Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football club,
based at Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and
Fulham in West London. The club's first team currently plays in the
Football League Championship. In August 2007 QPR was bought by
Formula One tycoons, Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, who
sold a 20% stake to the family of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal in
December of that year.
The club is commonly referred to as "QPR" or often just "Rangers"
by fans. Other nicknames include the "Hoops" or the "Superhoops"
(after the team's kit of blue and white hooped shirts), or the
"Rs". The club's fans traditionally consider Chelsea, Fulham and
Brentford as rivals owing to their nearby locations - however
recently they have also developed a rivalry with Luton Town. QPR
are not to be confused with the Scottish clubs, Rangers or Queen's
Park.
