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Cardiff City AFC. | Cardiff City Football Club (Holdings) Ltd

Submitted by JSB on Tue, 15/12/2009 - 21:38
Traditional Cardiff City football shirt

One of three Welsh clubs to play in the English football league system, rather than the Welsh system. Cardiff City were founded in 1899 and are the only non-English side to have won any of the three major English competitions. They won the FA Cup in 1927, during a decade when they were one of the strongest sides in the English league, finishing runners-up in the League season 1923–24.

Home matches are played at Cardiff City Stadium (capacity:26,828).

Financial figures refer to Cardiff City Football Club (Holdings) Ltd. Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overiew

Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees

2007/08

12.779

-1.048

 

105

2006/07

10.677

-4.681

90.1

125

2005/06

8.009

0.940

 

120

2004/05

8.182

-2.062

 

150

2003/04

9.434

-9.481

 

140

2002/03

7.252

-8.118

 

121

2001/02

6.317

-5.117

95.7

114

2000/01

2.919

-3.442

 

110

1999/00

2.692

-1.391

83.5

95

1998/99

2.121

-1.044

 

 

1997/98

1.559

-0.454

 

98

1996/97

1.164

-0.233

 

97
Website: 
www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk

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