2025 Football Club Ranking: Real Madrid is the Most Valuable Club in the World

The most valuable team is "Real Madrid", in addition, the official list includes 11 English teams, because the Premier League has the richest broadcast deals, ahead of the Spanish La Liga.

UNN reports with reference to CNBC.

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The American TV channel CNBC has proposed a new ranking of football teams in the world.

According to official estimates, the 25 most valuable football teams in the world are worth an average of $2.76 billion.

On average, the 25 most expensive teams earned $520 million in revenue last season. This is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, of $54 million. The material noted that the data from the CNBC list for 22 teams in Europe refers to the 2023-24 season.

According to CNBC, the most expensive team is Spanish "Real" Madrid. The royal club is worth $6.7 billion and has a revenue of $1.13 billion. According to Real's annual report for the past year, the club earned $174 million from the Champions League, which the team won in 2024 for a record 15th time.

The official list includes 11 English teams, three of which are in the top five. This is due to the fact that the Premier League has the richest television deals in football. According to CNBC sources, domestic and international rights cost an average of about $4.4 billion per year.

This is more than 2 times more than the Spanish La Liga, which ranks second.

According to a CNBC source, the next three-year cycle of Premier League broadcast rights sales, starting with the 2025-26 season, will average about $5.1 billion per year.

Two teams on the CNBC list should soon see an increase in their revenue due to improved stadium economics: Barcelona and Inter Miami of MLS.

Barcelona, Real's main rival, is expected to return to its renovated Spotify Camp Nou stadium in the coming months, the team said. Inter Miami will move to a new stadium, Miami Freedom Park, in 2026, the team said.

Here is what the top ten teams look like in terms of value and revenue, according to the American television company's ranking.

The overall table of the current location of clubs such as Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Newcastle United can be found on the website.

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