In the third edition of “The European Champions Report”, KPMG’s Football Benchmark team pays tribute to the champions of Europe’s most prominent leagues in the 2017/18 season, reviewing and comparing some of their most relevant business performance indicators to provide perspective on these clubs’ future.
KPMG exclusively focus on the domestic league champions from eight of the main leagues: FC Barcelona, FC Bayern München, FC Porto, Galatasaray SK, Juventus FC, Manchester City FC, Paris Saint-Germain FC and PSV Eindhoven.
For the third year in a row, football continues to demonstrate its brawn as a growing industry, with operating revenues (net of transfer proceeds) increasing for six of the eight clubs examined herein, Juventus FC and PSV Eindhoven are the exceptions.
