Groups by league table position

In order to determine the correlation between the success of the clubs on the pitch and their economic conditions, they were divided into three groups based on their position in the league table. The clubs with the best economic conditions clearly outperform the Bundesliga average in this analysis as well. Similar to the classification according to the expenditure for their respective professional teams, the most successful clubs in sporting terms also achieved 192 and 190 per cent in terms of revenue and expenditure and were therefore almost twice as high as the notional Bundesliga average. By contrast, mid-table clubs (59 and 60 per cent) and bottom third (49 and 50 per cent) of the table are relatively close to each other, but well below the average.