Early years and formation (1974–1996) Prior to the formation of the
S.League, the club were formed as
Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1975 and debuted in Division III of the
National Football League, from which they were promoted as champions in 1978. This was followed by a second successive promotion in 1979, bringing the Jaguars to Division I. In 1982, they won the President's Cup and the following year, they were national league champions. They represented Singapore in the 1984 ASEAN Club Games, finishing third, then captured
The Double in 1987. The early 1990s saw further successes, as they were Pools Cup winners in 1991 and 1993, finished runners-up in the FAS Premier League from 1991 to 1993 and bagged the FA Cup in 1994.
S. League era (1996–2004) Their strong performances led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly
1996 S.League season, so they were renamed to
Tiong Bahru Football Club and obtained a permanent home at the
Queenstown Stadium. In 1998, the club changed its name to
Tanjong Pagar United and
Lim Tong Hai captained the club in its debut season to a
Singapore Cup and
Singapore FA Cup double.
Dissolvement (2004–2010) In the
2004 season, Tanjong Pagar United went through a period of difficult times where they sit at the bottom of the league table throughout the entire season. They manage to record a total of 4 wins, 5 draws and 18 losses thus seeing the club being dissolved at the end of the season due to financial problems where France defender
Gimmy Bade was converted to the play in the forward position for some matches. At the end of the season, All of the club foreign players, Gimmy Bade and
Jean-Marc Audemar,
Benoît Salviat and
Nicodeme Boucher eventually left the club.
Return of the club (2011–2014) In the
2011 season, Tanjong Pagar United replaced
Beijing Guoan Talent for the S.League spot and therefore returned to action after a six years hiatus. The Jaguars signed Korean duo
Kim Seong-kyu and
Kim Jong-oh, Japanese
Takaya Kawanabe from
J1 League side,
Omiya Ardija and France player,
Cyril Bagnost. The Jaguars finished the season with 3 wins, 5 draws and 27 losses finishing in 11th out of 12th position in the league. In the
2012 season. Tanjong Pagar United bought in Gilbert Bayonne,
Carlos Delgado and
Anthony Aymard in which they ended their season without any slight improvement finishing in the season at the same spot. In the
2013 season, Tanjong Pagar United reached an agreement with France head coach
Patrick Vallee in which he signs France-Algerian forward duo
Ismaël Benahmed and
Kamel Ramdani, Brazilian-France goalkeeper
Aurélien Hérisson, Moroccan
Monsef Zerka and retaining Anthony Aymard for the season. The Jaguars season turned out pretty well where they finished in 6th spot out of 12th position in the league. In the 2014 season, The Jaguars signed
Sébastien Etiemble to replace Ismaël Benahmed which left for
USM Bel Abbès.
Second dissolvement (2015–2019) The Jaguars also signed Germany youngster
Lucas Jester for the Prime League squad. Tanjong Pagar United managed to finished in 9th spot out of 12th in the
2014 S.League which they had to dissolved the club at the end of the season due to another financial problems. In 2017, the owners of Tanjong Pagar United stated their intent to return to
Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season, and in November 2017 applied to FAS to rejoin the league. On the same month, the team also appeals to continue their jackpot operations, which is the source of club's income, after new regulations by the Ministry of Home Affairs forced the club to wind down their operations. But after their appeals were rejected by Ministry of Home Affairs and were ordered to shut down their jackpot operations in April 2018, as of September 2019, there were no further updates from the club regarding this intent.
Returned to action (2020–present) On 16 January 2020, the
Football Association of Singapore confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the
2020 Singapore Premier League season signing Japanese duo
Takahiro Tanaka and
Shodai Nishikawa and also Brazilians duo
Luiz Júnior and
Yann Motta. Tanjong Pagar United went on to have their best finished in the league finishing in fifth place during the
2021 season. In the
2023 season, Singaporean star player,
Khairul Amri received the "Goal of the Year" award while playing for the club which he scored an scissors kick against
Hougang United in a 2–1 away win on 6 April 2023. On 26 April 2024, Tanjong Pagar United sign
Zenivio from Cambodian club,
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey in which he became the first Timorese player to play in the league. The club also signed former player
Shodai Nishikawa for the
2024–25 season. == Team image ==