Tigres vs León
The gold and blue of Tigres UANL, champions of Mexico and CONCACAF.
Tigres UANL is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, that competes in Liga MX 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 and adopted its current name in 1967.
Quick Facts
- León home ground
- Estadio León, León, Guanajuato (formerly known as Estadio Nou Camp, officially renamed in 2016)
Lore & Background
Tigres' first major trophy was the 1975–76 Copa México, defeating Club América 3–2 on aggregate. The club has won eight Liga MX titles, three Copa MX titles, four Campeón de Campeones, one CONCACAF Champions League, two Campeones Cup titles, and one North American SuperLiga. Tigres reached the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup final, becoming the first Mexican and CONCACAF club to reach the final of a FIFA global competition. The club's traditional colors are gold and blue, and its rivalry with C.F. Monterrey is known as the Clásico Regiomontano.
Did You Know?
- Tigres was founded on 7 March 1960, originally named Jabatos de Nuevo León.
- The club won its first league championship in the 1977–78 season under Uruguayan coach Carlos Miloc.
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