Chelsea (£405,000) and Arsenal (£357,000) were the highest earners in the WSL, with Manchester City (£280,000), Manchester United (£236,000), Everton (£136,000), and Leicester City (£115,000) also awarded more than £100,000.
Liga F champions Barcelona received £497,000 to top the list, with German side Bayern Munich (£408,000) and Italy’s Juventus (£363,000) completing the top five.
Teams in England (split across the WSL and WSL 2), France, Germany, Italy, and Spain shared 79% (£6.2m) of the benefits pot.
By comparison, 223m euros (£195m) was distributed to 901 clubs across 55 European football associations as part of the club benefits programme for the Men’s Euro 2024.
Those payments reflected the release of players for the tournament itself plus Nations League matches and European qualifiers. Per-day fees ranged from 3,395 to 10,187 euros (£2,970-£8,918).
