Officially, the 2024–2025 Champions League is over. A league table replaced the traditional group rounds for which the Champions League was renowned during the campaign, bringing a new format to Europe’s most prestigious football competition.
With this new configuration, the competition now consists of 36 teams instead of 32, and each team plays eight games rather than six. Even while there are still a lot of unanswered questions regarding the new format—especially because it is still in its early stages—the smaller teams that participate clearly gain from it because it gives them the opportunity to make more money on the continent.
How much money did all of the clubs in this season’s Champions League earn from the competition after Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Inter Milan in the Munich final?
From the 36th to the 27th, including RB Salzburg, Bologna, and Sparta Prague
Many of the teams that are ranked toward the bottom of the incomings list are minnows compared to the top, which should come as no surprise. With slightly less than £19 million, Slovan Bratislava made the least amount of money of any team in the campaign. They are the only teams in this season’s Champions League to have earned less than £25 million, along with Sparta Prague and Strum Graz.
Red Star Belgrade is still 1.5 million pounds ahead of BSC Young Boys and Girona, who barely cross that line. While Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb earned just under £34 million in the competition, Bologna just missed the £30 million mark and were unable to duplicate their domestic success from the previous season. As they finish in the bottom 10, Shakhtar Donetsk and RB Salzburg made about £1 million and £2 million more than Zagreb, respectively.
Champions League Top Earners (36-27)
Rank
Group
Revenue
27.
RB Salzburg
£35.87 million
28.
Donetsk’s Shakhtar
£34.83 million
29.
Zagreb Dinamo
£33.48 million
30.
Bologna
£29.73 million
31.
Belgrade’s Red Star
£26.99 million
32.
Young Boys at BSC
£25.46 million
33.
The Girona
£25.23 million
34.
Prague’s Sparta
£24.04 million
35.
Graz Sturm
£23.63 million
36.
Bratislava, Slovan
£18.44 million
26th–17th
Including AC Milan, Celtic, and Brest
At the bottom of this standing are VfB Stuttgart and Celtic, followed by Sporting CP, who lost to Dortmund in the knockout stage. Stade Brestois 29, Micah Richards’ new favorite team, has won over the public and left the competition with £43.70 million.
Even though RB Leipzig only managed to win one of their eight games and finished the league phase with just three points, they nevertheless took home little under £50 million in prize money.
The former runners-up, AS Monaco, are positioned above the German team, earning a respectable sum from their run. Club Brugge and AC Milan are next in line. Both Dutch powerhouses Feyenoord and PSV advanced past the league stage and earned £54.64 million and £55.03 million, respectively, throughout their seasons.
Champions League Top Earners (26–17)
17.
PSV
£55.03 million
18.
The Feyenoord
£54.64 million
19.
Milan AC
£51.74 million
20.
Brugge Club
£51.32 million
21.
Monaco
50.39 million pounds
22.
RB Leipzig
£49.56 million
23.
Brestois Stadium 29
43.70 million pounds
24.
Lisbon Sporting
41.29 million pounds
25.
Celtic
£38.97 million
26.
Stuttgart
£36.23 million
16–7, including Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Liverpool
Juventus came in at number 16 with £56 million. Atalanta is ranked just behind Benfica and above them. Beyond that, 2023 champions Manchester City, Lille, and Aston Villa—the latter of whom made an impression en route to the quarterfinals—all rank just outside the top 10 of highest earners.
Atletico Madrid, who were eliminated by bitter rivals Real Madrid in the round of 16, is ranked first in the top 10. The Spanish team came in slightly behind Bayer Leverkusen, who also left the competition at the same point, with just under £72 million from their endeavors.
Since Liverpool and Real Madrid are at odds, two other European powerhouses just miss out on the top six. The Reds lost to PSV to prevent them from winning all eight games, which prevented them from having a perfect league phase record. Prior to being eliminated by PSG in the round of 16, they were the clear favorites to win the competition. Real Madrid advanced one round before losing badly to Arsenal.
Champions League Top Earners (16–7)
Rank
Group
Revenue
7.
Real Madrid
£85.85 million
8.
Liverpool
£82.73 million
9.
Leverkusen Bayer
73.44 million pounds
10.
Real Madrid
71.59 million pounds
11.
Villa Aston
£70.55 million
12.
Lille LOSC
£66.36 million
13.
City of Manchester
£64.26 million
14.
Benfica
60.23 million pounds
15.
Atlanta
£56.55 million
16.
Juventus
£56,000,000
First place, sixth
Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, PSG, and Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund just missed out on the top five. They advanced to the quarterfinals of Europe’s top cup tournament this season before losing to Barcelona, despite their poor performance in the Bundesliga. Following them is Bayern Munich, who lost to Inter Milan at the same point.
Barcelona, who suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of Inter Milan, are in fourth place. Having not won the Champions League since 2015, they are still vying for the title.
In the quarterfinals, Arsenal easily defeated holders Real Madrid after destroying PSV in the round of sixteen. Their run to the final four was incredibly spectacular. Despite being too far away from Mikel Areta’s team, Paris Saint-Germain managed to bank £98.64 million throughout their run to the semi-finals.
Inter Milan, which lost badly to PSG in the Munich final, came in second. For their troubles, they received slightly over £115 million. In contrast, champions PSG earned little over £125 million throughout their epic championship run.
Champions League Top Earners (6-1)
Rank
Group
Revenue
1.
Saint-Germain, Paris
£125.13 million
2.
Milan Inter
£115.19 million
3.
The Arsenal
£98.64 million
4.
Barcelona
£98.27 million
5.
The Bayern Munich
£89.25 million
6.
Dortmund Borussia
£86.13 million
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