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English clubs earn most from Champions League

The authoritative Swiss Ramble has analysed how much clubs can expect from the Champions League pool. English clubs earned most in total from the 2017/18 Champions League with their five clubs receiving €303m, much more than Spain’s €224m. These were followed by Italy €198m, Germany €140m and France €119m.

The TV pool distributed as follows: (a) Half for position in previous season’s domestic league; (b) Half for progress in current season’s Champions League. So, despite their run to the final, Liverpool’s share of TV pool was adversely impacted by finishing 4th in 2016/17 Premier League.

English clubs Champions League 2017/18 revenue: Liverpool €78m, Chelsea €64m, Manchester City €62m, Tottenham Hotspur €60m and Manchester United €39m. Also, Celtic €32m, as Scottish clubs get 10% of UK TV pool if they qualify for the Group Stage. As Manchester United qualified via Europa League, they get nothing from first half of TV pool.

Spanish clubs Champions League 2017/18 revenue: Real Madrid €87m, Barcelona €57m, Sevilla €48m and Atletico Madrid €32m. Atletico are the big losers compared to previous season, as they failed to get out of the group, while Sevilla’s exploits means a sizeable increase.

German clubs Champions League 2017/18 revenue: Bayern Munich €69m, RB Leipzig €34m, Borussia Dortmund €27m and Hoffenheim €10m. Clubs eliminated in the play-offs receive 10% of the TV pool. They suffer from the “double whammy” of the lowest TV pool, which is then split between four clubs.

French clubs Champions League 2017/18 revenue: PSG €61m, Monaco €47m and Nice €11m. Clubs eliminated in play-offs receive 10% of TV pool. Even though Monaco had highest share of 1st half of TV pool (after winning Ligue 1), their poor CL results mean lower prize money than PSG.

The Swiss Ramble was asked, 'Does this mean in terms of central revenues, better to do well in Europa league than have the fifth placed share of Champions league? (of course gate receipts and sponsorship bonuses might change overall value)? The reply was 'Many variables, but that can be the case, e.g. United earned €45m for winning Europa League in 16/17, but only €39m for reaching last 16 in 17/28 Champions League.

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