Deloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance

The Premier League is once again the world’s richest football league according to football finance analysts Deloitte – with a 29% increase on 2012/13, due to the first year of the current broadcast rights packages
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REVENUE BREAKDOWN FOR TOP EUROPEAN LEAGUES (€m)

KEY: Matchday Broadcast Commercial 

England Premier League €3,898m

Germany Bundesliga €2,275m

Spain La Liga €1,933m

Italy Serie A €1,699m

France Ligue 1 €1,498m

Cumulative revenues of “Big Five” European leagues rose by 15% to €11.3 billion in 2013/14

19% 54% 27% €737m €2,104m €1,057m

21% 32%  47% €482m €717m €1,076m

20% 49% 31% €388m €949m €596m

11% 59% 30% €190m €1,001m €508m

10% 40% 50% €144m €605m €749m

Exchange rate at 30 Jun 2014 has been used to convert figures between Euros
and Pounds Sterling (£1 = €1.1958)
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WAGE / REVENUE RATIO: FIFA Financial Fair Play indicates wage/revenue ratio should be below 60% – only Germany are comfortably within this target, with Premier League ratio at 58%, its lowest level since 1998/99 season

England 58%

Germany 49%

Spain 60%

Italy 70%

France 64%
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Source: Deloitte

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