How much prize money have Arsenal just won after reaching the Champions League final?

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Arsenal are through to the Champions League final after beating Atletico Madrid 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

Bukayo Saka’s goal sealed a 2-1 aggregate victory after the first leg in Spain ended 1-1.

It is Arsenal’s first Champions League final since 2006, and Mikel Arteta’s side are now just one game away from making history.

The achievement is huge from a football perspective, but it is also an enormous financial boost for the club. Arsenal’s run in Europe this season has generated a staggering amount of prize money already.

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How much prize money have Arsenal earned after reaching the Champions League final?

The revamped Champions League format has dramatically increased UEFA’s prize money distribution.

Arsenal earned significant sums through participation fees, league phase performances and progression bonuses throughout the knockout rounds.

Simply qualifying for the league phase guaranteed clubs a payment worth €18.62 million (£15.9m).

Each victory in the league phase was also worth around €2.1 million, while clubs earned extra bonuses depending on where they finished in the standings.

Arsenal finished top of the table and then progressed past Sporting CP, Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid on their route to the final.

Every knockout stage qualification brought in additional revenue, with UEFA awarding €11 million for reaching the round of 16, €12.5 million for the quarter-finals, €15 million for the semi-finals and €18.5 million for making the final.

According to figures shared by football finance expert Chris Weatherspoon on X, Arsenal’s estimated Champions League prize money total has now reached €143 million (£124m).

That figure is reportedly £26 million higher than what Arsenal earned from Europe in the previous campaign.

It also puts the Gunners comfortably ahead of every other English club financially in this season’s Champions League.

The same report claims Arsenal are currently £29 million ahead of the next highest-earning Premier League side in the competition.

There is also even more money still on offer if Arteta’s side can finish the job in the final.

Winning the Champions League would bring Arsenal another €10.5 million (£9m), made up of a €6.5 million winners’ bonus and €4 million through qualification for the UEFA Super Cup.

That means Arsenal are now just one victory away from one of the biggest sporting and financial moments in the club’s history.