On June 30, UEFA announced that it has fined 14 clubs, including Juventus, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, and Chelsea, for violating financial sustainability regulations during the 2025-26 season. The governing body of European football stated that its Club Financial Control Body had completed an assessment of clubs participating in European competitions and identified breaches related to the football earnings rule, squad cost rule, and financial reporting requirements.

Financial Breaches Identified

The football earnings rule, which is a revised version of UEFA's previous break-even test, mandates that clubs maintain their aggregate football-related losses within a specified limit over a monitoring period. Any excess deficits must be compensated through equity or contributions from club owners. Juventus, Newcastle, OGC Nice, Santa Clara, FC Astana, and FK Partizan were found to have failed to comply with this rule, which was evaluated for the first time on a three-year aggregate basis, covering the financial years ending in 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Sanctions Imposed

Juventus and Newcastle have agreed to three-year settlements that require them to meet annual targets and achieve full compliance by the end of the 2028-29 season. Juventus received a fine of 20 million euros ($22.84 million), with 14 million euros being conditional, while Newcastle was fined 10 million euros ($11.42 million), with 7 million euros suspended pending future compliance. Both clubs will also face restrictions on registering new players on their List A for UEFA competitions, which allows a maximum of 25 players, including eight designated for homegrown talent.

Further penalties may be imposed if these clubs do not meet their financial targets, which could include stricter registration limits or exclusion from future UEFA competitions. OGC Nice and Santa Clara also breached the football earnings rule but demonstrated that their breaches were temporary. Nice was fined 2 million euros ($2.28 million), with 1.7 million euros conditional, while Santa Clara received a fine of 1 million euros ($1.14 million), including 850,000 euros suspended. FC Astana and FK Partizan were fined 100,000 euros and 200,000 euros, respectively, for minor breaches.

In addition to the financial earnings rule violations, UEFA sanctioned nine clubs for breaching its squad cost rule, which restricts spending on player and coaching wages, transfers, and agent fees to 70% of club revenue and profit from player sales. Aston Villa, Chelsea, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest, Nice, RC Strasbourg, and others were included in this group of clubs facing sanctions.