Angkor Tiger Football Club (, ), formerly known as TriAsia Phnom Penh FC and Cambodian Tiger FC, is a Cambodian professional football club based in Siem Reap City, Siem Reap province. Founded in 2013 and under the new ownership in 2015, the club plays in the Cambodian Premier League, the top tier of Cambodian football. The club is owned by the Japanese businessman Akihiro Kato.
History Angkor Tiger was primarily established in 2013 as TriAsia Phnom Penh FC owned by TriAsia Group Co. Ltd based in Phnom Penh City. In 2015, TriAsia Group Co. Ltd sold the club to another businessman, Akihiro Kato, who changed the club name to Cambodian Tiger FC. The new president of the club saw the potential of Siem Reap province, so he relocated the club to Siem Reap province in 2017. After one year based in Siem Reap province, the club rebranded its name as Angkor Tiger FC, in which 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.
Stadium Since its establishment, Angkor Tiger played at National Stadium (Olympic) until it moved to Western Stadium in 2015 then moved back to National Stadium (Olympic) for the 2016 season. With the new relocation of the club to Siem Reap province in 2017, the club played its home game at Siem Reap Stadium (Svay Thom) until it moved to SRU Stadium in 2020. 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 hosted its first game on 10 November 2024.
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.
Players Current squad
Players with multiple nationalities
Staff PositionStaffPresident Akihiro KatoGeneral manager Yusuke ShinodaGeneral Secretary Oum karonaMarketing Manager Kiyone TakahisaSale Manager Taiga ShojiMarketing Assistant Teng SreyleaknaTeam manager Sok DaraHead coach Sotaro YasunagaAssistant coach Kota MiyagiPhysiotherapist Daniel TavaresAssistant physiotherapist Kun TolKit man Men VichekaFinance and Admin Heap VandyGeneral Assistant Vann ChomrongAssistant Finance and Admin Dan KimhouyPhotographer Dorn DomVideographer Sitha KimhongGraphic Designer Sen BunhourSocial Media admin Sok Rathana
Head coaches NameNationalityPeriodTournamentDaisuke Yoshioka2013–20152013 Cambodian Second League winner 2015 Hun Sen Cup third placeMasakazu Kihara2015–2016Hok Sochivorn2016–2017 Kenichi Yatsuhashi2017 Oriol Mohedano2017–20212018 Hun Sen Cup third placeAlistair Heath2021–2023Ny Yuth (caretaker)2023–2024 Kota Miyagi2024–2025 Sotaro Yasunaga2025–
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