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Earlier this week, UEFA released the financial earnings for last season's Champions League for individual teams. The breakdown includes the money received by all 32 teams that qualified for the group stage of the competition. The funds include money received from qualifying for each round, a performance bonus for the group stage, and television revenue.
Obviously, the easy assumption to make from this year's competition would be that Bayern Munich would have received the most money out of everyone. This assumption would be incorrect. That award went to the team that Bayern Munich eliminated in the quarterfinals of the competition: Juventus. The Italian giants brought home a whopping sum of €65.3 million. Bayern, the eventual winners of the Champions League, brought home the second most amount, more than €10 million less.
|
Team |
Total Funds (€) |
Competition Funds (€) |
TV Funds (€) |
|
Juventus |
65,315,000 |
20,500,000 |
44,815,000 |
|
Bayern Munich |
55,046,000 |
35,900,000 |
19,146,000 |
|
Borussia Dortmund |
54,161,000 |
32,400,000 |
21,761,000 |
|
Milan |
51,357,000 |
15,100,000 |
36,257,000 |
|
48,441,000 |
24,900,000 |
23,541,000 |
|
|
45,508,000 |
25,400,000 |
20,108,000 |
|
|
Paris Saint-Germain |
44,690,000 |
21,000,000 |
23,690,000 |
|
35,555,000 |
16,100,000 |
19,455,000 |
|
|
Montpellier |
32,352,000 |
9,600,000 |
22,752,000 |
|
Malaga |
32,107,000 |
20,500,000 |
11,607,000 |
|
31,423,000 |
15,600,000 |
15,823,000 |
|
|
30,777,000 |
12,100,000 |
18,677,000 |
|
|
30,005,000 |
16,600,000 |
13,405,000 |
|
|
28,777,000 |
10,100,000 |
18,677,000 |
|
|
Schalke |
27,980,000 |
16,600,000 |
11,380,000 |
|
Galatasaray |
24,782,000 |
19,500,000 |
5,282,000 |
|
Celtic |
23,670,000 |
15,600,000 |
8,070,000 |
|
Olympiacos |
23,246,000 |
11,600,000 |
11,646,000 |
|
Lille |
22,047,000 |
9,600,000 |
12,447,000 |
|
Nordsjaelland |
20,402,000 |
9,100,000 |
11,302,000 |
|
Ajax |
19,898,000 |
10,100,000 |
9,798,000 |
|
Porto |
19,763,000 |
16,600,000 |
3,163,000 |
|
CFR Cluj |
17,302,000 |
12,100,000 |
5,202,000 |
|
Zenit St. Petersburg |
17,174,000 |
11,100,000 |
6,074,000 |
|
Shakhtar Donetsk |
16,987,000 |
15,600,000 |
1,387,000 |
|
Spartak Moscow |
14,090,000 |
9,600,000 |
4,490,000 |
|
Benfica |
13,884,000 |
11,600,000 |
2,284,000 |
|
Anderlecht |
13,806,000 |
10,600,000 |
3,206,000 |
|
Dynamo Kyiv |
11,484,000 |
10,600,000 |
884,000 |
|
Braga |
11,181,000 |
8,700,000 |
1,581,000 |
|
BATE Borisov |
10,890,000 |
10,600,000 |
290,000 |
|
Dinamo Zagreb |
10,500,000 |
9,100,000 |
1,400,000 |
As you can see, making the knockout rounds of the Champions League can be a very lucrative business. Purely from the competition itself, Bayern brought in a total of €35.9 million. This is €3.5 million more than second place and runners-up Borussia Dortmund. What's the difference between making the final and losing out in the semifinal round? Barcelona and Real Madrid brought home €25.4 million and €24.9 million respectively.
By winning the Champions League, Bayern made €15 million more than Juventus did in money awarded for the competition. However, Juventus absolutely destroyed the field when it came to money made from television revenue. The Bianconeri earned a staggering €44.8 million from television. This was helped due to the fact that the Italian television market awards the Italian teams €81 million, and they only had to split that movie with one other Italian team: Milan.
Where does Germany rank in receiving TV revenue? Fourth behind the Italians, English, and French at €52.2 million, and with three German teams making the group stage of the competition, the television revenue was split between Bayern, BVB, and Schalke who received €19.1 million, €21.7 million, and €11.38 million a piece.
|
Country |
Teams |
Total Funds (€) |
Competition Funds (€) |
TV Funds (€) |
|
Spain |
4 |
156,061,000 |
87,400,000 |
68,661,000 |
|
Germany |
3 |
137,187,000 |
84,900,000 |
52,287,000 |
|
England |
4 |
126,532,000 |
53,900,000 |
72,632,000 |
|
Italy |
2 |
116,672,000 |
35,600,000 |
81,072,000 |
|
France |
3 |
99,089,000 |
40,200,000 |
58,889,000 |
|
Portugal |
3 |
44,828,000 |
36,900,000 |
7,028,000 |
|
Russia |
2 |
31,264,000 |
20,700,000 |
10,564,000 |
|
Ukraine |
2 |
28,471,000 |
26,200,000 |
2,271,000 |
|
Turkey |
1 |
24,782,000 |
19,500,000 |
5,282,000 |
|
Scotland |
1 |
23,670,000 |
15,600,000 |
8,070,000 |
|
Greece |
1 |
23,246,000 |
11,600,000 |
11,646,000 |
|
Denmark |
1 |
20,402,000 |
9,100,000 |
11,302,000 |
|
Netherlands |
1 |
19,898,000 |
10,100,000 |
9,798,000 |
|
Romania |
1 |
17,302,000 |
12,100,000 |
5,202,000 |
|
Belgium |
1 |
13,806,000 |
10,600,000 |
3,206,000 |
|
Belarus |
1 |
10,890,000 |
10,600,000 |
290,000 |
|
Croatia |
1 |
10,500,000 |
9,100,000 |
1,400,000 |