FC Barcelona, lights and shadows, although more shadows. With the publication of the eighth edition of the report The European Champions Report, prepared by Football Benchmark, focused on the national champions of the eight main football leagues of the Old Continent in the 2022-2023 season, FC Barcelona is in misfortune.
The club chaired by Joan Laporta registered, in 2022-2023, the highest staff cost compared to the other European giants, with an increase of 39% year-on-year, reaching 639 million euros. However, the Blaugranas did not show the same results on the pitch.
Despite having won the league title, The elimination in the group stage of the Champions League and the defeat received by Real Madrid CF in the Copa del Rey, clipped the wings of a team that has continued in a similar dynamic during this season.
FC Barcelona is the club that spends the most on staff in Europe but its squad is the fifth most valuable
They close the top 3 Paris Saint-Germain FC (PSG) y Manchester City FC. The French team recorded a cost of staff (first team players and coaching staff) last season of 633.7 million euros, 13% less than the previous year. For its part, the set citizen spent 486.3 million euros in this area; while the last classified (position number sixteen) on the list is Feyenoord FC, which spent 58.3 million euros to cover the cost of the squad.
Previous equipment data culé They contrast with the value of their squad. Despite occupying the first position in terms of cost, its market value dropped it to fifth place in the ranking, valued at 1,005 million euros.. This list is headed by Manchester City CF, winner of the last treble, with a squad value of 1,414 million euros. PSG, Real Madrid CF and Bayern Munich CF follow closely, with squads valued at 1,152 million by the Parisians and Madrid and 1,023 million euros by the Bavarian team.
FC Barcelona closed the 2022-2023 season by tripling its net profit, up to 304 million euros
These records are in line with those of the ranking of Transfermarket, a page that reflects the value of all footballers, as well as their career and other relevant data. In her, Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid CF), Earling Haaland (Manchester City FC) and Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain FC) are positioned as the most expensive players in the world currently with a valuation of 180 million euros each.. For their part, FC Barcelona’s most valuable athletes are Gavi and Pedri, valued at just half the price of the previous ones, ninety million euros.
It is clear that the Catalan team is not going through its best sporting or financial moment. After several years of leverage and continued setbacks in European parties, FC Barcelona closed the 2022-2023 season by tripling its net profit, up to 304 million euros. A campaign in which commercial income increased by 43% year-on-year, reaching the best figures in its history with 351 million euros. Figures, which, accompanied by the league title and the ups and downs of Xavi Hernández’s team to this day, outline an unpredictable path in the short term.
Football Benchmark is a data and analytics platform, founded in 2015, that analyzes financial, operational, commercial, valuation and performance data from different areas and sports organizations in the football business.
