Real Madrid is the most valuable football club in the world for 2025 according to business sports website Sportico. The website has ranked fifty football clubs from around the globe based on the data it has complied and presented it under the listicle “World’s 50 Most Valuable Soccer Clubs 2025 Ranking”.
The Spanish giant have been valued at $6.53 billion. Last year Sportico had ranked Manchester United as the most valuable football club with a valuation of $6.2 billion.
Real Madrid’s arch rivals Barcelona are ranked third on the 2025 list with a valuation of $5.71 billion.
Despite the La Liga teams claiming the two of the top-three spots, six Premier League clubs feature among the top ten. Manchester United have slipped to the second place this year with a valuation of $6.09 billion. Newly crowned Premier League champions Liverpool hold onto its fourth spot from the previous year with a valuation of $5.59 billion.
Bayern Munich is the highest ranked German club on the list. The Bavarians, who secured their 34th Bundesliga title last week, are valued at $5.21 billion.
Manchester City had a tough 2024-25 season as the club relinquished its Premier League title and were also eliminated from the Champions League and the English Football League early. Despite the setbacks the club has the chance to clinch at least one trophy this year as it is slated to face Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final. The poor run this season hasn’t tarnished the club’s valuation as it clung onto the sixth place with a valuation of $5.16 billion.
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London-based Arsenal is likely to finish at the second place in the Premier League standings for a third straight season. The Gunners also enjoyed a good run in the Champions League this time around as they managed to qualify till the semi-finals before they were eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain. Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain are ranked seventh and eighth on the list with a respective valuation of $4.49 billion and $4.26 billion. Paris Saint-Germain will be eyeing its first Champions League title when it faces Inter Milan in the final on May 31.
Two clubs from North West of London, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, round-off the top-ten list. Tottenham Hotspur, which qualified for the Europa League final where it will be competing against Manchester United, is the ninth most valuable football club in the world with a valuation of $3.68 billion. Tottenham’s London rivals Chelsea have been valued at $3.57 billion.
Rise of the football in the USA
Although the European clubs have dominated the top-ten list, but it is the football or soccer (in USA’s context) clubs from the United States of America that have dominated the complete list of 50 clubs. Nineteen Major League Soccer (MLS) have been listed in the top 50. Los Angeles FC and Inter Miami are the two highest ranked American football clubs with a respective valuation of $1.28 billion and Inter Miami.
The dominance of the MLS clubs on the list reaffirms that America is fast emerging as a valuable market for the sport. The USA is bound to host and co-host two of the biggest football tournaments in the months to come. The country will first play host to the revamped and expanded 32-team FIFA Club World Cup in June this year. Next year, USA along with Canada and Mexico, will co-host the FIFA World Cup.
Prakhar Sachdeo
The Sportz Planet Desk
