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The Barça club closed last year with a deficit of 30 million euros, the second highest in its history
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The salary mass of the section amounted to 38 million, according to 2Playbook, the digital platform on the business of sports
The FC Barcelona basketball section foresees losses of 27.92 million euros in the season that has just started, 2022-23, according to the information sent to the partners for the telematic meeting next October 9. According to 2Playbook, the digital platform for the sports industry, the deficit figure was 30 million last year, the second highest in the section after that registered in 2020-21, with 34.6 million.
The case of the Barcelona club goes in parallel the one that lives its eternal rival, Real Madrid, which closed the last year with a loss even higher than that of Barça, 31 million. In his case, relieved with the achievement of the League title and his status as European runner-up. Regarding next year, Madrid tightens its belt, with a reduction in the wage bill, and estimates that its losses will decrease up to 23.6 million euros.
The main sections of the two great Spanish clubs continue to live on what football generates to balance their budgets. And this volume of aid has been progressively increasing with the growth of the Euroleague, which has become the main objective of the season, more than the national competition itself, the Endesa League. Barça are chasing the European title hard, as their last crown dates back to 2010 in Paris.
European rivals
The power of rivals such as CSKA or the Turkish clubs, and before that the Greeks, has led to this upward spiral when compared to what has occurred in the Endesa League. The two great Spanish teams have doubled their budgets in the last decade, while renowned rivals such as Baskonia, Valencia or Unicaja were far behind.
In the case of Barça, the balance is more painful because last year it was closed with a single title, the Copa del Rey, and a tough defeat against Madrid in the League final. The total expenditure of the section, according to the 2Playbook platform, was 44.1 million euros, of which 38 were allocated to the wage bill, a game in which the star Nikola Mirotic has a very relevant role.
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In Madrid, the total expense amounted to about 50 million, with 41.3 allocated to that section of remuneration to its staff. While the white club now wants to go down to 32 for next year, the entity chaired by Joan Laporta keeps the bar at 37. The negative balance of the last exercise has forced to make a remodeling of the team with the arrival of important signings such as Satoransky, Kalinic, Vesely or Tobey.
own income
That basketball, if it keeps the bar so high, will always depend on the muscle of soccer is evident. However, the Barça club continues with the pending issue of generating its own resources. These revenues came last year, according to 2Playbook, to a figure of 14.3 million euros. Now the goal is to reach almost 17 million in this recently started course. And within the chapter of these incomes, the greatest lack occurs in the field of own sponsorships. In this field, last season it achieved revenues of 6.44 million, 19.5% less than the previous campaign.
