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The inaugural Champions League league stage has concluded with English clubs securing substantial financial rewards, as UEFA reveals the complete prize money breakdown for each participant.

The Champions League’s complex payment system consists of multiple revenue streams.

Every club participating in the Champions League league phase receives a base payment of £15.7 million, with additional performance-based bonuses awarded depending on various factors

Arsenal solidified a third-place finish after beating Girona 2-1 last night, while Aston Villa eked out an eight-place finish following a big 4-2 win over Celtic last night.

Surprisingly, it was Manchester City who was the only Premier League side to not automatically make it to the round of 16.

And as we will now find out, it has certainly hurt the financial accounts of the reigning Champions.

How much prize money did Liverpool earn in the Champions League so far

It is quite a convoluted way of describing how the breakdown works, below are exactly how the prize money is broken down in practical terms in Euros, but we will convert to Pounds for the English sides (table info via UEFA communication):

Distribution Pillar.

For example, Paris Saint-Germain could receive around €33.5 million from this component alone.

Historical Performance

This element considers each club’s European results over the previous 10 years

With all of the above in mind, let’s finally look at what English clubs managed to earn in the Champions League so far this season.

Liverpool

Unsurprisingly, Liverpool emerged as the highest earners, accumulating £82.7m in total prize money.

.The Reds’ impressive haul includes the standard £15.5m participation fee, £9.2m for knockout qualification, and £26.5m from the market pool and five-year coefficient.

Their ten-year UEFA coefficient contributed an additional £8.7m, while their points tally earned £12.3m

As league stage winners, they secured a bonus of £10.4m.

Arsenal

Arsenal secured the second-highest earnings at £74.4m – just over £9m less than the Reds.

The Gunners received the same base payments as Liverpool but earned less from their coefficients, with £21m and £7.7m from their five and ten-year rankings respectively.

Their points accumulation brought in £11.1m, plus a placement bonus exceeding £10m.

Manchester City

Manchester City, despite their uncertain knockout stage status, claimed £63.3m – well under Liverpool’s rewards of over £82m.

Their total comprises the £15.5m starting fee, a modest £830,000 playoff qualification bonus, and £3.6m for their league placement

While their points only earned £6.4m, their historical success boosted their earnings significantly with coefficient payments totaling £36.8m.

Aston Villa

The Villans in their debut Champions League campaign earned £59.4m

Their relatively modest UEFA coefficient payments, totaling £16.5m, reflected their recent return to European competition.

Each knockout round brings additional prize money, with Round of 16 qualification worth £11m, quarter-final progression valued at £12.5m, and semi-finalists earning £15m.

The ultimate prize sees the Champions League winners collecting £25m, while runners-up receive £18.5m

This means Liverpool and their current prize money could potentially double by season’s end when everything is all tallied up with factors like TV revenue shares still to be included.

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