How much prize money do the 2024 Europa League winners get?

Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen face off in the 2024 Europa League final today, with Dublin’s Aviva Stadium the venue for the showpiece game.

At today’s 2024 Europa League final, Atalanta or Bayer Leverkusen will earn a bonus of just over $4 million for lifting Europe’s second-tier club trophy.

According to figures published by UEFA, European soccer’s governing body, Atalanta and Leverkusen have already triggered a prize payout of €4.6 million ($5 million) for reaching the showpiece event at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. The winners of the final will then be paid a further €4 million ($4.3 million).

And this money comes on top of the prize cheques that the clubs began accruing the moment they entered the group stage in September.

UEFA gives the competition’s group-stage participants a ‘starting fee’ of €3.6 million ($3.9 million), plus a further €630,000 ($682,000) per win and €210,000 ($228,000) per draw in the round-robin phase. €1.1 million ($1.2 million) is allocated to each group winner, while the runners-up get €550,000 ($596,000) each. Last-16 qualification is worth another €1.2m, before clubs receive €1.8m for reaching the quarter-finals, and €2.8m for making the semi-finals.

Having topped Group H with six wins out of six, Leverkusen have picked up the maximum amount of Europa League prize money so far. Xabi Alonso’s men have clocked up €18.88 million ($20.4 million), and will finish up with €22.88 million ($24.8 million) if they beat Atalanta in the Irish capital. The Italians, meanwhile, won four and drew two games on their way to taking top spot in Group D. As a result, the men from Bergamo have earned €18.04 million ($19.5 million) as things stand, and can end up with €22.04 million ($23.9 million).

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