FC Barcelona's projected revenue this year will put the Blaugrana top place over all other clubs as the top club in the world by the end of this season.


After a staggering revenue of 290.1 Million Euros for last year and an even greater prospect of increasing that figure this year to above 300 million Euros, FC Barcelona are on a roller-coaster ride in virtually all departments of the great club. The partnership with Unicef is going exceptionally well and the clubs is not faring badly in terms of it's footballing and other sports like basketball among others. The Catalan clubs vice-president, Marc Ingla. who is very passionate about the publicity and financial issues that concern Barca, spoke on FC Barcelona's rising profile and rising relevance in both traditionally soccer and non-soccer areas of life all over the planet:

We are in the top three clubs in the world in terms of commerce. We are even higher than the franchises from Major League Baseball and the NFL that, theoretically, are among the richest sports markets on the planet. We are making a huge effort to remain close to our 160 million fans and to connect with them. Nearly 80 per cent of our television audience is foreign and so is more than 50 per cent of our merchandising, while Barça TV goes out in 155 countries. In Japan we have 15,000 members signed up to out multimedia package on mobile phones and our website sees 60 million hits per month are read in English.

Barca have fixed their focus on the two biggest markets in the world, namely the United States and China. The reason is simple, as Ingla says:

United States and China are the two countries that are going to experience the biggest increase in business for football in the world.

The vice-president also cast his attention on the very popular partnership with Unicef, which beams the logo that Barca is more than just a club, with extensive investments and interests in charity as well:

We've had a successful partnership with the world body. Our association with Unicef gives us the opportunity to show why Barça is more than a club and gives us a unique image in the world and the logo is on our shirts as a sign of symbolism and positioning.

Ingla ended with comments on one of the best sports contract deals on the globe, which is the over 300 million Euro contract Barca signed with sports giants, Nike:

It's a great initiative. The contract with Nike is the best in the market and we are convinced it will be for the next seven or eight years.