Angkor Tiger FC

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| clubname = Angkor Tiger
អង្គរថាយហ្គឺរ

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| fullname = Angkor Tiger Football Club

| nickname = Cambodian Tigers

| founded = {{Start date and age|2015}}

| ground = Akihiro Kato Stadium

| capacity = 2,000

| owner = Akihiro Kato

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Sotaro Yasunaga

| league = Cambodian Premier League

| season = 2024–25

| position = CPL, 6th of 11

| website = {{URL|http://angkor-tiger.com/}}

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Angkor Tiger Football Club ({{langx|km|ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់អង្គរថាយហ្គឺរ}}, {{Transliteration|km|Klœ̆b Băltoăt Ângkôr Thayhkœr}}) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Siem Reap City, Siem Reap province.{{Cite web|url=https://angkor-tiger.com/en/|title = Angkor Tiger FC Official Website}} Founded in 2015, It plays in the Cambodian Premier League, the top tier of Cambodian football. The club is owned by the Japanese businessman Akihiro Kato.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50733133/japanese-owned-teams-ready-for-mcl-2020-return/|title = Japanese-owned teams ready for MCL 2020 return – Khmer Times|date = 11 June 2020}}

History

Angkor Tiger was established in 2015, represents the city of Siem Reap, globally famous for the Angkor Wat temple. In August 2023, Indian holding company SkaSports acquired minority stakes in the club.{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/chennai-city-fc-i-league-owner-skasports-investment-cambodia-premier-league-angkor-tiger-football-club-news/article67250900.ece|date=30 August 2023|access-date=31 October 2023|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|publisher=Sportstar|title=SkaSports acquires stake in Angkor Tiger FC, becomes first Indian entity to co-own ASEAN football club|location=Chennai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906050904/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/chennai-city-fc-i-league-owner-skasports-investment-cambodia-premier-league-angkor-tiger-football-club-news/article67250900.ece|archive-date=6 September 2023}}

Stadium

Since its establishment, Angkor Tiger played its home game at Hanuman Stadium. In October 2024, Tiger unveiled its new home stadium, the Akihiro Kato Stadium, named after the club's owner with an initial capacity of 2,000. The stadium will host its first game on 10 November 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501570153/new-angkor-tiger-fc-stadium-to-host-1st-match-in-november/ |title=New Angkor Tiger FC stadium to host 1st match in November |date=8 October 2024 |access-date=10 October 2024 |website=khmertimeskh.com |publisher=Khmer Times }}

=Spectators=

In 2018, at the Cambodia Football Award which was hosted by the Cambodian Football League, it won the award for the most popular club in Cambodia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.makuake.com/project/angkor-tiger/|title=Makuake｜カンボジア・シェムリアップの人々に夢と希望と勇気を与えられるサッカークラブに｜Makuake（マクアケ）}}

Players

=Current squad=

{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=KHM|name=Ky Rina|other=on loan from Visakha}}

=Out on loan=

{{Fs player|no=7|pos=MF|nat=PHI|name=Pocholo Bugas|other=on loan to {{flagicon|PHI}} Kaya–Iloilo}}

=Players with multiple nationalities =

{{Flagicon|CIV}}{{Flagicon|CAM}} Abdel Kader Coulibaly

Staff

Position !Staff
class="wikitable"
General manager	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Yusuke Shinoda
Team manager	{{flagicon\|CAM}} Sok Dara
Head coach	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Sotaro Yasunaga
Assistant coach	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kota Miyagi
Goalkeeper coach	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Juliano Rodrigues
Physiotherapist	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Daniel Tavares
Assistant physiotherapist	{{flagicon\|CAM}} Kun Tol
Kit man	{{flagicon\|CAM}} Men Vicheka
Finance and admin	{{flagicon\|CAM}} Chim Kimsenh

Head coaches

class="wikitable"

!Name

!Nationality

!Period

!Tournament

Daisuke Yoshioka

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|JPN}}

| align="center" |2013–2015

|2013 Cambodian Second League winner
2015 Hun Sen Cup third place

Masakazu Kihara

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|JPN}}

| align="center" |2015–2016

Hok Sochivorn

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|CAM}}

| align="center" |2016–2017

Kenichi Yatsuhashi

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|JPN}}

| align="center" |2017

Oriol Mohedano

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|ESP}}

| align="center" |2017–2021

|2018 Hun Sen Cup third place

Alistair Heath

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|ENG}}

| align="center" |2021–2023

Ny Yuth{{Cite web| title=Angkor Tiger Football Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ny Yuth as Head Coach (Temporary) to prepare for this season 2023.|url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Py9AfJjQ4ntHA7wtZSUSc9kr5SkTsW1tDGi6keuxRpELBggLbXXBDdH1uSN3SNfsl&id=100066930571056&mibextid=Nif5oz|date=2023-09-05 |publisher=Angkor Tiger Football Club}} (caretaker)

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|CAM}}

| align="center" |2023–2024

Kota Miyagi

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|JPN}}

| align="center" |2024–2025

Sotaro Yasunaga

| align="center" |{{Flagicon|JPN}}

| align="center" |2025–

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.cambodian-tiger.com/}}
[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/cambodia/triasia/25720/ Soccerway]
{{Facebook|cambodiantigerfc}}

Category:Football clubs in Cambodia

Category:Association football clubs established in 2015

Category:2015 establishments in Cambodia