How much is it? Club A match complaint, FIFA's compensation...But in North and Central America, it's shrinking?
Sep 17, 2025
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For a club that has invested a large amount of transfer fees and annual salaries, it is not pleasant to see a player who is exhausted, tired, and even injured in the national team game. According to FIFA's mandatory transfer regulations, players must be sent to the World Cup and intercontinental tournaments, but measures such as 'refusal to transfer' or 'time limit' may be taken in the schedule of friendly matches.
The reason why the FIFA Club World Cup held in June drew the club's resentment is because it affects not only the national team game but also the club. Despite the off-season break, public opinion arose among big clubs that FIFA created a stage called the Club World Cup, not only preserving normal performance but also taking away another opportunity to generate revenue. There was also a happening in which Real Madrid declared a boycott of the Club World Cup and then withdrew it.
The card that President Gianni Infantino and FIFA took out is money. When the club World Cup total prize money of $1 billion and the winning prize money of $100 million were offered, the complaint disappeared like snow. As Chelsea was found to have made more than $100 million from winning the Club World Cup, teams such as Liverpool and FC Barcelona, which failed to participate in the tournament, demanded FIFA to expand their qualifications.
FIFA once again brought up 'Money Card'. FIFA announced on the 17th (Korea time) that it would pay compensation to clubs around the world who dispatched players to the 2026 North-China World Cup qualifiers. The compensation payment, which will cost a total of $355 million (about 490 billion won), is calculated using a different calculation method for the number of days the player is called up to the national team.
FIFA has been paying compensation only to teams belonging to players who have competed in the finals. This is the first time to pay compensation to a team that dispatches preliminary players. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the 2022 Qatar World Cup, 440 clubs from 51 FIFA member countries received a total of $29 million (about 40 billion won). The size and amount increased significantly as compensation was paid to teams that sent players to preliminaries around the world. According to this measure, each K-League club that dispatched representative players to Hong Myung-bo is also expected to receive FIFA compensation.
However, the announcement of the compensation is the sum of both the preliminary and the finals. In particular, the 2026 North-China World Cup is the first competition in which the number of participating countries in the finals will increase from 32 to 48, and the total amount of compensation received by each club may be reduced compared to the previous one.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
