Leicester City earned more money from the Champions League last season than Real Madrid.

The Foxes cashed for a whopping €81.7million (£73.2m) for their part in the competition, despite bowing out at the quarter-final stage.

It was just a shade more than the €81million (£72.6m) that eventual champions Real, who beat Juventus in the final in Cardiff last May, took home.

Juve's €110.4million (£98.9m) was the most earned by any side in last year's competition.

There was a total of €1.4billion (£1.25bn) in UEFA's prize fund for the 2016/17 competition.

Real Madrid won the trophy - but did not get the most prize money (
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Premier League and Serie A clubs took a greater share of the money due to the TV deals being more valuable in England and Italy.

Swiss side FC Basel took the lowest share of all 32 teams who made the group stages of the competition, earning just €16.3million (£14.6m).

Meanwhile in the Europa League, Manchester United earned the largest sum of any team.

They claimed €44.5million (£39.8m) for their title-winning campaign - more than double any of the other clubs who were involved in the competition.

United took home big prize money from the Europa League (
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How much did major European teams earn?

  • Juventus €110.4m (£98.9m)
  • Leicester €81.6m (£73.2m)
  • Real Madrid €81m (£72.6m)
  • Napoli €66m (£59.1m)
  • Monaco €64.6m (£57.9m)
  • Arsenal €64.5m (£57.8m)
  • Atletico Madrid €60.4m (£54.1m)
  • Barcelona €59.8m (£53.6m)
  • Paris Saint-Germain €55.3m (£49.5m)
  • Bayern Munich €54.7m (£49m)
  • Borussia Dortmund €52.8m (£47.32m)
  • Manchester City €50.2m (£45m)
  • Tottenham €43.2m (£38.7m)
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