Swedish Players Earn Over 500,000 Kronor Despite Euro Championship Loss

Sweden's European Championship adventure stopped in the quarterfinals after a bitter loss on penalties against England. But as a plaster on the wounds, the Swedish players get to travel home from Switzerland over half a million kronor richer.

» Published: July 18 2025 at 12:19

Swedish Players Earn Over 500,000 Kronor Despite Euro Championship Loss
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European Football Association (Uefa) will distribute around 470 million kronor in prize money in the European Championship in 2025.

How large a share of the cake each nation gets, in addition to the 20 million guaranteed for qualifying for the championship, is decided by how they perform in the tournament.

With Sweden's three wins in the group stage and a quarter-final spot, Sweden's pot ended up at around 29.4 million kronor – of which 40 percent goes to the player squad.

This means that each player gets just over 510,000 kronor each for Sweden's effort in the European Championship finals.

Had Sweden, on the other hand, won the tournament, each player in the squad would have received over 1 million each – just over 1,050,000 kronor.

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