How much money is paid into the Champions League and in the Europa League?

Last update 23 May, 2026 by Julio Muñoz

The Champions League and Europa League have changed a lot since this article was originally published. The new UEFA cycle 2024-27 distribute a lot more money, changes the group stage to a league stage and adds a third competition, la Conference League, to the global distribution.

That's why it's worth looking at the updated figures.: we no longer talk about the amounts of 2013, but a larger model, with more matches and with payments divided between a fixed fee, sports results and the call value pillar.

How much money does the Champions League distribute in 2025/26

According to UEFA itself, for the season 2025/26 a distribution of 2.467 million euros between the Champions League and European Super Cup clubs. Just for participating in the league phase, Each Champions League club receives an equal amount close to 18,62 millions of euros.

Bonuses for victories are added to that base., draws, final position in the league phase, knockout rounds and distribution linked to the commercial value and historical coefficient of each club. That is to say: two teams that go far may not earn exactly the same, because the distribution no longer depends only on winning games.

How much money does the Europa League distribute?

For the Europa League 2025/26, UEFA plans a bag of 565 millions of euros. The fixed fee for playing the league phase is around 4,31 million euros per club, well below the Champions League, but enough to make important differences in average budgets.

There are also performance awards., classification, rounds passed and value pill. The distance with the Champions League remains enormous, but the Europa League can no longer be measured with the figures of a decade ago.

UEFA department 2025/26: Champions, Europa League y Conference

UEFA estimates gross income of 4.400 million euros for its men's club competitions 2025/26. From the net amount that reaches the participating clubs from the league phase, the distribution is like this: Champions League and Super Cup, 2.467 millions; Europa League, 565 millions; Conference League, 285 millions.

Besides, there are solidarity payments for clubs that do not participate in the main phases. To 2025/26, Those payments amount to 308 millions of euros, intended to reinforce sports structures and training.

So, which competition pays more?

The Champions League is still, with a lot of difference, the competition that distributes the most money. The Europa League can be very valuable for clubs that advance rounds, but the economic leap of playing in the Champions League continues to be enormous from the first day of competition.

Main source: official UEFA financial distribution.

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