The federation prize system looks simple at first: win matches, finish high, collect money. There's more to it.
Two separate funds. Different currencies. Paid at different times. Most managers have a rough sense of the League Fund end-of-season payout, but a surprising number ignore the other half.
Two funds, two currencies
The League Fund pays Gold at the end of the season based on where you finish. The Victory Fund pays local currency (Euros, Pounds, whatever your country uses) every time you win during the season.
They don't share a budget. Both come out of the federation's reserves at the start of the season.
Getting paid as you go: the Victory Fund
The Victory Fund gets converted into local currency and divided across the league pyramid. How it splits depends on whether your country has four or five divisions.
In a four-division country, the fund splits evenly — 25% per tier:
- Division 1: 25% (1 league, all of it)
- Division 2: 25% total (2 leagues, 12.5% each)
- Division 3: 25% total (4 leagues, 6.25% each)
- Division 4: 25% total (8 leagues, 3.125% each)
In a five-division country, the extra tier changes the split:
- Division 1: 24% (1 league)
- Division 2: 20% total (2 leagues, 10% each)
- Division 3: 20% total (4 leagues, 5% each)
- Division 4: 20% total (8 leagues, 2.5% each)
- Division 5: 16% total (16 leagues, 1% each)
Either way, each league's cut gets divided by 240, the number of matches played in a season, to arrive at a fixed win bonus per game.
The per-tier totals might look balanced on paper, but a Division 1 manager collects their share from one league of 16 clubs. A Division 4 manager is sharing the same amount across 8 leagues. The per-club difference is big.
A bad run of form costs you twice. You lose points and you don't collect the win bonuses. Over 30 matchdays, that gap is real money.
The League Fund and wage weight
This is the part worth understanding properly. End-of-season Gold doesn't divide evenly between divisions. It divides by wage weight, how much of the country's total wage bill each division accounts for.
At the end of every season, the system calculates average wages across every league. Division 1 clubs tend to spend far more than Division 4 clubs. Whatever percentage of the national total a division represents, that's its share of the League Fund.
If Division 1 clubs collectively pay 45% of all wages, Division 1 gets 45% of the pot — shared between 16 clubs. Division 4 might account for 20%, but across 8 leagues that 20% doesn't go far per club.
Within each league, position payouts:
- 1st: 20% of the league's share
- 2nd: 15%
- 3rd: 10%
- 4th–8th: 8.2% down to 5%
- 9th–16th: tapering to 1.2% for last place
Everyone gets something. Finishing last in Division 1 still usually pays more Gold than winning Division 3, just because of the wage weight difference.
The feedback loop
Clubs spending more on wages get better players, get better results, stay higher in the pyramid, and take a larger cut of future prize money. It doesn't guarantee anything — every other club in your division is also spending — but the system rewards investment over time.
The total pot isn't fixed either. A country full of active, high-spending managers has more to distribute. One where half the clubs are running on autopilot has less.
Finding the numbers
The League Fund tab on the National Leagues page shows what each finishing position is worth in your country this season. Locked in at the start, so no surprises mid-season.
The Victory Fund tab shows the per-match win bonus for each division, with a rough Gold equivalent for comparison.
Check both before making decisions about promotion pushes or wage commitments. The prize difference between divisions is usually bigger than it looks on the table.
