2021-22 Europa Conference League: the 32 clubs participating in the group stage will share €235m

€235m is the sum that the 32 European clubs participating in the group stage of the 2021-22 Europa League, which begins on Thursday 16/09/2021 (except for two matches brought forward to 14/09/2021), will share, according to UEFA in its circular n°35/2021 on 20/05/2021 (document available to download).

The net revenue available to participating clubs is divided into four categories (details below): • 1 - Starting fees: 40% (€94m).
• 2 - Fixed amounts linked to performance: 40% (€94m).
• 3 - Amounts linked to coefficient rankings over 10 years: 10% (€23.5m).
• 4 - Variable amounts linked to the market pool: 10% (€23.5m).

"All figures prior to Covid-19 impact deduction," explained UEFA.

The Europa Conference League is a new European competition. Some 184 teams are participating in total, including at least one club from each of UEFA's 55 national associations and 46 from the Champions League and the Europa League.

As in the Champions League and the Europa League, 32 teams divided into eight groups of four will participate in the group stage. None have directly qualified for this group…