Football Benchmark: a return to normal for European champions' 2021-22 revenues

"With the exception of FC Porto (Liga Portugal Bwin), all champions surveyed have managed to increase their operating revenues compared to the previous year's, showing positive signs of a return to normalcy after the pandemic. Moreover, six clubs managed to improve their staff-costs-to-revenue ratio, and there were four (as opposed to one the year prior) profit-making champions in the past year: Manchester City FC (Premier League), FC Porto, FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga), and Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander)," states the 2023 edition of "The European Champions" report, published by Football Benchmark, a football business intelligence platform, on 10/01/2023.

This 2023 study is the seventh edition of a report that compares the operational revenues - i.e. excluding transfers in particular - of the champions of eight of Europe's top leagues: Manchester City FC (Premier League), FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga), Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander), AC Milan (Serie A TIM), Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), AFC Ajax (Eredivisie), FC Porto (Liga Portugal Bwin) and Trabzonspor (Süper…