UEFA has confirmed that eight teams have been sanctioned for financial fair play violations in the last five years.
Teams that competed in UEFA competitions last season were scrutinised for the fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, though 2020 and 2021 were assessed as one period due to COVID-19 emergency measures.
UEFA announced on Friday that eight teams would be fined for failing to meet their break-even requirements, with Monaco (€0.3m), Marseille (€0.3m), Besiktas (€0.6m), AC Milan (€2m), Juventus (€3.5m), Inter (€4m), Roma (€5m) and PSG (€10m) ordered to either pay up immediately or have these sums deducted from their prize pool for this season.
Each side would be charged again for subsequent violations, with PSG receiving the harshest penalty—an additional €55 million payment—if they don’t break even.
Unexpectedly, UEFA determined that teams from England and Spain met their requirements and would not be penalised.
However, they insisted that 19 clubs – Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Barcelona, Basel, Union Berlin, Fenerbahce, Feyenoord, Leicester City, Manchester City, Lyon, Rangers, Real Betis, Royal Antwerp, Sevilla, Lazio, Napoli, Trabzonspor, Wolfsburg and West Ham United – have been placed on a watchlist because they either only met their requirements or ‘benefited from historical positive break-even results.’
These 19 clubs have been informed that they will not be given such discretion when their 2023 financial year results are analysed.
