Benfica beat Sporting and Porto, set for UEFA ‘prize’ | OneFootball

UEFA will distribute around €31.5 million this week to clubs that released players to their national teams during the 2024/25 Nations League, a competition won by Portugal. Benfica will be the biggest beneficiary of the scheme due to the number of players it released.

This is the first payment of the current Club Benefits Programme cycle, which provides a total of €104 million for teams that make players available for the 2024/25 and 2026/27 editions of the Nations League, as well as for qualification for Euro 2028.

The distribution model remains unchanged. Clubs are compensated according to the number of eligible players released to the national teams and the number of matches they took part in. For each player and for each match played, UEFA has set compensation at €3,845. In total, the programme covers 611 clubs from all federations affiliated with UEFA, including amateur football teams.

Among the Portuguese clubs included in this first phase of payments is Benfica. The Eagles released 11 players to the national teams during the competition, making them the Portuguese club with the highest number of players covered by the mechanism.

In addition to Benfica, Sporting (7 players), FC Porto (5), Farense (2), Famalicão (2), Aves SAD (1), Casa Pia (1), Boavista (1), Arcozelo (1) and Marco (1) are also among the Portuguese clubs that will receive this compensation. At European level, Leipzig will be the club receiving the largest amount in this first phase, with approximately €353,000, after releasing 16 players to their respective national teams during the Nations League.

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