Sevilla FC’s Europa League Win: Impact on Finances and Future Prospects

Updated:06/01/2023 14:49h

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He Sevilla FC, champion of the Europa League for the seventh time after the victory against Roma in the penalty shootout at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, will receive a shower of millions after achieving this title that will help his economy damaged by the poor prospects he had in this campaign away from the usual positions in LaLiga. Besides, will participate in the next Champions Leaguewhere he will be seeded and will enjoy as an added prize the possibility of playing the European Super Cupfor which he is already classified and waiting for a rival (Manchester City or Inter Milan).

with the direct pass to the group stage of the Champions League, the Nervión club ensures a fixed amount that will oscillate between 15 and 17 million euros, to which must be added the money to be received for each victory (2.8 million) and each draw (930,000 euros). .

If they managed to overcome the Rubicon in the group stage and reach the round of 16, the coffers of the white-red entity would receive 9.6 million euros. To these income must be added those derived from the UEFA coefficient and the market pool, for the distribution of television rights.

Logically, the classification for the maximum continental club competition will allow Sevilla greatly alleviate its economy and avoid the deep restructuring of the workforce that he would have had no choice but to attack if he had been left out of Europe this season. And this was the perspective at the end of March, before the arrival of José Luis Mendilibar, when the team was going through many qualifying difficulties. In financial terms, the conquest of the seventh Europa League has ended as follows: for qualifying, they received a fixed payment of 3.63 million, to which 500,000 were added for getting past the playoff round, 1.2 million for reaching the quarterfinals, 2.8 for reaching the semifinals, 4.6 for reaching the final and another 4 million for lifting the title in Budapest.

Head of series

With their victory over Roma in Budapest, Sevilla FC not only secured their ticket to the next edition of the Champions League, but also be seeded in the draw and directly access the number one bass drum next to the Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​Napoli, Bayern Munich, PSG, Benfica and the Champions League winner, still to be defined. As is known, the final of the maximum continental tournament will be played by Manchester City and Inter Milan. If City won it, Feyenoord would also enter the first drum. Otherwise, Inter Milan would do it. Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid will enter the second and Real Sociedad, with the lowest UEFA coefficient of the five classified Spaniards, will be in the fourth.

When is the European Super Cup played?

Apart from increasing his record and the income he will receive for being the Europa League champion and playing in the Champions League, Sevilla qualified at the Puskás Arena for the European Super Cup, a tournament that has traditionally resisted him. He won the first one he played, against Barcelona in 2006 at the Luis II Stadium in Monaco, and lost the next five. Milan, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, this one on two occasions, were their executioners. The seventh Super Cup will be played by next Wednesday, August 16 in Athens at 9:00 p.m. (Spanish time) against the winner the Champions League final, which will measure City against Inter Milan.

Where is the Super Cup played?

Initially, UEFA had designated the city of Kazan for the celebration of this new edition of the tournament, but due to the conflict between the Russian country and Ukraine, the decision was made to move the venue and change the setting. Finally it will be the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, the home of Olympiacos, whoever hosts this meeting. It is a venue with a capacity for some 32,000 spectators that was rebuilt in 2004 to coincide with the celebration of the Olympic Games in the Hellenic capital. The old stadium, which bore the same name as the current one, was inaugurated in 1895 and was remodeled in 1964. Sevilla fans who are already graying their hair will remember the round of 32 that Sevilla FC played in Piraeus, against Olympiacos, in the 1995-1996 season. The game was won by the Greeks (2-1), but thanks to a goal from Suker in extra time from a direct free kick, the Nervionenses took the tie for double the value of away goals after winning 1-0 in the first leg in the Sánchez-Pizjuán. Georgios Karaiskakis hosted the final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup in the 1970-1971 campaign.

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