What it costs to run a club in Italy

Italy's tiers compared, and every club whose figures are published.

Clubs with published figures: 108; 51 with full accounts
Typical Serie A club: €72.9m; revenue, median of 23 clubs
Lost money: 41 of 51; clubs, in their latest accounts
Public money: €35.1m; awarded, 2020 to 2026

Tier by tier

Open a tier for its rules, central money, division accounts and clubs. What moving between tiers does

1Serie A20 clubs · 23 with accounts at this tier€98.9m avgleague total over 20 clubs · revenue €72.9m−€13.1m€0.75——2Serie B20 clubs · 10 with accounts at this tier€19.7m avgleague total over 20 clubs · revenue €34.5m−€34.0m€1.43—€800kguarantee, posted 3Serie C60 clubs · 1 with accounts at this tier≈€4.22m est.estimated over 46 clubs · revenue €4.74m avg (value of production)——€28.9ka year€60k + €350kfees + guarantee 4Serie D162 clubsToo few accounts———€21.5k + €31kfees + guarantee

519 regional leagues465 clubs

Choose one of 19 leagues

Eccellenza Abruzzo Eccellenza Basilicata Eccellenza Calabria Eccellenza Campania Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna Eccellenza Friuli-Venezia Giulia Eccellenza Lazio Eccellenza Liguria Eccellenza Lombardia Eccellenza Marche Eccellenza Molise Eccellenza Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta Eccellenza Puglia Eccellenza Sardegna Eccellenza Sicilia Eccellenza Toscana Eccellenza Trentino-Alto Adige Eccellenza Umbria Eccellenza Veneto

Too few accounts———€5,530fees

Staff costs are wages and social charges, the largest cost of running a club: the league’s own total spread over all its clubs where the league publishes one (“avg”), otherwise the median of each club’s latest accounts from a season at the tier, where at least 6 clubs publish. Revenue, before player sales, follows the same idea, but uses the league’s total only where under half the division publishes.