Champions League: head-to-head Real Madrid - Manchester City (quarter-final, first leg, 09/04/2024)

With a turnover of €843m for the 2022-23 financial year (from 01/07/2022 to 30/06/2023), Real Madrid CF (LALIGA EA Sports), the club from the European Top 5 that generated the most revenue excluding transfers over the period, are slightly ahead of Manchester City FC (Premier League) in second place (€826.2m), as the two clubs prepare to meet in the first leg of their 2023-24 Champions League quarter-final at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid, ESP) on Tuesday 09/04/2024 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). In 2022-23, the English club's wage bill was €426m, 4% higher than that of its rivals (€408m).

In terms of the sums paid out by UEFA to the clubs taking part in the 2023-24 Champions League, Real can already count on €89m in guaranteed revenue (excluding the market pool), compared with €85.6m for Manchester City. This difference can be explained solely by revenue related to UEFA coefficient ranking (€36.4m for the Spanish club, versus €32.9m for the English club).

In terms of attendance, Real Madrid have an average of 71,708 spectators at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (84,744 capacity…