Real Madrid football's highest earners for record ninth year
1. Real Madrid-€518.9m
2. Barcelona-€482.6m
3. Bayern Munich-€431.2m
4. Manchester Utd-€423.8m
5. Paris Saint-Germain-€398.8m
6. Manchester City-€316.2m
7. Chelsea-€303.4m
8. Arsenal-€284.3m
9. Juventus-€272.4m
10. AC Milan-€263.5m
Real Madrid were the world's highest-earning football club in 2012-13, racking up a record ninth successive season at the top of Deloitte's Football Money League.
The Spaniards made a total of €518.9 million over the course of the campaign, out-earning rivals Barcelona by €36.3m. Manchester United, who held the No.1 spot between 1996-97 and 2003-04, dropped out of the top three in the Deloitte chart for the first time, with Champions League winners Bayern Munich collecting €7.4m more than the English champions.
The big gains, though, were made by Paris Saint-Germain, who leapt from 10th place to fifth in the rankings thanks to an 81 per cent year-on-year gain in revenue.
The Parisians earned their first French league title for 19 years during the campaign and also made the lucrative signing of David Beckham from LA Galaxy for the second half of the season before his retirement from football. The increased pulling power of the Qatari-owned club resulted in them generating the highest commercial revenue in the game at €254.7m.
For the first time in the history of the list, recording the revenues of sides from around the world, the top 30 clubs all made in excess of €100m during the course of the campaign. This compares to just one club - Manchester United - breaking the same barrier in the first release for season 1996/97.
As with the 2011-12 list, the Premier League is the best represented division, with six clubs appearing. Serie A and the Bundesliga each have four clubs, while only Atletico Madrid join Madrid and Barcelona from La Liga. Fenerbahce join Galatasaray to ensure that Turkey have two representatives for the first time.
But the continued dominance of the two Spanish giants could soon be under threat, according to Austin Houlihan, a senior consultant in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte.
"Real Madrid still enjoy a healthy gap over Barcelona and have done over the past few years," Houlihan told Goal. "The interesting thing, along with Barcelona being expected to accrue over €500m in revenue next year, is around Manchester United. If they continue to qualify for Europe, and with the Chevrolet sponsorship deal in 2014-15, then they have a real opportunity to challenge the top two."
