Copa Sul-Americana: record prize, São Paulo eyeing fortune | OneFootball

São Paulo learned on Thursday night (19), after the draw at Conmebol, its group and rivals for the 2026 Copa Sudamericana. In addition, the club has already started calculating how much it could earn in case of a title, with a record amount offered by the Confederation this season.

The president of the entity, Alejandro Domínguez, announced an increase in the prizes for the winner and runner-up of the Sudamericana, who will now receive US$ 10 million (R$ 53 million) and US$ 2.5 million (R$ 13.25 million) respectively.

The prizes for victories in the group stage have also increased, now at US$ 125,000 (R$ 662,000) for each win achieved by the teams.

Thus, if São Paulo has an almost perfect campaign, with six victories in the initial phase and the title at the end of the Sudamericana, it could earn up to R$ 70 million just in prizes for its struggling coffers.

Tricolor leads Group C of the Sudamericana, alongside Millonarios from Colombia, Boston River from Uruguay, and O’Higgins from Chile, the last two of which have never faced São Paulo in history.

The Morumbi team will make its debut in the South American competition against Boston River, in Uruguay, then will host O’Higgins, and will close the first round of the group stage against Millonarios on Colombian soil.

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