Germany: Deutscher Fussball Bund (DFB) financial report 2022

• A turnover of €376.5m in the first financial year of Deutscher Fussball Bund GmbH & Co KG, the German Football Association's newly created commercial structure, including €156.2m in sponsorship revenue and €140.9m in audiovisual revenue;
• total expenditure of €354.1m for the same structure, which posted a net profit of €23m;
Audiovisual revenues of €60.1m
• an after-tax deficit of €4.2m for the Deutscher Fussball Bund e.V., the German governing body's historic associative structure, which posted revenues of €192.1m, the majority of which consisted of payments from the Deutscher Fussball Bund GmbH & Co KG, in which it holds a 100% stake.

These are just some of the figures presented by the Deutscher Fussball Bund, which published its Financial Report 2022 on 20/12/2023. This is the eighth edition of this document, which the German Football Association has published without being obliged to do so.

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