Santos miss out on up to R$55.6m after Sudamericana exit | OneFootball

Santos’ Copa Sudamericana quarter-final exit to Atlético-MG has cost the club as much as R$ 55.6 million in prize money.

According to Globo.com, that figure reflects the semi-final payout and a potential champions’ purse combined. Reaching the last four would have been worth 800,000 dollars, roughly R$ 4.1 million. The winners receive 10 million dollars, with runners-up due 2.5 million dollars.

The exit carries sporting and financial weight. After going out in the Copa do Brasil quarters, the Sudamericana had been their only route to silverware this season and to a place in the Conmebol Libertadores. Off the pitch, the club reported a second-quarter accounting deficit 62% above budget and total debt above R$ 1.1 billion.

Santos entered at the group stage, earning 300,000 dollars, about R$ 1.5 million, and picked up 125,000 dollars, around R$ 644,000, for their sole group win over Ecuador’s Deportivo Cuenca.

Finishing second in Group D sent them to the play-off round, worth 500,000 dollars, where they advanced by eliminating Venezuela’s Universidad Central.

In the last 16 they added 600,000 dollars after beating Ecuador’s Macará, then 700,000 dollars for reaching the quarter-finals.

Focus now turns to the Campeonato Brasileiro. Santos sit 10th on 35 points and are on a run of four wins and one draw in their past five rounds. They face Remo on Saturday at 18:30 in Belém.

Source: Globo.com

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