Borussia Dortmund continues to occupy a top spot in the Bundesliga in terms of TV money. Schalke and VfL Bochum receive significantly less. According to Kicker, which cites figures from the German Football League (DFL), the 18 first division clubs will receive almost six times the €221 million that the entire second division will receive. The DFL based the distribution of TV money on a four-pillar model. Pillar one determines an equal distribution of 50 percent of the money, with the DFL awarding the same amount to all clubs in the same league. Pillar two distributes 43 percent of the money according to performance using a five-year ranking. Pillar three, which accounts for four percent, relates to the youth teams of the respective clubs. Pillar four, which relates to public interest, accounts for the smallest share of the four pillars at three percent. Borussia Dortmund will receive 76 million euros in TV money. That is a total of 5.8 million euros less than last year. Only FC Bayern receives more than Dortmund in Germany.

With €83.4 million, Munich also tops the league’s TV money table, but has lost €7.7 million compared to last year. Runners-up Bayer Leverkusen are third in the table with €75.5 million.

Newly promoted 1. FC Köln can look forward to the largest subsidy in the first division. With an increase of €16.4 million and total revenues of €42.9 million, FC Köln is in 13th place in the table, ahead of Bremen and Augsburg, among others. Hamburger SV is in last place in the table after being promoted to the first division, with an increase of €14.3 million and total revenues of €31.4 million.

TV money: Only half as much for VfL Bochum

Following its relegation to the second division, VfL Bochum has recorded a loss of €20 million in revenue compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, VfL ranks first with €20 million in TV revenue. Relegated Holstein Kiel is in second place with 16.8 million euros. Hertha BSC Berlin and Fortuna Düsseldorf share third place in the table with 16 million euros in revenue each. With €13.7 million in TV revenue, Schalke ranks sixth in the league. Overall, the German Football League is distributing €1.35 billion, around €65 million less than last year, to the 36 professional clubs in the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga.