Article by Cosmin Nistor – Published on Thursday, 21 May 2026 23:25 / Updated on Thursday, 21 May 2026 23:25
FCSB finished the 2025/2026 UEFA Europa League season 33rd out of 36 overall in the league stage, according to statisticians Football Meets Data, in a hierarchy where sporting results were directly correlated with revenue earned.
FCSB collected only 5 points from 8 matches with a record of one win, two draws and five defeats, missing out on qualifying for the knockout stages. In the sports ranking, the former champion took 27th place.
From a financial point of view, the red-blues are at the bottom of the hierarchy, with approximately 8.7 million euros collected from the European course.
Europa League financial standings: FCSB, at the bottom of the hierarchy
According to the same statistics, FCSB obtained approximately 900,000 euros from the results (around 450,000 euros per victory), with the rest of the income coming from participation and UEFA coefficients.
Comparatively, the differences with the top clubs are huge:
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Aston Villa – 45 million euros
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Freiburg – 32.6 million euros
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FCSB – 8.7 million euros
💰 Aston Villa 🏴 ends their European season securing €45.0m of UEFA prize money overall!
Yesterday they secured +€10m in one night:
📈 +€6m for winning 🟠 UEL final
📈 +€4m for qualifying for 🏆 UEFA Super CupTotal UEFA prize money for Aston Villa:
▪️€41.0m from 🟠… pic.twitter.com/y8I7HA2bb3— Football Meets Data (@fmeetsdata) May 21, 2026
In this financial ranking, FCSB is only above a few teams in the competition, including Maccabi Tel Aviv, FC Utrecht and Malmo.
FCSB Europa League 2025/2026 results
The only away victory was with Go Ahead Eagles, score 0-1, and the success with Feyenoord, 4-3, remained the most spectacular moment of the season.
FCSB started the season in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, where they were eliminated by North Macedonia's Shkendija, 1–3 on aggregate, and later reached the Europa League.
An emotional route followed for the red-blues: 4-3 on aggregate with Inter Club d'Escaldes (Andorra), 6-3 on aggregate with FC Drita (Kosovo) and 5-2 on aggregate against those from Aberdeen (Netherlands).
FCSB can still catch the Conference League through the playoffs
Although the European season was a modest one, FCSB still have a chance to reach the UEFA Conference League.
The red-blues finished in second place in the play-out and will contest a play-off for the European cups. In the semifinal, FCSB will meet FC Botoșani on May 24, at the “Steaua” stadium, and in case of a qualification, it will play the final away, 5 days later, at the “Arcul de Triumf” stadium, against Dinamo Bucharest.
Only winning this mini-tournament can ensure the presence of the red-blues in a European competition, implicitly the UEFA Conference League.
