UEFA: Financial Report 2017-18

"UEFA further consolidated its mission to promote, protect and develop European football. From a financial perspective,the focal points were UEFA Women's EURO 2017, UEFA Futsal EURO 2018, and the substantial increase in investment in youth, women's and futsal competitions, as well asin other areas such as elite youth football and national association development," stated UEFA, in publishing its 2017-18 Financial Report adopted by the 43^rd Ordinary Congress in Rome (ITA) on 07/02/2019.

"On average, UEFA is still growing revenue by 10% every year, and competitions such as the Women's EURO are a key factor in this development. In 2017-18, however, total revenue was 1.6% lower. This can be explained by the lower number of matches played in the second year of the European Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the number of matches in a season being used as the basis for recognising revenue," said UEFA in the financial report.

"On the other hand, club competition revenue passed the €2.5bn mark in the last season of the current 2015-18 cycle, with revenue approximately €20m higher than…