FC Porto close year facing losses, but within UEFA rules | OneFootball

The second half of the year ends this Tuesday and everything suggests there may be a loss, although without calling UEFA’s rules into question. In the previous season, FC Porto achieved its best-ever result, with a profit of 39.2 million euros, which made the three-year break-even target easier to meet. Until now, it had not been mandatory to complete a major sale.

This Tuesday officially marks the end of the second half of 2025/26 and of the season’s financial year, and it is possible that FC Porto will post a loss when the financial report is released later. Even so, any such result is expected to be small and, above all, will not in the slightest jeopardize compliance with UEFA’s financial sustainability rules.

The assessment is made in three-year cycles and, last season, the first fully under the responsibility of the current Board, Porto’s SAD recorded its best performance ever, with a profit of 39.2 million euros, reversing the worrying trend in the accounts. The loss of 21.06 million euros recorded in 2023/24 worsened the financial slide and even required talks with UEFA to explain the recovery that would follow. The club ended up being fined only 750 thousand euros, when it was running a serious risk of once again falling into breach of financial fair play.

“Without a very positive run in the Europa League and without player sales by June 30, this financial year is unlikely to produce positive results. But if it doesn’t, I can guarantee that we will still be complying with UEFA’s rules,” José Pereira da Costa told Zerozero back in February. The situation was being closely monitored by FC Porto, which knew, however, that it was essential to secure financial inflows in a market affected by the delaying effect of the Club World Cup.

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