Feyenoord post deep red figures despite many top transfers
Feyenoord have closed the 2025/26 financial year with a net loss of no fewer than €12.6 million, the Rotterdam club announced on their official channels on Friday afternoon.
Turnover dropped by €51.5 million last season to €115.2 million, mainly because of much lower income from European football. Feyenoord expect revenues to rise sharply again this season.
That marks a sharp contrast with the previous financial year, when Feyenoord still benefited from reaching the Champions League last 16. Last season, the Rotterdam club went no further than the league phase in the Europa League, which left European prize money substantially lower. With costs remaining virtually unchanged, the operating loss rose to €25.7 million.
Feyenoord stress that those costs also include bonuses for players and staff for reaching the league phase of the Champions League in the 2026/27 season. The club finished second in the Eredivisie last season and secured a place in Europe's premier club competition. Turnover is therefore expected to rise considerably again in the current financial year.
On the transfer market, Feyenoord were able to bring in significant income. The Rotterdam club sold, among others, Dávid Hancko, Igor Paixão, Quilindschy Hartman, Antoni Milambo and Quinten Timber, who together generated substantial transfer income.
Compensation fee results, in other words income from player transfers after including, among other things, amortisation, came in at a positive €9.4 million. That was not enough to cancel out the operating loss. After interest and taxes, a net loss of €12.6 million remained, cutting Feyenoord's equity to €24.7 million.
Finance director Pieter Smorenburg pointed chiefly to the drop in European income to explain the disappointing figures. "The lower European income had a very strong impact on the result," Smorenburg said on the club website. "This underlines the importance of financial discipline and a good balance between our sporting ambitions and the available resources."
