According to the latest 2024 Conmebol Finance Report, the Argentine Football Association (AFA), led by Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia, receives around 76 million dollars annually from the organization that regulates South American football.
This amount includes funds derived from the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana, the Copa América, South American football development programs, and other minor revenues. However, of the total received, only 1% is allocated to the winners of the national competitions organized by AFA itself, such as the Primera División or the Copa Argentina.
That 1% represents approximately USD 1.1 million, a minimal figure in relation to the total amounts transferred by Conmebol. According to the analysis of a percentage-based scheme from the report, the bulk of the income corresponds to allocations for clubs participating in continental competitions, contributions that AFA must transfer as an intermediary, and other administrative concepts.
Nevertheless, the report reveals a fact that raises questions about the final allocation of the funds: there is a 20.46% of the total received by AFA whose destination is unknown. In absolute terms, this is equivalent to a remainder of approximately USD 15.7 million that doesn't have a clear allocation, at least according to the documentation published by Conmebol.
To make matters worse, it is not possible to cross-check this information by reviewing AFA's official financial statements, since the last one available for public consultation corresponds to 2022, so there is no recent data to verify how resources are distributed internally during the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years.
