Real Madrid Club de Futbol
Founded in 1902, the club has been owned and operated by its members (called 'socios') since its inception. Home matches are played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Capacity: 80,354). As of 2009, Real Madrid had been European Champions a record 9 times and had won 31 Spanish Championships (La Liga) plus seventeen Spanish Cups (Copa del Rey). According to Deloitte, in 2004/05 season Real became the biggest club in the world as measured by turnover (£186.2m) displacing Manchester United for the first time since Deloitte began their analysis. In June 2009, the club broke its own record for the highest ever transfer fee when it paid Manchester United €96 million (£80 million) for Cristiano Ronaldo.
Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in Euro millions.
Financial Overview
Year |
Turnover |
Pre-tax profit |
Wages / Turnover ratio (%) |
Employees |
|
2007/08 |
365.847 |
12.382 |
45.7 |
724 |
|
2006/07 |
350.950 |
25.656 |
47.7 |
704 |
|
2005/06 |
292.216 |
33.986 |
46.5 |
|
|
2004/05 |
275.653 |
30.396 |
52.4 |
771 |
|
2003/04 |
236.001 |
38.089 |
53.4 |
768 |
|
2002/03 |
192.581 |
-99.035 |
|
|
|
2001/02 |
152.191 |
|
|
|
|
2000/01 |
|
|
|
|
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1999/00 |
163.800 |
|
|
|
|
1998/99 |
116.347 |
-20.556 |
61.4 |
323 |
|
1997/98 |
110.893 |
0.169 |
58.5 |
291 |
|
1996/97 |
81.879 |
6.379 |
51.5 |
278 |
|
1995/96 |
54.676 |
-1.324 |
58.5 |
|
|
1994/95 |
43.404 |
-16.798 |
85.6 |
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