Sporting Braga SAD with positive result of 17.3 ME in 2025/26

Dafter a negative year of 11 ME in the last season (2024/25), Sporting Braga again makes profit in a season, with 17.31 ME, practically equaling the figure of 2023/24 (17.34 ME).

According to a note from the ‘Arsenalists, SAD bracarense reached an EBITDA (in English of profits before interest, taxes, depreciation and depreciation) positive of 39.61 ME, “the highest value achieved” by SAD bracarense.

“ In an exercise marked by a very positive binomial generated between the sports performance and the valorization of its athletes, SC Braga SAD registers a volume of historical global incomes, overcoming for the first time the barrier of 100 million euros, a total of 115.682 ME ", can be read.

Operational incomes amounted to almost 47.9 ME and spending to 69 ME, weighing decisively on the first item the “excellent sports performance of the main team in the Europe League”, in which it reached the semi-finals.

As for income related to athletes’ rights, SAD registered 67.34 ME, “essentially resulting from the sales of Roger Fernandes, Rodrigo Zalazar and Simon Banza”.

Under the expenditure heading, note for personnel expenditures, which amounted to 45.68 ME, a value that includes all charges on social organs, athletes, coaches and staff of training teams (sub-15, sub-16, sub-17 and sub-19), sub-23, team B and main teams male and female.

The asset increased by around 60 ME (from 169,7 ME to 230,3 ME) and liabilities also increased, in the order of 43 ME (from 100.7 ME to 144 ME), which SAD considers that it should “be framed in a context of significant investments” in strengthening the squad as in improving infrastructure.

Thus, SAD Minhota concluded the season 2025/26 with positive equity of 86.33 ME, corresponding to its highest amount of ever, and a financial autonomy of 37%.

Sporting de Braga is the largest shareholder in SAD, holding 36.99% of the share capital, while Qatar Sports Investments (entity whose effective beneficiary is the State of Qatar) has 29.60%) and Sundown Investments Limited (entity whose effective beneficiary is Inaete Merali) has 17.04%. The remaining 16.37% are distributed by other small shareholders.