Coburg Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, 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 commencement of this arrangement in 2001. Season 2007 ended with the senior team as runners-up and the reserves side win their premiership. Richmond FC announced on the 21st of July 2012 that their affiliation with Coburg would end with Richmond fielding their own side in the VFL from 2014.
It was announced on the 21st of July 2012 that the Coburg Football Club and the Richmond Football Club would cease their alignment from the beginning of the 2014 season.
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