There are millions of football players and thousands of reputed teams around the world, making it one of the most popular and followed sports in the world. This popularity may be attributed to four factors: entertainment, simplicity, unpredictability, and the atmosphere surrounding a match. Because this sport does not require any special equipment except a ball, it is accessible to almost every section of society, regardless of income level.

With football being so popular among fans, sports betting seems to be prevalent at most tournaments. A large number of fans place bets on different teams and players with the help of sportsbooks (read the top Sportsbook Reviews here). It can be said that football generates money both for bettors and players.

A few findings from the recent football money league results from Deloitte. The results feature all of the teams that you’d expect and although the results feature 20 sides I’ve decided to just use the top 10.

How do the top 10 teams appear in terms of matchday, commercial and broadcasting revenue?

If that ones a little confusing maybe have a look at this. It goes in order of matchday, broadcasting and commercial revenue. Interesting eh? 🙂 If Arsenal had Manchester City’s commercial revenue they’d be the 3rd richest team in the world. You can also see that Bayern (and German football generally) have cheaper tickets and the league as a whole isn’t marketed as well as the premier league. However they make the most commercially so they must be doing something right!