How much Inter earned from UCL campaign and how costly was Bodo/Glimt loss
Inter have earned in excess of €70m from their 2025-26 Champions League campaign, but the Nerazzurri earned over €60m less than they did last season following Tuesday evening’s elimination by Bodo/Glimt in the play-off round. Here’s the full breakdown of Inter’s earnings from this season’s competition.
Inter were beaten 2-1 by Bodo/Glimt in San Siro on Tuesday evening in the second leg of their Champions League play-off round tie. They also lost 3-1 in Norway last week, which meant an eventual 5-2 aggregate scoreline.
This is the first time in five seasons, dating back to the 2020-21 campaign, that Inter have failed to qualify for the Champions League round of 16.
How much did Inter earn from 2025-26 Champions League?
All told, Inter earned just over €71m from Champions League participation fees and prize money. The breakdown of those earnings is as follows:
- Participation fees: €18.62m
- Value pillar: €23.37m European share, €8.65m non-European share
- League phase bonus: €8.13m
- Bonuses for victories and draws: €10.5m
- 9th-16th place bonus: €1m
- Play-off round bonus: €1m
This is, however, around €65m less than Inter earned in 2024-25 when they went all the way to the final, where they lost 5-0 to Paris Saint-Germain. Last season’s Champions League earnings came to a total of €136m.
Beating Bodo/Glimt over two legs of the play-off round would have been worth an additional €11m to Inter this season.
On top of the €71m that they did earn in 2025-26, here is how much the Nerazzurri would have earned from each following round of the competition had they beaten Bodo/Glimt in the play-offs:
- Round of 16 bonus: €11m
- Quarter-final bonus: €12.5m
- Semi-final bonus €15m
- Losing finalist: €18.5m, Winning finalist: €25m