League of Ireland Europa League 2015-16

League of Ireland Club Co-efficient

Well it is never to soon to look ahead to discuss the League of Ireland clubs and their impending Europa League  matches. The draw is very important as to the success to our league clubs. The big date is June 22, 2015 which is the draw and out league clubs find out who they are playing and where they have to travel to. The hope is they get the easiest draw and win easily.

   The clubs that will be Representing the League are your Shamrock Rovers, St Patrick's Athletic and Cork City F.C. We all want our league clubs to do well and win. Win provides the club with badly needed money with each round they play in. The further they progress the more money they will make. To bad there wasn't some type of revenue sharing with other clubs in the league to keep things competitive. Below is the payout for each round.

First qualifying round: €120,000

Second qualifying round: €130,000

Third qualifying round: €140,000

Play-off round elimination: €150,000

Base fee for group stage: €1,300,000

If 2014 is any indication then each club that wins and advances will earn 120,000. uefa-europa-league-prize-money. So lets say Cork City F.C draws a club from Wales would be ideal. First Cork City should be favorite to win. Then there is the lower travel cost and the toll on the team would be minimal. There would also be interest in the stories about the 2 leagues and 2 clubs. Cork City F.C. supporters (who are the owners) would be thrilled. Winning this would get them to the second qualifying round and 130,000.


Now lets say the Saints draw a very difficult Serbia, Slovenia or Polish club and lose in the first round. The saints will only get 120,000 for they yearly expenses. They will miss out on another 130,000 from the second round.


Now here is the fun part. Lets pretend your Shamrock Rovers get past the first and second round and get to the third round. This would give the hoops 120,130 and 140 for a total of 390,000 in revenue. This cash wind fall could pay for their entire player budget for the season.
League of Ireland Budgets 2015