real madrid was the richest football club in the world by forbes in 2017.
real madrid was the richest football club in the world by forbes in 2017.
richest football club in the world by forbes in 2017?
real madrid
in 2010, "forbes" evaluated barcelona's worth to be around €752 million (us$1 billion), ranking them fourth after manchester united, real madrid and arsenal, based on figures from the 2008–09 season. according to deloitte, barcelona had a recorded revenue of €366 million in the same period, ranking second to real madrid, who generated €401 million in revenue. in 2013, "forbes" magazine ranked barcelona the third most valuable sports team in the world, behind real madrid and manchester united, with a value of $2.6 billion. in 2014, "forbes" ranked them the second most valuable sports team in the world, worth $3.2 billion, and deloitte ranked them the world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €484.6 million. in 2017, "forbes" ranked them the fourth most valuable sports team in the world with a team value of $3.64 billion. the world's highest paid sports team, in november 2018 barcelona became the first sports team with average first-team pay in excess of £10m ($13.8m) per year.
fc barcelona
in terms of operating income, schalke possesses the seventh-highest operating income of any football club in the world at €48 million, and 0% debt as of august 2014. schalke generates the 12th-highest revenue of any football club in the world at €198 million.









































in may 2014, schalke 04 were ranked by "forbes" magazine as the 12th-richest football club in the world, at €446 million, an increase of 16% from the previous year.









































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in the year 2000, the supporters voted for "schalker jahrhundertelf", the "team of the century":









































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