United Africa Tigers

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Tigers Football Club
United Africa Tigers logo.png
Full nameTigers Sports Club
Nickname(s)Ingweinyama
Founded1927
Ground Sam Nujoma Stadium
Windhoek, Namibia
Capacity10,300
Manager James Britz
League Namibia Premiership
2023–247th

The Tigers FC are a Namibian football club. They are based in the Namibian capital Windhoek, and play in the country's top league, the Namibia Premier Football League. In the 1990s, they were sponsored by Mukorob Pelagic and referred to as the MP Tigers.

Achievements

1985, 2015–16
1995, 1996, 2015

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