UEFA Champions League Prize Money 2024-25 (Breakdown)
No club football competition can match the popularity of the UEFA Champions League. Clubs are always eager to compete here not only for fame but also for huge revenues. How is Champions League prize money divided? How much money do Champions League winners get? We will answer all these questions and present the complete UEFA Champions League Prize Money Breakdown By Round for 2024/25.
UEFA budgeted a total of 2.03 Billion Euros in Prize Money for the latest UCL campaign. But, What is the prize money distribution for the Champions League? Well, there are 3 portions. 55% of the total sum is rewarded as performance-based prize money. The authority provides 30% more as a Coefficient payout based on a coefficient algorithm of all 32 group stage participants. Where each share has a €1.137m value. The top-ranked side gets 32 shares, in mathematical sum €36.38m. The 2nd top-ranked club gets 31 shares (€35.25m). Going down sequentially, the 32-ranked participant takes only 1 share (€1.137m).
| Criteria | Percentage | Amount | Details |
| Performance-based Prize Money | 55% | €1.12 Billion | More amount for passing each round and for every win |
| Coefficient Payout | 30% | €609 Million | Based on co-efficient rank, for instance: top rank gets 32 shares, lowest rank gets 1 share |
| Broadcast Market Payout | 15% | €305 Million | 50% divided by Federation to country’s participating clubs, 50% divided proportion to the no. of matches played by a club |
| Total | 100% | €2.03 Billion | Awarded by UEFA |
The remaining 15% which is part of broadcast revenue, authority provides to the national federation of each country whose clubs are competing. Of that Broadcast market payout sum’s 50% (the entire amount’s 7.5%), federations divide among the participating clubs. UEFA also determines the fixed percentages and according to those, the federation does divide the sum. For the remaining 50% of the Broadcast market payout, clubs receive an amount proportion to the number of matches played.
UCL Prize Money By Round 2024/25
| Achievement | Prize Money Allocation | Total Prize Money Given |
| Winner | 20 Million Euros | 20 Million Euros |
| Runner-Up | 15.5 Million Euros | 15.5 Million Euros |
| Reaching Semifinal | 12.5 Million Euros | 50 Million Euros (4 Teams) |
| Qualifying for Quarter-Final | 10.6 Million Euros | 84.8 Million Euros (8 Teams) |
| Entering Round Of 16 | 9.6 Million Euros | 153.6 Million Euros (16 Teams) |
| Group Stage Win | 2.8 Million Euros | – |
| Group Stage Draw | 930k Euros | – |
| Competing in the Group Stage | 15.6 Million Euros | 500 Million Euros (32 Teams) |
According to the budgeted amount, a winning team can grab up to a maximum total of €85.14m. But that would require the side to win all 6 group-stage games. Real Madrid won the 2023/24 UCL campaign and they gathered all 18 points from the group stage. As a result, they secured all 85.14 million Euros, the maximum sum a team could win. How much did Man City earn for winning the Champions League? Man City’s triumph in 2022-23, handed them a total of €81.4m. The latest alluded sum is only the performance-based prize money, clubs even earn more through the aforementioned Coefficient Payout & Broadcast Market Payout.
