Real Madrid, who have been crowned 2023/24 LaLiga champions, will not receive a direct financial prize for winning the Spanish title. However, Los Blancos’ 36th domestic championship will nonetheless serve to boost their bank balance, by increasing the club’s share of the league’s TV money.
Under LaLiga’s current system for distributing the money it charges broadcasters to show the top flight of men’s soccer in Spain, a quarter of the TV income that is shared with first-division clubs is set aside to be paid out in amounts that depend on where each team finishes in the table.
How much more TV money do LaLiga winners get?
The season’s champions get 17% of the broadcast-rights money that LaLiga allocates to teams depending on their performance, with the runners-up receiving 15% and the third-placed side due 13%.
According to information that LaLiga has released on its TV earnings in 2022/23 – the first season in the league’s current, five-year broadcast contract – teams in Primera División shared just over €313 million ($337 million) in performance-related TV income.
This leads to a €53.3 million ($57.4 million) payout for the LaLiga champions – but they don’t get it all at once. Payment is spread out across five seasons, with the title winners initially receiving a cheque for €18.6 million ($20 million).
Madrid clinch title with Cádiz win, Barça defeat
Madrid set themselves up to secure this season’s LaLiga title by beating Cádiz earlier today, before Barça’s defeat to Girona confirmed Carlo Ancelotti’s side as league winners for the third time in the past five years.
After goals by Brahim Díaz, Jude Bellingham and Joselu Mato had given Madrid a 3-0 victory at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Portu grabbed a brace for Girona as Barça went down 4-2 at Montilivi.
