The money Barça make through Champions League qualification

The money Barça make through Champions League qualification

The Catalan club also need to finish second to pocket another 18 million euros

Barcelona's win at Real Betis was important on a financial level as they secured their place in next season's Champions League.

Jordi Alba's stoppage time winner means Barça will be among Europe's elite once again when the competition kicks off in September and not in the Europa League, which means more money.

Xavi Hernandez himself pointed out on Saturday that when he took over the team in November they were not even in a Europa League qualifying place. This weekend, they achieved one of their objectives in qualifying for the Champions League; now the challenge is to finish second.

For now, Barça will end the campaign now worse than fourth. That means 15.6 million euros standard prize money for reaching the Champions League group stages and 34.11 million for being third in the historical ranking behind Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

That's a guaranteed 49.75 million depending on how far they go in the competition and how they do in the group stages. The money takes on more significance when compared with the money Europa League qualifiers get -- not even eight million.

But Barça want to better that money by finishing second. That would mean they also qualify for the Spanish Supercopa, earning another eight million for taking part and 12 million if they win it.

But there is more: the money that comes from the RFEF based on television rights and what is known as the concept of the 'market-pool' in the Champions League, the system that allocates an amount of money to each country based on its value as a television market.

Between the two concepts, if Barça finish second, they would take around 6 million euros. In total, the difference between being second and fourth would be 18 million.

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