Rangers have received a solidarity payment of £272,000 from UEFA for the use of the club's players during Euro 2012.
The entitlement was paid to clubs who 'participated in the success of the competition', according to European football's governing body.
The money belongs to Rangers oldco and is expected to go towards paying outstanding costs to BDO, the accountancy firm charged with overseeing the club's liquidation, although creditors may feel they are entitled to a share.
Rapid Vienna, for example, will be particularly aggrieved. They received less than £100,000 as part of the solidarity payment but were still owed £1,011,763.44 from the Nikica Jelavic transfer at the time of oldco's demise. Jelavic represented Croatia during qualifying and in the finals.
UEFA announced that £80m would be made available to 575 clubs who had any players in qualifiers and the competition.
Nine other Scottish clubs received a windfall, with Celtic receiving more than £455,000, the most paid to any club in Scotland. Celtic were the only club to have representation at the finals where Georgios Samaras and Mikael Lustig represented Greece and Sweden respectively.
Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Ross County and St Johnstone all received payments.
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