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The budget of the hockey club CSKA. The budgets of the clubs of the western conference of the KHL have been published. SKA spends almost three times the current salary cap

What we learned from the KHL report.

KHL PLANS TO GO FROM STATE FINANCING

EY has prepared an analytical report on the activities of the Kontinental Hockey League following the results of the 2017/18 season. It discloses information about the financial condition of the league, a detailed rating of KHL clubs, as well as the results of an analysis of the marketing effectiveness of clubs and the league as a whole. It is worth paying tribute to the KHL - the league does not hesitate to publish such information, and willingly shares its secrets.

For example, the total budget of all KHL clubs turns out to be 53 billion rubles, while the income of the organization itself exceeded 3 billion last year. Of course, clubs are still very far from self-sufficiency, but the KHL plans that by 2023 clubs will reduce their dependence on state funding as much as possible .

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The commercial income of the clubs amounted to 5.4 billion rubles. That is, all in all KHL teams paid back only 10%. The main source of income is tickets (48%) and advertising (34%). The KHL wants the payback percentage to rise to 25% in five years.

The growth of subscribers to thematic KHL and KHL-HD channels also increased. It is noted that on federal TV the average audience of league matches is 226 thousand people. At the same time, the television audience is heterogeneous - the average audience of top matches exceeds 300 thousand viewers, but even 50 thousand people do not watch conditional matches between Neftekhimik and Amur or Sochi and Admiral.

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The KHL championship matches are broadcast to 32 countries, and according to the report, last season the number of broadcasts to markets where the KHL is not present was 1,657 viewers. This is more than a third more than five years ago. It is reported that the Russian viewer today is increasingly watching KHL-HD, the number of viewers is growing twice as fast as the main channel, and in the near future the number of their viewers may equalize.

KHL clubs are also increasing their presence in social networks. Over the past few years, the number of followers on VKontakte, Instagram and Twitter has been growing: for example, in three years the total audience of KHL clubs on Twitter has increased from 280 thousand to 1.7 million, that is, almost eight times. This year, the total number of followers on Instagram has exceeded one million.

AK BARS IS NOT FULLY REALIZING ITS POTENTIAL

The League provides clubs with the opportunity to sell advertising space on uniforms, boards, ice, and banners. That is, wherever possible. Six clubs out of 27 last season used all possible sponsorship packages - one of them was Neftekhimik. Residents of Nizhnekamsk clog up all their used space with advertising, while it cannot be said that visually it looks bad. On the contrary, many people think that Neftekhimik's jersey, and indeed the design of the match in general, is one of the most beautiful in the KHL. There is nothing on the jersey that could scare away the viewer, all elements are inscribed in a single concept and do not cause rejection. So you can put Neftekhimik as an example of how competently you can approach the solution of such issues.

Ak Bars sold only 84% of the sponsorship package. You don't have to be an advanced specialist not to notice that the club is not realizing some of its potential. For example, Kazan citizens were unable to sell part of the advertising on board. During matches, the club’s website and the motto #aidanahockey flaunt there.

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Determining the influence of the club on TV is quite difficult. TV Index is an indicator that reflects the interest of viewers and broadcasters in matches involving the club. It is calculated as the share of income from the sale of TV rights to broadcast matches with the participation of the club from the total income from the sale of TV rights. According to the results of the last season, the Gagarin Cup winner Ak Bars has 7.6%, this is the fourth indicator in the KHL. Jokerit has the best result - almost 11%. According to this rating, it is not known what is most decisive - broadcasts on federal TV or the number of sold matches in the regions.

Let's note one more interesting fact: The KHL believes that there are only two private Russian clubs in the league - Spartak and Severstal. Neftekhimik from next season will also be considered private. The share of state financing of Ak Bars is 96%, the share in SKA is 86%. However, it is worth noting that in the KHL rating, which determines whether a club should be kicked out or not, this indicator has little effect, although, as it seems to many, it should be one of the decisive ones.

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In its quest to move away from public funding, the league has developed a development strategy that will help teams earn as much as possible. But the KHL admitted a couple of years ago that this could not be done as long as there were “ballast clubs” in its composition.

The KHL decided to reduce the number of participants to 24. For this, clubs that did not meet certain parameters were excluded. The KHL rating was developed, which is based on 9 parameters. They are summed up, and those clubs whose value is the smallest are excluded from the league. The first victim was Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the 2016/17 season. True, many agree that the team was not given time to correct the shortcomings.

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Initially, the KHL had to leave three clubs after the 2017/18 season. According to nine indicators of the rating, which takes into account sports results, match attendance, television ratings, financial stability and other factors, Yugra, Lada and Severstal turned out to be the last ones. But the team from Cherepovets not only managed to get into the playoffs, but also created an advanced marketing system. Most likely, this is what saved Severstal. As a result, they decided to remove only two clubs from the KHL.

The KHL was reproached for not explaining the features of the rating. That is, it seemed that the league was manipulating the data, adjusting it to its own standards. Therefore, some clubs hired mathematical specialists who calculated each coefficient and indicated where the club needed to strengthen its work.

Previously, the KHL told the fans only the name of these parameters and their share in the total “piggy bank”.

Sports performance - 0.3
Salary expenses for hockey players - 0.2
The amount of state and budgetary funds - 0.05
Wage debts - 0.05
Arena capacity - 0.05
Arena occupancy - 0.1
TV rating of the club - 0.15
Local market potential - 0.05

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Many were mistaken, believing that these are all "pieces of a single diagram." After all, if you add up all these coefficients, you get one, that is, 100%. It seemed that the cost sports results» is equal to 30%, it is twice as expensive as TV indicators. No, in fact, these values are in no way tied to percentages of the overall result.

If you fully understand the essence of the rankings, you can predict which clubs have serious problems in which categories and what paths they have to improve, based on the experience of other teams that are higher in the rankings. Ak Bars has the following indicators:

Sports results are estimated at 0.543
Spending on players gets a maximum multiplier of 0.2
Since most of the club's funding, according to the KHL, comes from public sources, Ak Bars lost 0.048 points. If the club were completely budgetary, then 0.05 would be deducted.
The capacity of the Tatneft Arena is 8890 spectators, which brought the club 0.037 points. Clubs whose palaces can accommodate 12,000 people earn 0.05 points. If the capacity is greater, then the coefficient is therefore higher.
If a club has an arena occupancy of 79%, then the KHL awards them 0.1 points. For each percentage above points increase, and, accordingly, vice versa. The occupancy of the Tatneft Arena is 72%, therefore, Ak Bars received 0.092 points.
The TV index is calculated based on the TV demand for matches. An indicator that takes into account the number of matches selected by each licensee (regional, federal and international broadcasters) and the cost of one match under the contract over the last three seasons. Ak Bars has 0.271 points on this indicator, Jokerit has the highest score, since they are monopolists in Finland - 0.571.
The local market potential of Kazan is 0.032. He calculates as follows: if 2 million people live on the territory of the market, then the club receives 0.05 points. If it is more, then it is still 0.05, if it is less, then the coefficient falls. It is interesting that the KHL is of the opinion that the Ak Bars market is limited to the territory of Kazan, the population of the entire agglomeration, which includes Zelenodolsk and Volzhsk, is not recorded here. In turn, the Neftekhimik market affects not only Nizhnekamsk, but also Naberezhnye Chelny - the league estimates the club's territory at 750 thousand people. Although the distance between these cities is the same as between Kazan and Zelenodolsk.

January 19, 2018.
SKA is the regular season champion and the wages champion. Budgets of all KHL clubs. After the defeat of the capital CSKA in Ufa from Salavat Yulaev 1: 2, St. Petersburg SKA ahead of schedule became the winner of the 2017-18 KHL regular season. Now the St. Petersburg team has 132 points, CSKA - 118 and both clubs have four games left, so in this scenario, the Moscow team will no longer be able to catch up with SKA.

A year ago, CSKA and SKA finished the regular season with 137 points, and only by additional indicators, the capital club got the first place. Now the St. Petersburg team, which, frankly, dominated throughout the season (including face-to-face meetings with CSKA +2 + 0-0-0), deservedly became the first and for the second time in its history will receive the Continental Cup (for the first time in 2013). Interestingly, in the history of the KHL, the champions of the regular season have never won the Gagarin Cup in the playoffs. So SKA, if they want to keep the trophy won a year ago, must remove the so-called “Continental Cup curse”.

The success of the teams from St. Petersburg is not accidental. According to the budgets of the KHL clubs published by the championship.com website, SKA is the undisputed leader with a total amount of 2.589 billion rubles (including bonuses). For comparison, this is 8 times more than that of the poorest team in the league - Dynamo Riga (327 million rubles). The milestone of two billion was also blocked by CSKA (2.258 billion rubles).

Budgets of all KHL teams: (sports.ru:)

Western conference:

Dynamo Riga: the amount of contracts - 293 million rubles, bonuses - 34 million, total - 327 million;
Slovan: the amount of contracts - 415 million, bonuses - 46 million, total - 461 million;
Severstal: the amount of contracts - 396 million, bonuses - 74 million, total - 470 million;
"Vityaz": the amount of contracts - 528 million, bonuses - 96,000,000, total - 624 million;
Sochi: the amount of contracts - 482 million, bonuses - 163 million, total - 645 million;
"Torpedo": the amount of contracts - 644 million, bonuses - 63 million, total - 707 million;
Dynamo Minsk: the amount of contracts - 582 million, bonuses - 144 million, total - 726 million;
Jokerit: the amount of contracts - 650 million, bonuses - 120 million, total - 770 million;
Spartak: the amount of contracts - 690 million, bonuses - 280 million, total - 970 million;
Dynamo Moscow: the amount of contracts - 828 million, bonuses - 145 million, total - 973 million;
Lokomotiv: the amount of contracts - 930 million, bonuses - 272 million, total - 1.202 billion;
CSKA: the amount of contracts - 1.658 billion, bonuses - 600 million, total - 2.258 billion;
SKA: the amount of contracts - 2.247 billion, bonuses - 342 million, total - 2.589 billion.

Eastern Conference:

"Lada": the amount of contracts - 382,831,521, bonuses - 12,000,000, total - 394,831,521
"Admiral": the amount of contracts - 364,987,789, bonuses - 95,250,000, total - 460,237,789
Yugra: the amount of contracts - 346,559,835, bonuses - 124,860,000, total - 471,419,835
"Neftekhimik": the amount of contracts - 383,028,015, bonuses - 89,004,000, total - 472,032,015
Barys: amount of contracts - 545,344,283, bonuses - 50,375,830, total - 595,720,113
"Kunlun": the amount of contracts - 772,438,857, bonuses - no, total - 772,438,857
"Siberia": the amount of contracts - 570,756,459, bonuses - 202,050,000, total - 772,806,459
"Amur": the amount of contracts - 523,218,053, bonuses - 251,750,000, total - 774,968,053
"Tractor": the amount of contracts - 761,640,291, bonuses - 186,235,000, total - 947,875,291
Avtomobilist: the amount of contracts - 777,646,662, bonuses - 463,980,000, total - 1,241,626,662
Avangard: the amount of contracts - 1,019,617,623, bonuses - 250,700,000, total - 1,270,317,623
"Salavat Yulaev": the amount of contracts - 1,010,815,849, bonuses - 359,300,000, total - 1,370,115,849
Metallurg Mg: the amount of contracts - 1,162,753,000, bonuses - 406,625,000, total - 1,569,378,000
Ak Bars: the amount of contracts - 1,486,538,922, bonuses - 185,380,000, total - 1,671,918,922

MATCH STATISTICS

01/19/2018. Salavat Yulaev - CSKA 2:1 (1:0, 1:0, 0:1)
Goals: Lisin - 14 (bol., Arzamastsev, Zubov), 11:46 - 1:0. Zubov - 4 (Lisin, Fedorov), 34:29 - 2:0. Naumenkov - 1 (Shumakov), 54:07 - 2:1. Goalkeepers: Kareev - Sorokin (57:53). Penalty: 10 - 10. Throws: 24 (8+13+3) - 31 (13+5+13). 7960 spectators. . . Enver Lisin and Ilya Zubov each scored 1 + 1, bringing the Ufa team a victory over the army team, who then lost their last chance to compete for the overall first place in the KHL this season.

01/19/2018. Ak Bars - Slovan 2:4 (1:1, 0:2, 1:1)
Goals: Lukoyanov - 6 (Glukhov), 11:18 - 1:0. Sersen - 3 (bol.), 15:54 - 1:1. Mezaros - 6 (bol., Mikush, Rzhepik), 34:01 - 1:2. Grnka - 8, 34:39 - 1:3. Boychak - 10 (Mezaros, Rzepik), 40:27 - 1:4. Svitov - 5 (Markov), 50:17 - 2:4. Goalkeepers: Garipov - Stepanek. Penalty: 12 - 35. Throws: 36 (8+10+18) - 22 (9+7+6). 5449 spectators. . . In the 15th minute of the second period, the Slovaks knocked out Kazan, scoring two goals within 38 seconds, after which, thanks to the reliable play of goalkeeper Jakub Stepanek, who saved 34 shots in total, they kept the winning score. Defender Andrei Meszarosh finished the match with 1+1.

01/19/2018. Neftekhimik - Vityaz 3:1 (1:1, 2:0, 0:0)
Goals: Lazarev - 5 (Petrakov, Pankov), 16:11 - 0:1. Everberg - 9 (Eglich, Khairullin), 19:24 - 1:1. Bikmullin - 2 (Bryntsev), 25:15 - 2:1. Filatov - 4 (bol., Gustafsson, Sexton), 38:32 - 3:1. Goalkeepers: Yezhov - Samonov. Penalty: 0 - 12. Throws: 42 (15+17+10) - 19 (8+5+6). 3460 spectators. . . Possessing a playing advantage throughout the match, Nizhnekamsk extended their winning streak in meetings with the Knights to 5 matches, +3 + 2-0-0 from 2015-16. Rafael Bikmullin, 20-year-old striker of the hosts, scored his first winning goal in his career.

01/19/2018. HC Sochi - Jokerit 2:1 (0:1, 1:0, 1:0)
Goals: Gilroy - 7 (Regin, Palola), 6:56 - 0:1. Ivanov - 6 (Khlopotov), 28:52 - 1:1. Tomilin - 1 (Collins, Akmaldinov), 55:12 - 2:1. Goalkeepers: Barulin - Zapolski (59:10). Penalty: 10 - 6. Throws: 22 (6+9+7) - 42 (16+15+11). 6579 spectators. . . 4 and a half minutes before the final siren, 26-year-old striker Artem Tomilin scored the winning goal for the southerners, for whom this puck was the first in his career in the KHL (39 games).

Getting to the bottom of the true budgets of hockey clubs is almost impossible. Everything related to the monetary component is kept in the strictest confidence, and the leakage of such information is equated to an emergency. However, this week the KHL officially published the salary budgets of the clubs for the upcoming season, and in early September, the "surfaced" information about the annual budgets of the teams made a fuss. They were brought to the general court by journalists, although it turned out to be difficult to speak about the reliability of the figures given. "SB" decided to conduct a small investigation: to compare salary funds (official information) with the total budget (unofficial). Thus the table that you can see was born. After its careful study and comparison of funds for salaries with the general budget, a rather "funny arithmetic" was revealed

The President commented on the publication of budgets KHL Alexander Medvedev: "I will explain the situation with the clubs marked with an asterisk. Their budget does not include players who had offers from the NHL. I will not list the entire list. But Jagr is definitely not taken into account in the Avangard budget. I can say the same about Radulov ("Salavat Yulaev ") and Emery ("Atlant"). According to the rules of the KHL, the minimum salary budget of the club must be at least 250 million rubles. We have 11 clubs that do not reach this figure. This season we made a number of exceptions to this item. Therefore, no sanctions We will not apply to those who violate this paragraph of the regulation.

For most clubs, salary funds, as can be seen from the table, take up from a third to a half of the total budget. It is clear that each team distributes money in its own way, depending, for example, on the number and distance of flights or food preferences, on the choice of hotel class. As you can see, our Dynamo quite responsibly and economically approached the conclusion of contracts. The payroll of the Minsk club is less than a third of the total budget. Now it has become obvious that the claims of many fans to the leadership of the Minsk club, they say, brought mediocre foreign players for a lot of money, were unfounded. Call Dynamo. “These figures were born like this: they took the contracts and summed them up,” says Vladimir Goncharov, the recent general director of Dynamo. “As for us, the announced amount of funds for the contracts is true. "We have to spend the money this year. It is clear that the bulk of it goes to the salaries of the players. The cost of flights, accommodation is many times less. Dynamo has now created a good reserve for signing contracts with new strong hockey players. So, as players are released from NHL we can try to bring them to our club"

The conversion into dollars was made at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on October 1, which was equal to 25.37 rubles per 1 dollar.
* Hockey clubs in which the salary budget, based on the KHL regulations, does not include the income of hockey players who have contract offers from NHL clubs.

But if you pay attention to "Severstal", "Lada" and "Barys", you can not believe your eyes. Their salary fund exceeds the total budget of the club! Why do hockey players then fly to matches, eat? Or is there a "black box office"? To clarify the situation, we turn to the KHL employees, who, by the way, were also very surprised by such a discrepancy in numbers. After an emergency background check, league officials reported the following. It turns out that the sums of the total budgets of the clubs, which were posted at the beginning of September on many Internet sites (they are given in our table) are far from the truth and, roughly speaking, taken from the ceiling. Real budgets, the size of which is known only to the clubs and the KHL, differ from those published. In addition, the league itself has never disclosed information about the overall budgets to anyone. Although the question of who is the richest and who is the poor can be answered based on the published salary fund

During the course of the season, key team rosters may change as a result of transfers and exchanges of hockey players, and therefore club salary budgets may change. However, the total income of hockey players at the end of the season cannot exceed the ceiling - the limit is set by the KHL regulations in the amount of 620 million rubles (at the current exchange rate, approximately 24.5 million dollars).

KHL club payrolls

Club	The total salary of hockey players*	Place in the KHL**
1. LOCOMOTIVE	19,0	7
2. VANGUARD	17,5	2
3. ATLANT	17,3	1
4. SEVERSTAL	16,6	15
5. METALLURG Mg	16,0	13
6. SALAVAT YULAYEV	15,7	5
7. SKA	15,7	18
8. AK BARS	15,7	3
9. CSKA	14,8	4
10. LADA	13,1	16
11. TORPEDO	13,0	17
12. BARYS	12,4	11
13. DYNAMO M	11,5	10
14. SPARTAK	9,6	12
15. SIBERIA	8,8	21
16. PETROCHEMIST	8,5	14
17. METALLURG Nk	8,4	8
18. VITYAZ	8,2	24
19. TRACTOR	7,8	9
20. HC MVD	7,6	22
21. AMUR	7,6	19
22. DYNAMO R	5,9	6
23. DYNAMO Mn	4,4	20
24. CHEMIST	4,4	23

At the disposal of the "Championship" again, as a year ago, there were approximate amounts of budgets (contracts + bonuses) of all clubs in the Eastern Conference for the 2018/19 season. Comparing the numbers, we were able to learn a lot of interesting details. The leadership of some teams works effectively, and someone's place in standings does not match the investment.

The cost of coaching staffs, accommodation and flights are separate items of expenditure. Below are the amounts pledged to the players. It is far from the fact that everything is spent to the penny, saving on present times in the order of things. For example, in order for a hockey player to receive a bonus, you need to fulfill a number of conditions prescribed in the contract.

The main thing that I want to note right away. The budgets of the four leading clubs have grown, and have seriously reduced their payments in the Far East and China.

Salary budgets and bonuses of clubs of the East. Who spends and how much

Compare who spends how much and who is in what place in the standings.

"Admiral"

Last season: 460 million rubles
199 million rubles
12

After the arrival of the new leadership in Vladivostok, they seriously reduced costs and wage arrears disappeared, with the exception of past debts. For example, the highest paid player in the current "Admiral" receives 12 million rubles a year. All current payments and bonuses are made on time. The Vladivostok team has the last budget in the entire league, even the penultimate Dynamo Riga has one and a half times more. This season I liked the Admiral: the team fought, even despite the far from stellar line-up. No wonder head coach Sergei Svetlov is going to be offered a new contract.

"Neftekhimik"

Last season: 472 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 511 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 10

In Neftekhimik, a few seasons ago, they headed for a serious cost reduction. Previously, money was practically not counted in Nizhnekamsk, but now everything is different. However, the demand from coaches should be different. What could the same Andrey Nazarov do, in whose disposition there were solid youth or hockey players whose careers had long since declined? It is extremely difficult to squeeze something out of such a team. Last year we managed to get into the playoffs, this year we didn't. Let's see how the new Main coach Vyacheslav Butsaev.

"Torpedo"

Last season: 707 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 613 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 7

The budget was also reduced in Torpedo. Many believed that David Nemirovsky would fail with Nizhny Novgorod, but the team managed to get into the playoffs, which is already important. “Avtozavodtsy” do not have large funds, they are the third from the end in the East in terms of financial capabilities, so for the time being, the team can be put a solid four in terms of the “price / quality” ratio. If Nizhny Novgorod also makes some noise in the playoffs, then it will qualify for the top five at the end of the season.

"Barys"

Last season: 596 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 631 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 2

I would like to praise Barys. With the arrival of Andriy Skabelka, the team was put in order, and the new managers did a good job. We remember the recent times when there was discord and misunderstanding in the club. Now it's the other way around - hence the result. Astana, with modest opportunities by the standards, managed to win their division and take second place in the Eastern Conference. It is these foreign teams that are needed in Continental League, not "Slovans" and "Kunluns".

"Kunlun Red Star"

Last season: 772.5 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 665 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 11

"Kunlun" was again left without a playoff, tritely finishing the current regular season. In China, they can not decide on the head coach. The best among all was Vladimir Yurzinov, Jr., and after his departure, the team began to mess. The times of Keenan, Carpenter, Tapola and Frazier are remembered with horror. Weak performance, vague transfer policy and no motivation. With the money that the Chinese team has, you can build a much more efficient team. "Kunlun" scored the same points as "Admiral", beating Vladivostok only in additional indicators. But the possibilities for the teams are completely different.

"Amur"

Last season: 775 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 698 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 13

A good overall payment for "Amur" (including bonuses), although decently reduced compared to last year. Alas, Khabarovsk residents have disappointed their fans this season. On top of that, the Tigers lost the last Far East derby of the season, ending up in 13th place in the Eastern Conference as a result. The reason here lies on the surface: the club initially made a mistake with the head coach, appointing Nikolai Borshchevsky for some reason. As soon as Borshchevsky left the post of head coach, and Alexander Gulyavtsev took his place, the team's affairs immediately went smoothly. But there was not enough time to get out of the hole.

"Siberia"

Last season: 773 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 729 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 9

Novosibirsk, one of the most hockey cities in the country, was left without a playoff for the third year in a row. There are more and more questions for the general manager of Siberia, Kirill Fastovsky. The selection in the offseason turned out to be a failure, only Jukka Peltola remained of the legionnaires, with all the rest the contracts were terminated. The task for the season has not been completed, which is why the current head coach of Novosibirsk Alexander Andrievsky is also disappointed. His team did not have enough quite a bit, although the "Tractor" could well be bypassed.

"Tractor"

Last season: 948 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 1 billion 15 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 8

Chelyabinsk residents were also far from impressed. Having initially made a mistake with the appointment of German Titov, the Ural club tried to rectify the situation by raising Alexei Tertyshny, who was inexperienced by coaching standards, from Chelmet. Yes, Traktor crawled into the playoffs, but if Sibir had not allowed so many misfires at the finish line, it would have been in the top eight of the strongest, and not Chelyabinsk. Although, in terms of financial capabilities, Traktor has a decent advantage over its rival. Before the season, the expensive Swede Bergström was invited, who revealed himself just in Siberia. Already in the course of the current championship, Chelyabinsk was strengthened by Enlund and Thomas.

"Salavat Yulaev"

Last season: 1 billion 370 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 1 billion 484 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 6

In Ufa, they do not spare money for their leaders - Linus Omark and Anton Burdasov receive very decent salaries. And in general, Salavat has never had any problems with financing. As you can see, the total amount of the budget has increased slightly. Hockey is loved in Ufa, and the tasks for the team are always maximum. Yulaev finished the regular season in sixth place, now they have to show that they are fully prepared for the playoffs. The opponent is more than serious - Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

"Motorist"

Last season: 1 billion 241.5 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 1 billion 508 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 1

The payment at Avtomobilist has grown, but this is the case when we can safely say that the managers worked well. The coaching staff headed by Andrey Martemyanov is doing a great job, and the most expensive Avtomobilist hockey player, Nigel Dawes, is definitely earning his salary. Other legionnaires of the club from Yekaterinburg also look strong. Dan Sexton, Jakub Kovarzh, Stefan Da Costa have big salaries. As a result, the Urals won the division and the conference for the first time in their history. The team is seriously focused on the Gagarin Cup, for which she can only applaud.

"Vanguard"

Last season: 1 billion 270 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 1 billion 608 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 4

The composition of the "Vanguard" is impressive. Omsk has, perhaps, the coolest roster among the clubs in the East. All this is backed up by a powerful coaching staff led by Bob Hartley. The Canadian won the Stanley Cup, worked with many world hockey stars. With finances in Avangard, there is a complete order, the result is also there. At least for now. The Avangard budget has grown, but this is not surprising. The Hawks invested a lot: in Pokka, Franson, Emelin, Shumakov. The managerial connection between Krylov and Sushinsky is moving towards the goal - winning the Gagarin Cup. In addition, Omsk has grown a lot in terms of media and marketing. And this is considering the fact that the team plays in Balashikha, and not in their hometown.

"Metallurgist"

Last season: 1 billion 569 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 1 billion 776 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 3

Metallurg gathered several hockey players at once, who are among the highest paid in. This is Sergey Mozyakin (the most expensive player), with whom they signed a new contract on improved terms in February 2018. In the summer Victor Antipin and Nikolai Kulemin returned from overseas. It is not surprising that the budget of Magnitogorsk is so large. Here it is worth highlighting the owner and president of Metallurgists Viktor Rashnikov, who does not spare money and invests in Metallurg to the maximum. The Ural club is a two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup, there is a result, hence the serious financial injections.

"AK Bars"

Last season: 1 billion 672 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 1 billion 926 million rubles
Place in the standings of the East in the season 2018/19: 5

In the leaders of the budgets of the East, as well as last year, "Ak Bars". The three-time winner of the Gagarin Cup boasts stable funding, good player contracts, and most importantly, the result. It is the result that allows Kazan citizens to count on the growth of payments. After all, champion players have to be re-signed under new conditions, and strong newcomers, like Paul Postma, have appeared. The team of Zinetula Bilyaletdinov is consistently reaching the playoffs, solving the highest tasks. Other tasks, except for the championship, are not set before Kazan. In the series with Avangard, as it became clear from the very beginning, it will be difficult, but Kazan did not get out of such troubles.

Lots of scary numbers.

Championship.com published the salary budgets of the Continental League teams. The last time the financial statements of the clubs were opened in the 2013/14 season, when the KHL itself posted them on the official website. Over the past four years, the amounts have increased markedly.

The main observations that can be drawn from this ranking are:

CSKA has the biggest bonuses in the league, Avtomobilist is the most cunning in terms of bonuses in the East

No one doubted the huge salaries of the army (1.658 billion) and the corresponding bonuses (600 million), but it is surprising that CSKA spends almost twice as much on additional incentives as SKA (342 million).

Avtomobilist turned out to be the most financially reasonable club in the KHL: almost 464 million rubles for bonuses with contracts for 777 million - and a team assembled from non-top players and Tryamkin with Golyshev is fighting for first place in the East.

Ak Bars is the third in terms of payments in the KHL

There was no intrigue in the first two positions. The third place of Kazan is also not shocking - five years ago it was the leader of the official rating. Under contracts without bonuses, Ak Bars lags behind CSKA by only 172 million rubles.

Dynamo Riga is the poorest team in the league

Billionaire club could miss playoffs

While the Avangard players are taking off their coaches and fighting at corporate parties, the team is going down in the table. Omsk is already seventh in the East, with three points before being eliminated from the playoff zone, while Amur, which is ninth, has two games in hand. If Avangard does not get into the Gagarin Cup, such a budget for salaries (1.270 billion - contracts + bonuses, 6th in the league) in Omsk may no longer exist.

SKA spends almost three times the current salary cap

The salary cap this season is 900 million rubles, but SKA spends 2.247 billion rubles on players without bonuses (with them - 2.590) and simply pays a luxury tax - somewhere around 280-320 million should go to the league. For some clubs, this is half, or even the entire salary budget.

The leadership of the KHL promises a hard ceiling of 600 million rubles by 2020, but given that SKA is the base club of the national team, everything can change.

SKA pays hockey players 8 times more than Dynamo Riga

SKA's salary budget with bonuses is 900 million rubles less than that of the poorest NHL club

We have already tried to send SKA to the NHL, but against the background of other overseas teams, the army team would look poor and did not reach the lower salary cap. Even the modest Arizona spends 3.492 billion rubles on its players.

All Moscow clubs in the top 10 in terms of generosity

The presence of CSKA among the leaders in spending on players is expected, but the appearance of Spartak and Dynamo is a surprise. Red and white, taking into account bonuses, pay 970 million to hockey players for the season (10th place in the ranking), white and blue - 973 (9th place).

On average, one KHL club spends 757 million rubles on player salaries, 194 million rubles on bonuses

Jokerit is the most efficient club in the KHL

The Finns show what good management is: they are 15th in the ranking (sums of contracts + bonuses), but at the same time they are third in points in the entire league. Many are worth learning.

Western Conference payrolls

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KHL club budgets

Russia's richest hockey team will spend $65-70 million for the season

The Continental Hockey League was originally created in the image and likeness of the commercially successful overseas project of the NHL, which has been proving its worth for decades. However, unlike the North American counterpart, the budgets of clubs and the salaries of hockey players in the KHL are hidden from the eyes of curious fans. What this is connected with is unknown, but such mystery cannot but be alarming.

The league made only one attempt to work on the Western model by publishing club budgets in the 2008/09 season. Then, for the fourth year in a row, the League and clubs prefer not to talk about their spending, following the example of their football colleagues.

KHL club budgets

But such measures not only do not reduce interest in the financial component of the League, but even increase it. AiF.ru tried, based on data from past seasons, comments from club representatives and rumors, to compile a table of approximate budgets for KHL teams in the 2012/13 season.

The richest are two army teams: Moscow CSKA and St. Petersburg SKA. This information is probably not a secret for anyone. According to AiF.ru, CSKA's annual budget is about $65-70 million. In SKA this figure is no more modest - 60-70 million dollars. Moreover, Vladimir Putin also hinted at this figure. The budget of SKA can only be judged by unofficial information in the press, but judging by the composition, it should not differ much from the budget of their metropolitan teammates.

The budget of Kazan "Ak Bars" can only be judged by rumors in the press. Judging by the composition and spending of the club in previous years, it is at least 60-65 million dollars. And according to the head coach of "Cupid" (budget 20-26 million dollars) this season the team from Kazan will spend ten or maybe twenty times more than the club from Khabarovsk.

On the fourth line with the same figures as "Ak Bars" is the Ufa "Salavat Yulaev" - 60-65 million dollars. The budget of the club from Bashkortostan can be judged more or less accurately, because according to the president of the republic, about two billion rubles are spent annually on the team.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk closes the top five richest clubs in the KHL. It is difficult to judge the budget of Magnitogorsk residents for this season. However, even in the distant crisis year of 2008, financing hockey club was, according to official KHL data, 45 million dollars. Judging by the composition and coaching staff, the team's well-being at the beginning of the season could not have decreased, and with the signing of highly paid NHL stars Malkin and Gonchar, it should even have increased. Therefore, AiF.ru's forecast is $50–60 million.

According to AiF.ru, the “poorest” teams are Metallurg from Novokuznetsk (15-17 million dollars), Dynamo Riga (14-17 million dollars) and Chelyabinsk Traktor (12-14 million dollars). Close to this trio is the Moscow "Spartak" with a budget of approximately 15 - 17 million dollars.

Stepan Chaushyan, Vasily Borshchov

P.S. In fact, the budget of HC "Tractor" is 50-60 million dollars ...

KHL Western Conference club budgets for the 2018/19 season

The “Championship” once again, like a year earlier, has the approximate amounts of budgets (contracts + bonuses) of all KHL clubs Western Conference for the 2018/19 season. Comparing the numbers, it turned out to learn a lot of interesting details. The management of some teams works effectively, and someone's place in the standings does not correspond to the invested funds.

The main thing that I want to note right away. Budgets for all but three Western Conference clubs have been slashed.

Salary budgets and bonuses of Western clubs. Who spends and how much Do not faint from how much it costs SKA to be the base club of the national team.

Dynamo (Riga)

Last season: 327 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: RUB 267 million
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 9
The Rigans have the lowest budget in the Western Conference. This season, the team can put the fourth, even despite missing the playoffs. Riga unequivocally guessed right with the legionnaires, gave jobs to several Russian hockey players(Bilyalov, Shulenin, Gimaev, Pedan), fought to the last to get into the top eight. Dynamo residents know how to live within their means, which is only welcome in the current economic situation. Let's see if Dynamo manages to keep all its leaders for next season.

"Slovan"

Last season: 461 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: RUB 348 million
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 12
Slovan are the worst team in the Western Conference and the entire league. Just compare the budgets and results of Dynamo Riga and Bratislava. Riga spent less, but did not dishonor KHL game in three fives and did not undress the striker for matches as a goalkeeper. Slovan, on the other hand, became an exact copy of Medvescak, who got rid of his presence in the KHL. The management of the Eagles has clearly not coped with the tasks for the season, the club does not work well, and at the end of the regular season they arrange sales, which should be banned at the level of regulations.

Severstal

Last season: 470 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: RUB 439 million
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 10
Severstal is supported by the private money of one of the richest people in the country, Alexei Mordashov, which already adds a lot of whists to the club. There are never salary delays in Cherepovets, hockey players do not serve their number on the ice. Everyone on the team understands the established rules and requirements. But to solve more global problems than the tenth place in the West, serious cash injections are needed. The current amount is not enough, although the budget of the Cherepovets club will be increased next year.

Dynamo (Minsk)

Last season: 726 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: RUB 464 million
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 11
Dynamo Minsk has seriously reduced the cost estimate. It is understandable, because the team does not show results year after year. At the father, as they say in such cases, you will not spoil. Initially, it seems that the composition of the "bison" is not bad, but no luck with the coach. Neither Gordie Dwyer nor Andrey Sidorenko were able to solve the tasks assigned to them. At the end of the regular season, Dynamo, like Slovan, is perceived as a supplier of easy points. Such things seriously hit the image of the KHL.

HC Sochi

Last season: 645 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: RUB 693 million
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 6
The main problem of Sochi residents is periodic delays in salaries, although in the end all debts are paid off to the players anyway. Interestingly, compared to last year, the payment of “leopards”, though not significantly, has increased. HC Sochi is a typical middle peasant in the KHL. The southerners do not claim much, but they have achieved their main goal (getting into the playoffs). Going beyond the first round will be almost impossible. Only theoretically, on paper.

Salary budgets of the clubs of the East. Who and how much spends in the KHL They began to count other people's money.

"Jokerite"

Last season: 770 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: RUB 704 million
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 4
Jokerit is a vivid example of what a foreign club playing in the KHL should be like. The Finns have cut the budget (sixth from the end in the West), but are still competitive and set the tone in the league. The team of Lauri Maryamaki became the fourth in the conference and began (albeit with two defeats) a playoff series with Dynamo Moscow at home. In Jokerit, there are qualified hockey players who receive moderate money. There are no sales, no disregard in the KHL. No one in the Finnish team is overwhelmed with huge sums. Meticulous Finns carefully treat the financial issue. In addition, Jokerit is at the top of the league rankings.

"Knight"

Last season: 624 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: RUB 859 million
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 8

Compared to last year, Vityaz's budget has grown the most in the West. Apparently, the players were motivated by possible bonuses. Valery Belov's team has strong hockey players, and Alexander Semin replaced Maxim Afinogenov, who left for Dynamo Moscow, as his veteran uncle. Obviously, Finnish forward Miro Aaltonen returned to the team from overseas for a lot of money. Not getting into the playoffs would be an unsatisfactory result for Vityaz, but now the task for the season has been completed.

"Spartacus"

Last season: 970 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: RUB 937 million
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 7
Spartak had a weak end to the regular season, as a result of which it slipped to seventh place, getting into the playoffs at SKA. The total payment of the red-whites decreased slightly compared to last year, the team made it to the playoffs, albeit with a scratch, but it got there, but last year everything was the same. Unless the opponent was different then - CSKA. Spartacus flew out of the Gagarin Cup with a whistle, losing the series outright. Now there is no need to wait for a similar result, because one match in the series with SKA has already been won. In terms of composition, Spartak is far from the worst club in the KHL. And the possibilities too.

"Locomotive"

Last season: 1 billion 202 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 1 billion 55 million rubles
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 3
There is an interesting situation in Lokomotiv. On the one hand, the club is following a strategy of lowering the salary cap. But Yaroslavl can spend much less! The “railroaders” have great youth, one of the best in the league. But there are highly paid legionnaires who play little. Crystal Finn Kontiola, goalkeeper Salak receiving huge money. Swedish defender Kronwall, who lost a lot this season in terms of performance. Yaroslavl residents, we repeat, can save much more. In terms of the result, there are no questions for them yet, but it will be difficult to get to the final of the West.

Dynamo (Moscow)

Last season: 973 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 1 billion 109 million rubles
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 5
The budget of Dynamo Moscow, as well as Vityaz and HC Sochi, has increased compared to last season. Super-expensive players appeared - Shipachev, Kagarlitsky. But these people do the result, there are no complaints against them. But the Swede Zakrisson, who receives a lot of money, did not live up to expectations and the funds invested in him. Dynamo definitely don't need such transfers. Do not forget about last year's debts of the Moscow club, which the new leadership preferred to forget. Judging by the amount that Dynamo has pledged for salaries and bonuses to hockey players, there is definitely money to close debts. In the playoffs "Dynamo" after the invitation of Vladimir Krikunov hit. Let's see how it goes.

SKA

Last season: 2 billion 589 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 2 billion 108 million rubles
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 2
SKA management has set the task of reducing the club's budget. However, this task has been set not only in the SKA, but throughout the league. The gap between rich and poor must be reduced as much as possible. Now in St. Petersburg there is no Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Voynov, Mikko Koskinen, Yegor Yakovlev, Patrick Thoresen, Vadim Shipachyov. All these people received big, and Kovalchuk and Voynov - huge money. Only Pavel Datsyuk remained, but he will soon leave the city on the Neva. The SKA pay is still huge, the team is inflated, but tournament tasks are being solved. It seems that this season we will again see the final of the West with the participation of two "army" teams.

CSKA

Last season: 2 billion 258 million rubles
Total budget for the 2018/19 season: 2 billion 172 million rubles
Place in the standings of the West in the season 2018/19: 1
If last season the first place in terms of budgets was occupied by SKA, now the St. Petersburg "armymen" outdid CSKA. True, the payment of Igor Nikitin's team still fell a little (Kiselevich, Ozhiganov, Nichushkin, Petrov left), but salaries at CSKA are still breathtaking. With the introduction of a hard ceiling in the KHL, the "soldiers" will have the most headaches. What do we have to do? Do not inflate composition. Employ those who do not qualify. Do not forget that CSKA still does not have the Gagarin Cup. The Red-Blues have become the champions of the current regular season, but it's time to aim for more.

KHL Eastern Conference club budgets for the 2018/19 season

The “Championship” again, like a year ago, has the approximate budget amounts (contracts + bonuses) of all KHL clubs in the Eastern Conference for the 2018/19 season. Comparing the numbers, we were able to learn a lot of interesting details. The management of some teams works effectively, and someone's place in the standings does not correspond to the invested funds.

The cost of coaching staffs, accommodation and flights are separate items of expenditure. Below are the amounts pledged to the players. It is far from a fact that everything has been spent to the last penny; savings are in the order of things these days. For example, in order for a hockey player to receive a bonus, you need to fulfill a number of conditions prescribed in the contract.

The main thing that I want to note right away. The budgets of the four leading clubs have grown, and have seriously reduced their payments in the Far East and China.

Salary budgets and bonuses of clubs of the East. Who spends and how much Compare who spends how much and who is in what place in the standings.