💶 Barça land financial blow on Madrid in the Champions League, PSG on top 📊 | OneFootball

The new era of the Champions League has proven to be a true goldmine for European football. According to the portal 2Playbook, which accessed these UEFA data, the competition distributed a total of 2.467 billion euros in the 2024-2025 season.

This record figure represents a 19% increase compared to the previous year, consolidating the tournament as the indispensable economic engine for elite clubs that manage to qualify and advance in the knockout stages.

Barça takes the 'Classic' of revenues

On the national scene, FC Barcelona has made a financial surprise by leading the revenues among Spanish teams. The Blaugrana club received 116.6 million euros, which is 15% more than Real Madrid, which concluded its participation with 101.8 million.

These figures place both giants in the select group of seven European clubs that have managed to surpass the one hundred million euro mark in a single European campaign.

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The financial success of LaLiga was not limited to the two greats. Atlético de Madrid managed to earn 84.9 million euros after their run in the tournament, while Girona FC debuted with revenues of 29.9 million.

In total, the five Spanish clubs received 333.2 million euros from UEFA, a figure to which Real Madrid added another 5 million thanks to their victory in the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta.

PSG, sporting and economic success

Internationally, the big economic winner has been Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). After being crowned European champion under Luis Enrique's direction, the Parisian team pocketed the astronomical sum of 144.4 million euros.

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Just for the victory in the final, the club received 25 million, surpassing with its total Champions income what Ligue 1 distributes in television rights to all its teams in a full season.

Inter Milan, Arsenal, and Bayern in the Top 5

Finally, the distribution among the rest of the European powers confirms the continent's economic gap. Inter Milan reached 136.6 million after playing the final, followed by Arsenal with 117 million.

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Meanwhile, the German clubs also held their ground: Bayern Munich earned 105.9 million and Borussia Dortmund 102.2 million. These figures underline how the Champions League has become the fundamental pillar to sustain the record budgets of the world's most powerful clubs.

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