PSG Earn €144m After Winning 2024–25 Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain topped UEFA’s prize-money rankings after earning €144.4 million from winning the 2024–25 Champions League, according to figures published in the governing body’s latest financial report.

The report, released on Tuesday ahead of UEFA’s annual congress next month in Brussels, confirmed that an additional €400 million was distributed among Europe’s elite clubs following the introduction of the competition’s expanded format.

PSG finished top of the prize-money table after lifting the trophy, while beaten finalists Inter Milan were close behind, receiving €136.6 million from UEFA’s prize fund. In total, €2.47 billion was shared among the 36 clubs that competed in the revamped Champions League, with each team playing eight matches in a single league standings phase.

Seven clubs earned at least €100 million in prize money, an increase from five in the previous season, when the total fund stood at €2.08 billion during the final year of the traditional 32-team group-stage format.

Aston Villa were the only quarter-finalist to receive less than €100 million, collecting €83.7 million. UEFA attributed that figure partly to Villa’s lower club coefficient, with the English side returning to the Champions League after a 41-year absence.

Real Madrid’s quarter-final exit to Arsenal saw them earn just under €102 million from the competition, a decrease of €37 million compared with the amount they received after winning the title in 2024. Madrid did, however, add a further €5 million by defeating Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup, with the Italian side earning €4 million from the season-opening fixture.

Inter Milan earned at least twice as much Champions League prize money as each of the other four Italian clubs involved in the competition.

Among the English representatives, Manchester City were the lowest earners. The 2022–23 Champions League winners received €76 million after being eliminated by Real Madrid in the knockout play-off round in February.

The smallest payout went to Slovan Bratislava, who earned less than €22 million after losing all eight of their league-phase matches.

UEFA’s figures also highlighted the significant financial gap between the Champions League and the Europa League. Europa League winners Tottenham received €41 million, while beaten finalists Manchester United were paid €36 million. United will receive no European prize money this season after failing to qualify for continental competition.

Chelsea earned €21.8 million for winning the Conference League, UEFA’s third-tier competition, and have since secured a return to the Champions League.

The financial report also confirmed that UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin did not receive a pay rise last season. The Slovenian lawyer earned a fixed gross salary of 3.25 million Swiss francs, with no bonus, the same figure as the previous year.

UEFA general secretary Theodore Theodoridis, however, received increases to both his salary and bonus, taking his total remuneration to 2.05 million Swiss francs.