With the 25/26 Champions League phase over, Arsenal tops the earnings ranking so far with 59.74 million, followed by Bayern Munich (57.33 million) and Liverpool (54.92). Mikel Arteta’s team has completed a perfect first half of the tournament with eight victories in as many games that have earned them almost 60 million to date given that UEFA awarded 2.1 million euros for the victory and 0.7 million for the draw. To that amount we must add the 18.62 million that each of the 36 participants have received in this phase, as well as the 11 million that the ‘gunners‘ for reaching the round of 16, along with an extra bonus of two million that the first eight teams that have qualified directly receive. The winners of the eliminatory playoff that will face the 16 classified between places 9 to 24 and that Real Madrid and Atlético will compete will receive a bonus of one million.
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More money for passing playoffs
In addition to this, each club has entered a different amount based on the position they have occupied in the classification of this League phase. In the case of Arsenal it has been 11.32 million, an amount that has decreased until reaching the 310,000 euros that the last classified, Kairat Almaty, has received, which says goodbye to this Champions League with a haul of 19.63 million. From now on the prizes for passing the round in the playoffs will increase. It is said that the pass to the second round is paid with 11 million (last season it was 9.6), the pass to the quarterfinals is 12.5 million (10.6 in 24/25), reaching the semi-finals means 15 million more (12.5 a year earlier), playing the final in Budapest on May 30 increases the income by 18.5 million for the runner-up (15.5 before) and 25 for the brand new Champions League winner (there were 20 last season).
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As for the Spanish clubs, Barcelona has raised 52.89 million to date and is the only one to qualify directly for the round of 16. After their setback on the last day and losing their place in the top eight, Real Madrid has accumulated 37.93 million, and in the case of Atlético de Madrid it is 34.95 million with their last backfire at home. They are the three clubs that are still in contention and that will be able to continue increasing their accounts, because unfortunately Athletic Bilbao will no longer be able to go beyond the 26.43 million that it has added, like the disappointing Villarreal, which has finished in the penultimate and takes 19.94 million as the only positive news in a Champions League to forget about the Submarine in which it was only able to add one draw and seven defeats in eight games.
Raphinha celebrates Barcelona’s third goal against CopenhagenEFE
The value quota
These amounts do not include the part of ‘spill the strawr’ or value quota, which is the return generated by each club in the competition added to the historical ranking in the Champions League. For this concept of ‘value pillar‘UEFA distributes 850 million euros among all participants, a third of the 2,470 that the organization led by Ceferin distributes since last year and for a three-year period until the 26/27 season, in which it will renegotiate its audiovisual rights. This amount represents an increase of 21% compared to what it had been paying until the 23/24 campaign and is due to UEFA’s response to the Super League and the demands of the clubs. Those 2,470 million are divided into three large blocks: 670 for participating, 950 for the results they obtain and 850 for the ‘value pillar‘. In the Europa League the economic pie reaches 565 million, while in the Conference it is 285.
PSG won 144 million in the last Champions League
Last season, PSG were proclaimed champions of the Champions League and to the joy of their first European Cup, the team led by Luis Enrique added a financial prize of 144.4 million euros. Inter, finalist in Munich, raised 136.6 million. The semi-finalists also deposited their accounts in an important way: 116.9 million for Arsenal and 105.8 for Barcelona.
