FA Trophy prize money
Winning the FA Trophy final is worth £60,000. Winning a tie in the preliminary round, where it starts, is worth £1,500. Between those two, £1.3m is shared across 335 ties and the 336 clubs that enter.
The FA sets the whole schedule before the competition starts, so every amount on this page is a fixed rate for 2026/27 rather than a share of what came in. There is no entry payment and no table to finish in: a club is paid for winning a tie, and in every round a smaller amount for losing one.
Every round, from the preliminary
twelve ties, the road a step four club would have to take
| ROUND | PAYS | RUNNING TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| Winning the preliminary round | £1,500 | £1,500 |
| Winning the first qualifying round | £1,500 | £3,000 |
| Winning the second qualifying round | £2,250 | £5,250 |
| Winning the third qualifying round | £2,450 | £7,700 |
| Winning the first round proper | £3,000 | £10,700 |
| Winning the second round proper | £3,750 | £14,450 |
| Winning the third round proper | £4,500 | £18,950 |
| Winning the fourth round proper | £5,250 | £24,200 |
| Winning the fifth round proper | £6,000 | £30,200 |
| Winning the quarter-final | £7,500 | £37,700 |
| Winning the semi-final | £15,000 | £52,700 |
| Winning the final | £60,000 | £112,700 |
The other roads through it
The qualifying rounds
four rounds from August, for steps three and four
| ROUND | WINNERS | LOSERS | TIES | ROUND POT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary roundPreliminary | £1,500 | £400 | 16 | £30,400 |
| First qualifying round1st qualifying pays the same as the round before it, and the largest round in the competition | £1,500 | £400 | 80 | £152,000 |
| Second qualifying round2nd qualifying | £2,250 | £575 | 40 | £113,000 |
| Third qualifying round3rd qualifying the 88 step three clubs enter | £2,450 | £625 | 64 | £196,800 |
The rounds proper
the National League North and South enter at the second round, the National League at the third
| ROUND | WINNERS | LOSERS | TIES | ROUND POT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round proper1st round | £3,000 | £775 | 32 | £120,800 |
| Second round proper2nd round the 48 National League North and South clubs enter | £3,750 | £1,000 | 40 | £190,000 |
| Third round proper3rd round the 24 National League clubs enter | £4,500 | £1,250 | 32 | £184,000 |
| Fourth round proper4th round | £5,250 | £1,500 | 16 | £108,000 |
| Fifth round proper5th round | £6,000 | £1,750 | 8 | £62,000 |
| Quarter-finalQuarter-final | £7,500 | £2,000 | 4 | £38,000 |
| Semi-finalSemi-final twice the quarter-final | £15,000 | £5,000 | 2 | £40,000 |
| FinalFinal played at Wembley, and four times what the semi-final pays | £60,000 | £30,000 | 1 | £90,000 |
Where the clubs come in
336 clubs enter the FA Trophy, and they do not all start together
The competition narrows by half at every round, so the number of clubs entering at each one follows from the number of ties in it.
Frequently asked questions
How much do the winners of the FA Trophy get?
£60,000 for winning the final, and £98,250 across every round on the way there for a club entering at the third round proper.
How much is the FA Trophy prize fund?
£1,325,000 for 2026/27, shared across 335 ties and the 336 clubs that enter.
Does the FA Trophy pay anything for losing?
Yes, in every round. Losing the final is worth £30,000 and losing a tie in the preliminary round, where it starts, £400.
How does the FA Trophy compare with league money?
It is a fraction of it. Southampton finished bottom of the Premier League in 2024/25 and still collected £109,200,000 in central payments, which is more than the entire FA Trophy prize fund of £1,325,000. A cup run is worth having, and it is not what pays for a squad.
Are these figures for 2026/27?
Yes. The FA sets the schedule before the competition starts, so every amount here is the rate in force for 2026/27 rather than what any club happened to collect.
Where to next
The rest of the money a club plays for
The other cup we hold a schedule for: DFB-Pokal prize money, FA Cup prize money, Carabao Cup prize money and FA Vase prize money. In Europe, see Champions League prize money, Club World Cup prize money, Europa League prize money and Conference League prize money. For what a club is paid at home, see Premier League prize money, La Liga prize money and La Liga 2 prize money, or Bundesliga prize money for a league that publishes its formula rather than its payments . For what a relegated club is paid after it leaves, see Championship parachute payments. Where a league publishes the shares and not the payments, see Serie A prize money. Where a competition pays for where a team finished rather than for every round it won, see World Cup prize money, Women's World Cup prize money, Copa América prize money, Africa Cup of Nations prize money, CAF Champions League prize money and CAF Confederation Cup prize money. Or look at every league we track.