UEFA pays 150 million to Portuguese clubs

After the participation of the five Portuguese clubs in European competitions, it is time to do life accounts. Benfica was the team that arrived further upon reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League, where it was eliminated by Barcelona. The incarnates played 12 games, including league phase, playoff And round of 16, they got five wins, five losses and two draws. At the time of the balance sheet, he earned 71.4 million euros – is the second best financial result ever in European competitions. Sporting was the other Portuguese team to participate in the millionaire league and was eliminated in playoff by Borussia Dortmund. The lions played ten games, between the league phase and playoffwon three, lost four and tied three. The presence in the main club competition earned Sporting 48.6 million euros.

FC Porto played in the Europa League to win the trophy for the second time, the idea was to repeat the feat of André Villas-Boas as a coach of the blues and whites in 2010/11. But the now president badly measured the words and the value of the squad and was eliminated by Rome in playoff. The presence in Europe has entered the FC Porto coffers 16.3 million euros. Braga was the great Portuguese failure in European competitions when eliminated in the league phase. The bracarenses played eight games, won three, tied one and lost four times. The service sheet was weak, yet received from UEFA 13.7 million euros. On the other hand, Guimarães had excellent performance until the last game, ending up being eliminated at home by Betis after having tied in Seville. Guimarães was the only Portuguese team to guarantee the direct determination to the round of 16 by finishing the League phase in second position without defeats. The Vimaranenses played eight games, won four, tied three and lost one. In the end, they received 9.5 million euros for their European participation.