Schalke 04: audiovisual rights (€70.9m) represent 33% of 2014 turnover, sponsorship (€67.2m) 31.2%

Audiovisual rights (€70.9m) and sponsorship (€67.2m) were the two main revenue sources of FC Schalke 04 in the 2014 financial year (from 01/01 to 31/12/2014), according to the 2014 annual report published by the Bundesliga club on 20/03/2015. Audiovisual rights represent 33% of the 2014 turnover of Schalke (€215.3m in total), and sponsorship 31.2%. Next are matchday revenues (€34.9m, 16.2% of total) and merchandising (€16.3m, 7.6%).

The payroll of the club was €114.4m, up 16.4% year on year (€98.3m in 2013). This represents 53.1% of the 2014 turnover. The liabilities of the Gelsenkirchen club amounted to €231.8m at 31/12/2014, down 11.3% from 2013 (€261.4m). Total debt of the club amounted to nearly €204m at the end of the 2014 year, down 11.4% year on year (€230.1m).