How much money Brighton will earn from the Uefa Conference League
Brighton will compete in the Europa Conference League next season
Brighton were soundly beaten 3-0 by Manchester United on the last day of the season but they still qualified for European football next season.
Albion finished the campaign in eighth position which sealed a Conference League spot - Europe’s third tier competition.
Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Liverpool will be in the Champions League next term, with sixth placed Bournemouth and seventh placed Sunderland reaching the Europa League.
The Conference League is still a decent achievement from Brighton, who have struggled with consistency all season and have lost three of their last four matches. It’s only the second time in their history they have qualified for European football.
Fabian Hurzeler’s team limped over the line, but they will be in Europe next season - albeit with a nagging sense that it could... and perhaps should have been slightly better.
Conference League prize money
For the 2024-25 season, competing in the League phase of the Conference League earned teams a base fee of €3,170,000.
A victory in the group pays €400,000 and a draw €133,000.
Teams which placed in the top eight of the league phase earned €400,000 and progressed automatically to the Round of 16.
Teams which placed between ninth and 24th qualified for the knockout round play-offs and earned €200,000.
Reaching the knock-out stage triggered additional bonuses: €800,000 for the round of 16, €1,300,000 for the quarter-finals and €2,500,000 for the semi-finals.
The losing finalists received €4,000,000 and the champions received €7,000,000.
Hurzeler: A strange feeling
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler said: “It was a strange feeling. We didn't play well and it was the worst time for this performance. I was quite disappointed. I was expecting more from us as a team.
"You have to make the best out of it and in the end the best was the results from the other games. We have to be grateful for that.
"It is the second time we have qualified for European football and that is always something special.
“We wanted to make the next step and that was one of our goals for this season, luckily we reached it. When you are in the situation we had before the game you want more but we have to accept it."