The 31st edition of Deloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance - the leading independent review of the business and finances of European professional football - chronicles the 2020/21 season, a season impacted by COVID-19 restrictions which caused significant disruption.
With matches played behind closed doors and stadia empty for the majority of the season, European clubs were faced with unprecedented challenges.
The Annual Review of Football Finance 2022 analyses the legacy of the disruption and charts the ‘new dawn’ ushered in by the actions taken to mitigate it, while providing an outlook on the industry’s efforts to build financial sustainability across European football for the long-term.
A new dawn
Despite an almost complete loss of matchday revenue in the 2020/21 season, the European football market grew defiantly in revenue terms by 10% to €27.6 billion, boosted by the UEFA EURO 2020 tournament and deferred revenue from the postponed 2019/20 season.
This indicates a significant recovery in revenue terms, with the bounce back to pre-COVID revenue levels projected to be achieved in the 2021/22 season.
In the aftermath of a record-breaking UEFA Women’s EURO and in anticipation of a landmark football season that will include the first ever winter FIFA World Cup and a break across all of the ‘big five’ leagues, Deloitte’s 31st Annual Review of Football Finance assesses the financial performance of European clubs within the tumultuous 2020/21 season and charts the outlook for future growth.
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