The findings that led to uefa s club financial control body cfcb deciding that manchester city were guilty of a serious breach of financial fair play regulations and imposing a two year. Uefa has opted to temporarily soften its financial fair play ffp rules to help clubs impacted by the economic fall out of the coronavirus crisis european football s governing body announced. The core of the club monitoring regulations is the restriction of a club s break even result or uefa profit to 30m over a three year rolling basis.
The club monitoring regulations are assessed at club level and are what most people will associate whenever uefa financial fair play regulations are referenced. Uefa financial fair play rules set to change after man city ban overturned by reuters july 13th 2020 at 03 32 47 gmt 0300 a logo is pictured outside the uefa in nyon switzerland february 28. In addition to officially suspending the champions league and the europa league indefinitely uefa also announced yesterday that financial fair play regulations will not only be relaxed but they.
Uefa said the punishment was based on serious breaches of the uefa club licensing and financial fair play regulations by overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break even. After uefa s attempt to ban manchester city from european football was overturned by sport s highest court on monday the continental governing body s financial fair play ffp system under which. A to improve the economic and financial capability of the clubs increasing their.
2 furthermore these regulations aim to achieve financial fair play in uefa club competitions and in particular. An obligation for clubs over a period of. The rules are detailed in full in the uefa club licensing and financial fair play regulations and the addendum but are built around two main areas.
The uefa financial fair play regulations ffp were established to prevent professional football clubs spending more than they earn in the pursuit of success and in doing so getting into financial problems which might threaten their long term survival some have argued that they were instituted to prevent financial doping from outside sources injecting money into smaller clubs.