The most valuable football clubs in 2021

Football has been a very fascinating game. Recently, it has attracted big investments and money. In this article, we take a look at some of the most valuable football clubs.

1. Barcelona (€715.1 million)

The history of Futbol Club Barcelona begins from the football club’s founding in 1899 up until the present day. FC Barcelona, also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The number one in the Deloitte 2021 Football Money League rankings is FC Barcelona, who narrowly edged their arch-rivals Real Madrid by €0.2 million. It is the fourth-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $4.06 billion, and the world’s second-richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €690.4 million.

2. Real Madrid (€714.9 million)

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. The defending La Liga champions are arguably the most commercially successful football club of the 21st century, thanks to the ‘Galactico’ transfer policy of their president Florentino Perez. That saw several big-name players like Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckam and Gareth Bale, to name a few, join the club.

3. Bayern Munich (€634.1 million)

FC Bayern München, FCB, Bayern Munich, or FC Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Bayern is the most successful club in German football history, having won a record 31 national titles, including nine consecutively since 2013, and 20 national cups, along with numerous European honours. Bayern Munich were one of the top three earners in the financial year ending 2019-20. Their commerical income (€360 million) was their highest income source, followed by broadcasting and match-day income.

4. Manchester United (€580.4 million)

Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Manchester United have been one of the most commercially successful clubs in English football over the past few decades.

5. Liverpool (€558.6 million)

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Last FY, Liverpool’s highest source of revenue was commercial income (€243.4 million), which was more than three times what they had earned a decade ago.