2023-24 Europa League: semi-finalists to receive a minimum of €16m-€18m (excluding market pool)

The four clubs that have qualified for the semi-finals of the 2023-24 Europa League, which kick off on Thursday 02/05/2024, will each receive a minimum of €16m from UEFA for their participation in the competition. This amount does not include the €139.5m divided between the 32 clubs in the group stage according to the size of each country's television market ("market pool"), nor, of course, the matchday revenues generated by the fixtures.

While Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) will receive €16m in the event of elimination against Atalanta BC (Serie A TIM), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Bundesliga) is already guaranteed €18.1m.

The four semi-finalists will receive a smaller amount than AC Milan (Serie A TIM) and SL Benfica (Liga Portugal Betclic), who were eliminated in the quarter-finals. These two clubs, who will each receive more than €47m at the end of the season for their European campaigns, have been awarded higher sums due to their participation in the Champions League group stage, where they each finished third and thus qualified for the play-offs for the 2023-24 Europa…