Euro 2016: UEFA to redistribute €100m to the clubs of the players who participated in the tournament

UEFA, the organiser of Euro 2016, will redistribute a total of €100m to the European clubs for the players who participated in the final, 24-team phase of tournament, which ended with Portugal defeating France in the final (1-0 after extra time), at the Stade de France (Saint-Denis), on 10/07/2016. This €100m represents 5.26% of the total revenue (€1.93bn) of Euro 2016, and 9.1% of the total expenses (€1.1bn).

€5,800 per player per day is the average amount that each European club will receive, announced the ECA at the end of its 16^th General Assembly in Paris (FRA) on 08 and 09/02/2016, according to the three categories of countries established regarding remuneration.

The 2012 UEFA-ECA agreement also provides for €50m of compensation to European clubs for the use of their players during the qualification stage of Euro 2016 (2014 and 2015):
- approximately €4,000 per player per day for players that took part in 10 qualifying matches
- approximately €3,400 for players that participated in 12 matches (group phase of qualification + the qualification play-offs).

• France, which did not…