The UEFA Congress held this Thursday in Brussels unanimously approved the financial report for the 2024-2025 season. The report shows a revenue figure slightly above 5 billion euros, representing 737 million more than in 2023-24. Of these total revenues, with the new club competitions model, 78% will be distributed among the participants in these (3.9 billion), a percentage similar to previous years; solidarity payments reached 465 million euros, 193 more than the previous season, and investment in women's, youth, and other competitions stood at 71 million euros. According to all the economic data presented and also unanimously approved, the budget for 2026-2027 allocates an investment of 77 million euros for women's, youth, and futsal competitions, which is approximately 14 million less than the previous year, due to the celebration of the Women's European Championship. The item for development and football education programs includes an increase of more than 7 million euros compared to 2025/26, and management expenses—which cover general administrative expenses, committees and panels, club licenses, and financial sustainability, as well as other institutional costs—remain stable at 122.8 million euros (2.6% of average total revenues). UEFA emphasized its «commitment to sound financial management» and presented a budgeted net result for 2026/27 of -62 million euros, which will «allow it to remain above the 400 million euro reserve target before the next cycle». It also highlighted that the new format of the men's club competition considerably increased audiovisual and commercial rights sales for the 2024-27 cycle. For the new cycle of men's senior club competitions (2024-27), the fixed solidarity percentage was increased from 7% to 10%, with a maximum limit of 440 million euros.
