Malmö FF's Champions League Entry Could Earn 207 Million Kronor

Malmö FF has at least secured play in the league phase of the Conference League, the lowest ranked of the European Football Association's (Uefa) three tournaments on the men's side.

A place there gives around 43 million kronor in basic funding, but the really big money is in the Champions League (CL). The reward for just participating is around 207 million kronor.

To reach that, MFF must first beat FC Copenhagen at Parken on Tuesday evening – the first meeting in Malmö ended goalless. With a win in the double meeting, Swiss Basel awaits in the CL playoff. The loser in the playoff is directly qualified for the league play in the Europa League (EL).

The meeting with Copenhagen can in itself be said to be worth almost 48 million kronor. This is the consolation sum MFF would receive if they were to lose in the playoff against Basel.

If Malmö is eliminated by the Danes, they will instead face a Europa League playoff against Czech Sigma Olomouc. The winner can count on 48 million kronor for the league play in that tournament – the loser will have to settle for the Conference League in the fall.

+ Champions League

Starting money: approximately 207 million kronor (18.62 million euro).

Won match: 23.4 million kronor (2.1 million).

Drawn match: 7.8 million kronor (700,000).

League placement: A pot is divided into 666 shares – each share is worth 3 million kronor (275,000). The worst placed team gets one share – the second worst gets two shares and so on. The winner of the league phase gets 36 shares – a total of 110 million kronor (9.9 million).

Team 1–8: 22.3 million kronor per team (2 million).

Team 9–16: 11.1 million kronor per team (1 million).

Place in playoff for the final play (team 9–24): 11.1 million kronor per team (1 million).

Round of 16: 122.5 million kronor (11 million).

Quarterfinal: 139.2 million kronor (12.5 million).

Semifinal: 167 million kronor (15 million).

Final place: 206 million kronor (18.5 million).

Winner: 72.4 million kronor (6.5 million).

+ Europa League

Starting money: 48 million kronor (4.31 million euro).

Consolation money in case of loss in playoff to CL: 47.8 million kronor (4.29 million).

Won match: 5 million kronor (450,000).

Drawn: 1.7 million kronor (150,000).

League placement: Each share is worth 835,000 kronor (75,000).

Team 1–8: 6.7 million kronor (600,000).

Team 9–16: 3.3 million kronor (300,000).

Place in playoff for the final play (team 9–24): 3.3 million kronor (300,000).

Round of 16: 19.5 million kronor (1.75 million).

Quarterfinal: 27.8 million kronor (2.5 million).

Semifinal: 46.8 million kronor (4.2 million).

Final place: 78 million kronor (7 million).

Winner: 66.8 million kronor (6 million).

+ Conference League

Starting money: 35.3 million kronor (3.17 million euro).

Earned qualifying money: 7.8 million kronor (in total 700,000 euro – 175,000 euro per qualifying stage).

Won match: 4.5 million kronor (400,000).

Drawn: 1.5 million kronor (133,000).

League placement: Each share is worth 312,000 kronor (28,000).

Team 1–8: 4.5 million kronor (400,000).

Team 9–16: 2.2 million kronor (200,000).

Place in playoff for the final play (team 9–24): 2.2 million kronor (200,000).

Round of 16: 8.9 million kronor (800,000).

Quarterfinal: 14.5 million kronor (1.3 million).

Semifinal: 27.8 million kronor (2.5 million).

Final place: 44.5 million kronor (4 million).

Winner: 33.4 million kronor (3 million).

+ Market shares

Regardless of the tournament, shares from a pot consisting of revenue from sold media rights are added. The pot is divided into two parts – one for the market in Europe and one for the market outside Europe.

Several variables are used to rank the teams 1–36 for each pot – where the highest ranked team gets 36 shares and the lowest ranked team gets 1 share.

Calculated value for one share in the European part for CL: 10.4 million kronor (935,000 euro).

Calculated value for one share in the pot for non-Europe for CL: 3.6 million kronor (346,000).