Reboot Annual Review of Football Finance 216 Sports Business Group June 216
As the Premier League looks forward to its 25th season, the Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance has now completed its quarter century of documenting English professional football s business and commercial performance.
Europe s premier leagues From 216/17 Premier League broadcast rights deals will be worth more than the combined broadcast revenues of the Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A combined. 89% Of additional revenue generated by the big five European leagues in 214/15 was spent on wage costs Big five European league clubs revenues 214/15 ( m) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4,4 1,295 29% 2,337 53% 436 19% 2,392 467 19% 673 28% 731 31% 768 18% 521 22% 2,53 643 31% 975 48% 21 12% 1,792 483 27% 1,99 61% 1,418 318 22% 37 22% 165 628 12% 44% 435 21% England Germany Spain Italy France Average club revenue ( m) 22 133 13 9 71 Average match attendance 36,163 42,685 25,734 21,586 22,329 Stadium utilisation (%) 96 9 71 52 71 Matchday Broadcasting Sponsorship/commercial Other commercial
Premier League clubs By half-time of the second Premier League game that is televised domestically in 216/17, more broadcast revenue will have been generated than by all the First Division matches combined 25 years ago. Premier League clubs revenues 212/13 to 216/17 ( m) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2,525 749 3% 1,191 47% 585 23% 3,259 897 27% 1,758 54% 64 19% 3,347 985 29% 1,778 53% 584 18% 212/13 213/14 214/15 3,57 1,1 31% 1,86 52% 61 17% Projected 4,32 1,12 26% 2,59 6% 61 14% 215/16 216/17 126 163 167 179 216 c. 95m- 15m Premier League central distributions to clubs in 216/17 Commercial Broadcast Matchday Average revenue per club
Premier League clubs Premier League clubs revenue and wage costs 214/15 ( m) 4 3 2 1 395 24 Man United 52% 353 194 Man City 55% 331 192 Arsenal 58% 319 217 Chelsea 68% 298 167 Liverpool 56% Tottenham Hotspur 196 17 55% Average 167 12 61% Newcastle United 129 65 51% Everton 126 78 62% West Ham United 122 73 59% Southampton 114 8 71% Aston Villa 113 87 77% Leicester City 14 57 55% Swansea City 13 83 n/a Sunderland 11 77 76% Stoke City 1 67 67% Crystal Palace 99 68 68% West Bromwich Albion 96 7 73% Queens Park Rangers 86 73 85% Hull City 84 56 66% Burnley 79 29 37% Revenue Wage costs Wages/revenue ratio Burnley s wages/revenue ratio of 37% was the lowest in the Premier League since Manchester United recorded 33% in 1998/99.
Football League clubs Football League clubs revenues and wage costs 213/14 and 214/15 ( m) 6 5 4 518 49 548 541 Revenue Wage costs Wages/revenue ratio Average wage costs per club Wage costs were greater than total revenue for nine Championship clubs in 214/15. 3 2 1 145 122 124 17 78 82 Future incremental revenue for a non-parachute club promoted from the Championship in 215/16 58 59 213/14 214/15 213/14 214/15 213/14 214/15 Championship League 1 League 2 16% 99% 84% 86% 74% 72% 17m+ 22 23 5.1 4.5 2.4 2.5
Player transfers In the 214/15 season the Premier League and Football League clubs spent a record 1.2 billion on acquiring new players. Premier League and Football League clubs player transfer payments 214/15 ( m) Agents 13m Premier League clubs Within PL clubs 276m Premier League total 1,18m 75m 18m 2m 627m Non-English clubs 3m Football League clubs 8m 35m Within FL clubs 54m Premier League clubs gross player transfer spending in summer 216 may exceed Football League total 137m 1 billion
Stadia The aggregate attendance for Premier League and Football league matches reached 3 million in 215/16. Premier League and Football League clubs expenditure on stadia and other facilities 213/14 and 214/15 ( m) 4 3 2 6 28 49 212 3 13 35 53 228 21 Premier League Championship League 1 League 2 1 213/14 214/15 35m Source: Deloitte analysis of capital expenditure the most ever invested in a season
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