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754 million euros - that's how much clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League earned in total last season, UEFA reports. The largest share of the pie went to the finalists - London's Chelsea and Munich's Bayern clubs.
The tournament winner, Chelsea, pocketed 59.9 million euros. The English club received half of this amount for participating in the tournament, and the other half for television broadcasts.
For comparison, the 2011 Champions League winner, Barcelona, earned 53.2 million euros that season.
The runner-up, Bayern, received 41.7 million euros, not including the 2.1 million euros that the German club received for successfully passing the Champions League qualifying rounds.
In the semi-finals, Barcelona received 40.6 million euros from UEFA, while Barcelona's opponent in the quarterfinals, AC Milan, received 39.9 million euros.
In sixth place is Manchester United, which did not even make it to the knockout rounds, earning 35.2 million euros. By continuing in the Europa League, Manchester United's budget was supplemented by another 1.25 million euros.
All clubs participating in the group stage were allocated 7.2 million euros. Later, each team's earnings increased depending on results and television broadcast contracts.
The club that earned the least out of the 32 teams was Zagreb's Dinamo, which received "only" 8.2 million euros.
UEFA informs that next season clubs' revenues will be even larger, as the total prize fund is expected to reach at least 1.34 billion euros next year.
By the way, clubs participating in the second highest capacity UEFA tournament - the Europa League - receive much smaller payouts.
Next season, the Europa League prize fund should be around 225 million euros. The winner of this year's Europa League, Madrid's Atletico, received 10.5 million euros.
