Bundesliga Confirms Sustainable Growth & Generates 2bn Euros of Revenue

The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has announced that the Bundesliga generated more than 2bn euros ($2.7bn) of revenue for the first time in the 2011-12 football season.

The announcement, presented at the Bundesliga Report 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, also showed that clubs produced 55m euros ($73m) of profit and 14 of the 18 clubs produced profits.

The overall wages to revenue ratio for players and coaches also decreased by 37.8%.

Christian Seifert (pictured), CEO of the DFL commented: “The Bundesliga confirmed its sustainable growth and healthy development. The league is well equipped for the coming challenges.

“The League Association, the DFL and the clubs will work intensively on continuing their successful way. The foundations for that are economic rationality as well as aimed investments in athletic performance and infrastructure”

Speaking exclusively to iSportconnect, Wolfgang Holzhäuser, Managing Director of Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen said: “The majority of German clubs are economically solid. I am convinced that German football will benefit from its strong sustainable economic development in the coming years.

“There are some clubs that can spend more money than others, but it’s no surprise that the 15^th team in the premier league is only 7 points behind fifth-placed. The sporting balance, to me, makes the Bundesliga the most exciting league in Europe. Here, any club can beat any other.”

The 36 clubs and joined stock companies of the League Association increased the revenues generated for the 2011-12 season for the eighth season running. In total, the clubs generated 2.46 billion euros last season.

Just like the previous year, football in Germany recorded increases in all central areas of income, such as advertising, media and game revenues.

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