Football or soccer is one of the most followed sport, mostly competitions in Sport are for one thing and that is a trophy, now we are here with the most expensive trophies in football.
Football trophies are the reward teams get when it comes to competing in a league, cup, or even a friendly match. There are so many popular trophies we can talk about and these trophies include the Laliga, Copa del Rey, Premier League, Bundesliga, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup, Community Shield, and DFB-POKAL.
The good thing in football is teams don’t just compete, the trophies in football have value, there is no doubt that the FIFA World Cup is the most expensive and probably the most valued trophy in the world.
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Top teams including France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and Argentina have all won the World Cup with France being the recent winner of the trophy.
France won the 2018 FIFA World Cup after defeating Croatia in the final. The France squad that faced Croatia include Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba, N’golo Kante, Antonie Greizmann, Hugo Lloris, and Samuel Umtiti.
The FIFA World Cup is the most expensive trophy with a value of €17 million. It is the most recognizable trophy in the world of football and top teams including France, England and Brazil have qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The FA Cup is the second most expensive trophy in football with a value of €1 million. Top teams including Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Chelsea have all won the FA Cup.
Arsenal is the most winners of the FA Cup-winning the trophy a total of 14 times, most recently in 2020. Leicester City won the 2021 FA Cup after defeating Chelsea 1-0 at the Wembley Stadium.
The Ballon d’Or is the third most expensive trophy in football with a value of €508 thousand. Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or 7 times which is the most by any football player. Other footballers that have won the Ballon D’OR include Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Luka Modric and Fabio Cannavaro.
The Africa Cup of Nations is the fourth most expensive trophy in football with a value of €127 thousand and the Serie A has a value of €55 thousand.