Roma hit with €6 million UEFA fine for breaching financial fair play

UEFA has confirmed that Roma will be punished financially for breaching financial fair play rules in the fiscal year ending in 2025. The Roman club racked up two distinct infringements and will pay out a total of €6 million in fines. Milan and Inter, who were also under monitoring agreements with the European body, come away unscathed from this round of supervision.

Two mistakes, two punishments

The first infringement concerns financial imbalance: Roma “slightly exceeded” the intermediate targets set for the period, which generated a fine of €2 million. The second punishment is more serious in symbolic terms – the club went over the 70% limit on the ratio between squad costs and total revenues, the so-called squad cost ratio. For that, a further €4 million in penalties were applied.

In total, that is €6 million leaving the Giallorossi’s coffers. For a club that breached financial fair play in the 2021/22 season, this is not a first slip. Since then, it has been subject to a package of restrictions valid between 2022 and 2026, with periodic economic performance targets that must be met.

The conciliation deal model – called a settlement agreement – is the mechanism UEFA uses to avoid immediate exclusions from competitions and to give clubs time to put their finances in order. It works like a kind of probation: the club commits to following a financial roadmap, and any deviation results in automatic penalties.

Milan and Inter escape without punishment

The contrast with the Milanese rivals is evident. Both Milan and Inter had also signed similar agreements with UEFA, but both fully met the obligations for the period analysed. Neither of the two will receive additional sanctions for now.

For Inter, who recently contested Champions League finals, and for Milan, in the process of consolidating under new management, meeting the targets reinforces the image of clubs that have returned to operating within sustainable parameters. For Roma, the message is clear: the path out of UEFA’s oversight runs through more fiscal discipline – and time is not infinite.