Mamelodi Sundowns have been paid US$56 000 and Orlando Pirates US$49 000 by Fifa as their share of World Cup spoils because they had players at the tournament in Brazil last year.
That equates, at the current exchange rate, to a R642 000 windfall for the league champions and R560 000 for Pirates.
Ironically it comes from players who the two clubs have now discarded.
Pirates’ share was earned from the participation of Fatau Dauda in the tournament for Ghana.
The goalkeeper hardly played any matches at Pirates and has since returned home, proving an expensive flop for the Buccaneers who paid some R5-million for his services.
At least with the Fifa payment they will feel they have recouped some of their wasted money.
Sundowns’ share comes from Rashid Sumaila, who played for The Brazilians last season in their championship winning squad but this latest campaign has not been registered because of a surplus of foreigners, although he is still under contract to the Brazilians.
Sundowns are also being paid a pro rata rate for the Nigerian replacement Ejike Uzoenyi, who they had signed just months earlier but left on loan in his home country. He has since been incorporated into Sundowns’ squad.
World football’s governing body Fifa has distributed $70-million to clubs across the globe, with each outfit rewarded for the number of players who attended the World Cup.
The total was a big increase over the $40 million handed out for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
However, this amount is dwarfed by the €100 million Uefa handed out to clubs after Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine and the €160 million they will distribute from Euro 2016 in France.
Bayern Munich received the World Cup’s highest club payment, of $1 734 367 owing in part to Germany claiming the crown.
Spanish giants Real Madrid were also among those receiving seven figures, recouping $1 297 800 for their World Cup contingent. Chelsea recouped $1 253 233, the highest figure for any Premier League side. In total, nine different clubs received over $1 million.
The European Club Association (ECA) was integral in setting up the payments scheme that started for the World Cup in South Africa.
“The ECA is pleased to announce that 396 clubs affiliated to 57 different national associations from around the globe will receive a share of the benefits from the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil,” read a statement released by the club body.
A club’s share is determined by the number of days each player was at the tournament at a fixed rate of $2800.
This period started two weeks before the opening match of the final competition, up until the day after his team was eliminated.
A pro rata payment was passed on to the club(s) with which a player was registered in the two year period before the final tournament (i.e. seasons 2012-13 and 2013-14).
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