Forbes magazine has published this list according to many factors:
1- Manchester United (The Red Devils)
Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world.
Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world with the highest revenue of any football club, and is currently ranked as the richest and most valuable club in any sport, with an estimated value of £897 million (€1.333 billion / $1.8 billion)
Owner: Malcolm Glazor (American)
Manager: Alex Ferguson (Scottish)
Most appearances player: Ryan Giggs – 805 games
Most goals: Bobby Charlton– 249
Stadium: Old Trafford, Capacity: 76,212 seated
Sponsors:
- AIG – Principal Sponsor
- Nike – Official Sportswear Partner
- Budweiser – Official Beer
- Betfred – Official Betting Partner
Biggest Rival: Liverpool
Value ($m): 1,870
Operating income ($m): 160
2- Real MadridNicknames:
Los Blancos (The Whites), Los Merengues (The Meringues) Los Galacticos (The Superstars)
It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century.
having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European Cups and two UEFA Cups. Real was a founding member of FIFA and the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.
Owner: Vincente Boluda (Spanish)
Manager: Juande Ramos (Spanish)
Most appearances player: Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo
Most goals: Raul - 316 goals in 700
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu – Capacity: 80,354
Sponsors: bwin.com
Biggest Rival: FC Barcelona
Value ($m): 1,353
Operating income ($m): 81
3- Arsenal (The Gunners)
one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cups, and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the English top flight.
Owner: Arsenal Holdings plc
Manager: Arsène Wenger (French)
Most appearances player: David O'Leary – 722 games
Most goals: Thierry Henry – 226
Stadium: Emirates Stadium – Capacity: 60,355
Sponsors: Emirates Airline
Biggest Rival: Tottenham Hotspur
Value ($m): 1,200
Operating income ($m): 80
4- Bayern MunichNicknames:
Der FCB (The FCB)
Die Bayern (The Bavarians)
Die Roten (The Reds)
FC Hollywood
It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful club in German football, having won 21 German titles and 14 cups.
President: Franz Beckenbauer (German)
Manager: Jupp Heynckes (German)
Most appearances player: Sepp Maier – 473 games
Most goals: Gerhard Muller - 365
Stadium: Allianz Arena (Capacity: 69,901)
Sponsors: T-Mobile, Adidas
Biggest Rival: TSV 1860 Munich
Value ($m): 1,110
Operating income ($m): 59
5- Liverpool (The Reds)
Liverpool has won more trophies than any other English club. The club has won a joint-record eighteen league titles, seven FA Cups and seven League Cups. The club has won the European Cup five times which is an English record.
Owner: Tom Hicks (co-chairman)| George Gillett (co-chairman) - American
Manager: Rafael Benítez (Spanish)
Most appearances player: Ian Callaghan – 857 games
Most goals: Ian Rush – 346
Stadium: Anfield, Liverpool (Capacity: 45,362)
Sponsor: Carlsberg
Biggest Rivals: Manchester United, and Everton
Value ($m): 1,010
Operating income ($m): 50
Nicknames: Rossoneri ("Red-blacks")
6- AC Milanil Diavolo ("the Devil")
Milan have won 18 officially recognized international titles, tied with Boca Juniors as having the most in the world. The club have won what is today known as the UEFA Champions League on seven occasions; only Real Madrid have won it more times (9). As far as Italian competitions are concerned, Milan are the second most successful club with 17 league titles; only Juventus have won more (27). AC Milan have won four world titles, more than any other club in the world. They have won the Intercontinental Cup 3 times , and the FIFA Club World Cup once.
Owner: Silvio Berlusconi (Italian)
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti (Italian)
Most appearances player: Paolo Maldini – 1000 games
Most goals: Gunnar Nordahl – 268
Stadium: San Siro, (Capacity: 80,018)
Sponsors: bwin.com
Biggest Rival: Internazionale
Value ($m): 990
Operating income ($m): 58
www.acmilan.com
7- FC BarcelonaNicknames:
Barça (team)
La Blaugrana (team)
Culers or Culés (supporters)
Blaugranes (supporters)
FC Barcelona is one of the only three clubs that have never been relegated from La Liga and the second most successful club in Spanish football having won nineteen La Liga titles, a record twenty-five Spanish Cups, seven Spanish Super Cups and two League Cups. They are also one of the most successful clubs in European football having won eight official major European trophies in total.
President: Joan Laporta (Spanish)
Manager: Josep Guardiola (Spanish)
Most appearances player: Migueli – 548 games
Most goals: Carles Rexach - 122
Stadium: Camp Nou, Barcelona (Capacity: 98,772)
Sponsors:
- Nike - Official sponsors
- Coca-Cola - Official sponsors
- TV3 - Official sponsors
- Audi - Official sponsors
- bwin - Official Betting Partner
Biggest Rival: Real Madrid
Value ($m): 960
Operating income ($m): 108
www.fcbarcelona.com
8- Chelsea (The Pensioners, The Blues)
The team, funded in 1905, plays in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions three times, and have won the FA Cup four times, the League Cup four times and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice.
Owner: Roman Abramovich (Russian)
Manager: Guus Hiddink (Netherland)
Most appearances player: Ron Harris – 795 games
Most goals: Bobby Tamb - 202
Stadium: Stamford Bridge, London, (Capacity: 42,500)
Sponsor: Samsung
Biggest Rivals: Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United
Value ($m): 800
Operating income ($m): -13
9- JuventusNicknames:
La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady)
La Fidanzata d'Italia (The girlfriend of Italy)
I bianconeri (The white-blacks)
Le Zebre (The Zebras)
[La] Signora Omicidi ([The] Lady Killer)
Juventus is the most successful team in the history of Italian football.Overall, the club have won 51 official trophies, more than any other team in the country; 40 in Italy, which is also a record, and 11 in European and world competitions. The Old Lady is the third most successful club in Europe and the sixth in the world with the most international titles officially recognised by one of the six continental football confederations and FIFA.
Chairman: Giovanni Cobolli Gigli (Italian)
Manager: Ciro Ferrara (Italian)
Most appearances player: Alessandro Del Piero, 600 games
Most goals: Alessandro Del Piero, 241
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin, Italy
(Capacity: 28,500)
Sponsors: New Holland FIAT Group
Biggest Rival: Internazionale
Value ($m): 600
Operating income ($m): 46
www.juventus.com
10- Schalke 04Nicknames:
Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues)
Die Knappen (The Miners)
Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major successes have been rare since the club's heyday in the 1930s and early 1940s. The football team is the biggest part of a larger sports club with more than 78,000 members (March 2009) making it the second largest sports club in Germany.
Chairman: Josef Schnusenberg (German)
Manager: Mike Büskens (German)
Most appearances player: Klaus Fichtel – 477 games
Most goals: Klaus Fischer, 182
Stadium: Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, (Capacity: 61,673)
Sponsors: Gazprom
Biggest Rival: Borussia Dortmund
Value ($m): 510
Operating income ($m): 41
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Do you know why the football is the most attractive sport among the others? The reason is; the small clubs with far less money than the giant ones can win in the match. So while watching a football game, don’t pay attention too much to the name and value of the clubs, just enjoy watching it!
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