Liga MX Clausura 2015
The Tigers of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León
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, a municipality in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Universitario. Founded in 1960 as Club Deportivo Universitario de Nuevo León, the club represents the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) and adopted its current name in 1967.
Lore & Background
Domestically, Tigres UANL has won eight Liga MX titles, three Copa MX titles and four Campeón de Campeones. Internationally, the club has won one CONCACAF Champions League, finished as 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 the final of a FIFA global competition. Subregionally, the club has won two Campeones Cup titles and one North American SuperLiga. Tigres' first major trophy was the 1975–76 Copa México, defeating Club América 3–2 on aggregate in the final, becoming the first club from Nuevo León to win an official national title. Since 1996 the club has been managed by Sinergia Deportiva, a sports-management company associated with Cemex. The club's traditional colors are gold and blue. It is one of the two major professional clubs in the state of Nuevo León, alongside their rivals C.F. Monterrey; their rivalry is known as the Clásico Regiomontano.
Reader's Guide
The club was founded on 7 March 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 the team to the title and promotion to the Primera División de México, now Liga MX. They defeated the Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara 3–2. In the 1975–76 season, Tigres won their first domestic cup, the Copa México, against América after winning 3–2. Under Uruguayan coach Carlos Miloc and players such as Tomás Boy and Gerónimo Barbadillo, for the 1977–78 season Tigres won the league championship. In the finals they defeated UNAM 2–0 and 1–1 (3–1). In the 1981–82 season, they won their second League championship against Atlante at the Estadio Azteca, winning by penalty shoot-out 3–1 (5–3 aggregate). In 1996, Tigres won their second domestic cup defeating Atlas 2–1 but were relegated to Primera División A due to negative results of past seasons. In 1997, after two consecutive Primera División A championships, the team returned to the Primera División. Under the command of Brazilian coach Ricardo Ferretti, Tigres finished the Verano 2001 season in fourth place and secured postseason, but lost in the quarter-finals. In the Invierno 2001 season, Tigres finished as leader with 36 points and reached the finals, losing to Pachuca 3–1 on aggregate. In the Clausura 2003, Tigres finished fourth and reached the semi-finals, losing to arch-rival Monterrey. In the Apertura 2003, under Argentine coach Nery Pumpido, Tigres finished as leader with 38 points and reached the finals, losing again to Pachuca 3–2 on aggregate. In the Apertura 2005, under Osvaldo Batocletti, Tigres defeated América in the quarter-finals with a historic 'Aztecazo' but lost in the semi-finals to Monterrey.
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