Leicester earned more money than Real Madrid in Champions League prize money last season

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

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

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

Juve's €110.4million was the most earned by any side in last year's competition.

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

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

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

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

How much did major European teams earn?

Juventus €110.4m, Leicester €81.6m, Real Madrid €81m, Napoli €66m, Monaco €64.6m

Arsenal €64.5m, Atletico Madrid €60.4m, Barcelona €59.8m, Paris Saint-Germain €55.3m, Bayern Munich €54.7m, Borussia Dortmund €52.8m, Manchester City €50.2m

Tottenham €43.2m