England players will receive £500,000 each in win bonuses if they win the World Cup this month. The payments will come from the FA but many players will also receive further commercial payouts as part of their personal sponsorship deals.
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The money being paid out this year has been revealed to be more than double what was being offered at the 2018 World Cup in Russia when England reached the semi-finals, according to the Daily Mail.
The England manager Gareth Southgate is also in line for a bonus of about £3 million, in addition to his £6 million a year contract, if the three lions are victorious this World Cup.
Average salaries
Footballers’ salaries have risen massively over the last few years with the average salary of a Premier League footballer currently at £55,000 per week. Most of these contracts are a combination of base salaries and bonus, though of course players receive lucrative sponsorship deals as well.
However when footballers play for their country they receive match fees instead of professional contracts and this varies depending on the federation, as per TotalSportal.
The football associations in many European countries pay their national teams a fixed match fee which pales in comparison to the salaries they receive at club level. In friendlies and qualifiers, the English FA gives each player £1500 for winning, £1000 for drawing and £500 for losing games. However in major tournaments the fees are bigger.
The English team have however, created a charity fund called the ‘England Footballers Foundation support Cancer Research’ and all their earnings from the national team are donated to that.
Other countries
Here’s a breakdown of payments for England and other national teams around the world to see how they compare, as compiled by TotalSportal:
England
£3000 fee per match, £500,000 per player if they win Euro WC 2022. £250,000 for qualifying for knockouts.
Germany
Undisclosed match fee. 400,000€ per player if Germany win WC 2022. €200,000 per player if runners up. 150,000€ if they finish 3rd.
Spain
Undisclosed match fee, 450,000€ per player for winning WC 2022.
France
500,000€ per player for winning WC 2022. 250,000€ for runners-up and 150,000€ if the fail to make it past semifinals
Portugal
350,000€ per player for winning the tournament. 250,000€ if they finish runners-up. 1,500,000€ for crashing out in semifinals
Netherlands
425,000€ per player for winning the tournament. 250,000€ to be runners-up.
Belgium
400,000€ per player for winning the tournament. 300,000€ to be runners-up.
Poland
500,000€ per player to win WC 2022. 400,000€ if they finish runners-up. 300,000€ to reach semifinals.
Brazil
USD $650,000 per player in squad for winning WC 2022. Tiered base bonuses from group wins to knockouts.
Australia
Players have central contracts with base salary. 1 time bonus of AUD 1 million per player if Australia reach final of WC 2022. Tiered base bonuses for every win in World Cup.
USA
Central contracts with base salary + match fee. Plus tier based 1 time bonus for every knockout stage.
Argentina
USD $600,000 per player as WC 2022 win bonus. Plus undisclosed match free and bonus for every win.
Sources used:
- Daily Mail 'EXCLUSIVE: England's squad will be rewarded with huge £13MILLION bonus if they win the World Cup in Qatar with each player standing to take home £500k as well as a winners medal... with FIFA set to give victors £35m and runners-up £25m'
- TotalSportal 'Do Footballers Get Salaries To Represent Their National Teams In FIFA World Cup'
