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The Germans received a € 50,000 per person, 300,000 is the bonus for Euro 2012 title 

The Germans received a € 50,000 per person, 300,000 is the bonus for Euro 2012 title

6.07.2012

After the victory over Denmark with 2:1 last night the footballers by the German national team will receive € 50,000 premium.

Such is the premium that players of the coach Joachim Loew agreed in their contracts for Euro 2012 with the German Football Association (GFS) in the case that they go to the quarterfinals as group winners. And if they win the title, they will earn the record 300,000 euros. The bonuses for the classification of semi are € 100,000, for participation in the final-150 000.

The premiums are much more serious than the package that they had agreed for the World Cup in South Africa two years ago. Then delegation of the composition, led by Captain Philip Lahm, were secured by 250,000 from the European currency. In the World Cup 2010, however the Bundesteam reached 3rd place and every player content with 100,000.

For the GFS to pay such fees for his players is no problem. Now head of UEFA receives € 13 million - 8 million of them are starting to getting premium of Euro 2012, and they take 1 million for the three wins in the group. Another three million are awarded to each federation who is quarter.

If Germany won the European Championships, the country's football union will receive from UEFA 23.5 million euros.

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