According to UEFA’s rankings, Newcastle United is lower than teams like Ludogorets and FC Sheriff; as a result, the eMagpis won less money in the Champions League than Manchester United did the previous season.
Even though Newcastle United upset a few people during the Champions League group stages the previous season, UEFA still ranks the Magpies lower than teams like Sheriff due to their low coefficient.
Newcastle is presently ranked 81st in the 2024–25 season, immediately behind Brighton and Aston Villa. The rankings are subject to change following each round of UEFA club tournament fixtures. The other teams above Newcastle in the rankings are Istanbul Basaksehir, Sheriff, Lech Poznan, Partizan Belgrade, Ludogorets, and Royal Antwerp.
Though this may first cause some skepticism, these coefficients are derived on clubs’ performances in the five prior UEFA club competition seasons. Newcastle had been out of Europe for so long that they were essentially starting over after making it into the Champions League last year.Even with the club’s quick 18-month turnaround from relegation hopefuls to top-4 disruptors, this was one of the unpleasant legacies of the Ashley period. Because of this, Newcastle was eliminated from the pot four and placed in the group of death alongside PSG, Borussia Dortmund, and AC Milan. Had Howe’s team received a higher coefficient, there may have been a chance that they would not have been placed in such a challenging group when they returned to the Champions League.
Newcastle took the group to the final game – even after being controversially denied a famous win in Paris – but Manchester United stood to make more from their Champions League campaign despite also exiting at the same stage. This was because of the coefficient payment awarded based on previous performances in UEFA competitions and it is estimated that Manchester United took home around £20m more than Newcastle in this particular category.
It is worth noting that the way Champions League prize money is allocated is changing and it will now be distributed through three pillars: performance (37.5%), equal share (27.5%) and, finally, the new value figure (35%), which is 10% less than the original combined market pool and coefficient payments. However, getting back into Europe, and boosting the club’s coefficient, will be crucial for Newcastle in the years to come.
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