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For the first time group games, finally more money and even their own anthem: This week, a new era begins in the Champions League for the best female footballers in Europe.
The premier class of women is not yet a money machine like that of men. Nevertheless, professional marketing continues to advance. UEFA is distributing a total of around 24 million euros, four times more than before. UEFA President Aleksandar Ceferin is convinced that “the new financial distribution model will strengthen all professional women’s football across Europe”.
Each of the 16 clubs participating in the group phase will receive at least EUR 400,000 as entry fee, five times more than before for a round of 16 entry. The Champions League winner can hope for up to 1.4 million euros. For comparison: For the men, each of the 32 clubs in the group stage receives a starting bonus of 15.64 million euros.
Swiss champion is there
The Swiss champion Servette Chênois can also look forward to a nice chunk . The Geneva women qualified via championship path for the group stage, which begins for them on Wednesday with a home game against Juventus Turin. In addition to the title holder from Italy, they will meet the English champion Chelsea and Germany’s cup winner Wolfsburg in Group A.
The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. The final will take place on a date to be determined in spring in Turin. The defending champion is FC Barcelona with the Swiss record scorer Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic.
The streaming provider DAZN shows all 61 games worldwide free of charge on his YouTube channel.
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