UEFA have named nine clubs that they have punished for breaking SCR (Squad Cost Ratio) rules.
The official UEFA statement naming four Premier League clubs.
The other five of the nine are from France, Turkey Greece and Italy.
As well as Newcastle United, fellow Premier League clubs Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest have also been slapped with UEFA fines after breaching Squad Cost Ratio rules.
The four Premier League clubs have also been warned about their future conduct by UEFA.
The official UEFA’s statement on 30 June 2026 reading: “The CFCB First Chamber found that Aston Villa FC (ENG), Chelsea FC (ENG), Newcastle United FC (ENG), Nottingham Forest FC (ENG), OGC Nice (FRA), RC Strasbourg (FRA), AEK Athens (GRE), ACF Fiorentina (ITA) and Fenerbahce SK (TUR) breached the squad cost rule by reporting a squad cost ratio above 70 per cent for the 2025 calendar year. As a result, each club was imposed a fine calculated in proportion to the percentage points above the defined limit and the size of the club’s squad cost excess.”
This time last year Aston Villa and Chelsea were punished by UEFA for similar breaches and had to commit to putting things right regarding future compliance. Or else face far bigger fines and potentially more serious punishments.
Those Aston Villa and Chelsea punishments handed down by UEFA in July 2025:
Chelsea had to pay a total of £27m in fines and were told they could pay up to £52m more if they breach their four-year agreement with the CFCB.
Aston Villa had to pay £9.5m in fines and were told failure to comply with their three-year settlement could lead to a further penalty of up to £13m more.
Both Premier League clubs broke UEFA’s football earnings rule and squad cost rule. Villa and Chelsea had a squad cost ratio (percentage of a club’s income spent on the first-team squad) of between 80 and 90 per cent for 2024. The squad cost ratio had become even more restrictive with UEFA now limiting it to a maximum of 70 per cent.
Both Aston Villa and Chelsea agreed to a restriction on registering new players for UEFA competitions in the 2025/26 season – unless the value of new signings added to their squads is recouped in sales. For Chelsea, this measure will also be in place for the 2026/2027 season.
The above was the situation and punishments published by UEFA in July 2025 for Chelsea and Aston Villa.
Now this is the case on 30 June 2026, what UEFA have said and done about those two clubs and their further breaches..
Aston Villa
Of the four Premier League clubs they have been hit hardest, hit with a £19.4m fine. They will also face a restriction on the registration of new players on their squad list for next season’s Champions League. Villa have seen £12.9m of the fine suspended and must significantly decrease their squad cost ratio in the 2026/27 season. That amount rolled over from the suspended punishment in 2025 when the club was fined £9.5m with a further £12.9m based on compliance over three years.
Chelsea
They have now been fined £2.6m, of which £861,000 is suspended (The Chelsea owners also control/own Strasbourg and they were handed the biggest fine of all of the clubs involved in UEFA’s report with a £21.54m fine).
An official Chelsea statement today (30 June 2026): “Chelsea can confirm that the UEFA Club Monitoring process for season 2025/26 has concluded and UEFA has today published its outcome concerning the Club’s compliance position in relation to the squad cost ratio for the 2025 calendar year. Following proactive and transparent engagement with UEFA, the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) recognised the improving trend in the Club’s squad cost ratio for the 2025 calendar year. However, as the 70 per cent threshold for UEFA’s Squad Cost Ratio was narrowly exceeded, a fine will be paid.”
Nottingham Forest
As for Forest, they have been ordered to pay £2.2m.
Newcastle United
United released an official statement on Tuesday night acknowledging the UEFA settlement and punishments. Newcastle United fined £5.2million and have entered into a future compliance agreement.
For the three-year period ending June 2025, United were found to have exceeded UEFA’s football earnings threshold and went over the 70 per cent squad cost ratio (SCR) across the calendar year of 2025.
The Newcastle United official statement reading: “Newcastle United has entered into a settlement agreement with UEFA following a breach of its Financial Sustainability Regulations in the three-year period ending June 2025. Following an overspend in relation to UEFA’s Football Earnings threshold, the club has worked closely and constructively with the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) to swiftly resolve the matter, In addition, UEFA has determined that the club will pay a further €3m due to breaching UEFA’s 70 per cent Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) target in calendar year 2025. Newcastle United thanks UEFA for its careful consideration and is committed to full ongoing compliance.”
Even though they are not competing in European competitions in the 2026/27 season, it is the case that Chelsea, Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest must still comply with the UEFA regulations.