The new Champions League begins and will end in May in Lisbon with 32 teams competing for the title, in a competition offering prestige and million of Euros to the participants. Bayern Munich will try to maintain the title with Josep Guardiola looking for his 3rd trophy as a coach. In the same time Real Madrid, Barcelona and Chelsea want to return to the top. All of the above contenders have new coaches and very attractive teams. Let's not forget that Chelsea is also last Europa Cup's title holder.
We don't know who will be the winner in the end of the season, but we know the teams' ranking in terms of Market Value. The Market Value is the sum of economic values of the players each team has. The total Market Value of the 32 teams in Uefa Champions League for 2013/2014 season exceeds €7 billion, increased by %7,27 compared to last year. First in the list is Barcelona, with an estimated Market Value of €587 million, far above the Market Value of Viktoria Plzeň, which takes the last place of the list with €20 million. You can see in the following tables the teams in the top 5 positions as well as in the bottom 5.
Top 5
| Team | Market value | ø-Market value | Country | |
| FC Barcelona | 587.300.000 € | 23.492.000 € | Spain | |
| Real Madrid CF | 571.500.000 € | 24.847.826 € | Spain | |
| FC Bayern München | 483.650.000 € | 18.601.923 € | Germany | |
| Chelsea FC | 475.750.000 € | 17.620.370 € | England | |
| Manchester City FC | 469.750.000 € | 19.572.917 € | England |
Bottom 5
| Team | Market value | ø-Market value | Country | |
| FC Basel 1893 | 49.900.000 € | 1.848.148 € | Switzerland | |
| FC Steaua Bucureşti | 42.650.000 € | 1.470.690 € | Romania | |
| FC København | 24.550.000 € | 1.022.917 € | Denmark | |
| FK Austria Wien | 21.650.000 € | 866.000 € | Austria | |
| FC Viktoria Plzeň | 20.000.000 € | 869.565 € | Czech Rep. |
You can see from the tables above a huge difference between the teams. For example, the 3 teams in the bottom of this ranking have values less than the average value of Real Madrid. The gap is very big. However, money don't play football; they help the teams buy players but within the 90 minutes of a game there are 11 players against 11 and everything can happen.
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*All values are based on data collected on 4/9/2013
