The Bundesliga Money League
By: Jan | March 13th, 2009I never heard of Goldman Morgenstern & Partners Financial Intelligence Service before, but they published a press release which lists the turnover of each Bundesliga club for the 2007/2008 season. The data seems to come from an article in the print edition of Kicker magazine. Said article supposedly dealt with the official Bundesliga report for the 2007/2008 season, which Kicker were able to obtain before its’ official release yesterday. It seems they got an unfinished version though, as some of the numbers differ from those in the official report. But since the official report also only gives numbers for the combined revenue of all clubs, this slightly inaccurate Money League from Kicker has to make do.
The Bundesliga Money League 2007/2008
1. Bayern Munich: Turnover €286,8m, Profit €2,1m
2. Schalke 04: Turnover €149,5m, Profit €12,8m.
3. Hamburger SV: Turnover €138m, Profit €2m.
4. VfB Stuttgart: Turnover €132,3m, Profit €7,8m.
5. Werder Bremen: Turnover €112,4m, Profit €3,4m.
6. Borussia Dortmund: Turnover €107,6m, Profit €1,1m.
7. Hertha BSC: Turnover €77,8m, Profit €5m.
8. Bayer Leverkusen: Turnover €75m, Profit €5,1m.
9. VfL Wolfsburg: Turnover €75m, Profit €1,2m.
10. Eintracht Frankfurt: Turnover €65,8m, Profit €4,8m.
11. 1. FC Nuremberg: Turnover €60,7m, Profit €1,4m.
12. Hanover 96: Turnover €50m, Profit €1,1m.
13. MSV Duisburg: Turnover €40m, Profit €3,1m.
14. VfL Bochum: Turnover €38,5m, Profit €2,7m.
15. Arminia Bielefeld: Turnover €32,6m, Profit €100.000.
16. Karlsruher SC: Turnover €30,5m, Profit €2,4m.
17. Hansa Rostock: Turnover €30m, Profit €3,2m.
18. Energie Cottbus: Turnover €25,1m, Profit €900.000.
vs Bundesliga Report 2007/2008: The above numbers add up to a combined revenue of €1527,6m, while the official revenue reported by the Bundesliga is €1566,931m. This might have to do with Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich were co-owners of the Allianz Arena but recently bought the shares held by 1860 Munich. In turn Bayern released two revenue figures: the one quoted above and one + Allianz Arena which is roundabout €40m higher. In that case the revenues of the 17 other clubs are more or less correct. The Bundesliga also reported that 15 of 18 clubs turned a profit as compared to 18 of 18 in the previous season. So three clubs from the above list must have had a negative result.
vs Deloitte Football Money League Deloitte further “correct” their numbers by excluding none football related income as well as one offs like transfer fees.
Warning: Revenue figures of football clubs are like possession stats after a football match. A team dominating possession doesn’t necessarily win the game and isn’t necessarily the better team. After all, Manchester City were ranked 20th in Deloitte’s money league but are the richest club in the world…
The 2. Bundesliga revenues of the three clubs promoted to the Bundesliga: Borussia Mönchengladbach (Turnover €68,7m, Profit €6,8m), FC Cologne (€42,6m, Loss €2,27m), TSG Hoffenheim (Turnover €24m, Loss €5,2m)
Bonus
Turnover 1. Bundesliga 2007/2008: €1566,931m (€1456,783m in 2006/2007, +7,3%)
Turnover 2. Bundesliga 2007/2008: €367,508m (€291,032m in 2006/2007, +23,3%)
Turnover Bundesliga 2007/2008: €1934,439m (€1747,815m in 2006/2007, +10,7%)
Combined debt: €469,453m (€510,323m in 2006/2007)
Wages to Turnover Ratio: 40%
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1899 Hoffenheim, 2. Bundesliga, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Facts and Figures, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen
Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1899 Hoffenheim, 2. Bundesliga, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, Facts and Figures, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder BremenSubscribe
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Jan, you are not alone. I have never heard of the company either. And this is from someone like me who learned back in the days she was studying accounting that there is a ‘Big Four’. And Deloitte is one of the ‘Big Four’ – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_auditors
I rather place my trust more on something that I know of. And in this case Deloitte’s. I still remembered (even though I do not study accounting anymore) when I was studying auditing (it was one of the modules in the course I took), my lecturer used to tell the class (he used to work in one of the ‘Big Four’ himself) that you learn a lot about accounting by being in an auditing firm. He once joked (in a good way) to the female students in the class that we cannot have boyfriends if we work in an auditing firm because the work can really take up a lot of time.
Anyhow, the Bundesliga Money League version I know came from the Bundesliga report.
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Singapore
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Nice profit for Bielefeld and an even more impressing number for Cottbus, though.
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United States -
diana, I’m not sure what you meant to say but the Bundesliga report didn’t feature a Money League and the numbers are from Kicker and not from this company, they just quoted them.
probek, fixed.
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Oops. I was actually referring to this, Jan – http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/germany/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/09/03/12/SOCCER_Ger-DFL.html&TEAMHD=germany
That was what I read.
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