Champions League: the key business figures of Real Madrid CF versus SSC Napoli

At €620.1m in 2015-16, Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander) recorded a turnover of more than four times greater than that of SSC Napoli (Serie A TIM), which generated €142.7m, according to figures from the Deloitte Football Money League 2017. The two clubs meet at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid (ESP) in the Round of 16 of the 2016-17 Champions League, on Wednesday, 15/02/2017 (kick-off at 20:45 CET).

In 2015-16, Real Madrid dropped down to third place in Europe in terms of total revenue, behind Manchester United FC and FC Barcelona, while the Madrid club had topped the Deloitte ranking since 2006. Napoli had previously been 30^th in the Deloitte ranking in 2014-15. The Real Madrid commercial revenue (€263.4m) were nearly twice as high as the total turnover of Napoli in 2015-16.

Social networks: Real Madrid ahead on all platforms

• The dominance of Real Madrid against Napoli is very strong on social networks, where the Madrid club is the second most followed European club on the three most popular platforms: Facebook (94.38 million fans), Twitter (35.92 million), and Instagram…