Menu
Download the app

SBJ subscribers – Enhance your experience with the revamped iOS app

Finance

Bundesliga's Revenue Up More Than 10% To €4.42B In '17-18

The German Football League (DFL) announced in its annual report on Wednesday that revenues for the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga in '17-18 rose by more than 10% year-on-year to €4.42B, "marking the 14th consecutive year of growth," according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. The DFL said that revenue for the top two divisions in '16-17 was €4.01B while overall revenues have "more than doubled in the last decade." The top league generated revenues of €3.81B, a 13% rise from €3.37B in '16-17. DFL CEO Christian Seifert said, "German professional football has continued its positive development. This is driven in particular by revenue from the current national media contracts, which are reflected in the balance sheets for the first time." German football, on club and national level, has "not enjoyed major success" since the 2014 World Cup win. The Bundesliga, however, "remains successful," with match advertising and media revenues all up from the previous fiscal year. Bundesliga clubs also "pumped" €177M into youth development and academies in '17-18, up from €163M in '16-17 (REUTERS, 2/13).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2019/02/14/Finance/Bundesliga-Revenue.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2019/02/14/Finance/Bundesliga-Revenue.aspx

CLOSE