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The Champions League prize money for the new season is released: a total of 2.5 billion euros are distributed; the team will be up to 150 million yuan

1:49am, 18 September 2025【Football】

Hupu September 16th According to the German media "Kicker", the new season's Champions League bonus allocation plan was officially released. Like last season, UEFA will pay a total of about 2.5 billion euros in prize money, which is far beyond the sum of the UEFA Cup (565 million euros) and the UEFA Cup (285 million euros), and continue to consolidate the Champions League's position as a money printing machine in European football.

Fixed appearance fee (accounting for 27.5%, 670 million euros)

36 participating teams can directly obtain 18.62 million euros, regardless of the record.

Results bonus (37.5%, 914 million euros)

Victory: 2.1 million euros

draw: 700,000 euros (unallocated part will be redistributed according to the final ranking)

New "League Stage Ranking Award": The bottom team won 275,000 euros; for each increase, one share, the champion team can win 9.9 million euros

Additional ranking award: the top 8 will win 2 million euros; 9-16th place: another 1 million euros

Knockout Prize: reach the 1/8 final 11 million; reach the quarter-finals to win 12.5 million; reach the semi-finals to win 15 million; reach the finals to win 18.5 million; win another 6.5 million

European Super Cup: 4 million each of the participating parties; the championship will receive an additional 1 million

value bonus (35%, 853 million euros)

This part is determined by historical rankings (five years/ten years of European competition performance) and the value of the TV broadcast market. The income gap between the teams is huge. Top teams can be divided into more than 40 million euros, while the bottom team may be less than 1 million.