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Most Valuable Football Club in Europe 2017 (Manchester United)- List of Top 20 European clubs by value

Manchester United have been named as the most valuable football club in Europe, dethroning erstwhile holders Manchester United. The report, released by consulting giant K P M G, takes into account financial and non-financial information publicly available for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, and values United at more than 3 billion euros.

Six of the top ten clubs in the list are from England, with United occupying top spot, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool taking spots 5-8 and Tottenham Hotspur rounding off the top 10. Spain have two representatives in the top ten- Real Madrid and Barcelona, with Atleti coming 13th.

In the top 20, Spurs, Man City, Atleti and Juventus seem to have registered the highest growth rates from last year, as can be seen in the table below. Leicester are new entrants at No.16, displacing Ajax.

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Hyundai A-League Crowds 2016-17 | Australian soccer attendances 2016-2017 season

The Australian A-League concluded recently, with Sydney FC being crowned champions following a victory on penalties over Melbourne Victory in the Grand Final.

Sydney, coached by Graham Arnold (and the only team in the 16/17 A-League to wear Puma), were virtually untouchable during regular round robin play, losing just once in 27 games and finishing a whopping 17 points above their nearest rivals. They also scored the most goals (55) and let in the least (12) during the regular season.

Here is a look at the clubs’ attendances during the 2016/17 A-League season (including finals fixtures). The league started in October and ended in May.

Winners Sydney benefited by hosting the finals- their average attendance went up from 16,001 (round robin) to 18,099- primarily due to the 41,546 who turned up at Allianz Park for the Grand Final.

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Most Penalties conceded by a team in a Premiership season- Hull City 2016/17

With their penalty conceded against Arsenal over the weekend, Hull City now hold the record for most penalties conceded in a single PL season. The Tigers have already conceded 11 this season, breaking the record of 10 held by Blackburn Rovers in 2006/07.

In those eleven penalties, three HCAFC players have been directly sent off- Jake Livermore (v Arsenal), Ahmed Elmohamady (v Liverpool) and Sam Clucas (v Arsenal)

List of Hull City penalties conceded this season

v Leicester at home- August (Hull 2-1 Leicester)

v Arsenal at home- September (Hull 1-4 Arsenal)

v Liverpool away (2 pens)- September (Liverpool 5-1 Hull)

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