Det kæmpe overskud skyldes vel først og fremmest, at man har solgt fremtidige rettigheder, for at få likvider ind her og nu, eller tager jeg fejl?
Det er langt langt mere end det:
"On a commercial level, with revenue of 351 million euros (+43% compared to the previous year), the club has obtained all-time record figures. The Sponsorship area practically reached 200 million euros and sales at Barça Stores amounted to 100 million euros, also an absolute record.
Venue operations closed the 2022/23 academic year to June 30 with total revenue of €229 million, a figure 14% higher than budgeted and 8% more than what was recorded in the 2018/19 season, the last full season prior to Covid. The significant increase in turnover at Spotify Camp Nou is especially remarkable, with €121 million in income generated by the first season ever to see a million tickets sold to see the men´s first team, while there were also record gate takings for women´s football, bringing in 2.7 million euros and for basketball with 4.5 million euros (126% higher than the 2018/19 pre-pandemic season). The Barça Museum closed its last year in its traditional location with turnover of €39.9 million.
In the 2022/23 season, FC Barcelona generated a record number of new sponsorships, 20, which generated €97.6 million, including Spotify, Bimbo and Whitebit, as well as new deals with ScotiaBank and Stanley, among others. Especially relevant have been the €7.8 million generated by women´s football, an increase of 95% on the 2021/22 season. In the 2022/23 season, six other new sponsorships were signed for a value of €36 million that will count towards the 2023/24 season.
Barça Licensing & Merchandising (BLM) recorded a 54% increase in sales in physical stores compared to the previous year. As for e-commerce, the growth was 47% with spectacular gains in women´s clothing, where sales have risen by 275%. In the 2022/23 season, eight new points of sale were opened: four in Barcelona, one in Tarragona, one in Madrid and two new corners at El Corte Inglés department stores (María Cristina and Plaça Catalunya, both in Barcelona). As well as these directly managed stores, four new franchises have also opened their doors for the first time.
The Board of Directors would like to emphasise that Spotify Camp Nou was the stadium with the highest average attendance in Europe last season, according to the UEFA report titled The European Club Talent and Competition Landscape. This once again demonstrates the strength of the FC Barcelona brand, which continues to be a global benchmark for creating synergies and offering unique fan experiences."
Nettogælden er i øvrigt faldet igen fra €680M til nu €552M.
Dette indeholder dog ikke den gæld, der er optaget ifm. ombygningen af stadion. Den del holdes for sig selv, da den skal betales via de øgede indtægter, der bliver genereret af projektet. (Man anslår her ~€250M årligt i ekstra indtægter)