Anderlecht wage bill only half the one of Club Brugge

OTHER Het Nieuwsblad published the amounts paid out as wages by clubs from 1A last season. With 42.3 million euros, Anderlecht is in fourth place. Club Brugge is in the lead. They paid just under 84.9 million euros in salaries last season.


42,297,399 euros. That's how much Anderlecht paid in wages last season. The players of the first team take the biggest bite, but the salaries of players from the Futures and ladies, staff members and (youth) trainers also count. 

Het Nieuwsblad's research shows that Anderlecht's so-called Squad Spend Ratio was 52.2 percent last season. The Squad Spend Ratio is the ratio between the wages a club pays out to its sporting cell (players, trainers, etc.) and its net operating income. The Pro League wants it to be 70 percent from next season to be healthy. So Anderlecht is a very good student at the moment. It was once different.

Three clubs pay more

Club Brugge, Antwerp and Racing Genk paid a larger amount in wages than Anderlecht last season.

Below are the six clubs that spent the most on salaries. In parentheses the Squad Spend Ratio.
Club Brugge 84,899,933 euros (70.92%)
Antwerp 57,481,226 euros (69.57%)
KRC Genk 42,616,281 euros (56.26%)
Anderlecht 42,297,399 euros (52.40%)
AA Gent 35,999,027 euros (53.05%)
Standard 24,722,907 euros (75.85%)

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