UEFA dishes out dosh to clubs for Euro 2012
Reuters - Tuesday 11 September 2012, 14:10
UEFA will share 100 million
euros among the clubs who released players for the Euro 2012 finals and qualifying competition, the
European Clubs Association (ECA) said on Tuesday.
The amounts range from 3.095 million euros in the case of Bayern Munich to a more modest 3,494 euros for
English lower-tier club Barnsley, Finland's Jyvaskyla and
Turkey's Bucaspor.
A total of 575 clubs will benefit from the so-called
solidarity payments which are regarded as a form of compensation
for the time players spend away from their clubs when they
represent their country.
It follows an agreement between UEFA and ECA, which
represents around 200 European clubs, signed in March.
The other top beneficiaries were Real Madrid (2.996 million
euros), Barcelona (2.210 million), Manchester City (2.069
million) and Juventus (2.023 million).
Inter Milan, whose squad are largely made up of South
American players, received a modest 301,445 euros, less than the
Czech Republic's Viktoria Plzen, who received 465,390.
FC Vaduz, who supply the bulk of the Liechtenstein national
side and play in the Swiss second division, were rewarded with
209,644 euros, more than Bundesliga clubs Eintracht Frankfurt,
Fortuna Dusseldorf, Freiburg and Hoffenheim.
Clubs are rewarded for each player called up by a national
team with the exact amount depending on how long the player
spends with the team and other factors.
Different scales of payments were used for the qualifying
competition and final tournament.
"I am delighted that we are able to provide clubs with
financial benefits from UEFA Euro 2012 to reward their
contribution to the competition," said UEFA President Michel
Platini.
"We witnessed a truly fantastic UEFA European Football
Championship final this summer, and I am pleased that the clubs
can now also be associated with the event."