Four teams exceed Euroleague financial limits

This season, the Euroleague introduced financial balance rules for the first time, a kind of 'salary cap', modeled after the NBA, and the full implementation of the system is planned for the 2027/28 season.

According to the financial report, the clubs that exceeded the allowed limits the most are Panathinaikos, Efes, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Olympiacos, reported today by the Spanish newspaper "Marca".

Panathinaikos will have to pay the largest amount of compensation, just over three million euros, while Efes will allocate more than a million, Hapoel almost a million, and Olympiacos around 300.000 euros.

As a transitional measure, for the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons, financial penalties are limited to a maximum of 10 percent of the players' total salaries.

The total amount collected on this basis, slightly more than 5,4 million euros, will be evenly distributed among the 15 clubs that have met the financial criteria, meaning that each of them will receive around 362.500 euros.

The only team that will not receive the duo funds is the French Asvel, because it did not meet the minimum financial requirements, was late with payments during the season and did not submit the necessary documentation on time.

The new rules represent an attempt by the Euroleague to establish greater competitive balance, although the financially most powerful clubs still have room to gain an advantage through investments, with the obligation of additional compensation.