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Tunisia tops ranking of African countries with highest profit from FIFA's Club Benefits programme

31688951 Tunisia national team

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Tunisian Football Federation(TFF) earned the highest income from FIFA's Club Benefits Programme for players' involvement in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The TFF gathered a whopping $1.49 million, followed by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation's $1.43 million, the Egyptian Football Association's $650,638, and the Ghana Football Association's $565, 772 to complete the top four.

The initiative was first introduced before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, to offer financial rewards to clubs whose players were involved in the World Cup qualifiers and the main tournament.

Under the program, each club is entitled to receive a rounded daily amount of USD 10,950, regardless of the number of minutes they played in the tournament.

Through the Club Benefits Programme, a total of USD 209 million will be distributed to clubs worldwide as recognition for their players' contributions to Qatar 2022.

The compensation forms part of FIFA’s effort to acknowledge the role of clubs in developing and nurturing the players who represented Ghana on the global stage.

Below is a list of the top six African Federations who earned from local players' participation in the qualifiers through to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Tunisian Football Federation - $1,494,734

Club African - $312,087

Sfaxien - $197,107

Esperance Tunis - $525,620

Etoile du Sahel - $262,810

US Monastir - $197,107

Royal Moroccan Football Federation - $1,437,244

Raja Club Athletic - $31,938

Wydad Casablanca - $1,405,305

Egyptain Football Association - $650,638

Al Ahly SC - $420,679

Zamalek - $401,515

Ghana Football Association - $565, 772

Asante Kotoko - $200, 757

Dreams FC - $18,250

King Faisal - $18, 250

Hearts of Oak - $219, 008

Steadfast FC - $109, 504

Cameroonian Football Federation - $401,515

Apejes de Mfou FC - $73,002

Colombe Sportive - $109,504

Coton Sport FC - $219,008

Senegalese Football Federation - $20,075

Generation Foot - $20,075

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