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Who's in the Champions League money?

Manchester City and Real Madrid have earned the most prize money in the Champions Leagueto date with €27.9m apiece. They got €16.8m for winning all six group games (6 x €2.8m), €1.5m for their share of the draws money plus €9.6m for reaching the last 16.

They were followed by Bayern Munich €25.8m, who registered five wins and one draw, Atletico Madrid €23.6m (four wins, two draws) and Arsenal €22.7m (four wins, one draw). Three clubs have trousered €21.8m (four wins), namely Barcelona, Porto and RB Leipzig.

Red Star Belgrade had the lowest prize money of just €0.9m, as they only managed to produce one draw. Interestingly, Celtic earned the same amount as Manchester United with €4.0m, as both clubs had one win and one draw.

The highest TV pool payments are to Paris Saint-Germain €35.1m, followed by Lens €27.5m, which might be a bit of a surprise for some. The reason is that they have benefited from the French TV pool only being divided between two clubs, whereas other countries have to spread this money among many more, e.g. Spain had five representatives in the Champions League this season.

Aston Villa also won their European Conference group to make it through to the last 16, earning €13.8m. This is split between participation fee €2.9m, prize money €3.5m, UEFA coefficient €0.8 and TV pool €6.5m.  This is pretty good for UEFA’s junior competition, though it is largely driven by the high British TV pool.

Spain has once again done well financially, which is fair reward for four clubs reaching the last 16. Real Madrid have earned the most in Spain (to date) with €93m after winning all six games in their group, though Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have also coined it with €87m and €81m respectively. However, Sevilla and Real Sociedad were a fair bit behind the “Big Three” with around €51m apiece, albeit for different reasons.

It has been a disappointing, coefficient damaging season for England, as only two clubs got through, following the failures of Manchester United and Newcastle United, one perhaps with more mitigating factors than the other.

 

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