There are 11 billionaires and 25 new entries in the Top 100.  FourFourTwo researched and published the Football Rich List annually.

Some of the new entries are foreigners – like Sheikh Mansour and the new No.2 Lakshmi Mittal, who has joined Formula 1 entrepreneurs Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore in investing in QPR.  The new England manager Fabio Capello is also a new entry.  He is worth an estimated £25m with a £6m a year contract and a £10m private art collection.

In the top 10 richest soccer club owners, we have 2 owners having £1.1b jointly occupying the 10th spot in the Rich List.

The Top 10 + 10 richest soccer club owners on the Football Rich List are:

1. Shekh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nayan (Manchester City) £15bn
2. Lakshmi Mittal & family (QPR) £12.5bn
3. Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7bn
4. Joe Lewis (Tottenham Hotspur) £2.5bn
5. Bernie & Slavica Ecclestone (QPR) £2.4bn
6. Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal) £2.245bn
7. Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) £1.5bn
8= Lord Grantchester & The Moores Family (Everton) £1.2bn
8= Dermot Desmond (Celtic) £1.2bn
10= Lord Ashcroft (Watford) £1.1bn
10= Malcolm Glazer & family (Manchester United) £1.1b
12. Simon Keswick (Cheltenham Town) £966m
13. Trevor Hemmings (Preston North End) £900m
14. Mike Ashley (Newcastle United) £800m
15. Randy Lerner (Aston Villa) £750m
16. Tom Hicks (Liverpool) £700m
17. The Walker Family (Blackburn Rovers) £660m
18. Mohammed al-Fayed (Fulham) £650m
19. Sir David Murray (Glasgow Rangers) £600m
20. Steve Morgan (Wolves) £400m

According to Deloitte, Madrid generated €365.8 million in the year ending last June. Had the pound stayed steady at the June 2007 rate, United’s revenue of £257.1 million would have equated to €382 million rather than €324.8 million.  Due to the global financial meltdown, and the currency market, United would have slipped to third spot behind Barcelona.

After last season’s domestic and Champions League success, the Red Devils money men have plenty to cheer about as their revenues increased by £45 million over the previous season.  Chelsea is the second-richest club in the English Premier League (EPL).  The Blues’ revenue grew by 12 per cent and is reportedly wooing AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti to replace interim boss Guus Hiddink at the end of the season.

Arsenal’s new Emirates Stadium continues to be a success story, at least in financial terms.   The 60,000-seat arena contributed match-day revenue of £94.6 million last season, which is 45% of Arsenal’s total earnings.

Liverpool, with an average crowd of 43,500, generated just £39.2 million in match-day revenue, highlighting a desperate need for a new stadium. That depends on the club being sold by their American owners, who hope the 25 per cent increase in turnover will attract buyers.

Top 10 Richest Soccer Clubs

1 Real Madrid, Spain, €365.8 million
2 Manchester United, England, €324.8m
3 Barcelona, Spain, €308.8m
4 Bayern Munich, Germany, €295.3m
5 Chelsea, England, €268.9m
6 Arsenal, England, €264.4m
7 Liverpool, England, €210.9m
8 AC Milan, Italy, €209.5m
9 AS Roma, Italy, €175.4 m
10 Inter Milan, Italy, €172.9m

The next top 10 richest soccer clubs

11 Juventus, Italy, €167.5m
12 Lyon, France, €155.7m
13 Schalke, Germany, €148.4m
14 Tottenham, England, €145m
15 Hamburg, Germany, €127.9m
16 Marseille, France, €126.8m
17 Newcastle, England, €125.6m
18 Stuttgart, Germany, €111.5m
19 Fenerbahce, Turkey, €111.3m
20 Manchester City, England, €104m