It is the biggest football club competition in the world and its organizers UEFA want to ensure it remains the supreme brand and package. From 2018/19 season, UEFA has announced that the prize money would increase significantly with a new coefficient ranking payment that rewards historically successful clubs rather than those with bigger national TV rights.
The amount to be distributed to clubs in UEFA Champions League from the group phase to the finals in the 2018/19 season is €1.95 billion. These new deal would be spilt into four categories: €488 million for participation, €585 million for performance related payment, €292 million for TV pool and €585 million for coefficient rankings.
Each club in the group stage gets €15.25 million (compare to €12.7 million in 2017/18 season) for qualification. €2.7 million (compare to €1.5 million in 2017/18 season) for every win and €900 thousand (compare to €500 thousand in 2017/18 season) for every draw in the group phase. There is additional prize money as teams progress: €9.5 million (compare to €6 million in 2017/18 season) for making it to the Round of 16, €10.5 million (compare to €6.5 million in 2017/18 season) for quarter-final, €12 million (compare to €7.5 million in 2017/18 season) for semi-final, the finalist earns €15 million (compare to €11 million in 2017/18 season) and winner goes home with €19 million (compare to €15.5 million in 2017/18 season).
The 2018/19 package is significantly higher by €25.3 million for a participating team that makes it through from the group phase and emerges as winner without including TV pool and coefficient raking income. The coefficient is based on performances over the past 10 years in the competition. The coefficient money is divided into shares with each worth €1.108 million with the highest ranked club getting €35.5 million and the lowest of getting €1.1 million. Real Madrid is ranked highest and AEK Athens lowest for the 2018/19 season coefficient rating. The Spanish giants are guaranteed at least €51 million (group stage participation fee + coefficient share). This new revenue distribution method clearly benefits the traditional big clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, etc. but the overall increase in Champions League prize money is beneficial to all participating teams as UEFA aims to keep its premium competition at the top of the pile.
The 2018/19 Champions League kicks off in eight days’ time. The 32 participating teams should provide football fans with excitement and top-class football with UEFA remuneration as part of the reward for participating in this competition. Predict and win big in the money spinning competition by visiting our Sports shop Babaijebu.ng for mouthwatering offers for all UCL matches.