UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations

The Financial Fair Play (FFP ) is a Regulations of the UEFA Club Licensing for participation in the European club competitions UEFA. The Financial Fair Play is the successor Regulations of the UEFA club licensing system 1.0 (2002) and 2.0 ( 2005). It lays down, inter alia, in the FFP sporting, infrastructure, legal and financial criteria that must comply with the clubs. The main changes of the FFP to the previous UEFA club licensing system 2.0 consist mainly in the financial criteria that aim to stem the rising debt of European football clubs.

Background

Due to massive rising player salaries and transfer fees, some clubs can no longer be covered by current revenue expenditure. Can be secured only through loans or through the use of private assets, then the financing. To counter this, the Regulations Financial Fair Play was adopted by UEFA.

Regulate

Over the last three years of relevant revenue must compensate the relevant issues at least. If this is not the case, is also considered in order to assess whether at least one positive development is to recognize the immediately preceding that year.

If the expenses exceed the income, the difference can be compensated ( for the time being not more than 45 million euros ) through private lenders or investors.

2018 should be renegotiated, how high, this amount may be up with the aim to reduce this to zero.

If the rules of a club can not be met, this can be sanctioned by UEFA. The clubs have agreed with UEFA to accept the sanctions.

Entry into force

The rules listed should initially apply from the 2013/14 season. The launch was postponed in March 2010 by the UEFA and the European Club Association (ECA) on 2015.