Article by Eduard Apostol – Published Thursday, January 29, 2026, 5:18 p.m. / Updated Thursday, January 29, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
FCSB take on a formidable opponent tonight from 22:00 at the National Arena. Fenerbahce can afford to pay astronomical salaries to international stars. Duran – 18.750 million euros/year, Ederson – 13.750 million euros/year, Skriniar and Asensio – 10 million euros/year each. At FCSB, Florin Tănase earns 360,000 euros/year from his salary, Olaru and Bîrligea each 300,000 euros/year
FCSB take on Fenerbahce in the final Europa League Group XXL match tonight at 10pm at the National Arena. The Romanian champion still has a chance to qualify, yes!
With 7 matches played, FCSB is in 29th place with 6 points, obtained after victories with Go Ahead Eagles and Feyenoord. Elias Charalambous' team is two points behind 24th place (Celtic), but needs a win and help in the other matches.
On the other side, Fenerbahce is in 18th place, with 11 points. And they hope for a win and finish in the top 8, to play directly in the round of 16.
Huge wage bill at Fenerbahce: €2.2 million/week, €114.6 million/year
There is one aspect where there is a huge difference between FCSB and Fener. Salaries. Basically, there is no comparison. The best paid players of the Romanian champions would barely get a place in the first 30 from the Turks!
According to several information from the media on the Bosphorus, mixed in a material on Capology.com, a portal that provides data on salaries in world football, one of the giants of Turkey pays 2.2 million euros/week on the salaries of footballers. That is 114.6 million euros/year. Here are the financial data for the best paid footballers in the yellow-blue team!
1. John Duran * Weekly salary of 360,577 euros, 18.75 million euros per year. To which is added 6.25 million euros from performance bonuses.
2. Ederson * Weekly salary of 264,423 euros, 13.75 million euros per year. To which are added 2 million euros from bonuses.
3. Milan Skriniar * Weekly salary of 192,306 euros, 10 million euros per year. To which is added 1.5 million euros from bonuses.
4. Marco Asensio * Weekly salary of 192,306 euros, 10 million euros per year. To which are added 2.5 million euros from bonuses.
5. Kerem Aktürkoğlu * Weekly salary of 114,231 euros, 5.95 million euros per year. To which are added 890,000 euros from bonuses.
6. Edson Alvarez * Weekly salary of 108,269 euros, 5.63 million euros per year. To which is added 840,000 euros from bonuses.
7. Matteo Guendouzi * Weekly salary of 108,269 euros, 5.63 million euros per year. To which are added 630,000 euros from bonuses.
Florin Tănase, the best paid footballer in the team of the Romanian champions, would be on the 29th place in a top of the salaries of the two formations! The red-blue striker has a salary of 360,000 euros/year. Here is the situation at FCSB.
1. Florin Tanase – 360,000 euros/year
2. Darius Olaru – 300,000 euros/year
3. Daniel Birligea – 300,000 euros/year
4. Denis Alibec – 300,000 euros/year
5. Vlad Chiriches – 240,000 euros/year
6. Risto Radunovic – 240,000 euros/year
7. Political Dennis – 240,000 euros/year
Domenico Tedesco earns 17 times more than Elias Charalambous
The huge difference is also regarding the coaches. There can be no comparison there either. The Italian Domenico Tedesco, who arrived last summer to manage Fener, is paid 2.5 million euros/year.
Technician who trained Ezgebirge Aue, Schalke, Spartak Moscow, RB Leipzig and the Belgian national team, until he arrived in Istanbul. Fener is fighting for the title with Galata, again, being 3 points behind the great rival.
Elias Charalambous has an annual salary of 150,000 euros, according to Golazo, to which was added a bonus of 300,000 euros for qualification in the Europa League group.
