Tunisian clubs get highest share from Qatar 2022 FIFA Club Benefit programme

Tunisian clubs, which provided the highest number of players from Africa at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, will receive the highest share of the proceeds from the FIFA Club Benefit programme.

Represented by Esperance, Club Africain and Etoile du Sahel at last year’s World Cup, the Tunisian clubs will share $1, 494, 734 from the $4, 569. 981 that accrued to African clubs with players at the Copa du Mundo.

Moroccan clubs will get $1, 437, 244, while Egypt, which did not feature at the World Cup, but had players from Tunisia that participated in the competition, are due $650, 000.

Ghanaian clubs will receive $565.772 from the FIFA largesse, just as Camerounian teams are due $401, 515. The breakdown of money by clubs show that Al Ahly and Zamalek of Egypt will get $420. 679 and $229, 959 respectively, while Cameroun’s Coton Sport, Colon Sportive, Apejes de Mfou will receive $219,008, $109, 504 and $73,002 in that order.

Generation Foot of Senegal are due $20, 075, Tunisia’s Esperance, Club Africain, Etoile, CS Sfaxien and US Monastir would be paid $525, 620, $312, 087, $262, 810, $197, 107 and $197,107 respectively, just as Ghana’s Hearts of Oak, Asante Koto, Steadfast FC, Dream FC and King Faisal will get $219, 008, $200, 757. $109, 504, $18,250 and $18, 250 in that order.

Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca and Raja Club Athletic are expecting $1, 405,305 and $31,938 respectively by the world football governing body. A total of 440 clubs from 51 member associations across all confederations will receive over $200m from the benefits distributed to those whose players featured at the World Cup.

FIFA in a statement, yesterday, said the programme is part of the collaboration agreement it reached with European Club Association.

“Following the most