Spain: "We were tenth or eleventh in terms of revenue and today we're third" (Luis Rubiales, RFEF)

"I made a commitment to make the Spanish Federation the number one in the world. We were tenth or eleventh in terms of revenue and today we're third, just behind England and Germany. In a few years time we will be first," said Luis Rubiales, president of the RFEF, at the extraordinary general assembly held in Madrid (ESP) on 16/12/2019.

The Assembly voted a provisional budget of €316.89m (€316,894,304.36 to be exact) for the calendar year 2020, which is "€92m more than the 2019 budget (+40.9%), thanks to doubling the income received in just 19 months (since Luis Rubiales was elected president on 17/05/2018)", said the Spanish Federation. This provisional budget was adopted by 86 votes, with one abstention and one vote against.

"For the first time, professional football will receive €55m. Support for amateur football, women's football and other national level competitions is growing by an historic 130% to €53m and the Federation will receive more than €12.3m from UEFA for the development of youth football in 2020. Ticketing revenues are up by €4m to €11.5m and sponsorship revenues by…