LaLiga Santander is considered one of the best leagues in the world and that is why its referees get a fairly high salary.
Football needs 22 players on the pitch, but everything would be chaos without a referee who controlled the tempos of the match. At Betfair we stop at the figure of the referee and analyze how much he charges for doing his job in LaLiga Santander.
The salary of an arbitrator is divided into two parts: one fixed and the other variable. The fixed does not depend on anything. It doesn’t matter if he whistles or not matches. A month, a First Division referee pockets 12,500 euros as a base. What does it depend on if you charge more than that amount? Of the number of encounters that he directs.
As a central referee, he is charged an extra 4,200 euros per game directed while the referee of the VAR does the same with 2,100 euros. In other words, a referee who works in two games as the main player and another two in the VAR room per month can earn an extra 12,600 euros (25,100 per month in total), figures that are above what many players of First division.
And these are just numbers for collegiate nationally. In the event that a referee also officiates international matches, everything rises to a higher level. First, the prestige acquired and then the money: for refereeing a game of Champions League salary is approx. €7,000.
In Second division, the figures go down
The referees of LaLiga SmartBank They also charge high amounts, but they do not reach those of First. Your monthly fixed is 6000 euroswhat you have to add 1,800 euros per match directed on the field of play, plus another 900 if he is a VAR referee.
And in the World Cup in Qatar? If we take as reference the last disputed in Russia in 2018 the emonuments will be the following: 57,000 euros base to which are added almost 2,500 euros per arbitrated match. For attendees, the cache was de 20,000 euros and approximately 1,600 as an extra per match.