THE HISTORY OF TIGRES
TIGRES CLUB
The Tigres Club, officially born on March 7, 1960, emerged from a metamorphosis of the Jabatos team, founded three years earlier and ceded to the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
The team had been formed with players from the plains and amateur leagues of Brazilian football by the call of Lauro Leal, César M. Saldaña, Manolo Pando and Ramón Pedroza Langarica, who took them to Deportivo Anáhuac.
Club de Fútbol Nuevo León – also known as Jabatos or Club Esmeralda – debuted in the 1958-59 Liga Torneo of Segunda División and surprised with a good sporting role but also began to suffer financial problems.
The golden age of Tigres
They scored 25 points in the 2010 Apertura, placing in ninth place overall and moving away from the relegation zone to the team, when in the last tournament he had saved himself from being relegated.
For the tournament Clausura 2011 leave the institution several elements, among them the goalscorer Itamar Batista, and arrive Danilinho, the Chilean striker Héctor Mancilla, and the Mexican-American defensive midfielder Jonathan Bornstein. Starting with a 2-2 draw in the Corregidora against Querétaro FC, they get only one home defeat against Toluca and another away against the eventual champion Pumas of the UNAM.
They finish the initial phase as leaders with 35 points after 17 days, tied with Pumas UNAM but with better goal difference. It is worth mentioning that they set the best defensive record in the history of short tournaments with only 9 goals against, besides tying the record with the Pumas and Pachuca to finish 11 times with a goal in zero in the tournament.
Decade of 2020: the first international title, sub-championship of the World Cup and the first post-Ferreti championship
For the 10th day of the 2020 Clausura tournament, the team was in seventh place overall, a result of 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. However the competition was suspended and subsequently cancelled, this due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The next tournament was played without an audience, named Guard1anes 2020 in honor of doctors and health staff. This tournament marked the return of the rematch for the league, where the Tigres who finished in sixth place in the general table faced Toluca, who took eleventh place.
Stadium
The University Stadium has a capacity of 42 thousand spectators that is filled in full at each match thanks to the unmatched fans who have made Tigres a unique team in the country.
The Tigres Club house, built in 1967, is located in the heart of the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, in the metropolitan municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza.
The University Stadium is known throughout the football world because here was born “La Ola”: on September 18, 1984 this crowd arose in a friendly match between Mexico and Argentina, which ended 1-1 with goals by Manuel Negrete and Jorge Burruchaga.
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As part of its technology, this sports venue has the largest screen in Latin America, with 12.48 meters wide by 8.60 meters high, plus 25 closed circuit cameras that record everything that happens inside and outside the court.
Pioneer in the use of closed circuit and wireless Internet, the Tigres Club was also the first to adapt its facilities to receive people with special needs who travel in wheelchairs in the stands and parking.
Relevance
Inaugurated on 30 May 1967, the University Stadium has become one of the most important sports venues in the country and for its characteristics was chosen as the venue for the FIFA World Cup Mexico 86 and the FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011.
The construction of this sports forum was promoted by the University Board, whose president was the prominent businessman regiomontano Manuel L. Barragán. The cost was 23 million pesos.
Several renovations have been part of the history of this venue and the adjustments related to the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2011 in Mexico continue to consolidate it as one of the best stadiums in the country.
On the court of Club Tigres have played world stars of football as Edson Arantes do Nascimento “Pelé”, Diego Armando Maradona, Giorgio Chinaglia, Franz Beckenbauer and Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, better known as “Ronaldinho”.
The University Stadium has also hosted concerts by internationally renowned artists such as Queen, Rod Stewart, Guns N’ Roses, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Coldplay, Shakira, Aerosmith, Metallica and Kiss, among others.
The university stadium has:
220 Boxes
10 luxury suites
480 VIP seats
Press box for + 120 journalists
Transport networks
Capacity for 3,600 vehicles
