2006/07 club payments

UEFA has issued details of the amounts distributed to the clubs who took part in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. Last season heralded the start of the new three-year cycle for the marketing of UEFA's club competitions. In 2006/07, the UEFA Cup was marketed centrally from the quarter-finals onwards.

Principles of revenue
In Europe's top club competition, the UEFA Champions League, principles governing revenue distribution between the participating clubs were the same last season. Half of the total amount is distributed as fixed sums, and the other half is distributed in accordance with the value of the commercial markets of the national associations involved.

Fixed sums
As far as fixed sums were concerned. each club received a participation premium of €2m. The surplus revenue generated over and above the expected revenue saw each club receive an extra €1m. Each club also received €400,000 per group match played, totalling €2.4m per club. Group victories were worth €600,000, and each draw €300,000. French club Olympique Lyonnais came closest to earning the full amount here, picking up €3m.

Knockout bonuses
The 16 teams that reached the first knockout round received a bonus of €2.2m each. Another €2.5m was earned by each of the eight quarter-finalists, and the four semi-finalists each received €3m. For winning the UEFA Champions League final, AC Milan received €7m, while the runners-up Liverpool FC received €4m. The figures do not include income from match ticket sales.

Market value
With respect to the other half of the prize money, each club's share in 2006/07 depended on the value of its national market, as well as the number of clubs per association, the positions in domestic championships in 2005/06 and the number of games they played in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League. Milan received the biggest amount for the UEFA Champions League season (€39.59m), followed by Chelsea FC (€34.66m) and Liverpool (€32.22m).

Solidarity payments
In addition, solidarity payments were made. National champions who did not reach the UEFA Champions League group stage received €160,000, while clubs that took part in the UEFA Champions League first and/or second qualifying round received €100,000 per round, except for the clubs who qualified for the group stage. No solidarity payments were made to clubs who took part in the third qualifying round. Eliminated clubs played in the UEFA Cup, and qualified for solidarity payments from the first round onwards, while keeping the payments received for the first two qualifying rounds.

UEFA Cup
Moving to the UEFA Cup, each club received €70,000 for each round played, from the first qualifying round to the first round proper - totaling a maximum €210,000. Part of the UEFA Champions League surplus revenue was awarded to the 80 clubs who played in the UEFA Cup first round. Each club in question received €100,000.

Group stage
Each team that played in the UEFA Cup group stage received a fixed sum of €70,000. A win in the group stage was worth €40,000, and €20,000 was earned for a draw. Teams that went through to the knockout stages received €70,000 for the Round of 32 and the same amount for the Round of 16. These sums were not paid to teams who joined the competition from the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Winners' earnings
UEFA Cup quarter-finalists received €300,000 each, while the semi-finalists received €600,000 each. Sevilla FC earned €2.5m for winning the final, and a total of €6.25m for the season, and runners-up RCD Espanyol received €1.5m (€5.31m for the season). In addition, the quarter-finalists earned a sum in accordance with the value of their national market, and depending on whether they qualified for the semi-finals.

Full details of the 2006/07 distribution figures can be found in the latest edition of the official UEFA publication uefadirect. Click here.