England / FA: Chelsea handed further £10m fine for breaches committed under Abramovich

Chelsea FC Activity: English professional football club Principal partners: • Nike (equipment supplier): 2017-2032, estimated at £60m per season • BingX (crypto): training kit sponsor… (Premier League Top English professional football division. 20 clubs. ) have been handed a £10m (€11.7m) fine, in addition to a two-transfer-window registration ban, suspended until 30 June 2027, the Football Association Activity: English Football Association Official Partners of The FA: • Nike (equipment manufacturer): estimated at £33m per season until 2030• EE (telecommunications)• Adobe (computer software)… announced on 31 July 2026.

The decision sanctions 74 breaches of FA Activity: English Football Association Official Partners of The FA: • Nike (equipment manufacturer): estimated at £33m per season until 2030• EE (telecommunications)• Adobe (computer software)… regulations relating to football agents, intermediaries and third-party investment in players committed while the London club was owned by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich (majority shareholder from 2003 to 2022). These matters were self-reported to the Premier League Sector: English professional football first division league Official Partners: • EA Sports (video game publisher) • Barclays (bank), 2016-2025 • Nike (sports equipment supplier): official ball… , the FA The English Football Association and UEFA Union of European Football Associations by the club’s new American owners shortly after the takeover, completed on 30 May 2022. The consortium led by Todd Boehly said it had identified evidence of regulatory breaches committed under the club’s previous ownership.

The FA’s independent Regulatory Commission had initially imposed a six-point deduction, suspended until 30 June 2027, but this sanction was overturned on appeal. The London club did not challenge the £10m fine.

"Chelsea FC is pleased to confirm that, now The FA process has concluded, this brings all regulatory proceedings against the club to a close," the club said.

Chelsea had already been handed two fines totalling £10.75m (€12.4m), together with an immediate Academy registration ban and a suspended first-team registration ban, by the Premier League on 16 March 2026, also in relation to breaches committed under the club’s previous ownership.

In 2022, Chelsea also self-reported these historical breaches to UEFA UEFA: Union of European Football AssociationsFounded: 15/06/1954Headquarters: Nyon (Switzerland)Member Associations: 55 Turnover 2023-24: €6,776.6m - media rights: €4,957m (73.1%) - commercial… , leading the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB Club Financial Control Body of UEFA responsible for enforcing Financial Fair Play. Separated into two sections: the Investigatory Chamber and the Adjudicatory Chamber. ) First Chamber to enter into a settlement agreement under which the club paid a €10m financial contribution.