Mighty Tigers Football Club is a
Malawi
Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...
an
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
club based in
Blantyre
Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is ...
that currently plays in the
TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football.
History
It was founded in 1980 in the city of Blantyre with the name Admarc Tigers.
Tigers has been producing quality players to the local teams including Mighty Mukuru Wanderers, Nyasa Big Bullets, Silver Strikers just to mention but a few. Among other notable players are Stanly Sanudi, William Nthole, Isaac Kaliat, Yamikani Chester, Innocent Nyasulu.
Stadium
Currently the team plays at the 6,000 capacity
mpira Stadium.
Honours
Super League of Malawi
Super League of Malawi, also known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top association football, football division in Malawi. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Malawi Regional ...
* Winners (1): 1989
* Runners-up (1):
1986
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Malawi FAM Cup
The FDH Bank Knockout Cup, also known as the Malawi FAM Cup is the national association football cup competition in Malawi, on a knock-out-basis.
383 teams participated in the 2009 edition of the Standard bank FAM Cup.
List of winners
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* Winners (1): 2009
* Runners-up (2): 2005, 2014
Chibuku Cup
* Winners (1): 1985
Kamuzu Cup
* Winners (2): 1988, 1990
Press Cup/Castle Cup
* Runners-up (1): 1994
Challenge 555 Cup
* Winners (1): 1984
BAT Sportsman Trophy
* Winners (1): 1984
References
External links
Club profile- ''Soccerway.com''
{{Super League of Malawi
Football clubs in Malawi
Sport in Blantyre
1980 establishments in Africa
1980s establishments in Malawi
Association football clubs established in 1980