With the header scored by Danilo at Monumental de Lima, in Peru, in addition to beating Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores final — and securing itself as the first four-time continental champion club —, Flamengo also surpassed its São Paulo rival in the total number of awards accumulated throughout the season.
With a prize for the title of the continental competition worth around R$ 177 million, the red and black team spent around R$ 30 million and took second place in terms of amounts raised, just behind Fluminense, ahead of the others for having advanced to the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.
For their victorious campaign in the Libertadores, Filipe Luís’ team raised a total of US$33.15 million (R$177.2 million) distributed by Conmebol (South American Football Confederation) — US$24 million (R$128.3 million) just for the victory in the decision.
With this, the Rio club reached a total of R$ 342.7 million in prizes collected during the year.
The team had also already secured another US$27.71 million (R$148.2 million) for having advanced to the round of 16 of the Club World Cup, a new competition organized by FIFA (International Football Federation) played between June and July, in the United States.
Added to the red-black account is the R$ 11.4 million that the team raised for winning the Supercopa do Brasil, against Botafogo, and another R$ 5.9 million, for the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil.
Palmeira, in turn, earned US$ 17.23 million (R$ 92.1 million) for the Libertadores campaign, of which US$ 7 million (R$ 37.4 million) went for the runner-up.
During the year, the Alviverde club earned R$312.5 million in prizes.
The campaign to the quarter-finals in the Club World Cup, which was worth another 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) are included in the account.
Fluminense has so far guaranteed an approximate value of R$363.4 million in prizes in 2025.
The majority of the amount — US$ 60.83 million (R$ 325.2 million — comes from the Club World Cup, in which the Rio de Janeiro tricolor reached the semi-finals, stopping only against Chelsea, who would become champions of the competition against PSG (Paris Saint-Germain).
The Laranjeiras club guaranteed another US$2.66 million (R$14.2 million) for reaching the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana.
In the Copa do Brasil, through the campaign to the semi-finals, it has already added another R$24 million to the coffers.
In the penultimate phase of the tournament, Fluminense will still compete in the Rio classic against Vasco, on the 11th and 14th of December.
If you advance to the final, you can add another R$77 million, if you are champion, or R$33 million, if you are runner-up.
Flamengo must still add to the calculations the prize for winning the Brazilian Championship, which can be confirmed on Wednesday (3) — with two rounds left until the end of the competition, and six more points up for grabs, the red-black team leads with 75 points, five ahead of Palmeiras.
The value of the Brazilian’s prize has not yet been confirmed by the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation), but, in 2024, Botafogo received around R$48 million for the title.
The Gávea club is still expected to add a few more million reais for participating in the Intercontinental Cup.
In the reformulated model of the competition, Flamengo makes its debut in the quarterfinals, on the 10th, against Cruz Azul. The winner takes Pyramids, from Egypt, for the right to face PSG in the decision.
FIFA has also not yet released this year’s values. In 2024, Real Madrid took US$5 million (R$26.7 million) for the title, with US$4 million (R$21.4 million) for Pachuca for the runner-up.
The semi-finalists received US$2.5 million (R$13.3 million), and the teams that advanced to the quarter-finals received US$1 million (R$5.3 million).
If they end up with the Intercontinental and Brazilian Championship titles, Flamengo could end the year with a prize pool of up to R$420 million, approximately. Fluminense could reach R$440 million if they win the Copa do Brasil.
“There is, indeed, a tendency for the country’s large, organized clubs to continue to dominate and expand this dominance in the coming years. In football, nothing is guaranteed, but today the scenario points to this. 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”, said Guilherme Bellintani, former president of Bahia and CEO of Squadra Sports, the first multi-club platform in Brazil.
