The Europa League finalists, Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers, each attained $5.2 million merely for advancing to the championship match as the last two teams standing in the tournament. However, the winner came away with nearly double that amount.
Europa League champions Eintracht Frankfurt pocketed an extra $4.53 million due to qualifying for the UEFA Super Cup, the one-off encounter against the UEFA Champions League winners which is traditionally scheduled in August as the kickoff to the European season.
- Europa League Winner: $9.73 million
- Europa League Runner-up: $5.2 million
The full picture of how prize money in the Europa League is allocated can be found below in the following table.
Simply managing to reach the Europa League group stage is worth a handy $4.11 million for all 32 participants. The deeper an outfit managed to advance in the competition, the more financial incentives were collected along the way.
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Europa League prize money breakdown 2022
Stage |
Prize Money |
Winner |
$9.73 million |
Runner-up |
$5.2 million |
Semi-finalists |
$3.17 million |
Quarter-finalists |
$2.03 million |
Round of 16 |
$1.35 million |
Knockout round playoffs |
$566,000 |
Group winners |
$1.24 million |
Group runners-up |
$623,152 |
Group-stage win |
$713.793 |
Group-stage draw |
$237.950 |
Group-stage qualification |
$4.11 million |