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Spanish one-two in money league

Submitted by WG on Thu, 10/02/2011 - 08:50

It's a Spanish one-two in the Deloitte Sports Business Football Money League for 2011.  Real Madrid head the Money League for the sixth siccessive year.    FC Bareclona came second.   Whilst Real held a €40m revenue advantage over Barca in 2009/10, Barca's revenues should exceed €400m in the next edition of the Money League, particularly given the club's new shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar.

UEFA apologises to Bayern fans for banning banner

Submitted by JSB on Thu, 30/12/2010 - 00:00

From The Local - an English language paper in Germany:

The European football association
UEFA has apologized to FC Bayern Munich fans for banning a humorous banner telling supporters of AS Rome to “go home” in Latin during a Champions League match in September.

United on track for title

Submitted by WG on Tue, 21/12/2010 - 12:56

Manchester United are on track to win the Barclays Premier League title.   That's not my view, but is the conclusion reached by the Professional Football Players Observatory (PFPO), a research organisation based in France and Switzerland.

Top 30 Football Clubs in Bundesliga Ranked by Match Attendances 2010

Submitted by JSB on Thu, 09/12/2010 - 00:00

Borussia Dortmund headed the list of top thirty Bundesliga football clubs by average match attendances for season 2009/10. Their average home gate of 77,245 represented a 3 per cent increase on 2008/09.

In second position was Bayern Munich and third Schalke 04 - occupying the same positions in the table as the previous year.

The Bundesliga is operated by the Deutsche Fußball Liga and is composed of two divisions:, each has 18 teams and there is relegation and promotion between them.

 

Sky finds Germany a difficult market

Submitted by WG on Fri, 05/11/2010 - 08:50

Sky Deutschland, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp holds a 49.9 per cent stake, is finding Germany a difficult market.   The country's largest pay-TV operator is not going to reach its key target of raising its subscriber base from 2.5m to 2.8m - 3 m. by the end of the year.  As a result, there will be a bigger than expected loss in 2010 and more red ink in 2011.

Foreign TV rights key to Premiership success

Submitted by WG on Sun, 22/08/2010 - 17:21

The sale of foreign television rights is increasingly become a key element of the Premiership business model.   The sale of overseas television rights at £479m a year is almost four times as much as the foreign TV cash earned by its closest rival among Europe's top leagues, La Liga.  The Premier League earns more from foreign rights each year than La Liga earns from all its tv rights.

Comparing Bayern Munich and United

Submitted by WG on Tue, 30/03/2010 - 08:09

This interesting article compares the finances of Bayern Munich and Manchester United and looks at the German model more generally.  The prudence of the German model has been widely praised recently, although FC Schalke have got themselves into serious financial trouble through the construction of a new stadium.   It's also interesting that Bayern have spun off sections of their activities into separate companies so that they can attract investment.

1860 Munich | TSV 1860 München

Submitted by JSB on Fri, 08/01/2010 - 11:06
Traditional Munich 1860 football shirt

Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 was originally founded as sports and gymnastics association, forming a football division in 1899. The club was a founder member of the German Bundesliga in 1963. Home matches are played at the Allianz Arena (capacity: 69,901), which they share with city rivals Bayern Munich. TSV co-owned the facility with Bayern Munich until 2006, but sold its 50% share that year in order to resolve a serious financial crisis. Major honours include 1 Bundesliga title and 2 German Cups.

Website: 
www.tsv1860.de/

German Bundesliga TV Broadcast Rights - 1990-2008

Submitted by JSB on Sun, 27/12/2009 - 14:05

2007 Update: German pay-TV broadcaster Premiere regained the rights to show Bundesliga matches after getting approval from regulatory authorities for its deal with cable television operator UnityMedia.

Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KgaA

Submitted by JSB on Thu, 17/12/2009 - 22:28
Traditional Borussia Dortmund football shirt

BV Borussia Dortmund. BVB was founded 1909 by a group of young men unhappy with church-sponsored Trinity Youth, where they played football under the management of a stern local parish priest. It is reported that the priest had to be blocked at the door when he tried to break up the first organising meeting, which was being held in a room of the local pub! In 2001, Borussia Dortmund became the first – and so far only – publicly traded club on the German stock market.

Website: 
www.borussia-dortmund.com