AModMag.com

Topics: Football Clubs, Richest Football Clubs

Football is not merely a game for people in fact people have started to worship it. There are countless fans of the different football clubs all around the globe.  The most liked clubs are the Spanish, German, Italian and English clubs. Some clubs are famous due to the best players which are part of them. Now a days football playing is considered one of the highest paying professions. The football clubs earns a lot due to their name and their success. Below is the list of top ten richest football clubs in the world 2012-2013:

1.      Manchester United:

It is owned by the Glazer family. Manchester United is one of the richest football clubs with the value of $2.23 billion. Its revenue is $532 million with the operating income of $178 million. Davis Beckham, a renowned footballer also eared his name by being part of this club. It is an English football club and also known as the Red Devils. Manchester united has over 330 million fans following worldwide. This successful football club has 16 league titles and 11 FA Cups. Sir Alex Ferguson is manager of this team since 1986.

2.      Real Madrid:

It is owned by the club members themselves. The value of this club $1.88 billion. Its revenue is $695 million with the operating income of $214 million. Chritiano Ronaldo, a successful player is a part of this club along with Richardo Kaka, who is currently playing for Real Madrid.

3.      Barcelona

It is owned by the club members themselves. The value of this club $1.31 billion .Its revenue is $653 million with the operating income of $96 million. Lionel Messi is a part of this outstanding club and another top football player, Yaya Touré started his career by being part of Barcelona and then shifted to Manchester City in 2010.

4.      Arsenal

It is owned by the Stan Kroenke. Arsenal is one of the richest football clubs with the value of: $1.29 billion. Its revenue is$364 million with the operating income of $98 million. This football club was formed in Holloway, North London. They play in the English League. Arsenal FC is among the most successful clubs in English football and has well established European club. Moreover arsenal has 13 league titles, with 10 FA Cups and 2 League cups.This club won the UEFA Cup in Europe

 5.      Bayern Munich:

It is owned by the club members themselves. The value of this club is $1.23 billion .Its revenue $466 million with the operating income of $90 million. Phillip Lahm is currently playing for Bayern Munich. It is a German Football club based in Munich. It was founded in 1900.this club has 4 Champions League and 20 German Championships, and it won first title in 1909.

6.      AC Milan

It is owned by the Silvio Berlusconi, a prominent figure in sports and politics. AC Milan is one of the richest football clubs with the value of $989 million. Its revenue is$341 million with the operating income of $29 million. It was founded in 1899. It is a very successful club with 7 UEFA Champions League titles and 18 international titles. San Siro is the team’s home stadium where they play and their fans gather to cheer them.

7.      Chelsea

It is owned by the Roman Abramovich. Fernando Torres plays for Chelsea as a striker. Chelsea is one of the richest football clubs with the value of $761 million. Its revenue is$362 million with the operating income of $76 million. It was previously known as The Blues or The Pensioners. It is an English club. it was founded in 1905, in West London.  Chelsea plays in the Premier League Club History.

8.      Liverpool:

It is owned by the John Henry. Liverpool is one of the richest football clubs with the value of$619 million. Its revenue is$295 million with the operating income of $45 million. It was founded in 1892 by the leaseholder of Anfield Stadium. Liverpool performed worst in the twenties and paramount in the seventies and eighties. This club also won titles on national and international levels.

9.      Juventus

It is owned by the Agnelli family. Juventus is one of the richest football clubs with the value of$591 million. Its revenue is $223 million with the operating income of $38 million. It is based in the city of Turin, in the North-West of Italy. It is among most important football clubs and was founded in 1897. It is an ancient club in. its name ‘Juventus’ is derived from the Latin word meaning Youth, because this club was established by students of high school in Turin. The name of the school is the “Liceo Massimo D’Azeglio”.

10.      Schalke 04:

It is owned by the club members themselves. The value of this club $587 million. Its revenue is $293 million with the operating income of $101 million. It was founded on May 4th 1904 by students of f high school and then became professional in 1924. This club has won German Cup and German Championship several times.