Barcelona move ahead of Real Madrid with record-breaking revenue
Barcelona have become the first club to announce revenue figures worth over £500m after generating record-breaking turnover of €679m (£570m) in the 2015/16 season.
The Catalan club, who won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey last season, believe the results keep the club on course of meeting its revenue target of €1bn by 2021.
The board described the figures, larger than any Real Madrid have ever disclosed to date, as "representing a substantial increase of the figure originally budgeted for this area."
Bitter rivals Real Madrid have occupied the No1 spot in Deloitte's annual money league, a ranking of football clubs by revenue, for 11 straight years, finishing one spot above Barcelona last year.
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They are expected to trump Barcelona once again when announcing their revenue figures for a 2105/16 campaign in which they won their 11th Champions League trophy.
Barcelona also enjoyed net profit of €29m for the season.
The club recently announced a renewal of their Qatar Airways shirt sponsorship for next season in a deal worth around £25m a year.
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