Official Statement

Real Madrid C. F. expresses its satisfaction with today's Supreme Court ruling, which once again finds in favour of our club against LaLiga.

This ruling fully confirms the arguments put forth by Real Madrid against the illegal statutory amendment promoted by LaLiga in 2015. This illegal amendment altered the distribution of the clubs' audiovisual rights.

The Supreme Court has declared null and void the Second Additional Provision of LaLiga's Statutes, incorporated in 2015 without legal authorisation and aimed at altering the distribution of audiovisual revenues for the 2015-2016 season outside the scope of the law.

As a result of this nullity, the valid distribution for that season must be that established by the Statutes at the time:

* 60% of the revenue for First Division clubs.

* 40% for Second Division clubs.

* Equal distribution among all clubs within each category.

Therefore, the applicable legal distribution entails the payment of approximately 88 million euros in additional funds, which were illegally withheld, to the clubs that played in the Second Division in the 2015-2016 season: Alavés, Albacete, Alcorcón, Almería, Bilbao Athletic, Córdoba, Elche, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Girona, Huesca, Leganés, Llagostera, Lugo, Mallorca, Mirandés, Numancia, Osasuna, Ponferradina, Real Oviedo, Tenerife, Real Valladolid and Real Zaragoza.
It also means that Real Madrid will receive the amount it was legally entitled to, some 8.8 million euros, of which it was also unlawfully deprived.

This ruling by the Supreme Court restores legality and ensures that decisions affecting Spanish professional football are always taken with full respect for the law and transparency.
The Supreme Court's ruling completely dismisses the appeal filed by LaLiga and ratifies in full the ruling already made in favour of Real Madrid by the National High Court.

This ruling is of fundamental importance for the economic interests of the clubs that were then playing in the Second Division and for Real Madrid itself.

With this ruling, the Supreme Court confirms that Real Madrid and the aforementioned clubs were unlawfully damaged by LaLiga's actions.