Roma hit with €6 million fine from UEFA for breaching financial rules
AS Roma came out of the latest round of UEFA Financial Sustainability Regulation reviews with a lighter wallet. The Roman club, controlled by the Friedkin group, was punished with two separate fines totalling €6 million – one for slightly exceeding the intermediate spending target, the other for not respecting the 70% ceiling on the ratio between squad costs and revenues during the 2025 calendar year.
Two breaches, two penalties
The First Chamber of UEFA’s Independent Club Financial Control Body (ICFC) detailed the punishments: €2 million for exceeding the intermediate target of the financial year ended in 2025 and a further €4 million for the squad-cost ratio above the regulatory limit. In total, the club from the Italian capital will have to pay out €6 million without receiving any player-registration restriction – at least for now.
The ICFC made it clear that Roma will remain under monitoring in the 2026/27 season. In other words, the Giallorossi have not closed the chapter with UEFA. Any additional deviation could result in harsher sanctions.
Who passed, who was punished more severely
In contrast, Inter Milan and Milan complied with their settlement agreements and came out clean from the process. They were joined by Monaco, Beşiktaş, Paris Saint-Germain, Antwerp and Trabzonspor – all completed their financial restructuring plans on time and with no outstanding issues.
The most serious case fell to Olympique de Marseille. The club from the south of France did not meet the final target set in its agreement with UEFA and accumulated breaches across the three reference seasons: 2023, 2024 and 2025. The punishment was far more severe: €10 million in fines (€6 million for the main breach, plus €4 million for the cost ratio), a restriction on List A registrations in European competitions in 2026/27 and, in the worst case, exclusion from UEFA’s interclub competitions for the next three seasons – unless the club reaches the football-related revenue target in the 2026/27 season.
The context behind the sanctions
UEFA’s financial control model has undergone a profound overhaul in recent years, abandoning the old financial fair play to adopt criteria more focused on the ratio between squad spending and operating revenues. The 70% limit is precisely one of the central pieces of this new regulatory framework.
For Roma, the moment is delicate. The club had already been adjusting the squad and cutting costs under the Friedkin management, but has not yet managed to balance the books within the required parameters. The fine does not compromise immediate operations, but UEFA’s continuous monitoring imposes an informal ceiling on the club’s transfer policy for the next window.
