The only Nigerian club detailed to receive $382,000 (139.4 Million NGN) is Enyimba International FC for it's player: Ikechukwu Ezenwa, (second choice goalkeeper for Super Eagles).
Fifa, football’s global governing body, has announced details of payments that will be made under its Club Benefits Program, which designates a share of the revenues from this summer’s World Cup in Russia to the clubs whose players competed.
A total of $209m (€184m) is to be paid out to 416 clubs from 63 member associations. The figure represents a significant increase of almost 200 per cent compared to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
English Premier League club Manchester City and Spanish LaLiga outfit Real Madrid will be the two highest paid clubs, receiving $5m and $4.8m, respectively. The other clubs in the top 10 are Premier League sides Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United; LaLiga teams Barcelona and Atlético Madrid; French Ligue 1 outfits Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco; and Italian Serie A champion Juventus.
Fifa noted that substantial amounts will also go to clubs from Asia, Africa and the Americas, along with other European clubs. Selected clubs that will receive more than $1m include Al Ahly (Egypt), Al-Hilal FC and Al-Ahli FC (Saudi Arabia), CF Pachuca (Mexico), Boca Juniors (Argentina), FC Copenhagen (Denmark), Celtic (Scotland), RSC Anderlecht (Belgium), and Ajax and Feyenoord (Netherlands).
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The only Nigerian club detailed to receive $382,000 (139.4 Million NGN) is Enyimba International FC for their player: Ikechukwu Ezenwa, (second choice goalkeeper for Super Eagles).
Fifa president Gianni Infantino said: “The Fifa World Cup is the pinnacle of football, generating passion and emotion from every player and every fan in every corner of the world. It is Fifa’s responsibility to redistribute the revenues of this unique competition among the entire football community, and clubs, obviously, deserve to share in this success as they were key contributors. I’m very pleased to see that teams from so many different regions will benefit from this programme, which will help to develop football even further around the globe.”
The Club Benefits Program forms part of a broader collaboration agreement between Fifa and the European Club Association. It was first launched ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and will also cover the 2022 event in Qatar.
