Clubs DB by Mass Rising

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Clubs DB by Mass Rising

Built by Mass Rising and listed like every other owner. How the data is made

What it costs to run a football club

Spain, Portugal and Italy, tier by tier, from clubs' own accounts and official documents.

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Typical club’s staff costs, the largest cost of running a club, one scale for all three countries

Staff costs are wages and social charges, the largest cost of running a club and the one every country’s accounts define alike. “avg” is the league’s official total spread over all its clubs; otherwise the figure is the median of the clubs that publish accounts. A dash means neither exists. Hover a league for its typical revenue. Revenue for every club, charted

Across the three countries

Going up and down78%of clubs promoted to Serie A were relegated again within three seasonsClub accounts€3.45spent on staff for every €1 of revenue by the typical Liga Portugal 2 clubPublic money€134.8mpaid to Portugal's clubs by town and city councilsClubs in trouble67%of insolvencies, exclusions and sanctions hit clubs in tier 3
How to read the figures

Every amount says what state it is in: a cap is not money received, an award is not a payment, a budget is not an outcome, and a press figure is not a filing. Amounts in different states are never added together.

  • accountsBooked in the club's or league's accounts.
  • paidPaid out, according to the payer's own document.
  • awardedAwarded by a resolution; payment is not confirmed.
  • maximumA cap or the most a rule allows, not money received.
  • budgetA plan filed in advance, not an outcome.
  • contractedCommitted under contracts, not booked costs.
  • invoicedInvoiced, not yet confirmed as paid.
  • acceptedAccepted by the payer, not yet paid.
  • dueOwed and due, not yet paid.
  • reportedA figure from the press, with no document behind it.
  • estimateDerived by Clubs DB from published figures; the method is in the note.

Club figures compare only within the tier a club played in that season, and only clubs that publish are counted, so samples may lean towards larger or better-run clubs. A figure that is not freely published is left out, never estimated.