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Coburg Tigers
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| Full name | Coburg Tigers Football Club |
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| Nickname | Tigers |
| Strip | Navy blue guernsey with a red sash, navy blue shorts, navy blue socks with red top |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| League | Victorian Football League |
| First season | 1921 |
| Ground | Coburg City Oval |
| Club song | Oh We're From Coburg Town |
| President/Chair | Lill Priest |
| Coach | Jade Rawlings |
| Captain | Travis Ronaldson |
| 2007 | 2nd of 13 |
The Coburg Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. Coburg have an alignment in place with the AFL's Richmond Football Club which saw the Coburg club change its nickname from the Lions to the Tigers from the commencmenet of this arrangement in 2001. Season 2007 ended with the senior team as runners-up and the reserves side win their premiership.
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Coburg City Oval is the home ground of the Coburg Tigers and was also home of the North Melbourne Football Club for the 1965 VFL season. The ground has a grandstand on the wing, and a social club next to it. Terraces surround the rest of the ground.
The capacity of the ground is 15,000 while the highest attendance recorded was 21,695. There are seats for approximately 3,000-5,000 people
Coburg 1891-1999
Coburg-Fitzroy 2000
Coburg Tigers 2001-
VFA/VFL Premierships - 1st Division
- 6 (1926, 1927, 1928, 1979, 1988, 1989)
VFA Premierships - 2nd Division
- 2 (1970, 1974)
| Back | Bob Atkinson | Ron Promnitz | Trevor Price |
| Half Back | Dave Starbuck | Brad Nimmo | Tony Tancredi |
| Centre | Alan Mannix | Jim Sullivan | Gary Sheldon |
| Half Forward | Lance Collins | Bill Byron | Laurie Birt |
| Forward | Ken Ingram | Bob Pratt | Brian Allison |
| Ruck | Jim Jenkins | Colin Hobbs | Clarrie Mears |
| Interchange | Ray Jordon | Henry Kerley | Mick Erwin |
| Jack Condon | Tim Reinerts | Mark Weidemann | |
| Emergencies | Jack Harris | Jack Rogan | Allan Eade |
| Captain | Brad Nimmo | ||
| Coach | Phil Cleary |
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