Palmeiras’ 2026 budget approved: billion-real revenue forecast | OneFootball

The Guidance and Oversight Council (COF) of Palmeiras approved, on the night of last Tuesday, the budget for the 2026 season. The club set its sporting goals and projected revenue of R$ 1.2 billion, in addition to a surplus of R$ 11.2 million.

For the year 2026, the club expects to generate revenue of R$ 1.25087 billion, distributed as follows:

The club developed this plan with the premise that the men's first team will achieve at least the following results: Top 4 in the Brazilian Championship, reach the quarterfinals in both the Copa do Brasil and Libertadores, and the semifinals of the Campeonato Paulista.

When projecting the R$ 62 million in prize money, Palmeiras expects at least four wins in the group stage of the Libertadores. This year, Verdão won all six matches in the initial phase.

This year, the club was a finalist in the Paulista and Libertadores, reached the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil and the Club World Cup. Finally, it will finish the Brazilian Championship among the top four.

In the first ten months of 2025 (January to October), the club has revenue of R$ 1.366 billion. The initially approved budget projected revenue of R$ 1.038 billion. In other words, Palmeiras earned R$ 328 million more than expected.

Check out Palmeiras’ sporting goals for 2026:

Approved by the COF, the document will still be reviewed by the Deliberative Council in a meeting to be held later this month.

And on the field?

Palmeiras is enduring a six-game winless streak, five of them in the Brazilian Championship. In total, there have been four losses and two draws. In the national tournament, Verdão is coming off a 3-2 loss, after leading, against Grêmio.

This poor run has caused Abel Ferreira’s team to fall away from the top of the table, while Flamengo has opened up a five-point lead with two rounds to go. In the Brasileirão, Palmeiras is the runner-up, with 70 points.

Thus, Verdão faces an unlikely scenario to win the Brazilian title, but still has mathematical chances of becoming champion. Abel Ferreira’s team takes the field this Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Arena MRV, against Atlético-MG, in a postponed match from the 34th round of the Brazilian Championship.

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