Tampines Rovers FC
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BG Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945. The club have won 5 league titles, 4 Singapore Cups, a record of 5 Community Shields and 1 ASEAN Club Championship.
Full name | BG Tampines Rovers Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Stags | ||
Short name | TRFC | ||
Founded | 1945; 79 years ago | ||
Ground | Our Tampines Hub | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | Desmond Ong | ||
Manager | Gavin Lee | ||
League | Singapore Premier League | ||
2023 | Singapore Premier League, 3rd of 8 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Tampines Rovers is one of the more widely supported football clubs in Singapore, attracting high attendances at both home and away games. Its main rival is Geylang International, with whom they contest in the 'Eastern Derby'.
Tampines Rovers has a fruitful history with Thailand national players such as Santi Chaiyaphurk, Choketawee Promrut, Attapong Nooprom, Sanrawat Dechmitr under Vorawan Chitavanich tutelage from 2004 until 2010. In September 2023, Tampines Rovers signed a three years collaboration with Thai League 1 club, BG Pathum United.