Real Madrid tops UEFA’s prize money table with €133.7m, see others

Real Madrid, the winner of the Champions League, received the highest prize money of 133.7 million euros ($146.4 million) from UEFA last season.

This total included a basic payment for entering the group stage, bonuses for results, a share of Spanish broadcasting rights, and an additional payment based on historical records in UEFA competitions.

Liverpool was second on the “prize money table” with 120 million euros ($131.4 million), followed by Bayern Munich with nearly 110 million euros ($120.4 million), and Manchester City with nearly 109 million euros ($119 million). The lowest payment of 23.7 million euros ($26 million) was paid to Moldovan champion Sheriff.

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Chelsea, who was eliminated by Madrid in the quarterfinals, received 91.9 million euros ($100.6 million). Barcelona earned 64.6 million euros ($70.7 million) from the Champions League group stage, then an additional 6.4 million euros ($7 million) from switching across to the Europa League knockout rounds.

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Frankfurt topped the Europa League payments with 38 million euros ($41.6 million), and beaten finalist Rangers got 20.7 million euros ($22.7 million).

UEFA shared 235 million euros ($257 million) in total to clubs paying in the inaugural third-tier Europa Conference League. Roma’s 19.2 million euros ($21 million) was the most any club received.

UEFA is making total deductions from clubs of about 83 million euros ($91 million) per season to cover rebates to commercial partners for disruption during the pandemic-affected 2019-20 season.

The 2021-22 season was the first in a new three-year commercial cycle for UEFA club competitions ahead of a revamp and expansion in 2024, where teams will play more games in a single standings table.