Official: Real Madrid earn €157.5m from La Liga television rights for 2024/25 – most by any club | OneFootball

On Monday, La Liga published the total distribution of the television rights revenue for the 2024/25 season among clubs in the first and second divisions of Spain.

The league body has distributed €1.432 billion between the Primera and Segunda División, lower than the €1.498 billion in the 2023/24 season.

Real Madrid overtake Barcelona

As it so happens, Real Madrid have overtaken Barcelona as the highest earners from the audiovisual rights for the 2024/25 season, despite the Catalans winning the La Liga title.

Indeed, Real Madrid have received €157.52 million from the television rights for 2024/25, a slight dip from 2023/24 when they earned €159.55 million.

Barcelona, meanwhile, fall from €162.49 million to €156.45 million, despite having won the league title in 2024/25.

Atletico Madrid are the third club to earn the most from television rights, although they too have seen a decrease, from €117.89 million to €108.17 million.

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In La Liga, 50 per cent of the money generated from the sale of television rights is shared equally among the 20 clubs.

A further 25 per cent is allocated based on sporting results over the last five seasons, while the remaining 25 per cent is determined by each club’s social and commercial reach.

It must be noted that Real Madrid had the possibility of earning more money, but their confrontational stance towards La Liga worked against them.

The Merengues did not cooperate with the new audiovisual protocol, which rewards clubs that contribute to making television broadcasts richer.

Essentially, clubs that allow cameras into dressing rooms more often and provide more players for pre-match, half-time and post-match interviews receive additional income.

Real Madrid, believing that these spaces should be commercialised by each club rather than by La Liga, chose not to cooperate and have taken the matter to court. As a result, they have also earned less money.