Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs
This is a list of the richest association football clubs in the world as ranked by Forbes magazine on their worth in U.S. dollars.
Current ranking
As of 12 June 2018[1]
Rank | Team | Country | Value
In millions |
Debt as % of value[2] |
% change on year |
Revenue ($M) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 4,123 | 18 | 12 | 737 | |
2 | Real Madrid | 4,088 | 2 | 14 | 735 | |
3 | Barcelona | 4,064 | 1 | 12 | 706 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 3,063 | 0 | 13 | 640 | |
5 | Manchester City | 2,474 | 0 | 19 | 575 | |
6 | Arsenal | 2,238 | 12 | 16 | 531 | |
7 | Chelsea | 2,000 | 0 | 12 | 466 | |
8 | Liverpool | 1,944 | 5 | 30 | 462 | |
9 | Juventus | 1,472 | 6 | 17 | 442 | |
10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1,237 | 19 | 17 | 387 | |
11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 917 | 0 | 16 | 529 | |
12 | Borussia Dortmund | 901 | 0 | 12 | 362 | |
13 | Atlético Madrid | 848 | 3 | 16 | 297 | |
14 | West Ham United | 754 | 8 | 19 | 232 | |
15 | Schalke 04 | 707 | 11 | 12 | 251 | |
16 | Roma | 618 | 44 | 9 | 191 | |
17 | A.C. Milan | 612 | 101 | -24 | 213 | |
18 | Inter Milan | 606 | 58 | 13 | 285 | |
19 | Leicester City | 500 | 0 | 21 | 295 | |
20 | Napoli | 471 | 0 | 24 | 219 |
Historical rankings
2017 rankings
As of 1 June 2017[3]
Rank | Team | Country | Value
In millions |
Debt as % of value[4] |
% change on year |
Revenue ($M) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 3,690 | 6 | 11 | 850 | |
2 | Barcelona | 3,635 | 6 | 2 | 688 | |
3 | Real Madrid | 3,580 | 3 | -2 | 688 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 2,713 | 0 | 1 | 657 | |
5 | Manchester City | 2,083 | 5 | 8 | 650 | |
6 | Arsenal | 1,932 | 16 | -4 | 572 | |
7 | Chelsea | 1,845 | 0 | 11 | 583 | |
8 | Liverpool | 1,492 | 7 | -4 | 523 | |
9 | Juventus | 1,258 | 7 | -3 | 379 | |
10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1,058 | 17 | 4 | 377 | |
11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 841 | 0 | 3 | 578 | |
12 | Borussia Dortmund | 808 | 0 | -3 | 315 | |
13 | A.C. Milan | 802 | 73 | -3 | 238 | |
14 | Atlético Madrid | 732 | 9 | 16 | 234 | |
15 | West Ham United | 634 | 11 | 17 | 213 | |
16 | Schalke 04 | 629 | 7 | -4 | 249 | |
17 | Roma | 569 | 3 | -2 | 242 | |
18 | Inter Milan | 537 | 37 | -4 | 199 | |
19 | Leicester City | 413 | 0 | - | 191 | |
20 | Napoli | 379 | 0 | -4 | 158 |
2016 rankings
As of 1 May 2016[5]
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | Debt as % of value[4] |
% change on year |
Revenue ($M) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 3,645 | 3 | 12 | 694 | |
2 | Barcelona | 3,549 | 2 | 12 | 675 | |
3 | Manchester United | 3,317 | 20 | 7 | 625 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 2,678 | 0 | 14 | 570 | |
5 | Arsenal | 2,017 | 17 | 54 | 524 | |
6 | Manchester City | 1,921 | 0 | 40 | 558 | |
7 | Chelsea | 1,661 | 0 | 21 | 505 | |
8 | Liverpool | 1,548 | 5 | 58 | 471 | |
9 | Juventus | 1,299 | 4 | 55 | 390 | |
10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1,017 | 2 | 69 | 310 | |
11 | Borussia Dortmund | 836 | 0 | 19 | 338 | |
12 | A.C. Milan | 825 | 32 | 6 | 240 | |
13 | Paris Saint-Germain | 814 | 0 | 28 | 578 | |
14 | Schalke 04 | 655 | 21 | 15 | 264 | |
15 | Atlético Madrid | 633 | 22 | 45 | 225 | |
16 | Inter Milan | 559 | 43 | 27 | 198 | |
17 | West Ham United | 542 | 6 | 76 | 194 | |
18 | Roma | 508 | 36 | N/A | 217 | |
19 | Napoli | 396 | 0 | 12 | 151 | |
20 | Newcastle United | 383 | 0 | 10 | 104 |
2015 rankings
As of 6 May 2015[7]
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | Debt as % of value[8] |
% change on year |
Revenue ($M) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 3,260 | 4 | -5 | 746 | |
2 | Barcelona | 3,160 | 3 | -1 | 657 | |
3 | Manchester United | 3,100 | 20 | 10 | 703 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 2,350 | 0 | 27 | 661 | |
5 | Manchester City | 1,380 | 0 | 60 | 562 | |
6 | Chelsea | 1,370 | 0 | 58 | 526 | |
7 | Arsenal | 1,310 | 30 | -2 | 487 | |
8 | Liverpool | 982 | 10 | 39 | 415 | |
9 | Juventus | 837 | 9 | -2 | 379 | |
10 | A.C. Milan | 775 | 44 | -9 | 339 | |
11 | Borussia Dortmund | 700 | 6 | 17 | 355 | |
12 | Paris Saint-Germain | 634 | 0 | 53 | 643 | |
13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 600 | 9 | 17 | 293 | |
14 | Schalke 04 | 572 | 0 | -1 | 290 | |
15 | Inter Milan | 439 | 56 | -9 | 222 | |
16 | Atlético Madrid | 436 | 53 | 33 | 231 | |
17 | Napoli | 353 | 0 | 19 | 224 | |
18 | Newcastle United | 349 | 0 | N/A | 210 | |
19 | West Ham United | 309 | 12 | N/A | 186 | |
20 | Galatasaray | 294 | 17 | -15 | 220 |
2014 rankings
As of 15 July 2014[9]
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | % change on year |
Revenue ($M) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 3,440 | 4 | 675 | |
2 | Barcelona | 3,200 | 23 | 627 | |
3 | Manchester United | 2,810 | -11 | 551 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 1,850 | 41 | 561 | |
5 | Arsenal | 1,331 | 0 | 370 | |
6 | Chelsea | 868 | -4 | 394 | |
7 | Manchester City | 863 | 25 | 411 | |
8 | A.C. Milan | 856 | -9 | 343 | |
9 | Juventus | 850 | 22 | 354 | |
10 | Liverpool | 704 | 8 | 313 | |
11 | Borussia Dortmund | 599 | 31 | 333 | |
12 | Schalke 04 | 580 | 16 | 258 | |
13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 514 | -1 | 224 | |
14 | Inter Milan | 483 | 20 | 219 | |
15 | Paris Saint-Germain | 415 | N/A | 518 | |
16 | Galatasaray | 347 | N/A | 204 | |
17 | Atlético Madrid | 328 | 33 | 156 | |
18 | Hamburg | 326 | 9 | 176 | |
19 | Roma | 307 | 19 | 162 | |
20 | Napoli | 296 | -10 | 156 |
2013 rankings
As of 17 April 2013[10]
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | % change on year |
Revenue ($M) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 3,300 | 76 | 650 | |
2 | Manchester United | 3,165 | 61 | 502 | |
3 | Barcelona | 2,600 | 99 | 613 | |
4 | Arsenal | 1,326 | 3 | 368 | |
5 | Bayern Munich | 1,309 | 6 | 468 | |
6 | A.C. Milan | 945 | -4 | 326 | |
7 | Chelsea | 901 | 18 | 409 | |
8 | Juventus | 694 | 17 | 248 | |
9 | Manchester City | 689 | 56 | 362 | |
10 | Liverpool | 651 | 5 | 296 | |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 520 | -8 | 226 | |
12 | Schalke 04 | 498 | -15 | 221 | |
13 | Borussia Dortmund | 436 | 11 | 240 | |
14 | Inter Milan | 401 | -18 | 236 | |
15 | Lyon | 368 | -4 | 167 | |
16 | Corinthians | 358 | - | 119 | |
17 | Napoli | 330 | 17 | 188 | |
18 | Hamburg | 300 | -15 | 154 | |
19 | Marseille | 285 | -18 | 167 | |
20 | Newcastle United | 263 | 9 | 146 |
2012 rankings
As of 19 April 2012[11]
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | % change on year |
Revenue ($M) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 1,965 | 5 | 532 | |
2 | Real Madrid | 1,877 | 34 | 695 | |
3 | Barcelona | 1,307 | 34 | 653 | |
4 | Arsenal | 1,292 | 8 | 364 | |
5 | Bayern Munich | 1,235 | 12 | 466 | |
6 | A.C. Milan | 989 | 18 | 341 | |
7 | Chelsea | 761 | 16 | 362 | |
8 | Liverpool | 619 | 12 | 295 | |
9 | Juventus | 591 | -6 | 223 | |
10 | Schalke 04 | 587 | 56 | 293 | |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 564 | 37 | 262 | |
12 | Inter Milan | 490 | 11 | 307 | |
13 | Manchester City | 443 | 52 | 246 | |
14 | Borussia Dortmund | 394 | 52 | 197 | |
15 | Lyon | 385 | 8 | 193 | |
16 | Hamburg | 355 | 4 | 187 | |
17 | Roma | 354 | 38 | 208 | |
18 | Marseille | 349 | 26 | 218 | |
19 | Valencia | 288 | - | 186 | |
20 | Napoli | 283 | - | 167 |
2011 rankings
As of 20 April 2011[12]
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | % change on year |
Revenue ($M) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 1,864 | 1 | 428 | |
2 | Real Madrid | 1,400 | 10 | 537 | |
3 | Arsenal | 1,200 | 1 | 336 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 1,100 | 6 | 396 | |
5 | Barcelona | 975 | -2 | 488 | |
6 | A.C. Milan | 838 | 5 | 289 | |
7 | Chelsea | 658 | 2 | 313 | |
8 | Juventus | 628 | -4 | 251 | |
9 | Liverpool | 552 | -33 | 276 | |
10 | Inter Milan | 441 | 7 | 275 | |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 412 | 11 | 179 | |
12 | Schalke | 377 | -2 | 171 | |
13 | Lyon | 358 | 8 | 179 | |
14 | Hamburg | 340 | 3 | 179 | |
15 | Manchester City | 291 | 13 | 153 | |
16 | Stuttgart | 281 | 0 | 141 | |
17 | Werder Bremen | 279 | 2 | 147 | |
18 | Marseille | 277 | 6 | 173 | |
19 | Atlético Madrid | 275 | 6 | 153 | |
20 | Borussia Dortmund | 260 | -1 | 124 |
2010 rankings
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | Debt as % of value[15] |
% change on year |
Revenue ($M) | Operating income ($m)[16] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 1,835 | 46 | -2 | 459 | 150 | |
2 | Real Madrid | 1,323 | 54 | -2 | 563 | 130 | |
3 | Arsenal | 1,181 | 41 | -2 | 369 | 102 | |
4 | Barcelona | 1,000 | 58 | 4 | 513 | 113 | |
5 | Bayern Munich | 990 | 14 | -11 | 406 | 61 | |
6 | Liverpool | 822 | 47 | -19 | 304 | 37 | |
7 | A.C. Milan | 800 | 0 | -19 | 276 | 41 | |
8 | Juventus | 656 | 3 | 9 | 285 | 57 | |
9 | Chelsea | 646 | 8 | -19 | 340 | -73 | |
10 | Inter Milan | 413 | 0 | 12 | 276 | -14 | |
11 | Schalke | 384 | 50 | -25 | 175 | -7 | |
12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 372 | 29 | -16 | 186 | 35 | |
13 | Lyon | 333 | 10 | -21 | 196 | 5 | |
14 | Hamburg | 329 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 41 | |
15 | Roma | 308 | 0 | -19 | 205 | 25 | |
16 | Werder Bremen | 274 | 0 | -6 | 161 | 24 | |
17 | Marseille | 262 | 0 | 9 | 187 | 19 | |
18 | Borussia Dortmund | 261 | 32 | -20 | 145 | 8 | |
19 | Manchester City | 258 | 0 | -17 | 143 | -56 | |
20 | Newcastle United | 198 | 8 | -30 | 142 | -49 |
2009 rankings
As of April 2009[17]
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | Debt as % of value[15] |
% change on year |
Revenue ($M) | Operating income ($m)[16] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 1,870 | 54 | 4 | 512 | 160 | |
2 | Real Madrid | 1,353 | 23 | 5 | 576 | 81 | |
3 | Arsenal | 1,200 | 107 | 0 | 349 | 80 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 1,110 | 0 | 21 | 465 | 59 | |
5 | Liverpool | 1,010 | 59 | -4 | 332 | 50 | |
6 | A.C. Milan | 990 | 0 | 24 | 330 | 58 | |
7 | Barcelona | 960 | 43 | 22 | 487 | 108 | |
8 | Chelsea | 800 | 92 | 5 | 424 | -13 | |
9 | Juventus | 600 | 5 | 18 | 264 | 46 | |
10 | Schalke | 510 | 38 | 9 | 234 | 41 | |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 445 | 29 | 12 | 228 | 70 | |
12 | Lyon | 423 | 18 | 4 | 245 | 94 | |
13 | Roma | 381 | 9 | -12 | 276 | 69 | |
14 | Inter Milan | 370 | 77 | -8 | 272 | 27 | |
15 | Hamburg | 330 | 0 | 13 | 202 | 44 | |
16 | Borussia Dortmund | 325 | 33 | 1 | 183 | 9 | |
17 | Manchester City | 310 | 0 | 62 | 164 | -16 | |
18 | Werder Bremen | 292 | 0 | 12 | 177 | 27 | |
19 | Newcastle United | 285 | 96 | -5 | 198 | -13 | |
20 | Stuttgart | 264 | 0 | not reported | 176 | 18 | |
21 | Aston Villa | 240 | 10 | 26 | 150 | 1 | |
21 | Marseille | 240 | 0 | 28 | 200 | 20 | |
23 | Celtic | 218 | 14 | -4 | 145 | 11 | |
24 | Everton | 207 | 49 | 5 | 151 | 14 | |
25 | Rangers | 194 | 86 | not reported | 128 | 15 |
2008 rankings
As of April 2008[18]
Rank | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | Debt as %of value[15] |
% change on year |
Revenue ($M) | Operating income($m)[16] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 1,800 | 60 | 24 | 394 | 111 | |
2 | Real Madrid | 1,285 | 27 | 24 | 474 | 112 | |
3 | Arsenal | 1,200 | 43 | 31 | 329 | 77 | |
4 | Liverpool | 1,050 | 65 | 131 | 269 | 60 | |
5 | Bayern Munich | 917 | 0 | 9 | 302 | 72 | |
6 | A.C. Milan | 798 | 0 | -3 | 307 | 54 | |
7 | Barcelona | 784 | 27 | 47 | 392 | 92 | |
8 | Chelsea | 764 | 0 | 42 | 382 | -5 | |
9 | Juventus | 510 | 5 | -10 | 196 | 35 | |
10 | Schalke | 470 | 48 | 0 | 154 | 36 | |
11 | Roma | 434 | 12 | 94 | 213 | 48 | |
12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 414 | 15 | 70 | 207 | 64 | |
13 | Lyon | 408 | 7 | 19 | 190 | 15 | |
14 | Inter Milan | 403 | 0 | -27 | 207 | 21 | |
15 | Borussia Dortmund | 323 | 57 | 63 | 122 | 31 | |
16 | Newcastle United | 300 | 43 | 16 | 175 | 12 | |
17 | Hamburg | 293 | 0 | 32 | 163 | 41 | |
18 | Werder Bremen | 262 | 0 | n/a | 131 | 11 | |
19 | Valencia | 254 | 159 | 31 | 145 | -45 | |
20 | Celtic | 227 | 11 | 23 | 151 | 48 | |
21 | Everton | 197 | 30 | 24 | 103 | -1 | |
22 | West Ham United | 195 | 23 | 25 | 115 | -22 | |
23 | Manchester City | 191 | 63 | -8 | 114 | 27 | |
24 | Aston Villa | 190 | 12 | 36 | 106 | -40 | |
25 | Marseille | 187 | 0 | 19 | 134 | 13 |
- Manchester United increased from $1.2 billion to $1.8 billion still remaining at top. While Real Madrid remains second due to an increase of $400 million. Arsenal also remain third after an approximate increase of $350 million.
2007 rankings
This is the list released in March 2007.
# | Team | Country | Value ($M)[6] | Debt as %of value[15] |
% change on year |
Revenue ($M) | Operating income($m)[16] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 1,453 | 84 | 6 | 310 | 92 | |
2 | Real Madrid | 1,036 | 10 | 2 | 000 | 83 | |
3 | Arsenal | 915 | 53 | 9 | 246 | 20 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 838 | 0 | 9 | 262 | 62 | |
5 | A.C. Milan | 824 | 0 | -10 | 305 | 46 | |
6 | Juventus | 567 | 17 | -18 | 321 | 45 | |
7 | Inter Milan | 555 | n/a | 10 | 264 | 26 | |
8 | Chelsea | 537 | 28 | 6 | 283 | -37 | |
9 | Barcelona | 535 | 12 | 22 | 331 | 12 | |
10 | Schalke | 471 | 53 | 45 | 157 | 37 | |
11 | Liverpool | 454 | 18 | 28 | 225 | 37 | |
12 | Lyon | 343 | n/a | 65 | 163 | 10 | |
13 | Newcastle United | 260 | 46 | -14 | 159 | 11 | |
14 | Tottenham Hotspur | 243 | 0 | 27 | 137 | 9 | |
15 | Roma | 224 | 0 | -15 | 162 | 53 | |
16 | Hamburg | 221 | n/a | n/a | 130 | 31 | |
17 | Manchester City | 208 | 83 | -6 | 114 | 9 | |
18 | Borussia Dortmund | 199 | 126 | 61 | 114 | 1 | |
19 | Ajax | 196 | 0 | 13 | 95 | 9 | |
20 | Celtic | 185 | 14 | 18 | 106 | -8 | |
21 | Everton | 165 | 32 | 34 | 107 | -15 | |
22 | Marseille | 157 | n/a | n/a | 105 | 6 | |
23 | West Ham United | 156 | 27 | n/a | 111 | 6 | |
24 | Rangers | 147 | 7 | 32 | 113 | 12 | |
25 | Aston Villa | 140 | 16 | 16 | 91 | -21 |
See also
References
- ↑ Ozanian, Mike. "The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams 2018". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ↑ "The Business Of Soccer". Forbes. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ↑ Ozanian, Mike. "The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams 2017". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- 1 2 "The business of Soccer". Forbes. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ Nick DeSantis (11 May 2016). "The 20 Most Valuable Soccer Teams Of 2016, Visualized". Forbes.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Estimated by Forbes based on past transactions, market value, debt, and stadium.
- ↑ Mike Ozanian (6 May 2015). "Real Madrid Tops Ranking Of The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams". Forbes. Forbes, Inc. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ↑ "The business of Soccer". Forbes. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ Mike Ozanian (7 May 2014). "The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ Mike Ozanian (2 March 2014). "Soccer's Most Valuable Teams: At $3.3 Billion, Real Madrid Knocks Manchester United From Top Spot". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ↑ Dan Bigman (19 April 2012). "The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ↑ Dan Bigman (20 April 2011). "The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ↑ "The Business Of Soccer". Forbes.com. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "2010 Soccer Team Valuations". Forbes.com. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Includes stadium debt
- 1 2 3 4 Revenue before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
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- ↑ "2008 Soccer Team Valuations". Forbes.com. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
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