Not only can Europa League guarantee a place in next season’s Champions League but it can also provide considerable revenues for AC Milan.
A painless defeat but a burning one in Croatia against Rijeka for the Rossoneri, already qualified for the Europa League knockout round after winning the previous encounter against Austria Wien at San Siro. AC Milan on Monday in Nyon will discover their next opponent. There are several potential very insidious rivals. Like for example: Borussia Dortmund, Lyon, Celtic Glasgow and Spartak Moscow. But also Marseille, Nice and Real Sociedad. Among the most affordable opponents are Astana, Ludogorets, Ostersunds and Steaua Bucharest. The others are Partizan Belgrade, Copenhagen and Red Star.
Calcioefinanza.it highlights how much it is worth for AC Milan’s cash registers winning the group and qualifying for the final 32 of Europa League. Having arrived first in Group D, the Rossoneri club will receive 600 thousand of euros. In addition there are another 500 thousand euros for participation in the next round.
The figure will progressively increase with the qualification in the round of 16 (750,000 euros), the quarterfinals (1 million euros) and the semi-finals (1.6 million euros). The UEFA Europa League winner will receive 6.5 million euros, against 3.5 million for the vice-champion. Therefore, in this year’s edition a team can collect a maximum of 15.71 million euros, not counting the market pool.
Considering also the bonuses for the three wins (1.08 million) and the two draws (0.24 million), Milan gains rise up to 2.42 million in revenues. To these must be added the 0.23 million collected for the preliminary stage and playoff, in addition to 2.6 million for access to the group stage. A total of 5.25 million euros in bonuses from UEFA for the club of Via Aldo Rossi. But at Casa Milan can also be happy for the revenues regarding tickets sold for the Europa League challenges at San Siro. 4.7 million euros are collected by the club thanks to its attendants. So there are about 10 million euros pocketed thanks to participation in the European competition so far. More is expected to come.
