John Haydon
According to the accounting firm Deloitte, Spanish giant Real Madrid is the richest soccer team in the world. Here’s a list released earlier this month of the top-twenty world’s richest soccer teams based on revenue made in the 2008-2009 season.
Deloitte Football Money League – 2008-09 revenue (Last year’s position in brackets)
1 (1) Real Madrid $540.9 million
2 (3) Barcelona $466.7 m
3 (2) Man Utd $417.018 m
4 (4) Bayern Munich $369.2 m
5 (6) Arsenal $335.4 m
6 (5) Chelsea $309 m
7 (8) Liverpool $276.7 m
8 (11) Juventus $259.1 m
9 (10) Internazionale $250.6 m
10 (7) AC Milan $250.6 m
11 (15) Hamburg $194.5 m
12 (9) Roma $186.7 m
13 (12) Lyon $177.7 m
14 (16) Marseille $169.2 m
15 (14) Tottenham $169 m
16 (13) Schalke $158.7 m
17 (n/a) Werder Bremen $146.2 m
18 (20) B Dortmund $131.9 m
19 (n/a) Man City $130.2 m
20 (17) Newcastle $128.7
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