A Spanish club has been named as the most valuable club in the world.
American business magazine, Forbes named Real Madrid as the World’s Most Valuable Soccer Team 2023.
In the previous year, the top 20 teams of the world’s most valuable clubs had an average worth of $ 2.53 billion, compared to an average of $ 2.89 billion for this year’s top 20 clubs. Forbes noted that “the increase in values wasn’t fueled by revenue, which increased just 2.5%, to an average of $496 million per team, but rather by the higher enterprise multiples (enterprise value divided by revenue) that buyers are paying for teams.”
For the first time in the history of this listicle, which started in 2004, two teams are worth at least $ 6 billion. European Champions, Real Madrid topping the 2023 Forbes list has a valuation of $ 6.07 billion, which is a 19% increase in value compared to when they topped the list in 2022.
English side, Manchester United are the most valuable club in the Premier League with a valuation of approximately $ 6 billion which is a 30% increase compared to the valuation in the previous year. Other big clubs in the league like Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal also make the top 10.
Since 2004 when Forbes began publication of this listicle, Spanish side, Real Madrid and English side, Manchester United are the only two clubs that have ranked in the top five each time. Over that span, Real Madrid has placed first seven times and Manchester United 11 while Barcelona have topped the list once in 2021.
English side, Newcastle United is the biggest gainer on this year’s listicle, which now has a valuation of $ 794 million, 51% more than last year. Their aberrant increase in valuation is all thanks to their purchase by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund and their qualification for the Champions League this season for the first time in 20 years.
The top 10 most valuable clubs are:
Ranking: 1st
Club: Real Madrid
Current Value: $6.07billion
Country: Spain
Ranking: 2nd
Club: Manchester United
Current Value: $ 6 billion
Country: England
Ranking: 3rd
Club: Barcelona
Current value: $5.51billion
Country: Spain
Ranking: 4th
Club: Liverpool
Current value: $5.29billion
Country: England
Ranking: 5th
Club: Manchester City
Current value: $4.99billion
Country: England
Ranking: 6th
Club: Bayern Munich
Current value: $4.86billion
Country: Germany
Ranking: 7th
Club: Paris Saint-Germain
Current value: $4.21billion
Country: France
Ranking: 8th
Club: Chelsea
Current value: $3.1billion
Country: England
Ranking: 9th
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Current value: $2.8billion
Country: England
Ranking: 10th
Club: Arsenal
Current value: $2.26billion
Country: England
