Last season, Man City stopped in the quarter-finals against Real Madrid. This season, when they leave the game in the round of 16, The Citizens will receive about 26 million pounds less from UEFA.
In the 2023-2024 Champions League campaign, the Etihad team earned about 90 million pounds from UEFA. That included about £3.3 million when they won the UEFA Super Cup.
This season, when the Champions League changes the format in the outside round, the amount of money each team earns will be more than before. As for Man City, they are expected to earn 64 million pounds just by reaching the play-off round.
This season's Champions League revenue is distributed through 3 channels. An amount will be divided equally among all participating teams. The next section is divided among UEFA teams in the " tournament pillars" group. The final Clause is related to performance, the better the play, the deeper the progress, the more money.
Because Man City is the champion of 2023, they are also classified as a " tournament pillar". That is why The Citizens still earned more than Aston Villa 3.9 million pounds, even though at the end of the qualifying round, they only ranked 22nd and Villa's position was 8.
In the qualifying round, each win will bring in about 1.7 million pounds and the prize for the draw is 579,000 pounds. In the 8 matches in this round, Man City did not win 5 matches, so they have lost a large sum of money. Pep Guardiola's team has only won their last 3 matches. Last season, they won all 6 group stage matches in the old format.
The revenue on the day of the competition will be similar to the previous season when Man City had the same number of home matches as the 2023-2024 campaign. Last season, they earned £75.6 million for 26 home games (an average of £2.9 million/match). Therefore, despite being eliminated from the play-off round, Man City must do their best to end this season in the Top 4 of the Premier League, thereby continuing to compete in the next season.
The total prize for this UEFA Champions League season is more than 2 billion pounds. Meanwhile, the total amount for the Europa League is 467.7 million pounds. Premier League sides also receive an additional £2.8 million for each position. For example, Man City will earn an additional £5.6 million when finishing 4th (with a Champions League ticket) compared to 6th place this season.
Having played well in the Premier League and Champions League regularly has helped Man City's revenue in the last 4 seasons. They recorded a profit of around £ 199.2 million, including £ 73.8 million last season. This summer is the time when the team wants to revise all business plans, so the rumors of a series of key players saying goodbye are highly authentic.
