The Norwegian club FK Bodö/Glimt has reached the Ligaphase Champions League. The club takes up a lot of money – which can be a problem in the Norwegian league.
Despite a 1: 2 (1: 1) in the second leg at Sturm Granz, Bodö/Glimt reached the league of the Champions League. Bodö/Glimt had won the first leg 5-0 and was therefore already the winner of the encounter.
The draw will take place on Thursday, in which Bodö/Glimt will experience its opponents – it could be real Madrid or Manchester City Bodö/Glimt is also a possible lot for the four Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bodö/Glimt cheered in the first leg against Sturm Graz
More than 20 million are already certain for the club
Bodö/Glimt is a lot of money. The club receives 18.62 million euros alone as a entry fee. For each win there is 2.1 million euros, for each draw 700,000 euros. There are further bonuses when the co-rounds are reached, for which at least 24th place in the total table would be necessary. Additional payments in the single -digit million range are also safe via another pot of the UEFA.
Managing Director Frode Thomassen said last season that the club’s income had already increased to 60 million euros in 2024 – in 2017 there were still 4.2 million. “In the past seven to eight years, the association has developed from a small second division club in Norway to an association with the probably most solid financial basis of the country”he said.
Bodo/Glimt around Hakon Evjen (M.) won 5-0 in the first leg against Sturm Graz.
Income can reinforce differences in Norway
The money could have followed in the Norwegian league in the medium term. Bodö/Glimt has won four of the past five championship titles. The scissors could continue to open: According to UEFA, the 16 clubs of the elite series took an average of 12 million euros each in 2023. For comparison: According to UEFA, there were 201 million euros per club in the Bundesliga in the same period.
Already in the pre -season, the club secured more than 20 million euros from UEFA when it came to the semi -finals when it sensationally eliminated Olympiakos Piraeus and Lazio Rome in the Europa League and Lazio Rome Tottenham Hotspur failed.
The Bodö/Glimt stadium