Barca have most revenue in 18/19 European competitions with €118m, Liverpool 2nd

UEFA have now published the final payments to clubs for 2018/19 European competitions.

In 2018/19 each of 32 clubs qualified for Champions League group stage got €14.5m plus €2.7m for a win and €900k for a draw. Additional prize money for each further stage reached: last 16 €9.5m, quarter-final €10.5m, semi-final €12m, final €15m and winners €19m.

Barcelona had the highest 2018/19 Champions League payment of €118m, but English clubs received four of the top six distributions: winners Liverpool €111m, runners-up Tottenham Hotspur €102m, Manchester United €93m and Manchester City €93m. Juventus were 4th with €96m and PSG 7th with €86m.

The Champions League revenue distribution changed in 2018/19 with the introduction of the UEFA coefficient, so that TV pool is much less important than it was before. This rewards historically successful clubs rather than those with larger national TV rights deals.

Europa League payments are much lower. Each club in group got €2.75m plus €570k for a win & €190k for a draw. Additional prize money: group winners €1m, runners-up €0.5m, last 32 €0.5m, last 16 €1.1m, quarter-final €1.5m, semi-final €2.4m, final €4.5m & winners €8.5m.

Highest Europa League payments by far went to English clubs, winners Chelsea €46m and runners-up Arsenal €39m, followed by Eintracht Frankfurt €27m, Rennes €20m, Villarreal €18m and Sevilla €17m.