The unexpected circular received by clubs »indiscipline costs expensive! FIFA has already received over 1 million euros
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Saturday, June 21, 2025, 12:01 / Updated on Saturday, June 21, 2025 12:02
The 32 participants in the World Club Championship will turn on FIFA accounts after the first 24 US matches (1.03 million euros). The amount represents the total fines for the yellow and red cards collected so far. The record belongs to the match in the first stage PSG – Atletico 5-0, with $ 99,000!
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32 teams, distributed in eight groups participate;
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The first two teams in each group qualify in “optimals”;
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The final takes place in New York, on July 13, at 10:00 pm;
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The tournament is transmitted counterclockwise in Romania on Pro TV, Pro Arena, Voyo, but also Free on the Dazn streaming platform.
FIFA pays the teams that started at the World Clubs Championship 2025, dividing one billion euros and awarding each point in the group stage.
1 billion euros is the award fund, 2 million Victoria!
Two million dollars (1.7 million euros), compared to 2.1 million euros as it is rewarded for a success in the unique group of the Champions League. An equal is quoted with one million dollars (870,000 euros), and is worth 700,000 euros in the league.
Istvan Kovacs shows the second yellow card to Clement Lenglet, for protests, and eliminates it in PSG-Atletico 5-0 / Photo: Dazn
But the Supreme Football Forum has taken care to put taxes for the brew violation in the field. Only 48 hours before the onset of the competition, all teams received circular from FIFA, explaining that the red warnings and cards will be paid.
Pretty expensive. The clubs had to comply and urgently put the players and those in the technical staff, recommending them to be careful.
Record of seven “yellow” and a “red” at PSG – Atletico 5-0
Specifically, the “mercury” established by the forum led by Gianni Infantino looks like this: a fine of 12,000 euros for “yellow”, 15,000 in the case of a red card resulting from two warnings and 20,000 for a direct elimination dictated by the referee.
In this way, when the line was drawn after the first 16 matches of the first step, $ 828,000 (718,460 euros) was reached. 12 percent of the amount gathered from a single match.
Istvan Kovacs shows the second yellow card to Clement Lenglet, for protests, and eliminates it in PSG-Atletico 5-0 / Photo: Dazn
PSG – Atletico Madrid Na had only five goals, but also many cards! Seven “yellow” and a red one, from double warning. Total $ 99,000 (86,000 euros). The match was arbitrated by Istvan Kovacs, who set the record for Euro 2024, at the match between Czech Republic and Turkey: 18 cards (16 yellow, 2 red)
As a comparison, at Cristi Chivu's debut as a coach at Inter, 1-1 with Monterrey, Nerazzurri contributed for $ 36,000.
To the $ 828,000 were added the fines for the eight games in the second round: 28 yellow cards plus one red, directly granted. I mean another $ 356,000 (309,000 euros). So the total amounts to $ 1,184,000 (1.03 million euros).
