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FC Arouca

Tier 1Primeira LigaArouca, Aveiro, PortugalOn the globe

Founded
1951
Ground
Estádio Municipal de Arouca5,600 seats · opened 2006
Full name
Futebol Clube de Arouca
Website
fcarouca.eu

Who owns FC Arouca

FC Arouca's football company is controlled by the club's members' association, Futebol Clube de Arouca (100%).

Owned by its members

From the pitch to the top

The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.

Fields the first teamFutebol Clube de Arouca – Futebol, SDUQ, LdaSDUQ (single-member sports company), Portugal, NIPC 510708471

The club’s members’ association is Futebol Clube de Arouca (NIPC 501538356).

Changes of control

  1. 13 June 2013

    Converted the club into a company.

    Futebol Clube de Arouca - Futebol SDUQ, Lda (NIPC 510708471), the company that fields FC Arouca's first team in 2026-27, was incorporated on this date according to the registry data republished by racius; its founding club is Futebol Clube de Arouca. Its legal form may have changed since (several clubs' companies were created as SDUQs in 2013 and later became SADs).

    Medium confidenceSource: Racius

Arouca’s finances

From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.

Against its tier

Arouca's revenue of €5.61m is the 15th highest of the 17 Primeira Liga clubs with published accounts

In 2024-25 it spent €1.40 on staff for every €1 of revenue; the typical Primeira Liga club spent €0.94.

  • Arouca
  • Other Primeira Liga clubs
Revenue17 clubs
Staff per €1 of revenue17 clubs

Each club's newest recorded accounts since 2021–22, at the tier it played that season. If that year's revenue cannot be separated from player trading, the club is omitted rather than using an older year. Coverage counts comparable accounts, not every club with financial data. Revenue excludes player-sale income. Where that income is included in the published total, we subtract the statement's separately reported player-trading figure. Some statements group loan fees and other player income with sale gains; those are removed together. Otherwise loan fees remain included. These are comparisons across accounting formats, not identical revenue definitions. Arouca: Reported revenue €5.61m; player-sale gains already excluded. The scales are logarithmic.

Revenue€5.61m2024-25
Staff costs€7.86m2024-25
Net result€6.07m2024-25
Equity
€9.54m
accounts, 2024-25

The accounts

Futebol Clube de Arouca – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda, the entity that fields the team · 2020-21 to 2024-25

2024-25Tier 1 · audited2023-24Tier 1 · audited2022-23Tier 1 · audited2021-22Tier 1 · audited2020-21Tier 2
Profit and loss
Revenue€5.61m€7.54m€6.45m€4.68m€1.10m
TV money€4.60m1€4.95m1€4.90m1€3.80m2€600k1
League and federation distributions€95.3k3€985k3€326k3€38.6k3€13k3
Matchday€177k4€133k4€58k4€40.8k4—
Sponsorship€313k5€458k6€486k7€474k8€247k9
Subsidies————€53.8k
Other revenue€13.0m€7.35m€2.32m€419k10€671k11
Player sales€11.5m12€6.86m12€2.20m12——
Staff costs€7.86m€7.15m€5.17m€3.64m€1.06m
Wage bill—€5.70m13€4.26m13€2.94m13€921k13
Other operating costs€2.50m€1.55m€1.81m€723k€272k
Player amortisation———€1.05m14—
Other depreciation€720k15€274k15€936k16€45.2k17€422k18
Operating result€7.06m€3.32m19€775k−€568k€38.6k
Financial result€768k20€113k21€0−€25122€0
Result before tax€7.83m€3.43m€775k−€568k€38.6k
Income tax€1.76m€195k€361k€37.9k€1,726
Net result€6.07m€3.24m€414k−€606k€36.9k
Balance sheet
Total assets€22.3m€8.24m€6.66m€3.23m€2.17m
Non-current assets€5.29m€1.99m€2.73m€2.18m€1.84m
Player registrations (book value)———€2.08m23—
Property and equipment€211k€165k€208k€97.7k€82.3k
Current assets€17.0m€6.25m€3.94m€1.04m€326k
Cash€5.06m€3.51m€1.36m€131k€1
Equity€9.54m€3.46m€2.28m€710k€641k
Share capital€250k€250k€250k€250k€250k
Liabilities€12.8m€4.78m€4.39m€2.52m€1.53m
Non-current liabilities€476k€694k€1.59m€1.55m€1.07m
Current liabilities€12.3m€4.08m€2.80m€969k€453k
Provisions€43.4k€63k———
Financial debt€837k24—€26.4k25€35.3k26€35.2k27
Tax and social security debt€1.05m€1.03m€913k28€269k€114k
Cash flow
Cash from operations−€6.43m−€4.03m€60.8k€278k−€181k
Cash from investing€7.15m€6.17m€1.18m−€148k−€10k
Cash from financing€829k€0−€8,813−€251€191k
Net change in cash€1.55m€2.14m€1.23m€131k€1
Notes on 28 figures, in the accounts’ own words
  1. TV money: Transmissões televisivas
  2. TV money: Transmissões televisivas (notes)
  3. League and federation distributions: Subsídios e prémios
  4. Matchday: Receitas de bilheteira
  5. Sponsorship: Publicidade €309,575.87 and corporate €3,756.91; sports betting €350,761.58 and loan fees €50,000 apart
  6. Sponsorship: Publicidade €394,695.75 and corporate €63,800; sports betting €352,956.95 and loan fees €593,000 apart
  7. Sponsorship: Publicidade; sports betting €303,793.22 and loan fees ('cedência temporária de jogadores') €375,857.82 apart
  8. Sponsorship: Publicidade €472,707.20 and corporate €850; sports betting €289,934.14 apart
  9. Sponsorship: Patrocínios €20,000 and publicidade €226,992.21; sports betting €192,354.15 apart
  10. Other revenue: Mostly gains on players' transfers and loans (notes); the amount is not split out
  11. Other revenue: Incl. €589,464.68 of debt forgiven in the insolvency proceedings
  12. Player sales: Alienação de ativos intangíveis – passes de atletas, in outros rendimentos: the gain on disposal as booked
  13. Wage bill: Remunerações do pessoal
  14. Player amortisation: Passes de jogadores (note 6)
  15. Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização, total, including players' registrations at cost: not split
  16. Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização, total: includes the amortisation of revalued players' registrations, not split
  17. Other depreciation: The rest of the €1,091,849.55 charge
  18. Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização, total
  19. Operating result: After impairment of receivables of €2,197,608
  20. Financial result: Interest income €776,087.27 (mostly on deferred transfer receipts, €619,036.15) less interest costs €8,057.40
  21. Financial result: Juros e rendimentos similares obtidos; no interest costs
  22. Financial result: Juros e gastos similares suportados
  23. Player registrations (book value): Passes de jogadores: gross €3,912,500 (after revaluation) less €1,829,140.21 (note 6)
  24. Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos, current
  25. Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €22,912.50 non-current and €3,525 current
  26. Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €31,725 non-current and €3,525 current
  27. Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €31,725 non-current and €3,488.47 current
  28. Tax and social security debt: Estado e outros entes públicos (current); deferred tax liabilities of €531,668.92 apart

2024-25: Source: Futebol Clube de Arouca – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda2023-24: Source: Futebol Clube de Arouca – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda2022-23: Source: Futebol Clube de Arouca – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda2021-22: Source: Futebol Clube de Arouca – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda2020-21: Source: Futebol Clube de Arouca – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda

Where Arouca has played

12316-1718-1920-2122-2324-2526-27
Season by season
  1. 2026-271Primeira Liga
  2. 2025-261Primeira Liga
  3. 2024-251Primeira Liga
  4. 2023-241Primeira Liga
  5. 2022-231Primeira Liga
  6. 2021-221Primeira Liga
  7. 2020-212Liga Portugal 2, promoted
  8. 2019-203Campeonato de Portugal, Série B, promoted
  9. 2018-192Liga Portugal 2, relegated
  10. 2017-182Liga Portugal 2
  11. 2016-171Primeira Liga, relegated

Not yet established

What we looked for and could not find in public sources. If you know, send a correction with a source.

  • The club's accountsFutebol Clube de Arouca – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda (FC Arouca's company) posted no annual report that could be found for 2025-26 (tier 1). Lei 39/2023 requires the last three years on the company's site; the filed accounts can be bought from the registry (BDCA certificate), which this batch does not do.
Sources12

Also on Wikidata (Q1386869).

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