Skip to main content

"If you want some accessible but informative insight into football then I suggest you couldn't do better than the Political Economy of Football website, which is not only intelligible but comes with the added bonus of being written by Addicks fan Wyn Grant."

Rangers Football Club plc

Traditional Rangers football shirt

Company shares are traded on the Plus Markets (formerly Ofex). The club was founded in 1873 and its home is the the all-seated Ibrox Stadium in south west Glasgow, a UEFA five-star stadium with a capacity of 51,082. As of 2009, Rangers had won 52 domestic league titles, the Scottish Cup 33 times, the Scottish League Cup 25 times and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972.

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overview

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

2007/08

64.452

6.567

53.3

267

2006/07

41.768

-6.310

58.1

269

2005/06

61.165

0.092

45.8

292

2004/05

55.134

12.410

48.3

358

2003/04

57.079

-5.939

53.2

324

2002/03

49.035

-29.605

71.3

452

2001/02

44.812

-35.328

83.2

399

2000/01

47.033

-17.531

70.0

399

1999/00

51.695

-24.099

66.3

340

1998/99

36.526

-25.123

85.7

319

1997/98

32.526

-10.264

62.5

313

1996/97

31.664

-12.911

 

 

1995/96

30.708

1.597

 

 

Website: 
www.rangers.co.uk

Related Articles

11 Mar 2010
Why buy a Scottish club?

Why buy a Scottish football club like Rangers when a number of English clubs are potentially available at knockdown prices?  Television revenue in Scotlaand is a fraction of the amount received in England.   Stephen Morrow,

09 Mar 2010
Doubts about Rangers bid

Rangers have confirmed that they are in takeover talks with a consortium led by Andrew Ellis, a former QPR director.  However, doubts have been expressed about whether he has sufficient money and his backers have not been named.

Comments:1
07 Mar 2010
New takeover rumours at Rangers

The board of Glasgow Rangers has denied reports that a takeover of the club is imminent, but have not ruled it out.   It is thought that the cash strapped SPL club at one time had debts of £31 million.    Although

21 Dec 2009
Major European Clubs Kit Suppliers and Shirt Sponsors - 2009-10

Table showing the offical kit suppliers and shirt sponsors of thirty of the largest European professional football clubs during season  2009/10. Concerning kit suppliers, Adidas were associated with ten of the clubs, nine of the clubs were

15 Nov 2009
Big Blow for Scottish Football

Scottish football has suffered a big blow after the Premiership effectively ruled out Celtic or Rangers ever joining the competition. The Old Firm have been eyeing Premiership membership as a possible escape route from their financial troubles

01 Nov 2009
Rangers FC In Financial Mire

Rangers manager Walter Smith has claimed that Lloyds Banking Group is effectively overseeing the club's spending. Rangers are £25 to £30m in debt and Lloyds recently appointed their own representative to the club's board. The club's plight has

01 Oct 2009
Top 20 Scottish Football Clubs by Average Attendance - 2006-07 to 2008-09

Celtic, with over 57,000 spectators per dometic league match, headed the list of the top 20 Scottish Football Clubs as ranked by average match attendance in 2008/09. They were closely followed by cross-town rivals Rangers who averaged just under

01 Oct 2009
Top 30 European Football Clubs by Match Attendances 2008-09

Manchester United headed the list of top 30 European football clubs as ranked by average match attendances - domestic league matches only spectator numbers - in season 2008/09. Second ranked was Borussia Dortmund and third Real Madrid. Within the

24 Aug 2009
Price Takers Rather Than Price Makers

Football clubs are becoming price takers rather than price makers when it comes to shirt sponsorship deals. Sport+Markt, the sports consultancy, estimates that the value of shirt sponsorship deals in the Premiership fell from £69.2m during the

20 Jul 2009
Old Firm Blast TV Deal

Celtic and Rangers are unhappy with a television deal with Sky-ESPN approved by two-thirds of the Scottish Premier clubs which more or less halves the revenue received from Setanta. Instead of £125m over four years the SPL had to accept £65m