Spanish soccer giants FC Barcelona have published their financial results for the 2024-25 campaign, cutting their losses on the previous year substantially while closing in on the €1billion ($1.17 billion) revenue mark.
The Catalan side posted revenue of €994 million ($1.16 billion), up from the €894 million it generated in the 2023-24 campaign, just shy of the vaunted €1 billion target first set by bitter rivals Real Madrid in the 2023-24 campaign.
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This was powered by record commercial revenue of €259 million, comprised of existing partnerships and new sponsorship agreements inked over the period, including the club’s improved multi-year kit deal with long-term supplier Nike.
With Nike’s improved terms, merchandising across the period also increased 55% year-on-year to €171 million, with the club saying its e-commerce operations now span 170 global territories.
Additionally, the valuation of the club’s media arm, Barca Productions, and the sale of hospitality seating at the upgraded Camp Nou stadium, also contributed to the high revenue, as did record attendance at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (which increased stadium income by €39 million), which came despite the venue being a temporary ground used while Barcelona awaits Camp Nou’s reopening.
Significantly, this has allowed the club to cut its annual losses substantially. In 2023-24, the club made a post-tax loss of €91 million, but in 2024-25, this was cut down to €17 million, helping the club ease what had previously been a perilous financial situation.
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By GlobalDataLooking forward, with the club’s return to the upgraded and lucrative Camp Nou, expected at some point in the 2025-26 campaign, the club is predicting revenue of €1.075 billion across the current campaign, with an aim to increase stadium income by €50 million, and equally a target of record merchandising revenues of close to €200 million.
In July, it was revealed that Barca had penned a lucrative sponsorship deal with the tourism body of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to begin in the 2025-26 season, worth more than €40 million.
The Catalan side’s commercial portfolio also includes a shirt, training kit, and stadium naming rights agreement with Spotify, and a sleeve sponsorship with Ambilight TV.
