UEFA investigates Juventus over financial irregularities

Juventus are once again under the spotlight after UEFA opened proceedings into alleged financial irregularities between 2022 and 2025.

UEFA officially opened an investigation into the Italian giants for potential breaches of financial regulations covering the three-year period between the 2022-23 and 2024-25 seasons, according to the Athletic.

The case will assess whether the Bianconeri exceeded UEFA’s allowable loss limit of €60 million (£50m/$65m), which can extend to €90m(£76m/$98m) if the club demonstrates healthy financial management.

The findings of the investigation are expected in spring 2026, with possible outcomes ranging from fines to squad restrictions in UEFA competitions.

Detail of a UEFA logo on the back of a match officials shirt. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)

For Juve, who are currently competing in this season’s Champions League, the timing could not be worse. The club have only just begun to restore credibility after being banned from Europe for a year in 2023 for previous financial breaches.

Juventus issued a brief statement confirming their awareness of the new proceedings, attempting to downplay the severity of the situation. However, internally, there is growing concern about the potential impact on future planning, especially as they prepare for a crucial shareholders’ meeting on November 7 the same day CEO Maurizio Scanavino is set to step down after three years in charge.

Juventus’ financial conduct has been under constant scrutiny since 2023, when UEFA banned the club for one season and imposed a €20m (£17m/$22m) fine for irregularities related to club licensing and FFP. Half of that fine was suspended, pending the club’s compliance with financial reporting in 2023, 2024 and 2025 the very years now under investigation.

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) had also previously punished the club domestically, docking them 10 points in Serie A for false accounting related to inflated player valuations in transfer dealings. Though Juventus initially had 15 points deducted, the penalty was reduced on appeal

Juventus have a tough task ahead of them as the timing of this new probe complicates the club’s ongoing financial restructuring plan.

UEFA’s updated “football earnings rule” and the “squad cost rule” (SCR), introduced in 2022, have tightened oversight on spending relative to income. The SCR allows clubs to spend no more than 70 per cent of their revenue on player wages, transfers, and agents – a limit Juventus have struggled to meet while maintaining a competitive squad.