Chelsea, after winning the Champions League last season, received 120 million euros from the European Football Association, topping the list of financial awards for European clubs published on Wednesday.
In second place, Manchester City, who finished second in the Champions League last season, received around 119 million euros out of a total of 1.9 billion euros shared by 32 clubs in the Champions League.
Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain received approximately 110 million euros each.
What Chelsea got was more than what Barcelona and Juventus lost in the round of 16 by at least 35 million euros.
The UEFA list shows Barcelona receiving €85m and Juventus €83m.
The smallest amount received by a club that participated in the Champions League last season was 18.45 million euros, which was received by Ferencváros, the Hungarian league champions.
And the difference in rewards between the Champions League and the Europa League is very clear: the prize money for the teams that participated in the Europa Club League last season is 541 million euros, which is equivalent to about 28 percent of the Champions’ total prize pool. League.
Europa League winners Villarreal received 33.1 million euros, while Arsenal, eliminated in the semi-finals, received around 30 million euros.
Manchester United, who lost the Europa League final and finished third in their Champions League group (before promotion to the Europa League), earned €79.6m from both competitions.
