UEFA announces GBP 2.3 billion prize money for European competitions



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Date of publication: Friday 12 July 2019 7h55

The teams that will participate in the lucrative club competitions of UEFA next season will share a total of £ 2.3 billion in winnings, confirmed the governing body of European football.

As last season, revenues from the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup are expected to generate nearly £ 3 billion, but UEFA's costs and 'solidarity payments' for clubs that do not reach the group stage will rise to more than 600 million pounds.

As a result, the clubs participating in the Champions League and Super Cup next month will share more than £ 1.8 billion, the rest being reserved for the Europa League.

It is difficult to estimate the amount that the winners of each competition could win, as nearly half of the winnings are distributed based on the performance of a club in Europe over the last decade and the situation of other clubs from the same country.

But if one of the players from Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City or the Spurs wins the Champions League trophy in Istanbul next May, they can hope to match the 100 million pounds won last season for winning the competition for the sixth time.

In comparison, a Europa League victory in Gdansk next spring would bring Arsenal, Manchester United or Wolves about 35 million pounds, the same amount that Chelsea won by beating Arsenal in Baku last season.

It is more complicated to know what the different clubs of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales can win because they all have qualifying rounds to sail but also "coefficients of performance" and very different market pools over 10 years.

However, if Celtic reached the fourth round of the Champions League play-offs but then lost, lacking qualifying for the group stages, it would receive a £ 4.5 million guarantee.

But if they manage to qualify and join the English quartet in the group stage, that's when the money starts to be generous, all 32 clubs receiving more than £ 13 million in start, plus £ 2.4 million for a win. and £ 800,000 for a draw.

The prize money for the round of 16 moves from £ 8.5 million for each club in the last 16, to £ 9.4 million for the last eight games, to £ 10.8 million in half. finals, to £ 13.5 million in the final and an additional £ 3.6 million to the winner.

In addition, Liverpool and Chelsea will earn just over £ 3 million each for reaching the Super Cup in Istanbul on August 14, with the winners raising £ 900,000.

As indicated, 30% of the prize money, £ 525 million, is then distributed according to the record of each club in Europe in the last 10 years. To do this, divide the pot into "coefficient shares". The club ranked first, currently Real Madrid, gets 32, and the club ranked 32nd receives one.

Chelsea are currently England's top-ranked club in fifth place, with United in sixth, Arsenal in ninth, Liverpool 12th, City 14th and Spurs in 21st. Celtic is the highest ranked Scottish club in 45th place.

The market pool allocation represents 15% of the total price, but relies on even more variables than the coefficients of performance, since the payment of each club depends on the amount that the national broadcasters have paid to the club. UEFA for its rights and the distance that separates other teams from their country. progress.

Payments in the Europa League are based on the same formulas but are worth much less than the equivalent amounts in the Champions League.

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