With the 2018/19 Champions League group stage now at its halfway mark, Uefa have released each club’s earnings from last season’s competition.
Real Madrid won the Champions League for the third time in a row and 13th time in total, beating Liverpool 3-1 in the final in Kiev.
Though each side to play in the 2017/18 Champions League group stage earned the same amount of money as a participation bonus, those who progress further will receive more money – fixed per round.
But there are also differences in earnings based on a performance bonus – based on their results – and market pool, which is TV money for a specific country distributed in accordance with the club’s finish in the league the previous season.
Prior to the group stage, teams were also given payments for both advancing from the play-offs, and being eliminated in the final stage – fixed at €2m and €3m respectively.
But which team earned the most in the Champions League last season? Read on to find out the top 10.
10. Barcelona (€57,439,000)
Finish: Quarter-finals
Barcelona were humbled by Roma in the quarter-finals, losing a three-goal lead after the first leg. But there was a slight consolation for the Blaugrana as they were the 10th highest-earners in the Champions League thanks, in part, to €24,715,000 from the market pool.
9. Tottenham Hotspur (€61,307,000)
Finish: Round-of-16
Premier League runners-up, Spurs disappointed in the Champions League, only making it as far as the round-of-16 before being knocked out by Juventus. They earned half of their money through the market pool (€33,952,00).
8. Paris Saint-Germain (€62,058,000)
Finish: Round-of-16
Given the unfortunate draw of Real Madrid in the round-of-16, an early exit did not stop Paris Saint-Germain breaking the top 10 earners in the Champions League, thanks to their earnings from winning Ligue 1 (€35,203,000).
7. Manchester City (€63,821,000)
Finish: Quarter-finals
Record-breaking in the Premier League last season, Manchester City were only good enough to reach the quarter-finals in the Champions League and were the seventh-highest earners in the competition, with just under half of their earnings coming from a third-place Premier League finish (€30,466,000).
6. Chelsea (€65,156,000)
Finish: Round-of-16
Despite being knocked out at the round-of-16 by Barcelona, Chelsea are the highest earning team not to reach the quarter-finals. This is largely down to them receiving €40,563,000 as Premier League winners.
5. Bayern Munich (€70,494,000)
Finish: Semi-finals
Earning an impressive €8,155,000 as their performance bonus, Bayern Munich were the fifth highest earners despite reaching the semi-finals. The German side were perhaps let down by their smaller earnings from the market pool (€29,639,000).
4. Juventus (€80,057,000)
Finish: Quarter-finals
Knocked out at the quarter-final stage by eventual winners Real Madrid, over half of Juventus’ earnings in last season’s Champions League came through the market pool (€48,964,000) – more than any other team.
3. Liverpool (€81,283,000)
Finish: Runners-up
Starting their Champions League run from the play-off round, Liverpool started with a €2,000,000 head-start on most of their opponents. But their run to the final saw them earning €11,000,000 as runners-up.
2. AS Roma (€83,802,000)
Finish: Semi-finals
Perhaps surprisingly, Roma out-earned the team that beat them in the semi-finals. Topping a group consisting of Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, Roma’s high earnings was largely down to receiving €45,209,000 for finishing second in Serie A in 2016/17 – with only Juventus earning more.
1. Real Madrid (€88,654,000)
Finish: Winners
As winners of the Champions League it is only fitting Real Madrid earned the most for the season, with prize money of €15,500,000 the difference between them ahead of Roma.
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