Europa League champion Sevilla secured over €4m ($5.4m) more than any other club in revenue payments from European football’s governing body Uefa for competing in the tournament’s 2013-14 edition.
A total of €209m was shared by Uefa between the 56 clubs that competed in the Europa League in 2013-14. The revenue generated by the centralised marketing of the Europa League – plus an additional contribution from the Champions League club share – was redistributed among the 48 clubs taking part from the group stage onwards, as well as the eight sides that joined in the round of 32 after coming third in their Champions League groups.
Sevilla lifted the Europa League trophy by defeating Portuguese Primeira Liga club Benfica on penalties in the final held in Turin on May 14. The Spanish Liga team received €14.6m in payments from Uefa, with the total made up of a €1.3m participation bonus, more than €5m from the television market pool and over €8m in performance monies, including €5m for winning the final.
French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais, which was eliminated in the quarter-finals, secured the second largest payment of €10.2m, of which €6.6m was generated from the market pool. Italian Serie A clubs Lazio and Fiorentina, which were knocked out in the Round of 32 and Round of 16 respectively, drew payments of €9.5m and €8.23m. Market pool payments of €6.9m and €5.2m accounted for the majority of these totals.
Sevilla’s Spanish Liga counterpart Valencia rounded out the top-five with a payment of €8.21m. Defeated by Sevilla in the semi-finals, Valencia’s market pool share was €3.6m. Of the teams that joined the Europa League from the Champions League, Serie A’s Juventus secured the largest payment of €7m for its run to the semi-finals.
By contrast, the 32 teams that competed in the Champions League shared €904m in payments from Uefa in 2013-14, matching the record outlay from the previous season. Real Madrid’s victory over Atletico Madrid secured it top spot in the payment rankings with its €57.4m including the standard €8.6m participation bonus, more than €20.5m from the market pool and over €28m in performance monies including €10.5m for its final victory.