By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Season budgets for various EuroLeague teams including FC Barcelona, CSKA Moscow, Zalgiris Kaunas, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, and Crvena Zvezda mts were previously known.
Building on previous information, the French newspaper “L’Equipe” presented a comprehensive list ranking the 18 clubs of Europe’s premier competition from the highest to the lowest overall budget for the 2019-20 season.
Those numbers are not official, but the report can be considered accurate and it includes all the expenses of each team.
Barcelona made its share of summer moves and ended up on top of the list with a 41 million euros budget. CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid are the other two teams spending over 40 million. The 30 million-mark was met by Khimki Moscow Region, AX Armani Exchange Milan, and Fenerbahce Beko, while Crvena Zvezda sits at the bottom end of the list.
French side ASVEL was the focus of the report which goes on to note that Tony Parker’s team must follow examples set by FC Bayern Munich and Zalgiris Kaunas.
L’Equipe’s list of EuroLeague teams season budgets in euros:
1) FC Barcelona 41M
2) CSKA Moscow 40.7M
3) Real Madrid 40M
4) Khimki Moscow Region 33.3M
5) AX Armani Exchange Milan 31M
6) Fenerbahce Beko 30M
7) Zenit Saint-Petersburg 26.7M
8) Anadolu Efes 24M
9) Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 24M
10) FC Bayern Munich 23M
11) KIROLBET Baskonia 16M
12) Olympiacos 16M
13) Valencia 15M
14) Panathinaikos OPAP 14M
15) Zalgiris Kaunas 11.9M
16) LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 11.4M
17) ALBA Berlin 11M
18) Crvena Zvezda mts 8.3M