Annual Review of Football Finance 2011
Record growth in Europe’s top five leagues boosted revenue in the continent’s soccer industry by 4 percent to an all-time high of 16.3 billion euros ($23.8 billion) in 2009-10. The “Big Five” had total revenue of 8.4 billion euros, a 5 percent increase over 2008-09, according to Deloitte.
| Rank | League | Revenue (€ billion) |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Premier League | 2.479 | England |
| 2. | Bundesliga | 1.664 | Germany |
| 3. | La Liga | 1.622 | Spain |
| 4. | Serie A | 1.532 | Italy |
| 5. | Ligue 1 | 1.072 | France |
In addition to that a total of €754.1m was distributed to clubs participating in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, with the two finalists, FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC, receiving the largest amounts. Barcelona's triumphant run to the title at Wembley in May earned them a total of €51m. Despite the loss, Manchester United got even more €53m.
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