Analysis: The Europa League Final offers big financial rewards – but mainly through offering a pathway to the Champions League
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Winners on Wednesday evening will bank a further €4 million in prize money – but will also pave the way to far greater financial reward.
A victory for Rangers would help club keep up with arch rivals Celtic, who have already secured a Champions League group spot in 2022/23.
Why it matters: UEFA’s second-tier competition has enjoyed significant prize money growth in the last decade, but still lags well behind the Champions League.
The perspective: 2022 will see Europa League clubs earn 17 per cent of all UEFA prize money – the same proportion as in 2011.
17 May 2022 - 2:43 PM
Wednesday evening’s Europa League final sees Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt lock horns with 2021’s Scottish champions Rangers in Seville. For Frankfurt, the occasion is an opportunity to repeat their 1980 success in the tournament (when it was then simply the UEFA Cup). The Gers have never won it, and will hope to go one better than their loss in 2008’s final.
As well as on-pitch glory being at stake, so too are financial rewards on offer. Both s
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