Liverpool are the first team to enter the knockout round of the Champions League

"The Kop" won their 5th consecutive victory in the Champions League early this morning, November 28 (Hanoi time) under the new format, thereby leading the rankings with 2 points more than the 2nd ranked team, Inter Milan. Liverpool is the only team to win all the matches in the qualifying round this season.

Liverpool also secured a place in the top 24 with three games to spare, thereby securing the first ticket to the knockout round. According to the rules, the top eight teams will qualify directly for the round of 16, while the teams from 9th to 24th will play a two-legged play-off.

Liverpool are only the fifth team in history to win their opening five Champions League games without conceding more than one goal, after AC Milan (1992/93), Juventus (2004/05), Atletico Madrid (2016/17) and PSG (2017/18).

With a series of positive results, Liverpool is the team receiving the highest prize money in the Champions League after 5 matches. According to UEFA, the total prize money for the 2024/25 Champions League is about 2.4 billion euros.

In the 2024/25 season, each team participating in the League Phase will receive €18.62 million. In addition, teams will receive an additional €2.1 million for each win and €700,000 for each draw, while the losing team will receive no bonus.

If a team wins all eight group stage matches, they will receive 16.8 million euros. After the group stage, the teams will receive prizes according to their ranking, with the last team receiving 275,000 euros. The top team will receive 9.9 million euros. In addition, teams from 1st to 8th place will receive an additional 2 million euros, while those from 9th to 16th will receive 1 million euros.

The teams that qualify for the round of 16 will receive €11 million, the quarter-finals €12.5 million, the semi-finals €15 million, and the final €18.5 million. The champions will receive an additional €6.5 million. With this calculation, the champions will receive €63.5 million in prize money for the knockout stage alone.