The FIFA Club Benefits Programme has provided over $500,000 to five Ghanaian clubs as part of the benefits for having representatives in the Black Stars squad at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
A FIFA report released today, Thursday July 13 , reveals that the Ghana Football Association received $565,772.42 to be distributed among five clubs in Ghana.
The initiative benefits Asante Kotoko, Hearts of Oak, King Faisal, Dreams Football Club, and Steadfast Football Club.
According to the report, Hearts received the highest amount, being $219,008.70 while Kotoko received $200,757.97.
The reports also shows Steadfast get $109,504.72. Dreams and King Faisal received $18,250.72 each.
Ghana’s squad for the World Cup included two players from the Ghana Premier League with Danlad Ibrahim (representing Kotoko) and Daniel Afriyie-Barnieh (representing Hearts) making Otto Addo’s final squad list.
King Faisal (Danlad), Steadfast and Dreams (both Fatawu Issahaku) all qualified due to boasting the Black Stars team during qualifiers for the global showpiece.
No matter how many minutes they played during the competition, everyone of the 837 footballers is qualified to receive a rounded per player daily sum of USD 10,950. Ghana participated in the competition all the way to the group stage.
The FIFA Club Benefits Programme is an initiative that is designed to recognise the contribution of football clubs during World Cup periods.
It sees club also get rewarded financially from proceeds from the tournament with the distribution done through member associations.
The initiative was first introduced ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Club Benefits Programme will see USD209 million distributed to clubs across the world for their player contributions to Qatar 2022.
The same amount was distributed following the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
In comparison, the share of benefits for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil was USD 70 million, which was an increase from USD 40 million allocated for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
