The World Cup opens up great opportunities not only for the players but also for their clubs. Through FIFA's special "Club Benefits Program," each player's club participating in the tournament receives financial compensation. This system has been in effect since 2010, and the amount of funding allocated with each World Cup is significantly increasing.
For example, in the 2010 championship in South Africa, clubs were paid a total of 40 million dollars, and in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, this figure reached 209 million dollars. For each player, the clubs accepted a fee of $10,950 per day, at least $153,300 for 14 days.
FIFA has announced that it will further expand the program this year and operate based on new principles. The total amount of compensation for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the USA, and Mexico will be a record $355 million. Of this, $100 million will be distributed among the clubs that sent the players who participated in the qualifying round to the national team.
The most interesting thing is that now compensation will be received not only by the club that kept the player on the roster for the last two seasons, but also by the team that sent him to the national team for qualification or the World Cup stage. Through this system, thousands of clubs will have the opportunity to receive financial benefits from international competitions.
The Uzbekistan national team's qualification for the World Cup for the first time in history was a great achievement for the country's football. Now, this success will also bring economic benefits to Super League clubs.
Nasaf in Karshi is one of the clubs with the most representatives in this process. For example, Abduvohid Nematov (15 matches), Sherzod Nasrullayev (12), Akmal Mozgovoy (10), Zafarmurod Abdurahmatov (4), Golib Gaybullayev (2), and Alibek Davronov (1) were included in the national team roster as Nasaf players. Also, Umar Eshmurodov was a member of the Karshi team in 4 out of 13 matches, and Bobur Abdukhalikov in 8 out of 11 matches.
These figures mean that FIFA may allocate a large amount of compensation to Nasaf.
In addition, some foreign players playing in the Super League also participated in qualifying matches with their national teams. For example, Joel Kojo and Kimi Merk represented Kyrgyzstan, Zoir Juraboev and Ehsoni Panshanbe represented Tajikistan. Consequently, their clubs will also receive a certain amount of funding from this FIFA program.
Of course, the $100 million allocated for the qualifying round will be distributed among thousands of clubs around the world, but for Uzbek clubs, this program means an additional income of several hundred thousand dollars.
Thus, the 2026 World Cup opens a new history not only for the national team, but also a new door to financial opportunities for local clubs.
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