Juventus First Half Financial Loss Widens To 95 Million Euros

MILAN: Juventus mentioned on Friday its web loss widened to 95.1 million euros ($102 million) within the first half of its 2023-24 fiscal 12 months as its ban from profitable European competitors this season over monetary irregularities weighed on the Italian soccer membership’s income.

The end result compares with a lack of 29.5 million euros in the identical interval of the earlier fiscal 12 months.

Revenue fell virtually 26% to 173.3 million euros between July and December final 12 months, Juventus mentioned in a press release.

To shore up its cash-strapped funds, the Serie A membership has introduced a 200 million euro capital enhance, which is anticipated to be launched by the tip of April.

Exor, the funding arm for the Agnelli household, which has been controlling the Turin-based membership for over a century, already coated the proportion of the money name matching its 64% stake and also will act as a guarantor for the remaining half.

Juventus was hit by an accounting scandal linked to participant buying and selling and wage funds in late 2022, whose penalties included a ban from this season’s European competitions.

Juventus reiterated on Friday it forecast one other loss within the present full fiscal 12 months after it reported a consolidated lack of 124 million euros in to June 30, 2023, bringing its cumulated losses to over 700 million euros in six years.

It final posted a web revenue in 2016-2017.

($1 = 0.9282 euros)

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