With Danilo’s header at the Estadio Monumental de Lima in Peru, as well as beating Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores final – and securing themselves as the first four-time continental champion team – Flamengo also surpassed rival Sao Paulo in the total number of trophies accumulated throughout the season.
With the prize for the continental competition title worth about 177 million Brazilian reais, the red and black team spent about 30 million Brazilian reais and ranked second in terms of amounts collected, directly behind Fluminense, ahead of others by qualifying for the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.
For their victorious campaign in the Libertadores, Filipe Luis’ side raised a total of US$33.15 million (R$177.2 million) distributed by CONMEBOL (the South American Football Confederation) – just US$24 million (R$128.3 million) for the decision win.
This brings the Rio Club to a total of R$ 342.7 million in prizes collected during the year.
The team also received another US$27.71 million (R$148.2 million) for qualifying for the Round of 16 of the Club World Cup, a new competition organized by FIFA and held between June and July in the United States.
Added to the Red and Black account is the amount of 11.4 million Brazilian riyals collected by the team for winning the Brazilian Super Cup against Botafogo, and another 5.9 million Brazilian riyals in the round of 16 of the Brazilian Cup.
Palmeira, in turn, received US$17.23 million (R$92.1 million) for the Libertadores campaign, of which US$7 million (R$37.4 million) went to the runner-up.
During the year, Alverde Club received prizes worth R$ 312.5 million.
The campaign to the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup, worth US$39.83 million (R$212.9 million), second place in the Campeonato Paulista (R$1.65 million) and the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil (R$5.9 million) were included in the calculation.
Fluminense so far guarantees approximately R$363.4 million in prize money in 2025.
The bulk of the sum – US$60.83 million (R$325.2 million) – comes from the Club World Cup, where the Rio de Janeiro tricolor reached the semi-finals, stopping only against Chelsea, who will become champions of the competition against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
Laranjeiras have secured another US$2.66 million (R$14.2 million) to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana.
In the Brazilian Cup, during the season in which he reached the semi-finals, he already added R$ 24 million to his coffers.
In the penultimate stage of the tournament, Fluminense will continue to compete in the Rio Classic match against Vasco, on December 11 and 14.
If you qualify for the final, you can add another R$77 million, if you are the champion, or R$33 million, if you are the runner-up.
Flamengo still has to add to its accounts the prize of winning the Brazilian Championship, which can be confirmed on Wednesday (3) – with two rounds remaining to the end of the competition, and another six points waiting for victory, the red and black team leads with 75 points, five points ahead of Palmeiras.
The Brazilian’s prize money has not yet been confirmed by the Brazilian Football Confederation, but in 2024, Botafogo will receive around R$48 million for the title.
Gávea is still expected to add a few million extra reais to participate in the Intercontinental Cup.
In the modified version of the competition, Flamengo will make its first appearance in the quarter-finals, on the 10th of this month, against Cruz Azul. The winner gets the right to Egyptian Pyramids to face Paris Saint-Germain in the final.
FIFA has not yet released this year’s values. In 2024, Real Madrid will receive US$5 million (R$26.7 million) for the title, with US$4 million (R$21.4 million) for Pachuca as runner-up.
The semi-finalists received US$2.5 million (R$13.3 million), and the teams that qualified to the quarter-finals received US$1 million (R$5.3 million).
If they end up winning the Confederations Cup and the Brazilian Championship, Flamengo could end the year with a prize pool of approximately R$420 million. Fluminense could reach R$440 million if they win the Copa do Brasil.
“There is already a tendency for the country’s large, organized clubs to continue to dominate and expand this dominance in the coming years,” said Guillerme Bellintani, former president of Bahia and CEO of Squadra Sports, Brazil’s first multi-club platform. “In football, nothing is guaranteed, but today’s scenario indicates that. The superiority of clubs like Flamengo is the result of two very clear things: economic size and organization, with balanced finances and a strengthened structure.”