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The four SSE Airtricity League sides that competed in the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League in the 2014/2015 edition of the tournaments (Derry City, Dundalk, Sligo Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic) have been handed a sizeable financial boost, following the announcement that they would benefit from the redistribution of funds taken in by UEFA as sanctions for participants who had breached UEFA Financial Fair Play rules during that campaign.

Each of the SSE Airtricity League outfits, irrespective of whether they progressed in the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League will attain a sum of €38,970 due to UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Payments Redistribution system.

During the 2014/2015 campaign, Champions League participant St Patrick’s Athletic were knocked out at the first hurdle after losing 6-1 on aggregate to a strong Legia Warsaw side; Derry City managed to see off Aberstwyth Town of Wales in the Europa League, before being knocked out by Shakhtar Soligorsk from Belarus; Dundalk managed to beat Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg over two legs in the same competition, before crashing out to Croatian giants Hajduk split at the next stage.

Getting through one round of the UEFA Europa League became a trend for SSE Airtricity League teams in 2014, as Sligo Rovers beat FK Banga, before losing to the infamous Rosenborg in the next round.