Barcelona announced the financial figures for the 2024/25 fiscal year on Tuesday. The Catalan club described it as 'a year of economic recovery' and has been able to significantly reduce its debt burden.
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During the upcoming General Assembly scheduled for October 19, FC Barcelona will present its financial statements for the 2024/25 fiscal year. Ahead of this event, the club has already published the main figures, and they show a picture of slow but steady economic recovery after years of financial turmoil that pushed the institution to the edge of collapse.
For the second consecutive year, Barcelona has managed to post a positive balance sheet, this time with a modest surplus of 2 million euros. While this number might appear relatively small compared to the club’s billion-euro turnover, it carries symbolic weight. Only a few seasons ago, Barcelona was recording unprecedented losses, and many doubted its ability to remain competitive at the highest level without radical change. Now, the club can claim that it is once again on the path toward sustainability.
Overall revenue for the 2024/25 season reached an extraordinary 994 million euros. This result is even more remarkable given that a large part of the season could not be played at Camp Nou, the club’s traditional home and financial heart. The Espai Barça project, one of the most ambitious redevelopment initiatives in European football, forced the team to relocate to the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. Playing in a smaller stadium with limited capacity inevitably reduced matchday income, yet Barcelona managed to offset these losses through commercial and global revenue streams.
A central factor in this resilience has been sponsorship. The club secured 259 million euros in sponsorship deals the highest figure in its history. This not only reflects the continuing allure of the Barcelona brand but also the board’s success in consolidating partnerships with key companies. The collaboration with Spotify remains one of the cornerstones of this strategy, but new agreements in the technology, fashion, and travel sectors have also helped reinforce the club’s commercial profile worldwide.
Merchandising provided another record-breaking boost. Sales of official products, including shirts, training gear, and accessories, increased by 55 percent compared to the previous year, generating 170 million euros in revenue. Much of this growth can be attributed to the club’s ability to promote both established stars like Robert Lewandowski and Frenkie de Jong, and rising talents such as Lamine Yamal, Gavi, and Pedri. In addition, Barcelona’s women’s team, one of the most successful sides in Europe, has played a crucial role in expanding merchandise sales globally, proving that Barça’s commercial power goes well beyond its men’s squad.
Despite this progress, Barcelona continues to carry a significant debt load. The club’s total debt currently stands at 469 million euros. Although this figure remains high, it marks a reduction of 90 million compared to the previous year. That decline is a sign that the financial restructuring plan put in place by president Joan Laporta’s administration is beginning to take effect. The reduction has come through refinancing agreements with banks, improved revenue collection, and cost controls that were previously difficult to implement during the years of financial mismanagement and pandemic-related losses.
Looking ahead, Barcelona is setting ambitious goals for the 2025/26 season. Projections indicate that revenues could climb as high as 1.075 billion euros, an increase that would place the club among the very top earners in world football. The net profit is forecast at around 5 million euros, a relatively conservative figure given the scale of expected turnover, but one that suggests financial stability is being prioritized over risky expansion.
A major contributor to these optimistic forecasts will be the long-awaited return to the newly renovated Spotify Camp Nou. The upgraded stadium, with improved facilities, increased capacity, and expanded hospitality areas, is expected to once again become the club’s most powerful financial engine. Beyond ticket sales, the new Camp Nou will provide opportunities for new premium services, corporate events, sponsorship activations, and global branding initiatives. The project, although costly and still under scrutiny, is designed to ensure Barcelona remains competitive with other financial giants of world football such as Real Madrid, Manchester United, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich.
For Barcelona’s supporters and members, these financial results bring a mixture of relief and cautious optimism. The club has been through one of the darkest financial periods in its history, marked by massive debts, reduced competitiveness, and the painful departure of Lionel Messi. Recovering from such a crisis has required difficult measures, including the controversial sale of future media and marketing rights the so-called “financial levers” to ensure short-term liquidity. While critics argue that these moves risk long-term stability, the current numbers suggest that Barcelona has at least managed to restore a level of order to its balance sheet.
At the October 19 assembly, the financial results will be put under the microscope by the club’s members, who will debate whether the strategy pursued so far is sustainable. However, the fact that Barcelona has recorded a surplus for two years in a row, reduced its debt by nearly 100 million euros, and laid out a plan to surpass 1 billion in revenues next year will likely strengthen the board’s position.
In conclusion, FC Barcelona’s financial report for 2024/25 does not yet represent a complete solution to its problems, but it marks another step in the recovery process. From record sponsorship and merchandise income to the anticipation of returning to a modernized Camp Nou, the club is showing that it still has the capacity to compete not only on the pitch but also in the global financial arena. The road ahead remains long and complex, but for now, optimism is returning to the Catalan capital.
Updated: 01:49, 7 Oct 2025
