2015-16 Apertura Liga MX Championship
The gold and blue of Tigres UANL, champions of Liga MX and CONCACAF.
Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León. The club competes in Liga MX and plays its home matches at Estadio Universitario. Founded in 1960 as Club Deportivo Universitario de Nuevo León, it adopted its current name in 1967.
Lore & Background
Tigres' first major trophy was the 1975–76 Copa México, defeating Club América 3–2 on aggregate. Their first Liga MX title came in the 1977–78 season under Uruguayan coach Carlos Miloc. Domestically, the club has won eight Liga MX titles, three Copa MX titles, and four Campeón de Campeones. Internationally, they have won one CONCACAF Champions League, finished runners-up in the 2015 Copa Libertadores, and reached the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup final, becoming the first Mexican and CONCACAF club to reach a FIFA global final.
Reader's Guide
Tigres UANL plays in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Their home stadium is Estadio Universitario. The club's traditional colors are gold and blue. Since 1996, the club has been managed by Sinergia Deportiva, a sports-management company associated with Cemex.
Did You Know?
- Tigres were originally named the Jabatos de Nuevo León before adopting their current name in 1967.
- The club's first league championship was in the 1977–78 season, not in the 1950s or 1960s.
- The club's rivalry with C.F. Monterrey is known as the Clásico Regiomontano.
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