Eindhoven PSV entered the Champions League after beating Scotland’s Rangers FC 5-1. Participating in the biggest football competition in the world is not only a sporting jewel, but also brings in a lot of money. Although the club haven’t even made it into the group stage yet, they have already received several millions from UEFA.
PSV receives millions for entering the Champions League
According to the Dutch Broadcasting Foundation (NOS) PSV have received a whopping 31 million euros from European football governing body UEFA. Of this, EUR 31 million, about half, namely EUR 15.6 million, is attributable to the starting bonus. The club has already earned this amount simply by participating in the European competition.
UEFA’s total budget for this year’s Champions League is a staggering €2.03 billion. Of these 2 billion euros, around 500 million euros were distributed as start-up bonuses. Spread almost equally across 32 clubs, this amounts to the aforementioned €15.6m per club.
In addition there is €600.6 million made available for clubs that win in the league. If a football club played a perfect competition and didn’t lose a single game, it would earn €83.2 million. A further 30% of the €2bn will be distributed based on clubs’ performance over the last ten years.
Source of income from different points of view
PSV is based on his performance ranked 24th of the clubs participating in the competition with a proceeds of 10.23 million euros. A third source of income for PSV are the TV rights, with which the Eindhoveners earn quite a bit of money. According to estimates, the club can feel richer by 1.35 million euros.
As the last source of income for PSV, ticket sales are of course also going well. Should PSV play a number of great games, they can expect to see packed stadiums. Since there is often a lot of space for men in the arenas, the club is expected to earn around 4 million euros. If you add that up, you get an amount of 31.2 million euros. That’s quickly earned for the club, which has had some pretty big spending lately.