Clubs in Europe lost €4.4bn last season

The UEFA has published its report Panorama of European club football. One of the most outstanding findings of the report is that the majority of the lost income, close to 4,400 million euros, comes from the impossibility of ticket sales during fiscal year 2021 as a consequence of the impossibility of being able to access the stadiums. as a consequence of the pandemic Covid.

Another even more striking figure is the one that reflects that this item only contributed 2% of the income of the clubs throughout Europecompared to 16% prior to the pandemic.

Naturally, this loss of revenue from ticket sales has had a profound impact on the club’s overall finances. The report shows that the overall impact of the pandemic on club revenue during the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons It has been 7,000 million euros.

But, despite this impact from tickets, the clubs still have a solid base. No doubt for the role of television. Both the 2020 refunds and also the new cycle of club competition rights of the UEFA (2021/22-2023/24) has seen further growth in broadcast rights revenue.

The prize money will increase to more than €2.7 billion per year, which will be distributed among the 96 clubs participating in the three club competitions. Solidarity payments for youth development to clubs that do not qualify for the club competitions of the UEFA increase by more than 60%. From the beginning of Champions Leaguemore than €1 billion have been distributed to more than 1,500 clubs and academies across Europe for youth investment purposes.

The report also shows that gamers aged 23 and under accounted for 55% of the total transfer spending (by value) across Europe’s 20 largest transfer markets, compared to a ten-year average of 47%. This suggests that clubs increasingly believe there is value to be found in younger players, given their resale potential.

The report includes a dedicated and detailed chapter on the growth and status of the women’s football in Europe. It shows that an important factor contributing to the growing commercialization of women’s football is the increased exposure gained through match broadcasts. Twenty of Europe’s top 42 divisions now have structured national broadcast deals on a variety of media platforms.

There is also a new player section. Among the large amount of information it contains, it shows that among the 5 major leagues, the clubs of the A league Italy used the most players on average, fielding an average of 30.9 players, four more than clubs in the Premier League. The Little fielded the fewest players, 21st of all clubs in the big five league and only the Swedish league used less than 20 overall.

On the contrary, the FC Schalke 04 used 42 players, while the PFK Tambov Russia fielded 50 extraordinary players over the course of their league season. The report also simulates the possible impact of the new regulations of the FIFA in European clubs

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