Tigres vs Puebla
The gold and blue of Tigres UANL.
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.
Quick Facts
- Puebla affiliation
- None (independent club; BUAP fielded its own separate team, Lobos BUAP)
- Puebla home ground
- Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla City, Puebla
Lore & Background
Founded in 1960 as Club Deportivo Universitario de Nuevo León, the club adopted its current name in 1967. 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. They were runners-up in the 2015 Copa Libertadores and reached the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup final, the first Mexican and CONCACAF club to do so. Their traditional colors are gold and blue.
Reader's Guide
The club's rivalry with C.F. Monterrey is known as the Clásico Regiomontano. Since 1996 the club has been managed by Sinergia Deportiva, a sports-management company associated with Cemex.
Did You Know?
- Tigres was founded on 7 March 1960.
- Tigres won their first league championship in the 1977–78 season.
- The club was relegated to Primera División A in 1996 but returned after two consecutive championships in that division.
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