Champions League: Manchester City-Real Madrid and who wins the 100 million dollar race

A few hours before the start of the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City, the current monarch, is the club that has achieved the highest revenue in this edition of the competition thanks to its sporting merits: it has grossed 89,024 million euros so far. Real Madrid follows him in that ranking (86.750 million), his rival in the phase that begins on Tuesday.

City and Real Madrid are the only two clubs that achieved six wins in the six matches played during the group stage and, therefore, obtained 16.8 million euros (2.8 million per win). This has turned them into the most economically productive teams in the area, according to a report prepared by Spanish state agency EFE.

However, the English club surpasses the Spanish one in terms of amounts received as a coefficient. City are leaders of this ranking (they have 146 points), so they deserve 36,384 million euros. Real Madrid is third in terms of coefficient (it has 127 points and is also overtaken by Bayern Munich), which is worth 34.11 million. Hence the difference of 2,274 million between the two institutions so far.

The amount to be received per coefficient is obtained by multiplying 1,137 million euros by the position – from lowest to highest – that each of the 32 teams that gave the gift to the group stage occupies in that ranking. For example in the case of City, since they are first, 1,137 is multiplied by 32.

In the rest of the groups, pending the distribution of the television market (depending on the share of each country), everything is identical between City and Madrid: the 15.64 million to be paid for playing the group stage; the 16.8 million for the six victories in that round; the 9.6 million for qualifying for the round of 16; and 10.6 million for a place in the quarterfinals.

Qualifying for the semi-finals will give away another 12.5 million eurosbut only one of these two giants will be able to reach that figure: the one who wins the series that will start on Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabéu and end on Wednesday of the following week at the Etihad Stadium. The winner will be among the four best in Europe, will consolidate his economic hegemony in this edition of the tournament and will continue his journey until he exceeds 100 million in earnings for sporting merit.

The winner of this series will be able to continue collecting: Access to the Champions League final is rewarded with 15.5 million euros and the title with another 4.5 million, in addition to the 3.5 million charged to play in the European Super Cup, according to the official financial breakdown communicated by UEFA for the 2023/24 season. The duel between the winner of the Champions League and the winner of the Europa League brings an extra million for the winner.

Behind Manchester City and Real Madrid is Bayern Munich, who will face Arsenal in the quarter-finals. The German club achieved five wins and a draw in the group stage, and thus remained with 14.93 million euros, 1.87 million less than the English and Spanish. Its total so far amounts to 86,017 million.

The other teams continuing in the competition are below the 80 million euros received for their sporting merits. Fourth is Paris Saint-Germain, with 76.723 million, followed by Atlético Madrid (75.051 million), Borussia Dortmund (74.525 million), Barcelona (74.328 million) and Arsenal (68.436 million).

Last season, Manchester City earned €134,936 million as Champions League winners. In the earnings ranking for sporting merit, it is followed by Real Madrid (118.834 million), despite the Spanish club being eliminated in the semi-finals. The other finalist was Inter, who still finished fifth: they totaled 101,289 million and were also surpassed by Bayern Munich (108,157 million) and Paris Saint Germain (101,361 million). These were the five institutions that exceeded 100 million, according to UEFA’s financial report corresponding to the 2022/23 season.

The earnings of the 32 teams that competed in the Champions League group stage

1- Manchester City: 89,024 million

2- Real Madrid: 86.75 million

3- Bayern Munich: 86.017 million

4- Paris Saint-Germain: 76.273 million

5- Atletico Madrid: 75,051 million

6- Borussia Dortmund: 74.525 million

7- Barcelona: 74.328 million

8- Arsenal: 68.436 million

9- Inter: 68.176 million

10- Leipzig: 67,099 million

eleven- Port: 59.18 million

12- Naples: 58.447 million

13- Lazio: 50.48 million

14- Real Sociedad: 48.937 million

fifteen- Manchester United: 48.932 million

16- PSV Eindhoven: 48,411 million

17- Copenhagen: 46,344 million

18- Shakthar Donetsk: 43,369 million

19- Seville: 42,514 million

winds- Milan: 41,292 million

twentyone- Benfica: 40.973 million

22- Feyenoord: 38,295 million

23- Salzburg: 30.74 million

24- Sporting Braga: 29,603 million

25- Young Boys: 27,329 million

26- Celtic: 26,192 million

27- Galatasaray: 25,985 million

28- Red Star: 25,666 million

29- Newcastle: 25,574 million

30- Objective: 24,237 million

31- Berlin Union: 22,048 million

32- Antwerp: 21,851 million