List of world’s richest football clubs in 2012 and their worth

Forbes released the 2012 list of world’s most valuable football teams. Manchester United have retained their status as the world’s richest club, with their value having soared by an estimated 20 per cent according Forbes. view list after cut

#1. Manchester United
Owner: Glazer family
Value: $2.23 billion
Revenue: $532 million
Operating income: $178 million

#2. Real Madrid
Owner: club members
Value: $1.88 billion
Revenue: $695 million
Operating income: $214 million

#3. Barcelona
Owner: club members
Value: $1.31 billion
Revenue: $653 million
Operating income: $96 million

#4. Arsenal
Owner: Stan Kroenke
Value: $1.29 billion
Revenue: $364 million
Operating income: $98 million

#5. Bayern Munich
Owner: club members
Value: $1.23 billion
Revenue: $466 million
Operating income: $90 million

#6. AC Milan
Owner: Silvio Berlusconi
Value: $989 million
Revenue: $341 million
Operating income: $29 million

#7. Chelsea
Owner: Roman Abramovich
Value: $761 million
Revenue: $362 million
Operating income: $76 million

#8. Liverpool
Owner: John Henry
Value: $619 million
Revenue: $295 million
Operating income: $45 million

#9. Juventus
Owner: Agnelli family
Value: $591 million
Revenue: $223 million
Operating income: -$38 million

#10. Schalke 04
Owner: club members
Value: $587 million
Revenue: $293 million
Operating income: $101 million

#11. Tottenham Hotspur
Owner: Joseph Lewis
Value: $564 million
Revenue: $262 million
Operating income: $60 million

#12. Inter Milan
Owner: Massimo Moratti
Value: $490 million
Revenue: $307 million
Operating income: -$84 million

#13. Manchester City
Owner: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Value: $443 million
Revenue: $246 million
Operating income: -$123 million

#14. Borussia Dortmund
Owner: Bernd Geske
Value: $394 million
Revenue: $197 million
Operating income: $33 million

#15. Olympique Lyonnais
Owner: Jean-Michel Aulas
Value: $385 million
Revenue: $193 million
Operating income: -$3 million

#16. Hamburg SV
Owner: club members
Value: $355 million
Revenue: $187 million
Operating income: $17 million

#17. AS Roma
Owner: Neep Roma Holding
Value: $354 million
Revenue: $208 million
Operating income: $2 million

#18. Olympique Marseille
Owner: Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Value: $349 million
Revenue: $218 million
Operating income: $17 million

#19. Valencia
Owner: club members
Value: $288 million
Revenue: $169 million
Operating income: $23 million

#20. Napoli
Owner: Aurelio De Laurentiis
Value: $283 million
Revenue: $167 million
Operating income: $58 million