2021-22 Barclays WSL: record revenue of £32m for the 12 English clubs (+60%) according to Deloitte

• Record revenues of £32m (€37.3m) for the 12 Barclays Women's Super League clubs at the end of the 2021-22 season, up 60% on 2020-21
• Aggregate wage costs of £25m (€29.1m) for players, an increase of 37%
• A salary/revenue ratio that dropped from 92% to 78%.

These are the main indicators of the "Annual Review of Football Finance" published by the UK office of the audit and consultancy firm Deloitte, on 12/06/2023.

"The commencement of a new broadcast deal in the 2021-22 season - the largest broadcast deal of any professional women's football league, representing a reported £8m per year - led to a significant uplift in broadcast distributions for WSL and Women's Championship clubs. The deal marked the first time that broadcast rights to the WSL had been auctioned separately from the men's game. Commercial revenue was an additional driver for both league and WSL club revenues in the 2021-22 season, and Deloitte expects commercial revenue in the women's game will continue to grow in future seasons," explained Deloitte.

"Matchday revenues throughout the league accounted for nearly…