AC Milan’s dispute over the cost of following the team away from home has opened a wider Serie A question: how much should a supporter be asked to pay to take their place in the visiting end? The immediate case is Udinese v Milan in Friuli, where the €65 ticket price has prompted the Curva Sud to announce a boycott and led the Rossoneri to call for a league-wide ceiling on away allocations.
Milan’s stand after the Udinese price row
- The Curva Sud announced that it would not attend the match at Udinese in protest at the €65 charge for the away section.
- Milan then backed its supporters and urged Serie A to introduce a maximum price for tickets assigned to visiting fans.
- The episode has revived a debate that reaches beyond one Sunday afternoon: several major European leagues already protect travelling supporters through fixed caps, club agreements or rules requiring equal treatment with home fans.
For Milan, the point is not simply the cost of one journey to Udine. Away support is part of the season’s rhythm, linking clubs to supporters who commit time and money across the country. The examples elsewhere in Europe show that regulation can take different forms, from a strict national limit to reciprocal arrangements between clubs.
How other leagues deal with away tickets
England: a Premier League limit in place for more than a decade
The Premier League introduced its away-ticket cap in 2016/17. In March 2026, all 20 clubs agreed to retain the £30 maximum through the end of 2027/28, meaning the measure will have run for 12 successive seasons.
The rule applies to the allocation reserved for travelling fans in England’s top division. It does not impose one uniform price across an entire stadium; rather, it prevents clubs from charging more than £30 for tickets in the designated visiting allocation.
Spain: reciprocal club agreement and a €30 ceiling
La Liga has operated the Grada Visitante initiative since 2023/24. Participating clubs make a minimum number of away tickets available for no more than €30, while the agreement is based on reciprocity between the teams involved.
Three more clubs have now joined the scheme, taking participation to 17 of the 20 top-flight sides. The newly participating clubs have not been identified. Real Madrid and Barcelona were among those initially outside the arrangement.
League figures show that away-ticket sales have risen by an average of 33% per match under the project. Among the models considered, its €30 cap is the lowest fixed price in a top-flight league.
France: league regulation and a low fixed price
France has applied a formal Ligue 1 limit since 2019/20. The Ligue de Football Professionnel sets the maximum away-end price at €10, including VAT, while the equivalent cap in Ligue 2 is €5.
The regulation covers the standard visiting allocation, set at 5% of stadium capacity and limited to a maximum of 1,000 seats. In this system, the price is established centrally rather than left to the host club.
Germany: equality rather than a fixed maximum
The Bundesliga does not use a nationwide price ceiling. Instead, DFL rules require visiting supporters to pay no more than home fans for seats in the same category.
The visiting club is normally entitled to an allocation of at least 10% of the available stadium capacity. Prices may differ from ground to ground and from fixture to fixture, but an away fan cannot be charged above the amount paid by a home supporter for an equivalent place.
European competitions set their own safeguards
UEFA also regulates the visiting allocation in its club competitions. Home clubs must provide at least 5% of spectator capacity to supporters of the opposition, and the price for an adult ticket cannot exceed that charged to home fans in comparable sections.
There is also a competition-specific ceiling. From 2025/26, away tickets are capped at €50 in the Champions League, €35 in the Europa League and €20 in the Conference League.
- Champions League: €50 maximum from 2025/26, reduced from €60 in 2024/25.
- Europa League: €35 maximum from 2025/26, down from €40 in 2024/25.
- Conference League: €20 maximum in both 2024/25 and 2025/26.
The European framework combines two protections: parity with the equivalent home ticket and an absolute maximum set by the tournament. Milan’s intervention places Serie A alongside that broader discussion, with the Udinese trip becoming a test case for whether Italian football is prepared to offer travelling supporters a similar guarantee.
