Soccer Delivers The Kicks!!!

Soccer as a sport has influence over young youth today. One may involve their children into the sport at a young age since it is easy to join community soccer; it requires almost no equipment (soccer cleats and shin pads with socks) and is relatively inexpensive to continue with club teams. For practising and perfecting skills for the game one just needs a soccer ball and an open field. It is almost as if these players are made in many European countries to play soccer to their individual limit and as long as this formula continues, soccer will always have players and continue to be profitable.

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The 15 largest business of soccer – February 2010

February was a month of great activity with regard to signing new sponsorship agreements and various rights. The industry of football is still in full recovery, with particular reference to renewing and signing contracts with FIFA and UEFA in order the next big event selections.
[1] UEFA | ARD and ZDF - The two public television channels secured the rights to broadcast the games of Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. The total business reached 120 million Euros.
[2] AC Milan | Emirates Airline - The airline Emirates will be the new sponsor on the shirts of AC Milan during the next 4 years. The total contract value is 60 million, about 15 million euros per season.
[3] Premier League | BBC TalkSport, Absolute Radio - The Premier League sold the rights to their radio sets of seasons 2010/11 and 2012/13 by 45 million, about 15 million euros per one of the 3 seasons.
[4] FC Zurich - The Swiss club has acquired land for 34 million Euros, with a view to build the new stadium. The new stadium will have capacity for 20,000 people and an estimated cost between 70 and 80 million Euros.
[5] FIFA | Yingli Green Energy - The energy company will sponsor the FIFA Word Cup in South Africa FIFA Under the agreement will receive 30 million Euros.
[6] FIFA | Continental AG - The German car tires will be an official automotive partner of FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. For sponsorship contract FIFA will receive approximately 30 million Euros.
[7] Philadelphia Union | PPL EnergyPlus - A power company has acquired the naming rights to the stadium's new team in Major Legue Soccer. The stadium will be called PPL Park for the next 11 years in exchange for 14.7 million euros, about 1.3 million euros year.
[8] UEFA | Coca-Cola - The soft drink company has renewed its partnership with UEFA by 2017. The new contract with a duration of 7 years has a total of 12.8 million, about 1.8 million euros per season.
[9] FIFA and UEFA | NTV - The rights to the qualifying criteria of Turkey to the Euro 2012 and World Cup 2014 group were acquired by Dogus Media Group. The agreement will last for 3 years for which they were paid 8.8 million euros, about 2.9 million Euros per year.
[10] Celtic and Rangers | Tennent's Lager - The two biggest clubs in Scotland have a new sponsor on the shirts. The contract is the same for both clubs, with the last 3 seasons, a total of 10 million, about 3.3 million euros per season for each.
[11] FC Sochaux | Peugeot - French car manufacturer will be the new sponsor of the jerseys of French. The contract has a duration of 18 months, by which the club will receive 4.4 million euros, about 2.9 million euros year.
[12] FC Basel | Novartis - A pharmaceutical company will be the new sponsor on the shirts of FC Basel, during the next 3 years. The total value of the agreement is 5.5 million, about 1.8 million Euros annually.
[13] FC Energie Cottbus | Umbro - A subsidiary of Nike will be the new supplier of equipment of the German club. The contract lasts for 4 seasons in a total of 4.4 million, about 1.1 million Euros per year.
[14] Burnley FC | Fun88 - The English club has signed a new sponsorship deal for their jerseys with the last of bookmakers to join the Premier League, Fun88. The contract will run for 2 years for which the club will receive 3.6 million euros, about 1.8 million euros per season.
[15] SPL | Irn-Bru - The Scottish Premier League has renewed sponsorship contract with the company Irn-Bru. The new contract with a duration of 3 years has a total of 3.4 million, about 1.1 million euros per season.

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What Is The Fattest Cash Cow Among the Soccer Clubs Worldwide?

What is the fattest cash cow among the soccer clubs in the world? Having a study of the annual ranking of the Deloitte Football Money League may help to find the answer.

It is the Spanish Real Madrid Soccer Club! It has topped the Deloitte Football Money League ranking for five consecutive years since 2004. From €275.7 million in 2004~2005 to €401.4 million in 2008~2009, its annual revenue of football operations realized an amazing increase of 46% within five years. To better illustrate the change of its annual revenue, I made the following chart with the original figures from Deloitte Football Money League. From the chart we may easily find that Real Madrid keeps on earning higher yearly revenue gradually and continuously, and the global economic crisis seems to make no apparent impact on it!

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Bar chart of “Annual Revenue of Real Madrid” made by Olivia
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Ranking Of the Top Twenty Money Making Soccer Clubs

As a huge money-making industry, there are thousands of soccer clubs in the world operating vividly like cells of this soccer monster. But how well do these soccer clubs make money? What are the top ones in the aspect of the financial strength? Is there any publicly released material that can provide us such information?

The Deloitte Football Money League is just such a thing that might lead us to the answers of the questions! It is a ranking of soccer clubs by their revenues generated from the football operations. It is produced annually by the accountancy firm Deloitte and released every early February. Although some may argue that the ranking has its disadvantage that it does not take into account how much debt the club has, it is still a wonderful way for outsiders to see what money making machines successful soccer clubs can be, and to assess comparatively the football clubs' financial strength.

The following is a Deloitte Football Money League Ranking for the 2008–09 Season sourced from Deloitte’s website.

Source of the table: Deloitte Football Money League 2010

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Popularity of Soccer = $$$

The popularity of soccer is undoubtedly strong. The game is traditional and ancient for it was created in 1863 and has grown by popular demand which naturally allows the supply (countries) to also increase. It is now considered probably the largest participant sport in the world. Although, North America is relatively ethnocentric to certain sports such as baseball, football, and hockey the business and profit from ticket sales at soccer games around the world are just as compatible and possibly more. This allows soccer to become more profitable as more countries join in. Not only does the fan base for the sport increase, but more importantly this has a direct relationship to profits.

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Soccer Is a Good Business Risk

Soccer is not popular in North America, instead it is substituted for baseball, football, and hockey. However it is popular everywhere else in the world which means high profit. These franchises of Manchester United are more valuable than most successful football teams (Washington Redskins) and baseball teams (New York Yankees). Sponsorship deals with Pepsi, Nike, and Gillette allow more soccer players to earn millions in profit on top of their salary to play soccer. This is possilbly due to the fact that there is a global audience.
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