Although it falls well short of what Arsenal have brought in this season, Europa League champions Aston Villa will have earned at least 52.6m euros (£45.6m) from Uefa’s second-tier competition.
That total includes what is guaranteed for qualifying for next season’s Champions League, one of the Europa League winner’s perks. However, Villa’s place in the Champions League is actually due to their fourth-place finish in the Premier League.
Uefa distributes prize money across all three club tournaments using the same framework, with the key difference being the amounts available in each.
For reaching the Europa League league phase, Villa received 4.31m euros (£3.7m). Seven wins in eight games in that phase were worth 3.15m euros (£2.7m). They also collected 600k euros (£520k) for finishing in the top eight and a further 2.625m euros (£2.3m) for ending second in the table.
They earned 1.75m euros (£1.5m) for the last 16, 2.5m euros (£2.2m) for the quarter-finals, and 4.2m euros (£3.6m) for reaching the semi-finals.
Beating Freiburg in the Istanbul final added 13m euros (£11.3m).
As with the Champions League, television revenue is allocated via a value pillar. Villa were assured 297,000 euros (£257,000), though a payout closer to the upper limit of 10.7m euros (£9.3m) is more likely.
Altogether, Villa’s Europa League income is 32.4m euros (£28.1m), with the potential to rise towards 42.8m euros (£37.1m).
In addition, they have already secured just under 20.2m euros (£17.5m) for qualifying for next season’s Champions League, a sum that could grow considerably.
That 20.2m euros mainly covers the league-phase entry payment and the minimum value-pillar share, assuming no wins or draws and a bottom-place finish in the league phase.
Given that scenario is improbable, a stronger value-pillar share and a higher league-phase finish could lift earnings to at least 56m euros (£48.5m), before factoring in bonuses for wins, draws, and further progression.