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Swans post fifth consecutive profit

The Sydney Swans Football Club today announced a profit of $300,397 for the 2015 financial year.

It is the Club’s fifth successive profit and was achieved on revenue of $45.5 million.

The Club has no debt and net assets of $2 million, however Chairman Andrew Pridham noted that the Club would need to make a significant investment in a new training and administration facility in the near future.

Highlights for the 2015 season include:

  • Growth in membership to 48,836, with membership revenue increasing 8.4%.
  • Sponsorship & hospitality revenue growth of 9.5%
  • Average attendance for home games of 36,672.
  • National cumulative TV audience of 19.5 million.

Other AFL results to date

Profit/Loss
  • Hawthorn – $5,378,426
  • Collingwood – $848,076
  • Melbourne – $562,366
  • North Melbourne – $$529,507*
  • Richmond – $458,586
  • W.Bulldogs – $388,262
  • Sydney – $$300,397*
  • Port Adelaide – $211,302*
  • Brisbane – ($681,053)
  • St KIlda – ($847,693)
  • Essendon – ($1,136,354)
  • Carlton – ($2,718,876)
* from club statement, annual report not supplied.

Jason Lassey

Ive been collecting and publishing Sports related crowd, financial, and ratings data here and on twitter for about 12 years.

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