Around 580 clubs, representing all 53 UEFA national associations, will benefit from the distribution of payments from UEFA Euro 2012 - the amount available for payment to the clubs has been set at EUR 100 million for UEFA Euro 2012, according to a decision made by the UEFA Executive Committee on Saturday.
This is a substantial increase of nearly 400 clubs compared to the 180 that received a share in 2008.
This result has been made possible by the decision to reserve EUR 40 million for all clubs who released players for UEFA Euro 2012 qualification matches. These clubs will receive an equal share per player released for each qualification game.
The remaining EUR 60 million will be distributed to clubs who released one or more of their players for the UEFA Euro 2012 final tournament. The global amount will be broken down into a fixed amount per player per day, weighted in accordance with a club categorization reflecting the different situations in European football.
