England lifted the European Championship trophy twice for the first time in three years since overcoming Spain in the final on Sunday, but they were able to take the majority of their prize money from them.
Sunday night’s victory won two European championship crowns in three years for Lioness, which lasted longer than Switzerland’s Spain. However, the UK’s Euro 2025 star is facing losing most of its prize money due to taxes paid on its income.
After Mariona Caldenteti won the Spanish opening game in the first half, the Lioness had to gather from behind in the final. Alesia Russo leveled the score just before the time mark, pushing the match up to extra time and ultimately penalty.
Lioness goalkeeper Hannah Hampton saved two penalties in the shootout, while Chloe Kelly scored the decisive penalty that led England fans to joy – Richard Keys is hoping for a major change to a penalty shootout.
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Before the tournament, UEFA released a record £34 million prize money available to 16 competitors. A whopping £4.4 million was set aside for the champions, including performance bonuses, and participating teams were obliged to distribute between 30% and 40% of the prize money among the players.
Lioness also agreed to a bonus structure with the FA before Euro 2025. This shows that if the English star wins the trophy, he will receive a £1.75 million payment.
Following England’s victory, major audit, tax and business advisory firm Blick Rothenberg has revealed that he can deduct more than £1 million from the Lioness Award Fund and pay HMRC.
Company Director Robert Salter commented: “Liones will be pleased with their victory at Euro 2025 for what it represents and the efforts that led to it. However, they have a large tax bill to pay HMRC with prize money and national insurance liability for the gross tax and national insurance.
“The Lioness doesn’t earn as much as their male counterparts, but the average bonus per player of £73,000 each means that players on all teams can earn 47%-45% income tax and 2% NIC above £125,140 and above £34,300.
He further states: “In addition to the taxes and NICs paid by players in the bonuses that they personally win, the FA should be responsible for the NICs of the winning bonus employers, which costs FA C£255,000.
“Many players make a significant amount of money through marketing, appearance fees and image rights, but this is also tax liable.
“Given their success and the continued growth of their women’s game profiles, their revenues in the coming months could increase significantly, meaning HMRC will win more ‘wins’ in the future. ”
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