Entry fee competition phase
Every team that qualifies for the Champions League receives a starting bonus of €18.6 million. This season, PSV and Feyenoord were the only Dutch clubs to qualify for the league stage. FC Twente was already eliminated in the preliminary round by Red Bull Salzburg. So PSV and Feyenoord can already claim €18.6 million.
Performance bonus
For every win in the league phase, a club earns €2.1 million and for every draw €0.7 million. PSV won four times and drew twice, earning €2.1 million four times and €0.7 million two times. So, in total, PSV earned €9.8 million in the league phase.
Feyenoord has won 4 times and drawn 1 time, and has a total of 9.1 million euros in performance bonuses.
Final score
For each higher position in the final league standings, the club receives €0.275 million. So, the 36th-placed team receives €0.275 million, and the top-placed team receives €0.275 x €36 million. PSV finished 14th and received €0.275 x €23 million, or €6.235 million. Feyenoord finished 19th and received €0.275 x €18 million, or €4.95 million. Clubs in the top eight receive a bonus of €2 million, and teams from 9th to 16th place receive a bonus of €1 million. PSV, therefore, receives an additional €1 million bonus for finishing 14th.
Next round bonus
Clubs reaching the next round receive a lucrative bonus. For reaching the knockout stage, each club receives €1 million. This applies to all teams finishing between 9th and 24th place. Feyenoord and PSV will receive an additional €1 million bonus. Clubs reaching the last 16 receive an €11 million bonus, reaching the quarterfinals €12.5 million, reaching the semifinals €15 million, and reaching the final an additional €18.5 million. The Champions League winner receives a further €6.5 million bonus. All these amounts are added together, so the winner receives a bonus of €11 million, €12.5 million, €15 million, €18.5 million, and €6.5 million (€63.5 million). By eliminating AC Milan , Feyenoord earned an additional €11 million, plus €2.1 million for a home win and €0.7 million for a draw in Milan.
Value Pillar
This is perhaps the most complex method of prize money distribution. It looks at how much money UEFA generates from the national broadcasting rights to the Champions League. It's often the largest, most populous countries that generate the most money and therefore receive more from UEFA. France apparently brings in the most money, followed by England and Germany. The Netherlands only comes in 9th.
Next, the market share is combined with the clubs' European performance over the past five years, resulting in a ranking. At the bottom is an image with an overview of all prize money from this season. It also shows how much each club earns from this complex structure.
In addition, prize money is distributed based on the participating clubs' performances over the past 10 years. The highest-ranked team receives €12.45 million, and the lowest-ranked team €0.35 million. It's a sliding scale. Real Madrid is at the top. Ajax, for example, is in 23rd place, PSV 29th, Feyenoord 37th, and AZ 54th. The other Dutch teams are tied for 154th (Twente, Groningen, Go Ahead Eagles, Vitesse, Utrecht, Willem II, and Heracles).
Total revenues 2024/25
Below, we share an important graphic that clearly shows how much all clubs have earned up to the knockout stage. Feyenoord's victory over AC Milan isn't included. Thanks to Footballmeetsdata for creating this overview.
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