La Liga: €2.17bn in cumulative revenue for clubs in 2013-14 (+4.3%), debt declined by 5.7%

The 20 clubs and SADs (public limited sports companies) of the Spanish first division accumulated €2.17bn in revenue in 2013-14, an amount up 4.3% from 2012-13 (€2.08bn), reveals the 2014 financial report of the Liga BBVA, published by the LFP on 01/04/2015.

The report examines the evolution of the economic and financial results of the clubs in the Liga BBVA and the Liga Adelante since 2011-12 (42 teams total in the two divisions in 2013-14, but only 40 different clubs since FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF have had a reserve team in the Liga Adelante at times). The report "The Economic and Financial Situation of Spanish Football, 1999-2014", published by the CSD (Consejo Superior de Deportes, the Spanish sports ministry) on 17/02/2015, had announced a cumulative turnover of €2.26bn for Liga BBVA clubs in 2013-14.

The report from the Spanish professional league does not distinguish accumulated debt by LIGA BBVA clubs from that of Liga Adelante clubs. The debt of the Spanish professional football amounted to €2.75bn as of 30/06/2014, down 5.7% from 2012-13 and down 16.8% compared to…