This evening, Luis Enrique’s PSG and Thomas Frank’s Tottenham will be stepping out into Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy to battle it out for the UEFA Super Cup.
It’s a trophy that neither club has won - PSG made it to the 1996 final only to lose to Juventus while Spurs have two European titles in their honors list: the old European Cup Winners’ Cup (won in 1992), to which they added the Europa League back in May.
So a new name will be etched onto the trophy later tonight - the winners will become the 26th club to have lifted it.
UEFA Super Cup prize money
Both PSG and Spurs will collect €4 million ($4.41 million) just for turning up, with the team that emerges victorious on the night rewarded with an extra €1 million ($1.1 million). €5 million ($5.51 million) is the monetary prize for winning this evening.
While both clubs have an incentive to add the Super Cup to their silverware collections, the big prize is qualifying for the next edition of the Champions League, which they have already done - PSG were crowned European champions in May and Spurs book their place as Europa Cup winners.
It might sound like pocket change at first glance, but just qualifying for the Champions League guarantees each team a base payout of roughly $20.3 million. Break that down across the eight games in the new league-style group stage, and each match is worth about $2.5 million. And if a team wins? That’s an extra $2.3 million per victory—making Champions League wins some of the most lucrative in club soccer.
PSG: More than 100 million euros for their first Champions League title
Paris Saint-Germain finally clinched its first-ever Champions League title, beating Inter Milan 5-0 at Allianz Arena in Munich in May. The financial windfall is just as historic. The French club raked in over $160 million purely from its performance in the tournament. That figure doesn’t even include ticket sales or additional commercial revenue.
The breakdown reveals a record-breaking haul, fully aligned with UEFA’s new financial format:
Champions League prize money in 2025-2026
UEFA’s new tournament format, introduced last season, has reshaped how prize money is distributed. Two previous categories—market pool and 10-year ranking—have been merged into a new metric called the “value pillar.” Meanwhile, payouts for participation and match results have jumped by 32.5% and 52.2%, respectively.
But with more money comes more competition: the number of participating teams has increased from 32 to 36, and the total number of matches has grown from 125 to 189. To win the title, a team now needs to play at least 15 games, up from 13.
UEFA will distribute a total of $2.7 billion among Champions League teams in the 2025–2026 season—a 21% increase over the previous format. The prize pool is divided into three main categories.