49 5 151 14
25 Rangers Scotland 194 86 not reported 128 15

2008 rankings

This is the April 2008 list.[8]

Rank Team Country Value ($M)[2] Debt as
%of value[5]		 % change
on year		 Revenue ($M) Operating
income($m)[6]
1 Manchester United England 1,800 60 24 394 111
2 Real Madrid Spain 1,285 27 24 474 112
3 Arsenal England 1,200 43 31 329 77
4 Liverpool England 1,050 65 131 269 60
5 Bayern Munich Germany 917 0 9 302 72
6 Milan Italy 798 0 -3 307 54
7 Barcelona Spain 784 27 47 392 92
8 Chelsea England 764 0 42 382 -5
9 Juventus Italy 510 5 -10 196 35
10 Schalke Germany 470 48 0 154 36
11 Roma Italy 434 12 94 213 48
12 Tottenham Hotspur England 414 15 70 207 64
13 Lyon France 408 7 19 190 15
14 Internazionale Italy 403 0 -27 207 21
15 Borussia Dortmund Germany 323 57 63 122 31
16 Newcastle United England 300 43 16 175 12
17 Hamburg Germany 293 0 32 163 41
18 Werder Bremen Germany 262 0 n/a 131 11
19 Valencia Spain 254 159 31 145 -45
20 Celtic Scotland 227 11 23 151 48
21 Everton England 197 30 24 103 -1
22 West Ham United England 195 23 25 115 -22
23 Manchester City England 191 63 -8 114 27
24 Aston Villa England 190 12 36 106 -40
25 Marseille France 187 0 19 134 13

2007 rankings

This is the March 2007 list.

# Team Country Value ($M)[2] Debt as
%of value[5]		 % change
on year		 Revenue ($M) Operating
income($m)[6]
1 Manchester United England 1,453 84 6 310 92
2 Real Madrid Spain 1,036 10 2 374 83
3 Arsenal England 915 53 9 246 20
4 Bayern Munich Germany 838 0 9 262 62
5 Milan Italy 824 0 -10 305 46
6 Juventus Italy 567 17 -18 321 45
7 Internazionale Italy 555 n/a 10 264 26
8 Chelsea England 537 28 6 283 -37
9 Barcelona Spain 535 12 22 331 12
10 Schalke Germany 471 53 45 157 37
11 Liverpool England 454 18 28 225 37
12 Lyon France 343 n/a 65 163 10
13 Newcastle United England 260 46 -14 159 11
14 Tottenham Hotspur England 243 0 27 137 9
15 Roma Italy 224 0 -15 162 53
16 Hamburg Germany 221 n/a n/a 130 31
17 Manchester City England 208 83 -6 114 9
18 Borussia Dortmund Germany 199 126 61 114 1
19 Ajax Netherlands 196 0 13 95 9
20 Celtic Scotland 185 14 18 106 -8
21 Everton England 165 32 34 107 -15
22 Marseille France 157 n/a n/a 105 6
23 West Ham United England 156 27 n/a 111 6
24 Rangers Scotland 147 7 32 113 12
25 Aston Villa England 140 16 16 91 -21

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Dan Bigman (20 April 2011). "The World’s Most Valuable Soccer Teams". Forbes. Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/20/worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams_slide.html. Retrieved 29 May 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Estimated by Forbes based on past transactions, market value, debt, and stadium.
  3. ^ Article on Forbes Website
  4. ^ 2010 Soccer Team Valuations
  5. ^ a b c d Includes stadium debt
  6. ^ a b c d Revenue before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
  7. ^ 2009 Soccer Team Valuations
  8. ^ 2008 Soccer Team Valuations
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