Tigres de la U.A.N.L. - last updated on 8 January 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Foundation: August 25th 1960
City: Nuevo León
Colours: Yellow and blue
Website: www.tigres.com.mx
Honours:
Primera División - 2 (1977-78, 1981-82)
Segunda División - 1 (1973-74)
Primera División "A" - 2 (Invierno 1996, Verano 1997)
Copa México - 2 (1975-76, 1995-96)
InterLiga - 2 (2005, 2006)
A bit of history:
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, also known as UANL or simply Tigres, is a popular Mexican professional football club, which plays in the La Primera División. It is the youngest professional team from the state of Nuevo León. The side plays home games at the Estadio Universitario, located in San Nicolás de los Garza, a municipality in the metropolitan area of Monterrey. The UANL Tigres are the official team of the state-owned university, the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León (UANL, or Autonomous University of Nuevo León).
Their chief rival is Club de Fútbol Monterrey or Rayados, with whom they play a derby called the Clásico Regiomontano. The derby has intensified along with the rivalry. Determining who is better between both teams has become a very common and very arguable question between the fans in Monterrey. Statistically speaking, Tigres UANL are better due to them winning two Mexico Cup Championships, two Interligas, and more derbies.
Tigres UANL fans are known as the most passionate fans out of all the first division teams in Mexico. Even after not winning any major trophy since the Mexico Cup Championship of 1996, the fans still seem to show major loyalty to their team by showing up to every game in Mexico.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
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