2018–19 Tigres UANL season

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Tigres UANL
2018–19 season
OwnerUANL
CEMEX
ChairmanMiguel Ángel Garza
ManagerRicardo Ferretti
StadiumEstadio Universitario
Apertura6th
Playoffs: Quarter-finals
Clausura2nd
Playoffs: Winners
Apertura Copa MXQuarter-finals
CONCACAF Champions LeagueRunners-up
Campeón de CampeonesWinners
Campeones CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
André-Pierre Gignac (23)

All:
André-Pierre Gignac (24)
Highest home attendance41,615
(vs Monterrey, 23 September 2018)
Lowest home attendance15,178
(vs Tapachula, 8 August 2018)
Average home league attendance40,516
Biggest winTigres 6–1 Puebla
(10 November 2018)
Biggest defeatSantos 3–1 Tigres
(19 August 2018)

The 2018–19 Tigres UANL season was the 51st season in the football club's history and the 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

Coaching staff[edit]

Position Name
Head coach Mexico Ricardo Ferretti
Assistant coaches Mexico Miguel Mejía Barón
Mexico Francisco Rivas
Mexico Hugo Hernández
Fitness coach Mexico Guillermo Orta
Kinesiologists Mexico Josué de la Rosa
Mexico Leonardo González
Masseur Mexico José de la Rosa
Doctor Mexico Rubén González

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (Age) Signed in Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 GK Argentina Nahuel Guzmán (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 38) 2015 Argentina Newell's Old Boys
22 GK Mexico Eduardo Fernández (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 31) 2017 United States Real Salt Lake
30 GK Mexico Miguel Ortega (1995-04-13) 13 April 1995 (age 29) 2018 (Winter) Mexico Youth System
Defenders
2 DF Mexico Israel Jiménez (1989-08-13) 13 August 1989 (age 34) 2015 Mexico Youth System
3 DF Brazil Juninho (Captain) (1982-09-16) 16 September 1982 (age 41) 2010 Brazil Botafogo
4 DF Mexico Hugo Ayala (2nd VC) (1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 (age 37) 2010 Mexico Atlas
6 DF Mexico Jorge Torres Nilo (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 (age 36) 2010 Mexico Atlas
14 DF Mexico Juan José Sánchez (1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 26) 2018 Mexico Youth System
21 DF Colombia Francisco Meza (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 32) 2016 Colombia Santa Fe
24 DF Mexico Jorge Alberto Cruz (1998-08-08) 8 August 1998 (age 25) 2018 (Winter) Mexico Youth System
Midfielders
5 MF Brazil Rafael Carioca (1989-06-18) 18 June 1989 (age 34) 2017 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
8 MF Argentina Lucas Zelarayán (1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 31) 2016 (Winter) Argentina Belgrano
16 MF Mexico Raúl Torres (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 27) 2017 Mexico Atlético Cocula
18 MF Argentina Ismael Sosa (1987-01-18) 18 January 1987 (age 37) 2016 Mexico UNAM
19 MF Argentina Guido Pizarro (1990-02-26) 26 February 1990 (age 34) 2018 Spain Sevilla
20 MF Mexico Javier Aquino (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 34) 2015 Spain Villarreal
25 MF Mexico Jürgen Damm (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 31) 2015 Mexico Pachuca
26 MF Mexico Jhory Celaya (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 25) 2017 Mexico Youth System
27 MF Mexico Alberto Acosta (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988 (age 36) 2016 Mexico Youth System
28 MF Mexico Luis Rodríguez (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 33) 2016 Mexico Chiapas
29 MF Mexico Jesús Dueñas (1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 (age 35) 2009 (Winter) Mexico Youth System
Forwards
10 FW Chile Eduardo Vargas (1989-12-20) 20 December 1989 (age 34) 2017 (Winter) Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
11 FW France André-Pierre Gignac (1985-12-05) December 5, 1985 (age 38) 2015 France Marseille
13 FW Ecuador Enner Valencia (1989-11-04) November 4, 1989 (age 34) 2017 England West Ham United
31 FW Mexico Jonathan Vega (1997-09-06) September 6, 1997 (age 26) 2018 Mexico Youth System
32 FW Mexico Luis Cruz (1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 (age 27) 2018 Mexico Youth System
33 FW Colombia Julián Quiñones (1997-03-24) March 24, 1997 (age 27) 2018 Mexico Youth System
34 MF Mexico Edwin Cerna (1995-01-17) January 17, 1995 (age 29) 2018 Mexico Youth System

Players and squad numbers last updated on 2 December 2018.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

N Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer
window
Source
11 FW Peru Beto da Silva 27 Brazil Grêmio Transfer Summer
19 MF Argentina Guido Pizarro 34 Spain Sevilla Transfer Summer
33 FW Colombia Julián Quiñones 27 BUAP End of Loan Summer
36 DF Mexico Eduardo Tercero 27 BUAP Transfer Summer
23 MF Colombia Luis Quiñones 32 Toluca End of Loan Winter

Out[edit]

N Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer
window
Source
14 DF Mexico Jorge Iván Estrada 32 Unattached Released Summer
15 DF France Timothée Kolodziejczak 32 France Saint-Étienne Loan Summer
18 MF United States José Francisco Torres 36 Puebla Loan Summer
19 MF Colombia Larry Vásquez 31 Colombia América de Cali Loan Summer
31 MF Mexico Luis Martínez 31 UAT Loan Summer
3 DF Brazil Juninho 41 Retirement Winter

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Campeón de Campeones 15 July 2018 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
Torneo Apertura 21 July 2018 2 December 2018 Matchday 1 6th 19 9 5 5 35 22 +13 047.37
Campeones Cup 19 September 2018 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Apertura Copa MX 1 August 2018 3 October 2018 Group stage Quarterfinals 6 3 2 1 14 6 +8 050.00
Torneo Clausura 5 January 2019 26 May 2019 Matchday 1 Winners 23 13 7 3 37 19 +18 056.52
CONCACAF Champions League 19 February 2019 1 May 2019 Round of 16 Runnerups 8 4 1 3 14 7 +7 050.00
Total 58 31 15 12 107 55 +52 053.45

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Apertura[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Santos Laguna 17 8 6 3 27 18 +9 30 Advance to Liguilla[a]
5 Monterrey 17 9 3 5 25 19 +6 30
6 UANL 17 8 5 4 32 18 +14 29
7 Toluca 17 8 2 7 27 22 +5 26
8 Querétaro 17 7 5 5 19 20 −1 26
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:
  1. ^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
17 8 5 4 32 18  +14 29 5 2 2 21 9  +12 3 3 2 11 9  +2

Source: LigaMX

Result round by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWLLLWDWDDWLDDWWW
Position34589897777778766
Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

21 July 2018 1 UANL 2–0 León San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00
Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Adonai Escobedo
29 July 2018 2 UANL 1–0 Tijuana San Nicolás de los Garza
18:00
Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,052
Referee: Oscar Mejía
4 August 2018 3 Cruz Azul 1–0 UANL Mexico City
21:00 Report Stadium: Azteca
Attendance: 55,571
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
11 August 2018 4 UANL 1–2 Toluca San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00
Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,379
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
19 August 2018 5 Santos Laguna 3–1 UANL Torreón
18:00
Report
Stadium: Corona
Attendance: 24,741
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
22 August 2018 6 UANL 4–0 Veracruz San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00
Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 40,874
Referee: Jonathan Hernández
25 August 2018 7 Necaxa 1–1 UANL Aguascalientes City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Victoria
Attendance: 18,539
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda
1 September 2018 8 UANL 3–1 Atlas San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,363
Referee: Francisco Chacón
15 September 2018 9 Pachuca 1–1 UANL Pachuca
19:00
Report Stadium: Hidalgo
Attendance: 17,730
Referee: Oscar Mejía
23 September 2018 10 UANL 0–0 Monterrey San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
29 September 2018 11 Querétaro 0–2 UANL Querétaro City
17:00 Report
Stadium: Corregidora
Attendance: 18,889
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas
6 October 2018 12 UANL 2–3 América San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,596
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
21 October 2018 13 UNAM 3–3 UANL Mexico City
16:30
Report
Stadium: Olímpico Universitario
Attendance: 29,200
Referee: César Ramos
27 October 2018 14 UANL 2–2 BUAP San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00
Report
Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,322
Referee: Diego Montaño
2 November 2018 15 Morelia 0–2 UANL Morelia
19:00 Report
Stadium: Morelos
Attendance: 21,342
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
10 November 2018 16 UANL 6–1 Puebla San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00
Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 38,141
Referee: Oscar Mejía
24 November 2018 17 Guadalajara 0–1 UANL Zapopan
21:00 Report
Stadium: Akron
Attendance: 23,715
Referee: César Ramos
Liguilla[edit]
Quarter-finals[edit]
29 November 2018 First leg UANL 2–1 UNAM San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00
Report
Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,301
Referee: Oscar Macías
2 December 2018 Second leg UNAM 3–1
(4–3 agg.)
UANL Mexico City
12:00
Report
Stadium: Olímpico Universitario
Attendance: 35,300
Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Apertura Copa MX[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UANL 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Tapachula 4 1 2 1 4 2 +2 5
3 Atlético San Luis 4 1 1 2 4 10 −6 4
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
24 July 2018 1 Atlético San Luis 2–1 UANL San Luis Potosí
19:00
Report
Stadium: Alfonso Lastras
Attendance: 17,854
Referee: Guillermo Pacheco Larios
8 August 2018 2 UANL 0–0 Tapachula San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 15,178
Referee: Mario Humberto Vargas
15 August 2018 3 UANL 5–1 Atlético San Luis San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00
Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 34,705
Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto
29 August 2018 4 Tapachula 0–1 UANL Tapachula
19:00 Report Stadium: Olímpico de Tapachula
Attendance: 7,581
Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]
26 September 2018 UANL 4–0 Puebla San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00
Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 24,648
Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel
Quarterfinals[edit]
3 October 2018 Pachuca 3–3
(6–5 p)
UANL Pachuca
19:00
Report
Stadium: Hidalgo
Attendance: 20,998
Referee: Mario Humberto Vargas
Penalties

Torneo Clausura[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 León 17 13 2 2 41 14 +27 41 Advance to Liguilla[a]
2 UANL (C) 17 11 4 2 33 16 +17 37
3 Monterrey 17 8 6 3 33 21 +12 30
4 Cruz Azul 17 8 6 3 26 15 +11 30
5 América 17 9 2 6 28 19 +9 29
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
17 11 4 2 33 16  +17 37 6 1 1 19 9  +10 5 3 1 14 7  +7

Source: LigaMX

Result round by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWLWWWWWWDWLWWDDW
Position86743321122222222
Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

5 January 2019 1 León 2–2 UANL León
19:06
Report
Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 18,969
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez
12 January 2019 2 Tijuana 0–3 UANL Tijuana
19:00 Velázquez Yellow card 41'
González Yellow card 53'
Report Díaz Yellow card 45'
Fuentes 59' (o.g.)
Ayala Yellow card 69'
Gignac 73'
Vargas 86'
Stadium: Estadio Caliente
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
19 January 2019 3 UANL 0–1 Cruz Azul San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00 CST Pizarro Yellow card 31' Report Hernández 32'
Alvarado Yellow card 43'
Lichnovsky Yellow card 79' Corona Yellow card 81'
Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
27 January 2019 4 Toluca 0–1 UANL Toluca
12:00 Pardo Yellow card 46' Report L. Quiñones 43', Yellow card 44'
Dueñas Yellow card 46'
Gignac Yellow card 66'
Guzmán Yellow card 85'
Rodríguez Yellow card 87'
Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
Attendance: 20,412
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas
2 February 2019 5 UANL 2–1 Santos Laguna San Nicolás
19:00 CST Valencia 15'
Venegas Yellow card 31'
Gignac 48'
Meza Yellow card 87'
Report Abella Yellow card 15'
Furch 41'
Dória Red card 67'
Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,431
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda
8 February 2019 6 Veracruz 0–2 UANL Veracruz
19:00 Kontogiannis Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 90' Report Rodríguez Yellow card 25'
Venegas 87', 90+1'
Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
16 February 2019 7 UANL 3–2 Necaxa San Nicolás
19:00 CST Gignac 39', 57'
Valencia 78'
Report Fernández 54'
Contreras 86'
Stadium: Universitario
Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez
22 February 2019 8 Atlas 0–1 UANL Guadalajara
21:00 Report Gignac 90+2' Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
2 March 2019 9 UANL 3–0 Pachuca San Nicolás
19:00 CST Gignac Yellow card 15'
Barreiro 24' (o.g.), 31' (o.g.)
Pizarro 41'
Carioca Yellow card 55'
Report Guzmán Yellow card 8'
Aguirre Yellow card 73'
Murillo Yellow card 76'
Stadium: Universitario
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
9 March 2019 10 Monterrey 1–1 UANL Guadalupe
19:00 Pabón Yellow card 17'
Funes Mori 33', Yellow card 78'
Montes Yellow card 70'
Sánchez Yellow card 85'
Report Meza Yellow card 22'
Pizarro Yellow card 43'
L. Quiñones 80', Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer
Referee: César Ramos
16 March 2019 11 UANL 4–1 Querétaro San Nicolás
21:00 CST J. Quiñones 7', 53'
Salcedo 12', Yellow card 48'
Vargas 73'
Report Sanvezzo Yellow card 66'
Loba 69'
Stadium: Universitario
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
30 March 2019 12 América 3–0 UANL Mexico City
19:00 Valdez 5'
Aguilera 68'
Benedetti 88'
Report Stadium: Azteca
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
6 April 2019 13 UANL 2–0 UNAM San Nicolás
19:00 CST J. Quiñones 28', 51' Report Quintana Yellow card 63'
Angulo Yellow card 83'
Stadium: Universitario
Referee: César Ramos
14 April 2019 14 BUAP 0–3 UANL Puebla
16:00 Report Venegas Yellow card 46'
Vargas 48', 53'
Valencia 64'
Stadium: Universitario BUAP
Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez
20 April 2019 15 UANL 3–3 Morelia San Nicolás
19:00 CST Díaz Yellow card 24'
Zelarayán 64', 77'
Vargas 82'
Dueñas Yellow card 85'
Report Sansores 18', 31'
Flores 65'
Achilier Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Universitario
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

CONCACAF Champions League[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

19 February 2019 First leg Saprissa Costa Rica 1–0 Mexico UANL San José, Costa Rica
20:00
Report Stadium: Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Attendance: 23,112
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
26 February 2019 Second leg UANL Mexico 5–1
(6–2 agg.)
Costa Rica Saprissa San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
22:00
Report
Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 40,345
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Quarter-finals[edit]

6 March 2019 (2019-03-06) First leg Houston Dynamo United States 0–2 Mexico UANL Houston, United States
19:00 Torres Yellow card 60'
Valencia 78'
J. Quiñones 81'
Rodríguez Yellow card 86'
Vargas Yellow card 90+3'
Report Elis Yellow card 63'
García Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 16,890
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) Second leg UANL Mexico 1–0
(3–0 agg.)
United States Houston Dynamo San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
19:00 Salcedo 68' Report Figueroa Yellow card 45+1'
Vera Yellow card 55'
Struna Yellow card 64'
Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Semi-finals[edit]

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) First leg UANL Mexico 3–0 Mexico Santos Laguna San Nicolás de los Garza
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)
Report Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) Second leg Santos Laguna Mexico 3–2
(3–5 agg.)
Mexico UANL Torreón
20:00 (19:00 UTC−5) Valdes Yellow card 6', 77'
Lozano Yellow card 27'
Correa Yellow card 31'
Furch 41', 60', Yellow card 90+1'
Nervo Yellow card 65'
Arteaga Yellow card 70'
Report Valencia 11'
J. Quiñones 34'
L. Quiñones Yellow card 58'
Salcedo Yellow card 79'
Rodríguez Yellow card 90+2'
Ayala Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Estadio Corona
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Mexico)

Statistics[edit]

Goals[edit]

As of 6 January 2019
Rank Player Position Apertura Ap. Copa MX Clausura CONCACAF CL Total[2]
1 France André-Pierre Gignac FW 14 0 1 0 15
2 Chile Eduardo Vargas FW 6 3 0 0 10
3 Mexico Javier Aquino MF 1 1 1 0 3
4 Ecuador Enner Valencia FW 1 1 0 0 2
Colombia Julián Quiñones FW 2 0 0 0 2
Mexico Luis Rodríguez MF 1 1 0 0 2
Argentina Lucas Zelarayán MF 2 0 0 0 2
7 Mexico Rafael Carioca MF 1 0 0 0 1
Mexico Rafael Durán MF 0 1 0 0 1
Mexico Jorge Torres Nilo DF 1 0 0 0 1
Mexico Raúl Torres MF 0 1 0 0 1
Total 28 6 1 0 35

Hat-tricks[edit]

As of 8 December 2018
Player Against Result Date Competition
France André-Pierre Gignac Puebla 6–1 (H) 10 November 2018 Liga MX

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 3 December 2018
Rank Name Liga MX Copa MX Concacaf CL Total[3]
1 Argentina Nahuel Guzmán 6 2 0 8
2 Mexico Eduardo Fernández 0 1 0 1
Total 6 3 0 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.tigres.com.mx/plantel/ Tigres.com
  2. ^ "Tigres | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. ^ LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

External links[edit]