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How much prize money Manchester United have now received after 2-1 FA Cup final win
Manchester United have now secured a 13th FA Cup success following a remarkable 2-1 win over Manchester City at Wembley.
Goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo earned the Red Devils revenge for last season’s FA Cup final defeat against the Citizens, and also a spot in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League.
Manchester United have also now received a nice chunk of prize money from the FA…
FA Cup prize money
Not only have Manchester United received some prize money from the FA after defeating Manchester City, but there is also a bit more cash coming the way of Old Trafford from UEFA, due to the fact Erik ten Hag secured a spot in the 2024/25 Europa League Group Stage with this victory.
Funnily enough, UEFA are actually paying out more.
As seen on the FA’s , the winner of the FA Cup only receives £2m, which is just enough to pay Mason Mount’s salary for two months.
Extra preliminary round winners | (208) | £1,125 |
Extra preliminary round losers | (208) | £375 |
Preliminary round winners | (136) | £1,444 |
Preliminary round losers | (136) | £481 |
First round qualifying winners | (112) | £2,250 |
First round qualifying losers | (112) | £750 |
Second round qualifying winners | (80) | £3,375 |
Second round qualifying losers | (80) | £1,125 |
Third round qualifying winners | (40) | £5,625 |
Third round qualifying losers | (40) | £1,875 |
Fourth round qualifying winners | (32) | £9,375 |
Fourth round qualifying losers | (32) | £3,125 |
First round proper winners | (40) | £41,000 |
Second round proper winners | (20) | £67,000 |
Third round proper winners | (32) | £105,000 |
Fourth round proper winners | (16) | £120,000 |
Fifth round proper winners | (8) | £225,000 |
Quarter-final winners | (4) | £450,000 |
Semi-final winners | (2) | £1,000,000 |
Semi-final losers | (2) | £500,000 |
Final runners-up | (1) | £1,000,000 |
Final winners | (1) | £2,000,000 |
In regards to UEFA’s payment, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League Group Stage resulted in a £3.2m prize – according to .
Therefore, Manchester United can expect to bank at least £5m for the 2023/24 FA Cup win.
READ MORE: What Lisandro Martinez did to Erik ten Hag right on full-time as Manchester United won the FA Cup
As you can see in the table above, the Red Devils also earned fairly large amounts of money for each single victory on the way to FA Cup glory this season, so technically, the total chunk of prize money goes beyond £5m.
Chelsea and Newcastle fans will be annoyed by Manchester United win
Manchester City supporters won’t be the only ones distraught by Manchester United’s FA Cup win.

In defeating Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions, the Red Devils have also thrown a spanner in the works for Chelsea and Newcastle in terms of who qualifies for European competition next season.
READ MORE: You can see how Saturday’s FA Cup final result impacts the Blues and the Magpies here