Top 20 most expensive football trophies and their worth in 2025

There are numerous club—and country-level football competitions in the modern world. While these differ in multiple aspects, one common factor among almost all competitions is the award of a trophy to the winning team. Find out which of today's most expensive football trophies is the most costly.

Several factors, including the size and material of the trophy, the type of engraving, and any special features or decorations, determine the cost of a football trophy. Generally, more significant trophies made of higher-quality materials such as metal or crystal will be more expensive.

The most expensive football trophies

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With an estimated worth of $20 million, the 18-carat gold FIFA World Cup Trophy is the priciest football trophy. Below is a table of football trophies and their worth.

20. DFB-Pokal Trophy (Germany Cup) - Valued at $1,000.

Competition: DFB-Pokal (Germany Cup)

Materials: Gold-plated silver with 12 tourmalines, 12 rock crystals, and 18 nephrites embedded into the design

Height: 54 cm (21.3 inches)

Weight: Approximately 6.25 kg (13.8 lbs)

Current champions: Bayer Leverkusen

The winners of the DFB-Pokal, Germany's top domestic cup game run by the German Football Association (DFB), are given the DFB-Pokal Trophy. It has been ongoing since 1935 and is one of Germany's most essential and historic football events. For the 2023–24 season, Bayer Leverkusen won the DFB-Pokal and are currently the winners.

19. Scottish Premiership Trophy - Valued at $1,200.

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Materials: Sterling silver

Height: 63.5 cm (25 inches)

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Weight: Approximately 10 kg (22 lbs)

Current champions: Celtic

The Scottish Premiership winners, Scotland's top football league, are given the Scottish Premiership Trophy. The award was first given out in 2013 after the SPFL was created.

Celtic is the current winner. They won the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership title. Two of the most famous football teams in Scotland, Celtic and Rangers, have historically dominated the competition, leading to a fierce rivalry and a rich history.

18. Asian Cup Trophy - Valued at $1,500.

Competition: AFC Asian Cup

Materials: Sterling silver

Height: 78 cm (30.7 inches)

Weight: Approximately 15 kg (33 lbs)

Current champions: Qatar

Winners of the AFC Asian Cup, Asia's preeminent international football tournament, which is put on by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), are presented with the Asian Cup Trophy. The competition, which has been going strong since 1956, is a tribute to the many different footballing cultures that make up Asia.

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This year marked the debut of the Asian Cup Trophy as it is known today. Qatar continued its impressive success in Asian football by winning the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, and it is the current champion of the event.

17. Copa del Rey Trophy - Valued at $2,000.

Competition: Copa Del Rey (Kings Cup)

Materials: Silver with a marble base

Height: 77 cm (30.3 inches)

Weight: Approximately 15 kg (33 lbs)

Current champions: Athletic Club

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) hosts the highly esteemed Copa del Rey (King's Cup) event. The champions receive the coveted Copa del Rey Trophy. Having been played since 1903, it is the oldest football tournament in Spain.

For Spanish football, the Copa del Rey is a monumental historical and cultural event. Real Madrid is the current holder of the Copa del Rey Trophy. They won the championship in 2023.

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16. CONCACAF Gold Cup Trophy - Valued at $2,500.

Competition: CONCACAF Gold Cup

Materials: Gold-plated metal

Height: 63 cm (24.8 inches)

Weight: Approximately 9 kg (19.8 lbs)

Current champions: Mexico

The best North American, Central American, and Caribbean national teams compete in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the main event in the region. The victors receive the CONCACAF Gold Cup Trophy.

The CONCACAF Confederation of North American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) tournament has been running since 1991. Mexico has been the most popular team in the competition's history, and they currently possess the trophy after winning the 2023 edition.

15. EFL Carabao Cup Trophy - Valued at $3,000.

Competition: EFL Cup (Carabao Cup)

Materials: Solid silver

Height: 27 cm (10.6 inches)

Weight: 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs)

Current champions: Liverpool

The English Football League (EFL) Cup winners get the EFL Carabao Cup Trophy. The EFL Cup is an annual knockout competition between English Football League and Premier League teams. The game, now called the Carabao Cup because of a sponsorship deal, is one of English football's most critical domestic trophies.

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Aston Villa won the EFL Cup for the first time, while Liverpool are the current champions. They won the competition in 2024, giving them more wins than any other club in the competition's history.

14. Community Shield Trophy - Valued at $4,500.

Competition: FA Community Shield

Materials: Sterling silver

Height: Approximately 58 cm (23 inches) in diameter

Weight: Around 5.6 kg (12.3 lbs)

Current champions: Arsenal

The FA Community Shield match is played each year as the customary prelude to the English football season. The competition winners are given the Community Shield T—shiT-shirt FA Cup, and Premier League winners from the previous season square off in this match.

The Community Shield was first fought in 1908 and replaced the previous Sheriff of London Charity Shield, a trophy created for charitable causes. Arsenal currently holds the trophy, which it defeated Manchester City in a penalty shootout to win the 2023 edition.

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13. FIFA Club World Cup Trophy - Valued at $5,000

Competition: FIFA Club World Cup

Materials: Gold-plated brass with a silver base

Height: 50 cm (19.7 inches)

Weight: 5.2 kg (11.5 lbs)

Current champions: Manchester City

The FIFA Club World Cup winners—a tournament that includes the best teams from all six continental football confederations and the league champion from the host country—are presented with the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy. At the first FIFA Club World Cup in Brazil in 2000, the trophy was presented for the first time.

The top symbol is a globe, while six curved pillars represent the six continental federations: AFC for Asia, CAF for Africa, CONCACAF for North and Central America, CONMEBOL for South America, OFC for Oceania, and UEFA for Europe.

The trophy commemorates the accomplishment of being named the best club in the world for that year. The present holders are Manchester City, who triumphed over Fluminense, the champions of South America, in 2023 to claim the trophy.

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12. English Premier League trophy - $10,000

• Competition: English Premier League
• Materials: Silver, silver gilt, and malachite
• Height: 104 centimetres
• Weight: 25 kilograms
• Current champions: Manchester City FC

The Premier League trophy is, without a doubt, the most prestigious trophy in English football. The trophy's design is based on English football's famous 'Three Lions'. The cup is made of gilded silver and malachite, a semi-precious African gemstone.

The green colour of Malachite denotes the field of play. At any given time, there are two Premier League trophies. One is given to and kept by the winning team, while the second is a replica just in case two teams win the competition (tied on points, goal difference, and head-to-head matches).

11. UEFA Champions League - $15,000

• Competition: UEFA Champions League
• Material: Sterling silver
• Height: 73.5 centimetres
• Weight: 7.5 kilograms
• Current champions: Real Madrid FC

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The UEFA Champions League trophy has several names, designs, and versions. The current one is the fifth version of the updated design. In the 1968/1969 season, UEFA introduced a rule to permanently award the trophy to any club that won the competition for three seasons in a row.

Barcelona, Liverpool, Milan, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Ajax Amsterdam have one in their trophy rooms. The rule was scrapped in the 2008-2009 season. The original version remains with UEFA, and the winners are given a replica.

The UEFA Champions League Cup was designed by Jürg Stadelmann near Berne, the then-UEFA headquarters. The trophy has been nicknamed 'Ol' Big Ears' due to its large handles resembling human ears.

10. Bundesliga Meisterschale - $57,102

• Competition: Fußball-Bundesliga
• Materials: 71.98-carat tourmaline, silver, and gold
• Weight: 11 kilograms
• Current champions: Bayern

The Bundesliga Meisterschale is the award given to the top-flight German football league winners. The trophy was first awarded to FC Köln in 1964 at the end of the inaugural first-division league competition. The trophy replaced the Viktoria statue that got lost in the turmoil of World War II.

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The Bundesliga shield was designed and created in Kölner Werkschulen by the renowned art professor Elisabeth Treskow. The shield-like trophy has the names of all German league winners dating back to 1903 engraved on it.

Currently, the Meisterschale has space for names of titleholders up to 2027. The trophy is insured for €50,000 (about $57,102) and is considered one of the the most valuable trophies in the world.

9. Serie A trophy - $66,000

• Competition: Serie A TIM
• Materials: Sodalite and gold
• Height: 58 centimetres
• Weight: 8 kilograms
• Current champions: AC Milan

The Serie A trophy is awarded to the winner of the top league in Italian football. The cup is a funnel-shaped tall trophy often wrongly called the "Scudetto." The term translates to 'little shield' and was initially given to the badge players in title-winning clubs wore since the 1920s.

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The Serie A cup, originally known as the Trophy of the Champions of Italy, was designed by renowned sculptor Ettore Calvelli in 1960. The current trophy bears the names of every team that has won the league since the 1960-1961 season.

8. Africa Cup of Nations trophy - $150,000

• Competition: Africa Cup of Nations
• Material: Gold plating
• Height: 60 centimetres
• Weight: 8 kilograms
• Current champions: Senegal

The original trophy was the Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy, named after the president of the first CAF (Confederation of African Football). In 1978, Egypt got the right to keep that original version permanently.

The Trophy of African Unity was given to Cameroon permanently after its national team won the competition thrice. The third and current iteration of the cup was designed in Italy and has a gold-plated finish. The Africa Cup of Nations trophy was first awarded to the Cameroon national team in 2002.

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7. UEFA Super Cup trophy - $470,000

• Competition: European Super Cup
• Materials: Gold
• Height: 58 centimetres
• Weight: 12.2 kilograms
• Current champions: Real Madrid

The UEFA Super Cup is an annual football match contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The silver trophy features a golden UEFA logo inscribed with the words "UEFA Super Cup."

The trophy's base is made of marble. Each year, a new winner's name is added to the base, and all past winners are engraved on it. The trophy is presented to the winning team in a post-match ceremony.

6. La Liga trophy - $600,000

• Competition: UEFA
• Materials: Sterling silver
• Height: 60 centimetres
• Weight: 15 kilograms
• Current champions: Real Madrid

The La Liga trophy is one of the most expensive cups awarded to the winner of the Spanish football league of the same name. It was designed and crafted by the Spanish artist Manuel Ramos in 1928.

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The trophy features three figures holding a globe with a crown and the Spani. It is also inscribed with the phrase "La Liga" and "Real Federación Española de Fútbol". It is a symbol of excellence and is heavily sought after by the teams competing in the league.

5. Ballon d'Or trophy - $805,439

• Competition: Best individual football player
• Material: Brass and gold
• Height: 28 centimetres
• Weight: 12 kilograms
• Current holder: Karim Benzema

The Ballon d'Or, French for "golden ball, " is arguably the most expensive trophy in the world. It was first presented in 1956 by France Football magazine.

The Ballon d'Or trophy is made by a renowned French jewelling house called Mellerio dits Meller. Its creation involves engraving, polishing, writing, and jewelling. Two brass hemispheres are combined using a blowtorch.

The resulting sphere is then given to a carver who fills the insides with tar. He then uses a hammer and chisels to form the lines that resemble a football's seams. The tar is removed, and the 'ball' is taken to the goldsmith for polishing and engraving.

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At this point, the trophy is engraved with the FIFA Ballon d'Or logo and then put in molten gold. Lastly, it is polished into a nice-looking award presented to top footballers.

While the actual value of the Ballon d'Or is not entirely known, it has been valued at £600,000 (about $805,439) since Cristiano Ronaldo sold his for that amount at a charity auction.

4. The FA Cup trophy - $1.18 million

• Competition: The Football Association Challenge Cup
• Material: Sterling Silver
• Height: 61.5 centimetres
• Weight: 6.3 kilograms
• Current champions: Liverpool

The FA Cup is among the premier competitions in English football. Thomas Lyte supplies the current FA Cup. Two trophies were made, the first of which was created m1.

The inent one is a striking replica of the original 191Thent. The trophy underwent an intricate development process, including polishing, hand graving, hand chasing, and casting.

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The current FA Cup was commissioned in 2013 after about 250 hours of development. It was first awarded to Arsenal FC after their victory over Hull City. The Football Association has since documented the fantastic process used to create the FA Cup.

Before the 1911 design, the FA Cup trophy was much smaller and was nicknamed the "little tin idol". It had to be made twice after the original one was stolen from a shop in Birmingham. At the time, the holders were Aston Villa FC, who subsequently got a $25 fine to cater for the creation of a replica.

3. UEFA Europa League trophy - $4.5 million

• Competition: UEFA Europa League
• Materials: Silver and marble
• Height: 65 centimetres
• Weight: 15 kilograms
• Current champions: Eintracht Frankfurt

The UEFA Europa League Cup is the most expensive international trophy in Europe. At 15 kilograms, it is also among the heaviest. Unlike most trophies awarded in European competitions, the Europa League Cup has no handles.

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Bertoni designed and made it in 1972. Since then, the trophy has been awarded annually to Europe's second-tier club competition winner. The cup is predominantly silver and sits on a yellow marble base.

2. Copa Libertadores trophy - $8.5 million

• Competition: Copa Libertadores de América
• Materials: Silver, bronze, and plywood
• Height: 60 centimetres
• Weight: 2.7 kilograms
• Current champions: Flamengo

The award is the winner of Ven to the annual Copa Libertadores de América comp winner. The original version only had space for 18 winners' badges but was later redesigned to include more. The trophy's top is predominantly made of sterling silver. Only a tiny figure on the very crest is made of silver-coated bronze.

The pedestal is made from plywood sourced from hardwood timber. Copa Libertadores de América winners keep the real cup until the draw for the next season happens, at which point the team receives a replica and returns the original.

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A club that wins the Copa Libertadores de América tournament for three consecutive seasons gets to keep the cup permanently.

1. FIFA World Cup trophy - $20 million

• Competition: FIFA World Cup
• Materials: 2 layers of malachite and 18-carat gold
• Height: 36.5 centimetres
• Weight: 6.175 kilograms
• Current champions: Argentina

The FIFA World Cup troensive among the top 2costlypensive trophy in football. It was created in 1974 by renowned Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga and awarded to the winning team at the World Cup tournament, which takes place every four years.

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How much does the FIFA trophy cost?

The gold-and-malachite is currently valued at a whopping $20 million, dwarfing every other trophy in the sporting world.

The base of the trophy is engraved with the winning country's name and previous winners. The award depicts two athletes raising their arms in victory while holding it. It is made of semi-precious malachite and 18-carat gold.

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Before the 1974 version was made, the world football governing body, FIFA, used to award another trophy known as the Jules Rimet Cup.

The cup was the subject of massive controversy. It was stolen in Brazil and England, hidden during World War II, and later permanently given to Brazil. Winning teams often receive a gold-coated replica of the original cup.

What is the biggest trophy in the world?

The Kolanka Cup is 182 centimetres tall, making it the world's tallest prprizeItprize. Itented to the victor of the obscure Kolanka Cup polo tournament, which ceased play in 1998.

The enormous trophy is plated with silver. The Kolanka Cup has been kept at a secret location since that competition in 1998.

What is the most expensive sports trophy?

The FIFA World Cup trophy is the most expensive in sports. Currently, the gold and malachite cup is valued at $20 million.

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What is the most prestigious football cup?

Every football player dreams of winning the World Cup trophy, which is why it is considered the most prestigious tournament in the sport. The tournament, which takes place every four years, is the one thing that unites football fans around the globe.

FA Cup and Champions League - which is more expensive?

The FA Cup is more expensive than the Champions League. Conversely, the Champions League is generally considered to be the pinnacle of club tournaments worldwide. The prize money is bigger, and the team expenses are significantly higher, too. More sponsors and television rights are attracted to it than the FA Cup, further elevating its prestige.

Which football trophy is the tallest?

The tallest football trophy is the FA Cup, which measures 61.5 centimetres and weighs 6.3 kilograms.

Which football trophy is the heaviest?

The Premier League trophy is renowned as the heaviest football trophy. It comprises a trophy adorned with a golden crown and a malachite plinth base. The plinth weighs 33 pounds (15 kg), while the trophy weighs 22 pounds (10.0 kg).

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Which football trophy consists of the most gold?

The FIFA World Cup trophy boasts the highest gold content, crafted from a remarkable 6.175 kilograms (13.61 lb) of 18-karat (75%) gold.

How many trophies does Manchester United possess?

Manchester United boasts a collection of 69 trophies, the most recent addition being the 2022–23 EFL Cup, which they secured in February 2023.

What is the most valuable individual trophy in football?

The Ballon d'Or is football's most prestigious individual award. France Football presents it yearly to the world's top male and female players. A gold-plated structure worth over $600,000 adds value to its history, status, and desire gn.

Is FIFA World Cup Trophy gold?

Standing at 13.6 inches in height and weighing around 6.175 kilograms, the FIFA World Cup Trophy is crafted from 18-carat gold. Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga created the trophy in 1974. It has a malachite base and a hollow design. A gold-plated copy is presented to winning teams, while the original stays with FIFA.

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What is the rarest trophy in football?

The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which was organized by Sir Thomas Lipton in 1909 and 1911, is sometimes considered the most rare trophy in football. The event showcased club teams from other nations and is sometimes seen as a forerunner to international club tournaments.

How many FIFA World Cup trophies are there?

The history of the FIFA World Cup includes two trophies. The first was the Jules Rimet Trophy, which Brazil won for the third time and kept permanently after it had been granted from 1930 to 1970. The present 18-karat gold FIFA World Cup Trophy has been in use since its introduction in 1974.

There are probably as many football trophies as there are competitions and tournaments. These trophies represent a team's victory and status over its rivals. As described above, the most expensive trophy in football is quite valuable. Still, the real value of a trophy often lies in its meaning than its actual price at a sale.

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