London -- The 20 richest soccer clubs based on revenue (in U.S. currency) for the year ending June 30, 2011, as listed by accountancy firm Deloitte & Touche in its annual report released Thursday (2010 positions in parentheses):
1. Real Madrid, Spain,
$636.5-million (1)
2. Barcelona, Spain,
$598.3-million (2)
3. Manchester United,
England, $487.2-million (3)
4. Bayern Munich, Germany, $426.6-million (4)
5. Arsenal, England,
$333.3-million (5)
6. Chelsea, England,
$331.6-million (6)
7. AC Milan, Italy,
$312.1-million (10)
8. Inter Milan, Italy,
$280.6-million (9)
9. Liverpool, England, $269.9-million (8)
10. Schalke, Germany, $268.7-million (16)
11. Tottenham, England, $240.3-million (12)
12. Manchester City, England, $225.1-million (21)
13. Juventus, Italy,
$204.3-million (10)
14. Marseille, France,
$199.6-million (15)
15. AS Roma, Italy, '
$190.5-million (18)
16. Borussia Dortmund,
Germany, $183.8-million (-)
17. Lyon, France,
$176.3-million (14)
18. Hamburg, Germany, $171.0-million (13)
19. Valencia, Spain,
$155.0-million (-)
20. Napoli, Italy,
$152.5-million (-)
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