Who has topped the list of the richest football clubs?
Winning the 2024 Champions League, banking around £5.5m in prize money, helped Real Madrid become the top earning club in football.
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Real Madrid have topped the list of the world's richest football clubs, according to a study released by financial experts Deloitte.
The Spanish football club made over one billion euros during the 2023/24 season - which is about £883million.
England star Jude Bellingham was one of the club's top players, helping them to win both the Champions League trophy and La Liga, which is the Spanish top flight division.
But which other football clubs made it onto the rich list, and is your favourite club in the top 10?
Read on to find out.
How do football clubs make money?
Beyonce played five shows at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2023. Shows like these help to boost earnings of football clubs.
A combination of prize money, ticket sales, merchandise sales and other income help to bring cash into footy clubs.
Some stadiums are used for other purposes, such as music concerts and hosting other sports.
For example, Tottenham Hotspur's stadium hosted the Beyonce in 2023, plus two NFL American football games.
Clubs also earn huge sums of money from selling the rights to show thier football matches on TV.
When a club plays in multiple competitions, for example the Champions League or Europa League, they are likely to make more money from the sale of tickets to fans and games being shown on live TV more often.
Plus, premium fan experiences in hospitality suites, where people are served lavish meals, are also big money makers, so clubs with state of the art stadiums are more likely to earn the big bucks!
Which Premier League clubs made the most money?
Man City topped the Premier League table, making them the top earners in England.
The top Premier League side in the rich list is Manchester City who made £708m last season (838,000m euros).
Their cash-flow was helped by winning a fourth back-to-back Premier League title, plus the Club World Cup and European Super Cup.
Manchester United were the fourth richest, with earnings of around £652,000 million (771,000m euros)
Here are the top money-makers on the list.
1st: Real Madrid - £883million (1.46bn euros)
2nd: Manchester City - £708m (838m euros).
3rd: Paris Saint-Germain - £681m (806m euros)
4th: Manchester United - £651.5m (771m euros)
5th: Bayern Munich - £646.5m (765m euros)
6th: Barcelona - £642m (760m euros)
7th: Arsenal - £606m (717m euros)
8th: Liverpool - £604m (715m euros)
9th: Tottenham - £520m (615m euros)
10th: Chelsea - £461.5m (546m euros)
What about the women's game?
More fans get to watch Arsenal stars like Alessia Russo and Beth Mead in action when they play matches at the Emirates Stadium.
Barcelona topped the table for the Women's game for the third year in a row.
Their earnings climbed 26% to £15.1m whilst Arsenal were the highest earners in England.
They have made more money in the last year by selling more tickets to thier games, boosting their sales earnings by 64%.
The club moved six of thier home games to the Emirates Stadium, which has a much bigger crowd capacity.
Chelsea were third (£11.3m), Manchester United fourth (£9m) and Real Madrid fifth (£8.9m), with eight Women's Super League clubs in the top 15.