Ticket income in 2025 from the top 25 clubs: four Bundesliga clubs mentioned

European football’s balance sheet has a new subplot: Eintracht Frankfurt have overtaken Borussia Dortmund in ticket-generated revenue, a rare reshuffle in a segment the Yellow Wall once ruled almost by default. Dortmund’s 80,000-plus average crowds at Signal Iduna Park remain among the continent’s largest, yet the club now trail their Hessian rivals on the only matchday metric that ends up in the ledger.

The swing, according to the latest UEFA report “The European Club Finance and Investment Landscape”, illustrates how turnstile count is only part of the equation. Dynamic pricing, premium hospitality and commercial packaging have allowed Frankfurt to convert fervour at Deutsche Bank Park into harder currency, lifting the club above Dortmund inside the overall top 25 ticket-earners.

While the Bundesliga quartet—Frankfurt, Dortmund and two others—feature prominently, the panorama widens across borders. Paris Saint-Germain’s model relies on some of Europe’s steepest admission costs, with average matchday prices that can quintuple those in Dortmund. The Parisian approach buttresses PSG’s revenue line and highlights the gulf between high-price, high-margin ticketing and volume-driven strategies elsewhere.

For clubs, the numbers are more than accounting footnotes. Matchday cash underwrites playing squads, stadium refreshes and academy pipelines; Frankfurt’s leap could therefore presage greater competitive firepower. As broadcast and commercial deals balloon, the scramble for every revenue stream intensifies, proving that while goals win matches, ticket income still helps to pay for the strikers who score them.