What are the factors that determine the profitability of owning a football club?

[King Belieal]

People own and run football clubs as commercial ventures. Pointers are on the direction of it being a good and lucrative business.

What are the factors that can determine the profitability of a business that is concerned with running a football club?

 

[Augusta]

The profitability of a football club is determined by its sources of income for the club, such as ticket sales, sponsorships, etc and also from the Player sales like income from selling or leasing players

 

[Suba]

Even though you get a source of income from the football club you manage such as from selling original uniforms, sponsorships, ticket sales, broadcasting rights, player sales, and prizes. However, if you calculate carefully, in general, the owner/manager of the football club loses like in European clubs. You can imagine that the income from ticket sales is only around 15%, and other income is not comparable to the cost of player transfers.

 

[Trush Jodie]

One factor that would make a football club to make profit is the size of the fanbase that are ready to buy matchday tickets and the clubs merchandise.

 

[Nomad]

Your team needs to win. If it wins, you will not only get prize money but also a lot of brand endorsements.