How much will Rangers receive in prize money after the Scottish League Cup final? Many have asked on Google ahead of the clash with Celtic at Hampden Park.
Michael Beale goes head to head with Ange Postecoglou in what will be the second Old Firm meeting since the 42-year-old returned to Ibrox as Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s replacement.
At the start of the 2022/23 campaign, it was revealed that a record amount of prize money is involved in this season’s Scottish League Cup, so let’s take a look at what Rangers will earn regardless of the result.
How much will Rangers receive in prize money?
Well, the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) announced on their official website back in June that a record £2.1m would be divided amongst every side competing in the Scottish League Cup this season.
If Rangers beat Celtic in Sunday’s showpiece event, they will return to Ibrox £350,000 richer.
Should Beale’s side suffer heartbreak in the Scottish League Cup final, they will receive £160,000 as a runner-up prize.
You can see the full range of prize money across every round of the Scottish League Cup listed below.
- 1st round group stage – 5th position: £22,000
- 1st round group stage – 4th position: £23,250
- 1st round group stage – 3rd position: £25,000
- 1st round group stage – 5 worst runners up: £29,000
- 2nd round losers – £50,000
- Quarter-final losers – £80,000
- Semi-final losers – £110,000
- Runners-up – £160,000
- Winners – £350,000
Of course, this particular Old Firm means more than money to Rangers supporters.
It is a chance to assert dominance at the summit of Scottish football once again after a small period of decline under Van Bronckhorst, as things began to fall apart after the UEFA Europa League final defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.
If Beale can guide Rangers to the first piece of silverware available to him since returning to Glasgow, we are confident that prize money will be far from the first thing on his mind.
