How much prize money have Premier League teams earned in Europe?

Published 28 May 2026

Should Arsenal defeat Paris St-Germain in the final, they will have secured at least £95m in prize money from this season’s Champions League.

The Gunners have already locked in a minimum of roughly £91.5m for making it to the final, though that sum could climb to approximately £130m, depending on how much television revenue they receive from Uefa.

Aston Villa, by winning this season’s Europa League, have assured themselves approximately £45.6m. That figure includes the minimum earnings from qualifying for next season’s Champions League.

Crystal Palace triumphed in Wednesday’s Conference League final, their first European trophy. Their earnings from the Conference League stand at a minimum of around £18.9m, which includes what they have received for qualifying for next season’s Europa League.

Here is a breakdown of how much all three clubs have earned from Europe’s three club competitions this season.

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How much have Arsenal earned from this season's Champions League?

Aston Villa and Crystal Palace have both won European trophies this month

For reaching the final of this season’s Champions League, Arsenal have already accumulated around 105.6m euros (£91.5m). Winning the final itself is worth an additional 6.5m euros (£5.63m).

That total is composed of various factors, including performance in the league phase, bonuses for each round, and television revenue.

Arsenal received 18.62m euros (£16.14m) for qualifying for the league phase. They earned a 16.8m euros (£14.6m) bonus for winning all eight league phase matches. They were then awarded 2m euros (£1.7m) for finishing between first and eighth place, plus an extra 9.9m euros (£8.6m) for being the top-ranked team.

For reaching the last 16, Mikel Arteta’s side were awarded 11m euros (£9.5m). They received an additional 12.5m euros (£10.8m) for advancing to the quarter-finals and a further 15m euros (£13m) for the semi-finals.

As finalists, Arsenal have already secured 18.5m euros (£16m) – a sum that will rise to 25m euros (£21.7m) if they beat PSG.

The remaining revenue comes from Uefa’s value pillar. This allocates to all teams in its club competitions a portion of revenue based on a country’s market value and a team’s club coefficient ranking.

In short, the more marketable a country is and the better the team, the more money is awarded.

The value pillar ranges broadly, starting at a minimum of 1.28m euros (£1.1m) for the lowest-ranked team. Given Arsenal’s high ranking in Uefa’s club coefficient and the marketability of English clubs in Europe, they are likely to be near the top end, which has a maximum reward of 46.08m euros (£39.9m).

This season’s value payment figures for each club will not be published by Uefa until next season.

For the 2024-25 season, Arsenal were ranked 10th in the value pillar. As a result, they were awarded 34.585m euros (£30m).

This means that while Arsenal have already earned a guaranteed 105.6m euros (£91.5m) for reaching the final, the potential of winning the competition and the wide range of television money available could bring Arsenal’s total earnings for the competition to nearly 156.9m euros (£136m).

Those totals do not include the minimum Arsenal will earn in next season’s Champions League, which will be at least 20.2m euros (£17.5m) but likely much higher.

How much have Aston Villa earned from this season's Europa League?

Although it is a significant drop from what Arsenal have earned this season, Europa League winners Aston Villa will have banked at least 52.6m euros (£45.6m) for winning Uefa’s second-tier club competition this season.

That pot includes what they have already secured for qualifying for next season’s Champions League, among the prizes for the Europa League winner. However, Villa’s entry into the Champions League is a direct result of their fourth-place finish in the Premier League.

Financial distribution across all three of Uefa’s club competitions is structured identically, with the main differences being in the amounts of money on offer.

For reaching the league phase of the Europa League, Villa were given 4.31m euros (£3.7m). They won seven of their eight matches in that round, earning 3.15m euros (£2.7m). They were awarded 600k euros (£520k) for a top-eight finish and a further 2.625m euros (£2.3m) for finishing second in the table.

Villa earned 1.75m euros (£1.5m) for reaching the last 16, 2.5m euros (£2.2m) for getting to the quarter-finals, and an additional 4.2m euros (£3.6m) for advancing to the semi-finals.

For beating Freiburg in the final in Istanbul, Villa received 13m euros (£11.3m).

Similar to the Champions League, there is also a value pillar for television money distribution. Villa were guaranteed 297,000 euros (£257,000) of that, though the top-end payment of 10.7m euros (£9.3m) or a sum closer to that is more likely.

This means that for the Europa League alone, Villa won 32.4m euros (£28.1m), potentially rising to near the 42.8m euros (£37.1m) mark.

But on top of that, Villa have already confirmed additional income of just under 20.2m euros (£17.5m) for reaching next season’s Champions League. That figure could be significantly higher.

The 20.2m euros consists primarily of what is given out for qualifying for the league phase, as well as the minimum value pillar payment, and is based on no league phase win or draw bonuses and a bottom-place finish in the league table.

Because all of the above is unlikely, a high value pillar payment and a high league phase finish could increase payments to at least 56m euros (£48.5m) before bonuses for wins, draws, and reaching later rounds are included.

How much have Crystal Palace earned from this season's Conference League?

Again, there is a major drop-off compared to the earnings of the Gunners and Villa, but Palace’s income from their debut European season proved lucrative. They have already banked just shy of 22m euros (£19.1m) through a combination of winning the Conference League and qualifying for the Europa League.

Unlike Arsenal and Villa, Palace are the only English club to directly qualify for a European competition as a result of winning a trophy this term.

From the Conference League itself, Palace have earned at least 17.3m euros (£15m) this term.

For qualifying for the league phase, Palace were given 175,000 euros (£152,000) for winning the play-off round and a further 3.17m euros (£2.75m) for reaching the league phase.

In Palace’s six league phase matches, they won three and drew one. That combined earned the club 1.333m euros (£1.16m). Oliver Glasner’s side received an additional 200,000 euros (£173,000) for finishing between ninth and 24th and a further 756,000 euros (£655,000) for a 10th-placed finish.

Palace then earned 800,000 euros (£694,000) for reaching the last 16, 1.3m euros (£1.1m) for getting to the quarter-finals, and 2.5m euros (£2.2m) for reaching the semi-finals.

Winning the final earned Palace 7m euros (£6.1m) in prize money from that match alone.

In the Conference League, Uefa’s value pillar ranges from 85,000 euros (£74,000) to 3.06m euros (£2.65m). Their guaranteed fee of 17.3m euros from the competition includes the bottom end of that figure, but could be as much as 3.5m euros (£3m) higher.

Through a combination of qualifying for the Europa League’s league phase, Palace have earned a minimum of 4.68m euros (£4.05m), potentially rising to nearly 17.7m euros (£15.3m) depending on their finish in the Europa League’s league phase and television revenue.

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