Uefa reveal their punishment for AC Milan in FFP case | OneFootball

Uefa have revealed their punishment for AC Milan after they were deemed to have broken Financial Fair Play rules last season.

European football’s governing body have opted not to ban the Rossoneri from competitions, but do state that Gennaro Gattuso’s side have to break even for the next three years.

They will also receive a €12m fine and can only register 21 players for Uefa competitions in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

In a statment Uefa said:

“The Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) has taken a decision in the case of the club AC Milan following the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel in CAS 2018/A/5808 AC Milan v. UEFA to refer the matter to the CFCB for the imposition of a proportionate disciplinary measure for the club’s breach of the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations, in particular the break-even requirement.

“Accordingly, should the club not be break-even compliant at 30 June 2021, it will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which it would otherwise qualify, in the two seasons 2022/23 and 2023/24. The club will also have EUR 12 million of its UEFA revenues from the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League withheld and will not be permitted to register more than 21 players for participation in UEFA competitions in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons.

“This decision may be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, in accordance with Article 34(2) of the Procedural rules governing the UEFA Club Financial Control Body, as well as Articles 62 and 63 of the UEFA Statutes.”