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Tigres

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Full name	Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Football Club Tigres of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)
Nickname(s)	Felinos (Felines) Auriazules (Gold-Blues) U de Nuevo León
Founded	7 March 1960; 64 years ago (1960-03-07)
Ground	Estadio Universitario San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Capacity	42,000
Owner	UANL
Chairman	Alejandro Rodríguez
Manager	Ricardo Ferretti
League	Liga MX
Apertura 2012	12th
Website	http://www.tigres.com.mx/
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, commonly referred to as Tigres de la UANL, or simply Tigres, is a professional Mexican football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city located in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area. Founded in 1960, the club has spent most of its history in Liga MX. Tigres has won the Liga MX three times, in 1977-78, 1981-82, and Apertura 2011.

It is one of the two professional football teams of the state of Nuevo León. The team plays home games at the Estadio Universitario. Tigres is also the official team of Nuevo Leon's public university, the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.

History

Primera División de México

Tigres de la UANL was founded on March 07, 1960. They previously were named the Jabatos de Nuevo León. In 1967, their venue, the Estadio Universitario was built. In the 1973-74 season, José "Ché" Gómez guided Tigres to the title and promotion to Primera División de México (Mexican First Division). They defeated the Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara for 3-2. In the 1975-76, Tigres won their first Copa MX against Club América by 3-2.

After several irregular seasons, for the 1977-78, Tigres aimed to the championship, under the command of Uruguayan Carlos Miloc and great performances by Tomás Boy and Geronimo Barbadillo. In the quarterfinals, Tigres defeated Estudiantes Tecos by 1-0 and 3-2 (4-2). In the semifinals Tigres defeated Cruz Azul 0-1 and 3-0 (3-1). In the finals Tigres defeated Pumas UNAM by 2-0 and 1-1 (3-1). Tigres made their best season ever with 48 points in the 1978-79, but did not made it to the finals.

In 1980, became the league runner-ups after losing dramatically 4-3 to Cruz Azul in the Estadio Azteca. In 1982, Tigres won their second championship in Primera Division against Atlante in the Estadio Azteca. In the quarterfinals, Tigres tied with C.D. Guadalajara 1-1 and 1-1 (2-2). In the semifinals Tigres defeated Club América 2-0 and 0-1 (2-1). In the finals Tigres tied 2-1 and 0-1 (2-2) against Atlante. Tigres won by penalty shoot-out ending 3-1 (5-3 global). In the 1983-1984, Tigres lost in quarterfinals against Pumas UNAM 1-0 ; 0-3 (1-3). In the 1986-1987, they lost in semifinals against Monarcas Morelia by 3-2 ; 0-2 (3-4). In the 1989-90 season, Tigres finished the tournament as the first place of their group with 40 points and went to playoffs. They lost in quarterfinals by 3-2 and 1-3 (4-5) against Club Universidad de Guadalajara. In the 1992-93 season, Tigres achieved 44 points and went to playoffs. In the quarterfinals, they lost 0-2, 2-4 (2-6) against Club León.

In 1996, after several years of ups and downs, Tigres won their second Copa MX beating Atlas de Guadalajara by 2-1, but were relegated to Primera División A because of bad results of the past. Note that Mexico uses a percentage-based relegation system, in which the team with the worst performance percentage in three years (instead of the worst team in the season) is relegated. Under the command of Victor Manuel Vucetich, Tigres qualified for the playoffs in 1996 but because of the relegation they were unable to compete in the playoffs. After some negotiations, the administration of the team was given for 10 years to Sinergia Deportiva, a trust-holder run by the powerful CEMEX. In 1997, after two consecutive Primera División A championships, the team returned to the Primera División.

In the Invierno 2001 season, under the command of the experienced coach Ricardo Ferretti, Tigres finished the tournament as leader with 36 points. In the playoffs, Tigres beat Santos Laguna in the quarterfinals by 1-1 and 3-0 (4-1). In the semifinals, they tied with Cruz Azul 1-1 (0-1 and 1-0), and because of the 36 points that Tigres achieved in the tournament, Tigres went to the next stage. In the finals, Tigres lost 2-0 and 1-1 (3-1) against C.F. Pachuca. In the Clausura 2003, Tigres finished the tournament as the fourth place with 34 points, and went to playoffs. In the quarterfinals, Tigres defeated Toluca by 2-1 and 2-2 for an aggregate of 4-3. In the semifinals, Tigres lost against arch-rival C.F. Monterrey. In the first game Tigres lost by 4-1. In the second game, Tigres won by 2-1 for an aggregate of 5-3. After the loss, Ferretti was fired as the team coach. On the Apertura 2003, now under the command of Nery Pumpido (with a team that Ferretti build), Tigres finished the tournament as leader now with 38 points. In the playoffs, Tigres tied 1-0 and 1-2 (2-2) with Cruz Azul in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they beat Toluca 0-1 and 2-0 (2-1). In the finals, Tigres lost 1-3 and 1-0 (3-2) once more against C.F. Pachuca in the Estadio Universitario. In the Clausura 2004, striker Nestor Silvera finished the tournament as the top goal scorer, but Tigres ended in 12th place and missed the playoffs. That same tournament Tigres scored the biggest result in a Clásico Regiomontano, beating arch-rival C.F. Monterrey by 6-2.

In October 2004, Sinergia Deportiva purchased the rights to a franchise in the MISL called the "Monterrey Tigres". However, due to conflicts with the previous MISL franchise the "Monterrey Fury", the team elected not to complete the purchase of the team, and the MISL terminated the indoor franchise in December, 2004.

In the Clausura 2005, Tigres went to playoffs and tied with Monarcas Morelia 2-2 and 2-2 (4-4) in the quarterfinals, and Morelia went to the next stage because of the points they achieved in the regular season.

In the Apertura 2005, Walter Gaitan ended up as the top scorer of the tournament and Tigres went to playoffs by ending in the 8th place. In the quarterfinals, Tigres played the historical “aztecazo”, that became a way to describe a difficult victory over Club América or the Mexico national football team in their venue, the Estadio Azteca. In the first game Tigres lost in the Estadio Universitario by 1-3. Against all odds, Tigres defeated América in the second game by 4-1, for an aggregate of 5-4, leaving América out of the playoffs. In the semifinals Tigres tied with arch-rival C.F. Monterrey by 1-0 and 1-2 (2-2). Monterrey went to the next level because of the points in the tournament.

On August 3, 2006, CEMEX, the company who controls Tigres, celebrated its first 100 years with a match between Tigres and FC Barcelona in Monterrey. The game ended with the locals losing by 3-0. Syndey Balderas of Tigres scored an own goal, Ronaldinho scored with a free kick and later passed to Eiður Guðjohnsen for a third goal.

On July 19, 2008, Tigres UANL played against Atletico de Madrid as their official presentation for the Apertura 2008 tournament. Atletico de Madrid opened the score with goals from John Heitinga and Diego Forlan for a sturdy 2-0 in favor of the Spanish side. Tigres responded well to this for Blas Pérez and Manuel Viniegra tied the game 2-2. In the Apertura 2008, Tigres finished the tournament in sixth place and went to playoffs. They tied in quarterfinals against Atlante by 1-1 and 1-1 (2-2). Atlante went to semifinals because they ended up in third place in the regular season.

In 2010, Santiago Martinez presided over the team's worst season in the past few years. On March 27, 2010, after their 7th loss in the season, and with only 25% effectiveness, the fans and media heavily criticized coach Daniel Guzmán. Eventually, Martinez was fired and replaced by former Team President Engineer Alejandro Rodríguez, who signed Ricardo Ferretti as coach for the third time. After the arrival of Ricardo Ferretti on 2010, the face of the team changed completely. The team was saved from relegation and became one of the most competitive teams in Mexico. With the adherence of wingers Damián Álvarez and Danilinho, and the striker Hector Mancilla to captain Lucas Lobos, the offensive line of Tigres became the so called "Cuatro Fantásticos" (fantastic four). On the Clausura 2011, Tigres finished the tournament as the leader with 35 points. In the playoffs, Tigres lost the quarterfinals against Guadalajara by 3-2. On the Apertura 2011, Tigres, once more playing a protagonic role on the tournament, became the best defense allowing only 13 goals in 17 games. In the playoffs, Tigres defeated old rival Pachuca by 4-0 in quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Tigres beat Queretaro by 1-0. In the finals, Tigres faced Santos Laguna. In the first game, Tigres won 1-0 in Torreon with goal of Damian Alvarez. On December 11, 2011, with goals of Hector Mancilla, Alan Pulido and Danilinho, Tigres won 3-1 in the Estadio Universitario becoming champion for the third time after 29 years.

On the Clausura 2012, Tigres finished as the 5th place and went to playoffs. In the quarterfinals Tigres beat Monarcas Morelia 1-0 at the Estadio Universitario with goal of Mancilla, and 4-1 in Morelia with goals of Hugo Ayala, Edno, Lobos and Elias Hernandez, for an aggregate of 5-1. In semifinals, Tigres faced old rival Santos Laguna. In the first game, at the Estadio Universitario they tied 1-1 with goal of Lobos. In the second game, after almost 90 minutes of domain of Tigres, and winning 2-0 with two goals of Mancilla, Santos tied dramatically 2-2 with goals of Oribe Peralta in the 87' and 90'. With the aggregate of 3-3, Santos passed to the next phase because they ended as leaders of the regular season. Santos played the finals against Monterrey, avoiding an historical Clásico Regiomontano for the championship. In the Apertura 2012, Tigres dismissed Hector Mancilla and hired Spanish striker Luis García Fernández. Tigres lacked of offensive and defensive power and finished in the 12th place, missing the playoffs.

For the Clausura 2013, Tigres hired the experienced striker Emanuel Villa and Danilinho returned from his loan to Brazil, giving the team a highly offensive power. Tigres is currently the best offensive line of the Mexican league and Villa the top scorer.

InterLiga, SuperLiga, Copa Libertadores and CONCACAF Champions League

In January 2005, the team won the InterLiga Championship in Houston, Texas. With this, they qualified for the prestigious Copa Libertadores de América. This was the first time the team qualified to any international tournament.

The Tigres adventure in the Libertadores included their first ever game in that tournament against Alianza Lima in Peru on February 15, 2005 (away, score: 0-0) and May 3, 2005 (home, score: 0-0). Their first ever win on the tournament, on February 23, 2005, against Caracas FC, from Venezuela (home, score: 3-1), and on April 13, 2005 (away, score: 2-5). This last game is the biggest-scoring game the team has had in its history on the tournament. In the same group was also the Club Atlético Banfield. Tigres confronted them on March 15 (home, score: 2-2) and on April 6, 2005 (away, score: 0-3).

The Tigres qualified (along with Banfield) into the next stage, where they met against previous year champion colombian team Once Caldas. On May 19, 2005, both teams tied (away, score: 1-1) and then, Tigres won on the second game on May 26, 2005 (home, score: 2-1) thus qualifying to quarterfinals against São Paulo, who later went on to become champion, and who only lost a match in this tournament against this team.

On Quarterfinals, the first game on June 1, 2005 was lost (away, score: 0-4) and the next game on June 15, 2005 was won (home, score: 2-1). The aggregate score was 5-2 against, and the team was eliminated from the championship. With Tigres, Hugo Sánchez became the first person born in Monterrey to ever score in the tournament.

In January 2006, after defeating their arch-rival, Monterrey, at the Home Depot Center in California, Tigres won their second consecutive Interliga and became the first Mexican team to qualify to two consecutive Copa Libertadores de América.

In this edition, Tigres faced the Universidad Católica from Chile, the Corinthians, from Brazil, and Deportivo Cali, of Colombia.

This was a tougher group stage than they had last year, and was one of the toughest in the tournament. However, Tigres qualifyied for the next round, but only by goal-difference advantage, and after a last minute goal by Carlos Ramírez.

Because of its intensity, this group staged produced a lot of memorable games, particularly against Universidad Católica and against Corinthians at home and away. Tigres ended second in the group due to goal difference advantage, in a last minute goal against U. Católica, and so qualified again for playoffs.

However, they were eliminated in the round of sixteen. Tigres played Libertad of Paraguay on April 27, 2006 and again on May 4, 2006. The matches ended 0-0, and Tigres were eliminated on penalty kicks (5-3).

In summary, Tigres played 8 games, and produced 3 wins, 3 ties, and two defeats.

This performance at the beginning was considerably lacking, and it produced its first penalty kicks experience in Copa Libertadores.

On August 5, 2009, Tigres won the final of the 2009 North American SuperLiga against the Chicago Fire at their home stadium in the Chicago's suburb of Bridgeview, Illinois.

After finishing 3rd in the regular season of the Apertura 2011 Tournament, they returned after a 6 year absence to the 2012 Copa Libertadores, playing in the first stage. Tigres played home and away qualifying matches against Chile's Unión Española. They played the first match in Chile, on January 25, 2012 at 6:50pm local time (3:50pm CST). Unión Española took the first game by a score of 1-0, scoring at the 58th minute, after Tigres sent a reserve squad to play the match. They hosted their Chilean rival on February 2, 2012, at 8:00pm CST. They tied 2-2 and failed to qualify for the Group Stage. Coach Ricardo Ferretti was critized by the media and fans for sending a reserve squad to play the matches.

After the championship of the Apertura 2011, Tigres qualified for the first time to the CONCACAF Champions League. They lost in quarterfinals against Seattle Sounders by 1-0, 3-1, for an aggregate of 2-3. Ferretti was critized again for sending a reserve squad to play the second match against the Sounders like he did in the Copa Libertadores.

Anthem

Throughout the years, Tigres has been represented by different songs. The club anthem is played in an informal manner every time Tigres plays, and it is also played on local radio programs that cover Tigres games or are about football in Monterrey, and talk about Tigres.

The current anthem was written and composed in 1996 by José Antonio "Tony" Villegas, and produced by Santiago Yturria. This is the newest Tigres anthem, created when the team was ceded. A Hi-NRG dance remix of the anthem has also been created since.

This anthem is different from past anthems because it glorifies attributes and values that are popularly related to the city of Monterrey or the State of Nuevo León, and relates those values to the team. Some of these values include hard work, dedication to a common goal, unity, strength, the value of the locality, positive example to children.

Nickname

The nickname "Tigres", which means "Tigers", originates from the University's sporting history. The first sports team from the UANL was an American Football team called "Cachorros" (or cubs). In 1947 they won a key match against the "Black Cats", an undefeated side, and a journalist from El Norte wrote that the team had played less like cubs and more like Tigers, and since then teams from the University have had the nickname.

Rivalries

There are a number of matches which the media, or the rivals, regard as special matches for Tigres. However, Tigres fans consider the Clásico Regiomontano to be their only true derby. Following, is a list of matches that are called "special" or "classic" by the media:

• Tigres vs. Monterrey

This is the authentic Clásico Regiomontano derby. On every Clásico, the Stadium is sold out before tickets even go on sale to the public in booths. The Clásico Regio is, as of now, has Tigres in the lead with 32 Clasicos won, while Monterrey has 31. There has been 28 games drawn, and 1 that didn't conclude as it was suspended. The most recent Clasico played ended with a Tigres victory 1-0 with a goal from attacker Alan Pulido. Tigres and Monterrey have been rivals ever since the teams started and every year the teams prize after winning the Clasico is mainly respect and honor.

• Tigres vs. UNAM

Because the Tigres, representing the University of Nuevo León, and the Pumas, representing the UNAM, National University of Mexico, represent the two most prestigious public universities in Mexico, this game is sometimes called the "University Derby", or "Clásico Universitario". It is of note that both teams' are represented by two large feline predators (one being the tiger and the other being the puma).

• Tigres vs. Santos Laguna

Tigres, Monterrey and Santos Laguna are the three teams of North Mexico that have more time playing in the Liga MX. Mexican media has tried to build up a rivalry between northern teams. It also means the rivalry between the two largest cities of the northern states of Nuevo León and Coahuila, respectively.

Colours

Since the club's founding in 1960, the colours used by the club have been light gold and dark blue. In the home jersey, light gold is always predominant than dark blue, but in the away jersey is the opposite, the dark blue is predominant. The third colour has been inconsistent, sometimes presented as black, white, red, green, copper or dark gold.

Fan base

The city of Monterrey claims to have Mexico's most loyal supporting crowds for their teams, due to the city having the only venues that sell-out every game in each season. Despite that Tigres is not one of the so called "four greats" of the Mexican football (América, Chivas, Cruz Azul and Pumas UNAM) its fans are widely recognized as the most passionate and loyal of the Liga MX. When the team was relegated to Primera División A, its fans filled the Estadio Universitario in every game until they returned to Primera División. They constantly organize the "invasions" to other stadiums, with an average of 10,000 people on each away game.

Season to season

• Has Played 7 2nd Division Tournaments last in 1974.
• Has Played 2 Primera A Tournaments last in 1997.
• Has Played 52 Mexican Primera División Tournaments so far.

Historic Badges

• 2002-2012
• 2012–present 2012–present

Honours

Domestic League

• Primera División de México: 3

1977-78, 1981-82, Apertura 2011

• Copa México: 2

1975-76, 1995-96

• Primera Division "A": 2

Invierno 1996, Verano 1997

• Segunda División: 1

1973-74

• Interliga: 2

2005, 2006

• Mexico's Under-20 Tournament: 1

2009-10

International

• SuperLiga: 1

2009

Friendly Tournaments

• Rio Grande Plate: 2

2007, 2008

• Serie Mundial de Futbol: 1

2007

• Copa Chiapas: 1

2008

Players

Current squad

As of December 20, 2012. For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers winter 2012–13.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX Enrique Palos 2 DF  MEX Israel Jiménez 3 DF  BRA Juninho (vice-captain) 4 DF  MEX Hugo Ayala 6 DF  MEX Jorge Torres Nilo 8 MF  USA Jonathan Bornstein 9 FW  ESP Luis García Fernández 10 MF  MEX Elías Hernández 11 MF  MEX Damián Álvarez 13 GK  MEX Jorge Díaz de León 15 MF  MEX Manuel Viniegra 16 MF  ARG Lucas Lobos (Captain) 18 MF  USA José Francisco Torres 19 FW  MEX Alan Pulido 20 MF  BRA Danilinho

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  MEX Aarón Fernández 22 FW  MEX Taufic Guarch 23 DF  MEX Alonso Zamora 24 DF  MEX José Arturo Rivas 25 DF  MEX Abraham Stringel 27 DF  MEX Hugo Isaác Rodríguez 28 MF  MEX Alberto Acosta 29 MF  MEX Jesús Dueñas 30 MF  MEX Carlos Salcido 33 FW  ARG Emanuel Villa 40 DF  MEX Martín Reyes 44 MF  MEX Josué Aguilar 45 MF  MEX Dieter Vargas 49 MF  MEX Uvaldo Luna 50 MF  MEX Jonathan Espericueta

Notable players

Top goalscorers

• Néstor Silvera (16 Goals in Clausura 2004)
• Walter Gaitán (11 Goals in Apertura 2005)

Retired numbers

• 7 - Gerónimo Barbadillo, Midfielder (1977–1982)

Sponsorship

• Official shirt sponsors - Cemex (Cemento Monterrey), Powerade, The Home Depot, Carta Blanca, Telcel, Banamex
• Official shirt manufacturer - Adidas
• Official Beer - Carta Blanca
• Official Sports Drink - Powerade

Managers

• Miguel Mejía Barón (1999)
• Víctor Manuel Vucetich (Sept 1999–June 00)
• Ricardo Ferretti (July 2000–June 03)
• Nery Pumpido (July 2003–Nov 04)
• Leonardo Álvarez (Jan 2005–Dec 05)
• Ricardo Ferretti (Jan 2006–June 06)
• José Luis Trejo (July 2006–Oct 06)
• Mario Carrillo (Oct 2006–June 07)
• Américo Gallego (July 2007–Feb 08)
• Manuel Lapuente (Feb 2008–Feb 09)
• José Pekerman (Feb 2009–June 09)
• Daniel Guzmán (July 2009–June 10)
• Ricardo Ferretti (July 2010–Today)

References

1. "Historia del Equipo". www.tigres.com.mx. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
2. "Estadio Universitario". www.tigres.com.mx. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
3. Flores, Roberto. "La magia envuelve a CU" El Norte 4 August 2006: Online (Requires Subscription) Barsa en Monterrey. Ronaldinho se roba el show ante Tigres. Barcelona derrota a felinos en Centenario de Cemex.
4. "Unión Española sufrió para vencer a los suplentes de Tigres" La Tercera 25 January 2012: Source in Spanish.
5. "San Cadilla" El Norte 2 March 2009: Online (Requires Subscription), El primer equipo representativo de la UANL, en 1944, era el de futbol americano y se llamaba "Cachorros", y fue a principios de 1947 cuando, tras derrotar al equipo Gatos Negros que iba invicto, el cronista de El Norte "Toni" Corona escribió que habían jugado no como Cachorros, sino como unos Tigres... y a partir de ahí se les quedó ese nombre.

External links

• Official site

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