The elimination of the League of Nations costs Portugal 10.5 million euros – Jornal Económico



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With the defeat to France on Saturday 0-1, the Portuguese team missed the possibility of being present in the final stage of the League of Nations and trying to revalidate the title won in 2019. The defeat with the Gauls also cost them the coffers of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) 10.5 million euros.

This was the amount that Portugal raised after winning the first edition of the Nations League last year against the Netherlands. The selection received 2.25 million euros for participation in the race, having subsequently won 2.25 million more for having won group A, where Italy and Poland were.

The victory in the final of the competition 1-0 guaranteed a cash inflow of another six million, for a total of 10.5 million euros.

Still, the win in 2019 has already secured Portugal a place in a playoff with four qualifiers for next year’s European Championship, if it doesn’t finish in one of the top two places in the qualifying group where Serbian teams , Ukraine, Lithuania and Luxembourg.



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