Liverpool prize money from Champions League so far ahead of last-16 draw

The Uefa Champions League is arguably the most prestigious competition in club soccer, and it is also a lucrative one for teams to compete in – particularly those that perform well in it

Arne Slot guided Liverpool to a third-place finish in the Champions League league phase(Image: 2026 Simon Stacpoole/Offside)

Liverpool's excellent league-phase showing meant that Arne Slot and his players could sit back and relax as the play-offs took place this week and last.

The Reds will have been grateful for the rest after a busy start to the year, which saw the team play nine times in January. On Friday, Liverpool will discover more about its possible path to European glory when the draw for the last 16 takes place, and it already knows that its last-16 opponent will be either Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray.

The draw will also allocate a side of the bracket for each of the remaining 16 teams, meaning they will know who they could potentially meet in each of the remaining rounds, ahead of a possible reunion with Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen.

As well as the sporting cachet that competing in the Champions League carries, there is a huge financial benefit to being in soccer's most prestigious club competition.

All 36 clubs that compete in the league phase receive a flat £16 million fee ($22 million), while there is £1.8 million ($2.4 million) on offer for each league-phase win – Liverpool won six games so pocketed a cool £11 million ($15 million).

Each league phase position is worth £238,000 ($322,000), meaning Liverpool earned more than £8 million ($11 million) for finishing third out of 36 teams, while the club also collected over £9 million ($12 million) for securing qualification for the last 16.

The money that Liverpool will have earnt from TV revenue is harder to accurately calculate, but as one of the most popular clubs in the world, it will have received more money than most of the other clubs that competed in the competition.

Liverpool will find out its last-16 opponents in the Champions League later this week(Image: Getty Images)

Football 365 estimates that, in total, Liverpool has pocketed £83 million ($112 million) from the Champions League so far this season, and that is before factoring in gameday revenue from the four league-phase fixtures Anfield, which was worth several million dollars per game.

Looking ahead, clubs that make it into the quarter-finals will receive a further £11 million ($15 million), while clubs that make it to the semi-finals will receive a further £13 million ($18 million) on top of that, and clubs that make it to the final will receive a further £16 million ($22 million) on top of that.

The winner of the competition can expect to receive a further £6 million ($8 million), as well as an additional £3.5 million ($5 million) for qualifying for the European Super Cup.