Tigres vs Santos Laguna
The pride of Nuevo León, gold and blue.
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.
Quick Facts
- Tigres home city
- Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Santos home city
- Torreón, Coahuila
- Tigres nickname
- Los Felinos
- Santos nickname
- Los Guerreros
- Competition
- Liga MX (Mexican first division)
- Regional identity
- Northern Mexico (Bajío; Laguna region)
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, Tigres won their first domestic cup, the Copa México (now Copa MX), against América after winning 3–2. Under the command of Uruguayan coach Carlos Miloc and players such as Tomás Boy and Gerónimo Barbadillo, for the 1977–78 season Tigres aimed to the league championship. In the quarter-finals of the liguilla, they defeated Estudiantes Tecos 4–2 on aggregate. In the semi-finals Tigres defeated Cruz Azul 3–1 on aggregate. In the finals they defeated UNAM 3–1 on aggregate. Tigres made their best season ever with 48 points in the 1978–79, but did not reach the finals. In the 1979–80 season, Tigres made it to the finals against Cruz Azul, losing 4–3 on aggregate. In the 1981–82 season, they won their second League championship against Atlante, winning on penalties after a 2–2 aggregate draw. In the 1983–84, they lost in quarter-finals against Pumas UNAM 1–3 on aggregate. In the 1986–87 season, they lost in the semi-finals against Monarcas Morelia 3–4 on aggregate. In 1988, after fourteen years in the team, the iconic Mexican midfielder Tomás Boy retired. In the 1989–90 season, Tigres finished first in their group with 40 points but lost in quarter-finals 4–5 on aggregate against Club Universidad de Guadalajara. In 1990, Tigres lost the finals of the 1989–90 Copa Mexico against Puebla. In the 1992–93 season, they earned 44 points and lost in quarter-finals 2–6 on aggregate against Club León. In 1996, Tigres hired the Chilean international forward Claudio Núñez and won their second domestic cup defeating Atlas 2–1 but were relegated to Primera División A because of negative results of past seasons. Under the command of Victor Manuel Vucetich, the team qualified to play-offs in 1996 but because of the relegation they were unable to compete. After some negotiations, the administration of the team was given for ten years to Sinergia Deportiva, a trust-holder run by CEMEX. In 1997, after two consecutive Primera División A championships, the team returned to the Primera División.
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