Association football club
Football club
Tiffy Army FC កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ Full name Royal Cambodian Armed Forces FA Nickname(s) The Army Hanuman Founded 1982; 42 years ago (1982 ) , as Ministry of Defense Ground RCAF Old Stadium Capacity 8,000 Chairman Supachai Verapuchong[1] Manager Tep Long Rachana Coach Phea Sopheaktra League Cambodian Premier League 2023–24 Cambodian Premier League, 5th of 10
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces FA (Khmer: សមាគមកីឡាបាល់ទាត់កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ ), also referred to as Tiffy Army for sponsorship reasons,[2] is a professional football club based in Phnom Penh. The club represents Ministry of National Defense and competes in the Cambodian Premier League, the top tier of Cambodian football.
Originally founded in 1982 as Ministry of Defense , the team changed its name to Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Football Club after the restoration of monarchy in 1993 and renamed again in 2008 to Ministry of National Defense FC .[3] In 2020 it was announced that the club would return to the name of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Football Club FA (RCAF FA) and would take on the nickname Tiffy Army due to sponsorship reasons.[2]
Stadium Tiffy Army's home ground is the RCAF Old Stadium, which has the capacity of 14,750 spectators.[4]
Players Current squad As of February 2024 [5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF CAM Oem Vinun 4 DF CAM Yang Phomin 8 FW JPN Tetsuaki Misawa 9 FW POR Josemar Agostinho 11 MF CAM Nat Sangha 12 FW CAM Chun Sinoeun 13 FW JPN Reiya Kinoshita 14 MF JPN Shori Murata 15 DF CAM Suk Vatana 17 MF CAM Choeun Nacha 18 MF CAM Up Kamol (Vice-captain) 20 MF CAM Tep Filib
Reserve team and Youth Academy Compete in Cambodian League 2
As of 16 September 2023 [6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF CAM Chim Chandaro 4 DF CAM Buth Ratha 5 DF CAM Heng Senghorng 7 FW CAM Chanvibol Davit 8 MF CAM Chong Sovanpanha 9 FW CAM Chun Sinoeun 10 FW CAM Mut Sopheang 11 FW CAM Sreng Sokea 12 FW CAM Ty Nareach 14 MF CAM Ly Tochita 15 DF CAM Suk Vatana 16 FW CAM Cho So Visal 17 FW CAM Choeun Nacha 18 MF CAM Tong Sambath
No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF CAM Lay Hengly 20 MF CAM Tep Filib 21 MF CAM Leang Pisey 22 GK CAM Mat Lany 23 MF CAM Meas Liza 24 MF CAM Khorn Narong 25 DF CAM Chirk Chengly 28 MF CAM Son Sovanpanha 29 FW CAM Sa Usos 30 GK CAM Sopheap Thaiyuth 31 DF CAM Touch Soktey 32 DF CAM Vorn Phalla 33 DF CAM Lun Mengleang
Honours Domestic competitions International 4th : 2004 Group Qualified : 1999 Asia Clubs Pre Season Championship Champions : 2017 Kun Min, China Pre Season Championship Champions : 2018 References ^ "Tiffy Army holds Annual Party 2022 - Khmer Times". 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2023-01-03 . ^ a b ក្រសួងការពារជាតិ ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរឈ្មោះថ្មីមកជា កងយោធពលខេមភូមិន្ទ និងកែសម្រួលស្លាកសញ្ញា . camsports.org (in Khmer). 4 February 2020. ^ Groll, Daniel. "National Defense Ministry FC - Cambodia - ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ក្រសួងការពារជាតិ - Club Profile, Club History, Club Badge, Results, Fixtures, Historical Logos, Statistics". www.weltfussballarchiv.com . Retrieved 2016-04-03 . ^ "ជម្រើសជើងឯកខេមបូឌានព្រីមៀរលីគ... - Cambodian Premier League". www.facebook.com . Retrieved 2023-01-03 . ^ "Tiffy Army FC". cpl-cambodia.com . Retrieved 2024-06-23 . ^ "Tiffy Army B". cpl-cambodia.com . Retrieved 16 September 2023 . External links Soccerway National Defense Ministry FC on Facebook