League of Ireland and NIFL collect LEAST amount from €233m UEFA fund for clubs whose stars play for their countries
THE League of Ireland received the second lowest amount from UEFA's Club Benefits Programme.
record
€233million to clubs to compensate them for their players being away with European national teams for
competitions
they organise.
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Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny looks on as Jack Byrne warms-up during the UEFA Nations League B match against Bulgaria
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Under the deal agreed between UEFA and the European Club Association, clubs received an equal share for each player released for international duty, as well as a fixed amount per player per day during the final tournament.
It covers the 2020-21 and 2022-23 UEFA
English clubs - ranging from
Yorkshire
Amateur FC in the tenth tier - shared the biggest slice of the pie, a whopping €46,888,361
But four of our clubs shared just €95,134 from the pot, the second lowest after the Northern
Ireland
Football
League, which collected only €43,908.
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In contrast, continental minnows such as Andorra, Faroe Islands,
That is because those countries have a high incidence of home-based players in their national teams whereas, here, it is a rarity, with current internationals for other countries also uncommon.
During that time,
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But the biggest contributor to their pay-day was Markus Poom who featured regularly for Estonia during his two-year-long stay on loan from Flora Tallinn.
They do not get anything from UEFA for Roberto Lopes' appearances for Cape Verde because the African nation is not one of their members.
Tim Clancy calls on League of Ireland to make drastic change after Cork City boss' clash with referee
Rivals Bohemians received €3,659 for the call-up of keeper James Talbot for the
Sligo
Rovers scooped far larger amounts as a result of the overseas players they had on their
books
.
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The Lilywhites had both Sonni Nattestad of the Faroe Islands and Gibraltar's Louie Annesley on their books during that time and collected €18,295.
Nattestad's compatriot Stefan Radosavljevic spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons with the Bit O' Red before returning home.
And they also benefitted from the Estonia call-ups for Frank Liivak and Bogdan Vastsuk which meant they received a total of €29,272.
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