Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León is a Mexican professional football club. Founded in 1960, the club has spent 60 years in Liga MX, the top tier of the Mexican football league system. Tigres have been Mexican champions 7 times, and have won the Copa MX three times. In international competitions, Tigres won a CONCACAF Champions League title in 2020, and was the 2015 Copa Libertadores Finals runner-up.
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Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León is a Mexican professional football club. Founded in 1960, the club has spent 60 years in Liga MX, the top tier of the Mexican football league system. Tigres have been Mexican champions 7 times, and have won the Copa MX three times. In international competitions, Tigres won a CONCACAF Champions League title in 2020, and was the 2015 Copa Libertadores Finals runner-up to River Plate. The club is the official team of the University of the state of Nueva León. Their home is the 41,615 capacity Estadio Universitario, located inside the University complex in San Nicolás de los Garza. The team’s traditional kit colours are gold and blue, and they are known as the “Tigres of the Universidad” Tigres is one of the two professional football teams of the city of Monterrey, along with rival C.F. F. C. Monterreys. The first professional team from Nuevos León was the Jabatos de Nubia, which was founded in 1967. In 1967, their venue, the Estudio Univers itario, was built. In 1973, the team was promoted to the Primera División de México, now Liga MX. In the 1973–74 season, José \”Ché\” Gómez guided the team to the title and promotion to the Premier League.
In 1978, they won their second League championship against Atlante. In 1988, after fourteen years in the team, the iconic Mexican midfielder Tomás Boy retired. In 1992, they earned 44 points and went to play-offs, but were relegated to Primera A, now Ascenso MX, because of negative results of the past seasons. In 1994, they were relegated again, this time to the Second Division. In 1996, they hired the Chilean international forward Claudio Núñez. In 2000, they signed the Argentine striker Javier Mascherano, who has played for Real Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan. In 2002, they bought the Mexican side Pumas UNAM for $1.5 million. In 2003, they sold the team for $2 million. They won the Mexican Cup in 2004, and the Mexican Super Cup in 2006. In 2008, they reached the final of the CopA MX, where they lost to Club Universidad de Guadalajara 1–3 and 1–2. In 2009, they beat Club América 2–0 and 0–1 in the semi-finals of the final. In 2010, they defeated Cruz Azul 2–1 and 3–0 in the final, but lost 3–3 on aggregate to UNAM. In 2011, they became the first team from the state to win a domestic cup, the Copa México. They also won the second domestic cup defeating Atlas 2-1.
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