Champions League 2015-16 Prize Money: Club-by-Club Breakdown After Semi-Finals

As well as earning the chance to fight it out for Europe's biggest prize, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid bagged a guaranteed €10.5 million (£8.3 million) in prize money by reaching the UEFA Champions League final.

The two Madrid clubs will now battle it out for the famous trophy for the second time in three years, with €15 million (£11.8 million) on offer for the eventual winner at Milan's San Siro on May 28.

Conversely, Manchester City and Bayern Munich's woes at being dumped out at the last-four stage were compounded by their loss in potentially whopping earnings.

Real Madrid ousted City on Wednesday at the Santiago Bernabeu, after Fernando's own goal saw the Premier League side defeated 1-0, while Bayern lost 2-2 on the away-goals rule to Atleti on Tuesday.

Here's a look at the full prize-money breakdown for this year's Champions League clubs, courtesy of UEFA's official website:

Club	Group Points	Prize Money (million €)
Real Madrid	16	49*
Atletico Madrid	13	47.5*
Bayern Munich	15	38
Manchester City	12	36.5
Barcelona	14	30.5
Paris Saint-Germain	13	30
Wolfsburg	12	29.5
Benfica	10	28.5
Zenit Saint Petersburg	15	25
Chelsea	13	24
Dynamo Kyiv	11	23
Juventus	11	23
Gent	10	22.5
PSV Eindhoven	10	22.5
Arsenal	9	22
Roma	6	20.5
Porto	10	17
Olympiakos	9	16.5
Manchester United	8	16
Sevilla	6	15
Bayer Leverkusen	6	15
Valencia	6	15
BATE Borisov	5	14.5
Borussia Monchengladbach	5	14.5
Galatasaray	5	14.5
CSKA Moscow	4	14
Astana	4	14
Lyon	4	14
Dinamo Zagreb	3	13.5
Malmo	3	13.5
Shakhtar Donetsk	3	13.5
Maccabi Tel-Aviv	0	12

Note: Each club that qualified for the group stages received €12 million (roughly £9 million), with €1.5 million (£1.1 million) awarded for each win and €500,000 (£400,000) for each draw. Those who made it to the round of 16 earned another €5.5 million, while quarter-finalists were awarded an extra €6 million and semi-finalists €7 million.

*The €10.5 million runners-up prize has been added, but the eventual winner will be awarded €15 million.

While Real have long been perennial contenders at the latter stages of the Champions League—their 10 European Cup wins account for that—Atleti's emergence as a consistent force on the continent is a fairly recent phenomenon.

The Rojiblancos have never won Europe's top-tier cup competition, but Bleacher Report's Dean Jones and Sam Tighe are backing them to break that duck this year:

The final is set to be a barnstorming affair between the two rivals from the Spanish capital.

It should also be an intriguing tactical battle, with Zinedine Zidane's attack-minded side going up against Diego Simeone's seemingly unbeatable defence.

Atleti's defensive record in the Champions League is quite remarkable, and they have conceded just 16 goals in 36 La Liga matches this season, per Opta:

They are more than capable of shutting down even the finest of attacks, and although their style of play is not to everyone's taste, it has been undeniably effective during Simeone's four-and-a-half-year reign at the club.

So much so that Atleti have become one of the most accomplished sides in the world, and on a fraction of the budget of teams like Real, Bayern and Barcelona, per the Manchester Evening News' Stuart Brennan:

They have already made huge extra earnings by advancing all the way to the final in the Champions League this season, and only a brave punter would bet against them securing the full packet on offer for winning the tournament.

Real will have their own designs on claiming the trophy for the 11th time in their history, and the experience of 2014's final win over Atleti could give them the edge.