By: Javier Moreno – Sports Editor
Feyenoord Posts €12.6 Million Net Loss After Drop in European Revenue
Feyenoord closed the 2025–2026 financial year with a net loss of €12.6 million and a sharp drop in turnover as the club transitioned away from the lucrative UEFA Champions League to the UEFA Europa League. The club presented the challenging financial figures for the 2025/2026 fiscal year on Friday afternoon. The club’s total operational revenue fell by €51.5 million to €115.2 million for the period ending June 30, 2026, according to official figures released by the Rotterdam club.
The stark revenue contraction stems directly from lower broadcasting and prize money compared to the previous campaign. In the 2024–2025 season, Feyenoord reached the round of sixteen in the Champions League, whereas their European campaign in 2025–2026 ended in the league phase of the Europa League. Despite the diminished continental income, operating costs remained largely steady, driving the club’s operational loss to €25.7 million. That expenditure total includes player and staff bonuses earned for qualifying for the league phase of the 2026–2027 Champions League.
Transfer Profits and Commercial Growth Offset Revenue Drops
To mitigate the financial blow, Feyenoord generated €9.4 million in net player trading results after accounting for regular depreciation and write-downs, with net profit after interest and taxes remaining at a loss of €12.6 million. Substantial transfer fees came from outgoing player movements, including Dávid Hancko, Igor Paixão, Quilindschy Hartman, Antoni Milambo, and Quinten Timber. The club reinvested a considerable portion of those net transfer proceeds back into the playing squad.
Commercial streams provided a stabilizing counterweight during the difficult fiscal year. Sponsoring revenue climbed through expanded partnerships, business seats, units, and boarding, building on prior gains from the introduction of shirt-rug sponsorships after Feyenoord secured Prijsvrij Vakanties as its first shirt-rug sponsor in the 2023–2024 season. Beyond sponsorship growth, revenues from Feyenoord ONE remained stable in 2025–2026, while a slight increase in memberships for Het Legioen and Kameraadjes contributed to a modest rise in total revenues. Operationally, equity dropped to €24.7 million following the net loss, underlining the tighter margins managed by the executive board.
Executive Restructuring and Stadium Unification Shape the Future
Leadership changes accompanied the financial results as Feyenoord navigated the offseason. Robert Eenhoorn assumed the role of general director alongside Dévy Rigaux as technical director, while the long-awaited institutional unification of the football club and Stadion Feijenoord was officially realized on July 14, 2026.
“With club and stadion together, we have taken an important next step,” General Director Robert Eenhoorn said in a club statement. “Thereupon we want to build further and strengthen Feyenoord step by step.”
Projected Revenue Bounce for the 2026–2027 Campaign
Having secured a second-place finish in the Eredivisie at the close of the 2025–2026 season, Feyenoord earned direct qualification for the league phase of the 2026–2027 UEFA Champions League. Driven by that return to Europe’s premier club competition, the club’s leadership anticipates that total turnover for the current financial year will rise to the level of the record year, over 160 miljoen euro. Barring the lower income generated from European football, the remaining revenue categories within the annual accounts showed that very little else went wrong financially during the period.
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