Tigres de la UANL
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| Full name | Tigres de la Universitad de Nuevo León | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Tigres | |||
| Founded | August 25, 1960 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Universitario San Nicolás, Nuevo León (Capacity: 43,150[1]) |
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| Owner |  U.A.N.L. |
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| Manager |  Ricardo Ferretti |
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| League | Primera División de México | |||
| Apertura 2009 | 10th (league) | |||
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Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, often known only as Tigres or UANL, is a Mexican professional football club that plays in the Primera División. It is the youngest team from the state of Nuevo León. The team plays home games at the Estadio Universitario, located in San Nicolás de los Garza, a municipality in the metropolitan area of Monterrey. Tigres is also the official team of the public university the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
Their chief rival is C.F. Monterrey, or Rayados, and the annual crosstown derby is known as the Clásico Regiomontano.
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History
- UANL Tigres began as Jabatos, and later changed their name to "Tigres" (Tigers) in 1960.
- In 1967, their home, the Estadio Universitario was built.
- In 1974, they were Second Division Champions and therefore promoted to the First Division.
- In 1975, they became the official First Division Cup Championship.
- In 1978, three years after being promoted, they became the first team in the state to win the First Division League Championship.
- In 1980, they became League Runner up after losing to Cruz Azul.
- In 1982, they won their second First Division League Championship.
- In 1990, they became Cup runner-up after losing to Puebla.
- In 1996, they win their second first division cup, but, after years of corrupt management of the state-controlled university, and of the team, Tigres were relegated to Primera División A. They played their final game against their arch-rivals, CF Monterrey, and lost 2-1. Note that Mexico uses a percentage-based relegation system, in which the team with the worst performance percentage in three years (instead of the worst team in the season) is relegated. In fact, Tigres qualified for the play-offs in 1996, but the cumulative effect of corruption on the team caused the crisis. As a result, the team was privatized, and the administration of the team was given for 10 years to Sinergia Deportiva, a trust-holder run by Cemex.
- In 1997, after two consecutive Primera "A" championships, the team returned to the Primera Division.
- In 2001 and 2003, the team reached the final, both times against Pachuca, and both times were defeated in their stadium.
- In October 2004, the team purchased the rights to a franchise in the MISL called the Monterrey Tigres. However, due to conflicts with the previous MISL franchise the Monterrey Fury, the team elected not to complete its purchase of the team, and the MISL terminated the indoor franchise in December 2004.
- In January 2005, Tigres became champion of the InterLiga and qualified for their first Copa Libertadores de América.
- In Jaunuary of 2006, Tigres defeated their arch-rival Club de Futbol Monterrey to win their second InterLiga, and qualified again to Copa Libertadores.
- On August 3, 2006, Cemex, the company who controls Tigres, celebrated its first 100 years with a match between Tigres and FC Barcelona in Monterrey. The game ended with the locals losing by 3-0. Syndey Balderas of Tigres scored an own-goal, Ronaldinho scored with a free kick and later passed to Eiður Guðjohnsen for a third goal.[2]
- On July 19, 2008, Tigres U.A.N.L. played against Atletico de Madrid as their official presentation for the Apertura 2008 tournament. Atletico de Madrid opened the score with goals from John Heitinga and Diego Forlan for a sturdy 2-0 in favor of the Spanish side. Tigres responded well to this for Blas Peres and Manuel Viniegra tied the game 2-2.
- On 5-August-2009, Tigres won the North American SuperLiga 2009 against the Chicago Fire in Bridgeview, a suburb of Chicago.
- In 2010, Santiago Martinez Presided over the Team's worst season. On March 27, 2010, after their 7th loss in the season, and with only 25% effectiveness, the Stadium chanted "Fuera Guzmán", or "Out with" coach Daniel Guzmán. The event caused a embarrassing fist-fight between fans that opposed Guzmán and those who supported the club's administration (with rumors that the supporters were paid by management and started the fight).
Anthem
Throughout the years, Tigres has been represented by different songs. The club anthem is played in an informal manner every time Tigres plays, and it is also played on local radio programs that cover Tigres games or are about football in Monterrey, and talk about Tigres.
The current anthem was written and composed in 1996 by José Antonio "Tony" Villegas, and produced by Santiago Yturria. This is the newest Tigres anthem, created when the team was privatized. A hip-hop remix of the anthem has also been created since.
This anthem is different from past anthems because it glorifies attributes and values that are popularly related to the city of Monterrey or the State of Nuevo León, and relates those values to the team. Some of these values include hard work, dedication to a common goal, unity, strength, the value of the locality, positive example to children..
Nickname
The nickname "Tigres", which means "Tigers", originates from the University's sporting history. The first sports team from the UANL was an American Football team called "Cachorros" (or cubs/kittens). In 1947 they won a key match against the "Black Cats", an undefeated side, and a journalist from El Norte wrote that the team had played less like cubs and more like Tigers, and since then teams from the University have had the nickname.[3]
Rivalries
There are a number of matches which the media, or the rivals, regard as special matches for Tigres. However, Tigres fans consider the Clásico Regiomontano to be their only true derby. Following, is a list of matches that are called "special" or "classic" by the media:
- Tigres UANL vs. CF Monterrey
- This is the authentic Clásico Regiomontano derby. On every Clásico, the Stadium is sold out before tickets even go on sell to the public in booths. In the history of Clásicos, Tigres is the better team with 31 victories, and only 29 defeats. Tied games are 24. One game was suspended.
- Tigres UANL vs. Pumas UNAM
- Because Tigres, representing the University of Nuevo León, and Pumas, representing the UNAM, National University of Mexico, represent the two most prestigious public universities in Mexico, this game is sometimes called the "University Derby", or "Clásico Universitario".
- Tigres UANL vs. Santos Laguna
Fans
Tigres have a large and loyal fanbase concentrated in the state of Nuevo Leon and Northeastern Mexico. Tigres have held the record for the largest average attendance in Mexico for ten years running (42,777)[5], which is the 98% of the available capacity of the Estadio Universitario, making Tigres the most viewed professional team in Mexico in any sport.
Copa Libertadores
2005
In January 2005, the team won the InterLiga Championship in Houston, Texas. With this, they qualified for the prestigious Copa Libertadores de América. This was the first time the team qualified to any international tournament.
The Tigres adventure in the Libertadores included their first ever game in that tournament against Alianza Lima in Peru on February 15, 2005 (away, score: 0-0) and May 3, 2005 (home, score: 0-0). Their first ever win on the tournament, on February 23, 2005, against Caracas FC, from Venezuela (home, score: 3-1), and on April 13, 2005 (away, score: 2-5). This last game is the biggest-scoring game the team has had in its history on the tournament.
In the same group was also the Club Atlético Banfield. Tigres confronted them in March 15 (home, score: 2-2) and in April 6, 2005 (away, score: 0-3).
The Tigres qualifyied (along with Banfield) into the next stage, where they met against previous year champion colombian team Once Caldas. On May 19, 2005, both teams tied (away, score: 1-1) and then, Tigres won on the second game on May 26, 2005 (home, score: 2-1) thus qualifying to quarterfinals against São Paulo, who later went on to become champion, and who only lost a match in this tournament against this team.
On Quarterfinals, the first game on June 1, 2005 was lost (away, score: 0-4) and the next game on June 15, 2005 was won (home, score: 2-1). The aggregate score was 5-2 against, and the team was eliminated from the championship.
In summary, UANL Tigres won 5 games, tied 4 and lost one, and ended 5th.
With Tigres, Hugo Sánchez became the first person born in Monterrey to ever score in the tournament.
2006
After defeating their arch-rival, Club de Fútbol Monterrey, at the Home Depot Center in California, Tigres won their second consecutive Interliga and became the first Mexican team to qualify to two consecutive Copa Libertadores de América.
In this edition, Tigres faced the Universidad Católica from Chile, the Corinthians, from Brazil, and Deportivo Cali, of Colombia.
This was a tougher group stage than they had last year, and was one of the toughest in the tournament. However, Tigres qualifyied for the next round, but only by goal-difference advantage, and after a last minute goal by Carlos Ramírez.
Because of its intensity, this group staged produced a lot of memorable games, particularly against Universidad Católica and against Corinthians at home and away. Tigres ended second in the group due to goal difference advantage, in a last minute goal against U. Católica, and so qualified again for playoffs.
However, they were eliminated in the round of sixteen. Tigres played Libertad of Paraguay on April 27, 2006 and again on May 4, 2006. The matches ended 0-0, and Tigres were eliminated on penalty kicks (5-3).
In summary, Tigres played 8 games, and produced 3 wins, 3 ties, and two defeats.
This performance was noticeably inferior from its first, and it produced its first penalty kicks experience in Copa Libertadores.
Honours
Domestic League
- Winners (2): 1977-78, 1981-82.
- Copa México
- Winners (2): 1975-76, 1995-96
- Primera Division "A" (2)
- Winners (2): Invierno 1996, Verano 1997
- Segunda División
- Winners (1): 1973-74
- Interliga
- Winners (2): 2005, 2006
- Mexico's Under-20 Tournament
- Winners (1): 2009-10
International
- SuperLiga: 2009
Friendly Tournaments
- Rio Grande Plate: 2007, 2008
- Serie Mundial de Futbol 2007
- Copa Chiapas: 2008
Players
Current squad
Current squad as of July 11, 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
7 – 
Gerónimo Barbadillo, midfielder (1977–82)
12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)
Notable players
- For all players with a Wikipedia article see: Category:UANL Tigres players.
Top goalscorers
Néstor Silvera 16 Goals in Clausura 2004- Walter Gaitan 11 Goals in Apertura 2005
Sponsorship
- Official shirt sponsors - Cemex (Cemento Monterrey), Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, Carta Blanca
- Official shirt manufacturer - Adidas
- Official Beer - Carta Blanca
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Flores, Roberto. "La magia envuelve a CU" El Norte 4 August 2006: Online (Requires Subscription) Barsa en Monterrey. Ronaldinho se roba el show ante Tigres. Barcelona derrota a felinos en Centenario de Cemex.
- ↑ "San Cadilla" El Norte 2 March 2009: Online (Requires Subscription), El primer equipo representativo de la UANL, en 1944, era el de futbol americano y se llamaba "Cachorros", y fue a principios de 1947 cuando, tras derrotar al equipo Gatos Negros que iba invicto, el cronista de El Norte "Toni" Corona escribió que habían jugado no como Cachorros, sino como unos Tigres... y a partir de ahí se les quedó ese nombre.
- ↑ Moreno, Sebastián. "Llaman a regios 'chilangos ligth'" El Norte 15 March 2007: Online (Requires Subscription), "Yo creo que jugar contra Tigres o Monterrey es como un Clásico; con perdón para ustedes, nosotros decimos que los regios son los 'chilangos light'", expresó antes de ingresar al estadio Salvador Morantes, quien desde hace una década asiste a cada juego en el Corona.
- ↑ ::: T I G R E S | Sitio Oficial del Equipo de Fútbol Mexicano:::
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