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European prize money for English clubs

All four of England’s clubs in the Champions League got to the last 16 at least. Manchester City have gone all the way to the final, so lead the way with €127m, which is also the highest in Europe, followed by Chelsea, who earned €94m after making the quarter-finals.

Despite being eliminated in the last 16, Liverpool and Tottenham received €82m and €64m respectively.

Manchester City have earned the highest prize money to date of €62.2m, including €14.0m from the group stage, €9.6m for reaching the last 16, €10.6m for the quarter-final, €12.5m for the semi-final and €15.5m for the final.

Liverpool’s prize money was boosted by winning five games in the group, which was worth €14.0m (€2.8m for each win), plus €1.1m for their share of money left on the table after draws in the group stage.

The coefficient payment is based on performances in UEFA tournaments over the past 10 years, including a bonus for winning a European trophy. Chelsea were the highest ranked English club, as the Blues won both the Champions League and Europa League twice in that period.   As a result, Chelsea had the highest UEFA coefficient payment of €32m, followed by Manchester City €28m, Liverpool €27m and Tottenham €19m.

If Manchester City manage to win the Champions League, that would be worth another €4.5m in prize money, i.e. the difference in prize money between €20m for the winners and €15.5m for the finalists. That would bring their total TV money up to €131m.

Manchester United have earned €31m from the Europa League, despite their elimination by Sevilla in the quarter-final. In contrast to the Champions League, the largest payment here was the TV pool (€15.7m), followed by prize money €7.4m, UEFA coefficient €4.2m and participation fee €3.6m. Arsenal received €26m after only reaching the last 16.

West Ham have earned €21m after reaching the Europa Conference final, split between prize money €10.6m, TV pool €6.5m, participation fee €2.9m and UEFA coefficient €1.0m.  Winning the Europa Conference would be worth another €2m in prize money, i.e. the difference in prize money between €5m for winners and €3m for finalists. That would bring their total TV money up to €23m.

 

 

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