Salzburg in their own league, Austria with a big minus
While RB Salzburg also closed the 2020/21 financial year in their own league, the two Austrians from Vienna and Klagenfurt each recorded a large minus.
RB Salzburg once again earned by far the most money in the 2020/21 financial year.
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Master Salzburg broke the turnover limit of 100 million euros again last year. According to the financial figures published by the Bundesliga on Tuesday, the league croesus made a profit of almost five million euros on income of 112 million. Even in times of the corona pandemic, the Champions League starter is the club that has earned the most money. The minus was again big for Austria. The Viennese made a loss of 4.7 million euros.
The negative equity at the Violette thus increased to 19.2 million euros. Austria has total liabilities of over 79 million euros. As the league noted, the club has so far only provided unchecked information. Austria has not yet submitted the annual accounts approved by an auditor. It was not until Monday evening that the club’s committees agreed on final negotiations with a group of investors. This is to avoid bankruptcy with its financial means.
Wacker Innsbruck is in the red
In addition to Austria, the newcomer Austria Klagenfurt has also posted a minus in the millions. The Carinthian company made a loss of more than 3.5 million euros in the past 2020/21 financial year. The total negative equity is more than EUR 4.7 million, plus liabilities of almost EUR 5.8 million. Admira (minus EUR 469,000) and Sturm Graz (minus EUR 500,000) also make negative annual results from the ranks of the first division clubs. before. Second division Wacker Innsbruck has reported a loss of almost three million euros.
On the income side, Salzburg generated around 70 million euros less than in the record year 2019/20. This can be explained primarily by the transfer balance. The changes from Erling Haaland, Munas Dabbur, Xaver Schlager or Stefan Lainer brought a total of well over 100 million euros in the club’s cash register. Personnel expenses remained stable with expenditures of over 50 million euros. In the meantime, 90 million euros with liabilities of almost 30 million are on the high edge at Salzburg.
Rapid benefits from Europa League
Rapid has somewhat cushioned the pandemic and the associated losses in ticket revenue from participating in the Europa League. Although Grün-Weiß was eliminated after the group stage, almost seven million euros alone came in prize money in the cash register. After the slight decrease in the previous year, the Hütteldorfer reported a slight plus (700,000 euros) as of June 30, 2021. Liabilities rose (almost 50 million), but so did equity, which now stands at 15.6 million euros.
Number three in terms of sales behind Salzburg and Rapid is Austria with almost 30 million, still well ahead of LASK (23.3), WAC (17.5) and Sturm Graz (14.8). The bottom of the list is TSV Hartberg, which has 5.9 million. WSG Tirol has the lowest personnel costs (3.8 million). Rapid (21.2) is, as expected, the number two behind Salzburg. Austria (13.2) is number three in terms of salaries, but LASK (12.9) is almost as good for its staff.
The collected financial figures of the Bundesliga are available here.