Orlando Pirates and Cape Town City could potentially earn millions from FIFA's Club Benefits Programme following this year's World Cup tournament in Qatar.
Buccaneers goalkeeper Richard Ofori and Citizens midfielder Brice Ambina are among the DStv Premiership players vying for a spot at the FIFA World Cup where both Ghana and Cameroon will competing later this year.
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Ofori has been a regular within the Black Stars squad in recent years while Ambina was recently named in the Indomitable Lions' preliminary squad for the competition.
Pirates and City could benefit from their potential involvement in the competition with FIFA set to compensate competing players' clubs in terms of the Club Benefits Programme for every day that they remain at the tournament in Qatar.
Eligible teams will be compensated to the tune of around $10 000 (R183 000) per day per player, regardless of how many minutes the players actually feature in at the tournament.
A total of $209 million (R3.8 billion) has been made available for distribution and will be allocated on a player-by-player basis depending on how far their respective nation progresses at the World Cup.
The maximum amounts:
Group stage: $180 000 (R3.3 million)
Round of 16: $220 000 (R4 million)
Quarter-final: $280 000 (R5.1 million)
Semi-final: $320 000 (R5.8 million)
Final: $370 000 (R6.7 million)
FIFA's statement on the Club Benefits Programme.
As part of its commitment to recognise the contribution that football clubs make to the successful staging of the FIFA World Cup™, today FIFA started the application process for its Club Benefits Programme that will see USD 209 million distributed to clubs across the world.
This initiative already saw 416 clubs from 63 member associations benefiting from the same amount following the 2018 FIFA World Cup ™.
For the first time, clubs will be able to apply digitally through the FIFA Professional Football Landscape platform with approximately USD 10,000 to be received for each one of the days the relevant player remains with his national team during the FIFA World Cup 2022™ and the official preparation period. The compensation will be paid to all clubs for which the footballer has played in the two years prior to the FIFA World Cup 2022.
The Club Benefits Programme is part of a broader collaboration agreement between FIFA and the European Club Association, which was first launched ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and further extended in 2015 to cover both the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups™.
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