{"id":8373,"date":"2021-03-30T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/?p=8373"},"modified":"2022-03-31T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T09:41:44","slug":"revenues-of-europes-top-five-football-clubs-plunged-by-e670m-amid-pandemic-fc-barcelona-leads-with-a-e275m-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/2021\/03\/29\/revenues-of-europes-top-five-football-clubs-plunged-by-e670m-amid-pandemic-fc-barcelona-leads-with-a-e275m-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Revenues of Europe’s Top Five Football Clubs Plunged by \u20ac670M Amid Pandemic, FC Barcelona Leads with a \u20ac275M Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coronavirus lockdown has had a massive impact on the entire football industry. Despite broadcasters, club owners, and sponsors’ efforts to minimize the losses caused by postponed matches and empty stadiums, the COVID-19 lockdown still produced a costly financial hit.<\/p>\n

According to data gathered by Safe Betting Sites<\/a>, the combined revenues of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, FC Bayern Munich, Manchester United, and Liverpool FC, as Europe’s five biggest football clubs, plunged by \u20ac670 million in the 2019\/20 season.<\/p>\n

FC Barcelona Revenues Slumped by \u20ac275M, the Biggest Loss Among Top Five Clubs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The revenues of the European football clubs have soared in the last twenty years, primarily driven by a surge in broadcast rights values. In the season 2009\/10, profits of the big five European football leagues amounted to \u20ac8.4bn, revealed Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance 2020. Over the last decade, this figure grew by 115%, reaching \u20ac17bn in 2018\/2019.<\/p>\n

Europe’s top 20 football clubs generated almost 55% of that value, or \u20ac9.3bn, revealed the Deloitte Football Money League 2021.<\/p>\n

However, huge drops in broadcast and matchday profits triggered by the COVID-19 lockdown caused their combined revenues to fall to \u20ac8.2 billion in 2019\/20, down 12% on the prior season.<\/p>\n