The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed the prize money distributed for the 2026 Spanish Super Cup. In total, the winner of the tournament held at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, FC Barcelona, took home 8 million euros out of the 23 million allocated for the four participants.

In the 2025 edition, the RFEF distributed 19,648,486 euros—earnings that saw an increase of 3,351,514 euros this year, reaching 23 million net. Overall, the Federation recorded revenues in the region of 51.9 million for the tournament, of which 44.3% will go to the coffers of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Club, and Atlético Madrid.

The nearly 60 million euros correspond to sponsorship agreements (€27M), organization and participation (€11.5M), and television rights (€12.6M). The 2026 edition, therefore, was the most lucrative in history and left an additional sum of about 28 million for the development of non-professional football.

Barça did not exceed its 2025 Spanish Super Cup earnings

In the 2025 edition, Barcelona and Real Madrid were guaranteed 6 million net for participating in the tournament, while the other two semi-finalists, Athletic and Mallorca, took home €2M and 850,000 euros, respectively.

Barça earned an additional million for playing in the final and two more million for winning the trophy, while Madrid, as runners-up, pocketed €7.15M. This year, the amounts were slightly more equitable due to the presence of Atlético, as the RFEF takes into account each team's historical and recent honors.

In that sense, the "Blaugrana" team, as the defending LaLiga and Copa del Rey champions, did not receive a significantly higher prize compared to 2025 after retaining the title. Simply for playing the semi-final, the Culés earned a fixed 6 million, and as champions, the total prize was 8 million euros.

Barça is the most successful club in the competition with 16 trophies and has won 11 of the last 22 editions. Consequently, they secured the highest prize, while Real Madrid took home €7.4M as runners-up. Athletic and Atlético, as semi-finalists, earned €1.7M and €2.84M, respectively.

Barcelona: first club to retain the title under the current format

Since 2020, the Super Cup has been played under a 'Final Four' format, which includes semi-finals and a single-match final between four clubs. Between 1982 and 2019, it was only contested by the league champion and the Copa del Rey winner or runner-up, with a two-legged final.

The tournament only failed to take place in 1986 and 1987 due to issues scheduling the date and venue of the final. Also in 1989, because until 1996, the team that won both the League and the Cup was automatically declared the Super Cup winner—as was the case with Real Madrid that year. Only in 2019 was a single-match final played on neutral ground (Morocco), with Valencia defeating Barcelona (1-2).

So far, the only edition played in Saudi Arabia that did not feature a Clásico in the semi-finals or the final was in 2020. Real Madrid defeated Atlético on penalties (0-0, 4-1) after eliminating Valencia (1-3). The 'Colchoneros' had knocked out Barça (2-3).

In 2023, the Blaugrana defeated the 'Merengues' in the final (1-3). A year later, there was revenge for the Whites (4-1), while in 2025, Hansi Flick's team triumphed emphatically with a five-goal rout (2-5). In 2022, there was also a Clásico, but in the semi-finals, with a Madrid victory in extra time (2-3).

This year, the Blaugrana victory was much tighter (3-2) compared to 2025, but Hansi Flick's men became the first club to successfully defend the title under the current format. Furthermore, the Culés once again pull away with 3 more Super Cups than Real Madrid.