2015–16 Tigres de la UANL season

Tigres UANL

2015–16 season
Chairman	Alejandro Rodríguez Michelsen
Manager	Ricardo Ferretti
Stadium	Estadio Universitario
Apertura 2015	Champions
Copa MX	Did Not Enter
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: André-Pierre Gignac (15) All: André-Pierre Signac (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

As of 2 December 2015[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Nahuel Guzmán 2 DF  MEX Israel Jiménez 3 DF  BRA Juninho (Captain) 4 DF  MEX Hugo Ayala (Vice-captain) 5 FW  PAR Fernando Fernández 6 DF  MEX Jorge Torres Nilo 8 MF  ARG Lucas Zelarayán 9 FW  BRA Rafael Sóbis 10 FW  FRA André-Pierre Gignac 11 MF  MEX Damián Álvarez (3rd captain) 13 DF  MEX Antonio Briseño 14 DF  MEX Iván Estrada 15 MF  MEX Manuel Viniegra 17 FW  CHI Héctor Mancilla (on loan from Morelia)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  USA José Francisco Torres 19 MF  ARG Guido Pizarro (4th captain) 20 MF  MEX Javier Aquino 21 GK  MEX Aarón Fernández 22 GK  MEX Enrique Palos 23 MF  USA Luis Silva 24 DF  MEX José Rivas 25 MF  MEX Jürgen Damm 29 MF  MEX Jesús Dueñas 30 GK  MEX Richard Sánchez 31 MF  MEX Uvaldo Luna 32 MF  MEX Genaro Castillo 34 MF  MEX Jonathan Espericueta

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  MEX Sergio García (loan to Veracruz) — GK  MEX Jesús Urbina (loan to Juárez) — GK  MEX Daniel Vogel (loan to UAT) — DF  MEX Alonso Zamora (loan to Chiapas) — DF  MEX Hugo Rodríguez (loan to Pachuca) — DF  COL Francisco Meza (loan to UNAM) — DF  MEX Nicolás Ruvalcaba (loan to BUAP) — DF  MEX Éder Borelli (loan to Juárez) — DF  MEX Abel Fuentes (loan to Oaxaca) — DF  USA Juan Pablo Ocegueda (loan to Oaxaca) — DF  MEX Abraham Stringel (loan to Sonora) — MF  URU Egidio Arévalo Ríos (loan to Atlas)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MEX Alberto Acosta (loan to Puebla) — MF  PER Christian Cueva (on loan to Toluca) — MF  MEX Gerardo Lugo (loan to Veracruz) — MF  MEX Édgar Pacheco (loan to Juárez) — MF  SLV Alexander Larín (loan to Juárez) — MF  MEX Luis Martínez (loan to Juárez) — MF  MEX Alfonso Tamay (loan to Tapachula) — FW  COL Carlos Ibargüen (loan to Independiente Santa Fe) — FW  MEX Emmanuel Cerda (loan to Murciélagos) — FW  COL Julián Quiñones (loan to Venados) — FW  USA Omar Salgado (loan to Tampa Bay Rowdies) — FW  NGA Ikechukwu Uche (loan to Málaga)

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW  FRA André-Pierre Gignac (from Marseille)[2] 16 FW  MEX Enrique Esqueda (on loan from Pachuca, previously on loan) 20 MF  MEX Javier Aquino (from Villarreal)[3] 25 FW  MEX Jürgen Damm (from Pachuca) 26 DF  MEX Jairo González (on loan from UdeG) 28 FW  NGA Ikechukwu Uche (from Villarreal)[4]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW  COL Darío Burbano (to León) 13 FW  MEX Darío Carreño (to Chiapas) 18 FW  MEX Dieter Villalpando (loan return to Pachuca) 27 DF  MEX Hugo Rodríguez (to Pachuca) –– GK  MEX Sergio García (on loan to Veracruz, previously on loan at Chiapas) –– DF  USA Jonathan Bornstein (to Querétaro, previously on loan) –– MF  BRA Danilinho (to Querétaro, previously on loan) –– MF  MEX Alfonso Tamay (on loan to Puebla, previously on loan) –– MF  MEX Alberto Acosta (on loan to Puebla, previously on loan) –– MF  MEX Edgar Pacheco (on loan to Juárez previously on loan at Querétaro)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 FW  PAR Fernando Fernández (from Guaraní) 8 MF  ARG Lucas Zelarayán (from Belgrano) 17 FW  CHI Héctor Mancilla (on loan from Morelia) 23 MF  USA Luis Silva (from Real Salt Lake)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  URU Egidio Arévalo Ríos (on loan to Atlas) 8 FW  ECU Joffre Guerrón (to Cruz Azul) 16 FW  MEX Enrique Esqueda (on loan to Veracruz) 23 MF  MEX Gerardo Lugo (on loan to Veracruz) 28 FW  NGA Ikechukwu Uche (on loan to Málaga)[5] 30 FW  MEX Amaury Escoto (on loan to Tapachula) 35 MF  MEX Alonso Zamora (on loan to Chiapas) — DF  COL Francisco Meza (on loan to UNAM, previously on loan at Santa Fe) — FW  ARG Emanuel Villa (to Querétaro, previously on loan) — FW  MEX Emmanuel Cerda (on loan to Murciélagos)

Competitions

Copa Libertadores

Final stage

19 May 2015 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Emelec	1 – 0	Tigres UANL	Manta, Ecuador
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Bolaños  63'	Report	Pizarro  27' Nilo  69'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

26 May 2015 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Tigres UANL	2 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Emelec	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Sóbis  5' Esqueda  70' Rivas  79'	Report	Bolaños  63' Guagua  77'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

15 July 2015 Semifinal 1st leg	Internacional	2 – 1	Tigres UANL	Porto Alegre, Brazil
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	D'Alessandro  4' Valdívia  9' Geferson  38' Rodrigo  80'	Report	Jiménez  21' Ayala  23' 41'  58' Pizarro  45+1' Juninho  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

22 July 2015 Semifinal 2nd leg	Tigres UANL	3 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Internacional	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Gignac  17' Torres  37' Geferson  40' (o.g.) Arévalo  55'	Report	Rodrigo  54' Lisandro  88'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Final

29 July 2015 1st leg	Tigres UANL	0 – 0	River Plate	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Sóbis  32' Damm  54'	Report	Vangioni  3' Mercado  42' Ponzio  64'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

5 August 2015 2nd leg	River Plate	3 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Tigres UANL	Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Alario  9' 45' Funes Mori  47' 79' Cavenaghi  56' Sánchez  75' (pen.) 75'	Report	Jiménez  17' Juninho  19' Gignac  22' Rivas  25' Nilo  72'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

Liga MX

Results summary

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	4	5	26	16	+10	28	4	3	2	18	10	+8	4	1	3	8	6	+2

Last updated: 20 December 2015.
Source: Soccerway

Results

26 July 2015 1	Tigres UANL	0 – 1	Toluca	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	González  38' Zamora  49' Torres  68'	Report	Triverio  7' Rodríguez  39'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo

2 August 2015 2	Morelia	1 – 0	Tigres UANL	Morelia
20:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Velázquez  28' Pellerano  37' Zamorano  73' Villalpando  90+3'	Report	Zamora  76'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

10 August 2015 3	Tigres UANL	2 – 2	Guadalajara	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Briseño  31' Damm  37' Gignac  45+2' Dueñas  55' Nilo  90+4' Guzmán  90+5'	Report	Castro  17' Bravo  42' López  45' 58' Vázquez  81'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez

13 August 2015 4	León	2 – 1	Tigres UANL	León
20:06 CDT (UTC−5)	Burdisso  23' Peña  30' González  90+4' Martínez  90+4'	Report	Aquino  51'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

16 August 2015 5	Tigres UANL	4 – 1	Chiapas	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Gignac  28', 37', 70' Rivas  36' Sóbis  54'	Report	Silva  13' Venegas  22' Muñoz  49' de la Torre  55' Romero  61' Insaurralde  67'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

22 August 2015 6	Tijuana	1 – 2	Tigres UANL	Tijuana
21:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Moreno  27' 59' Salinas  30' Gandolfi  69' Núñez  84'	Report	Briseño  33' Jiménez  42' Gignac  69' Rivas  70' Sóbis  82' Guerrón  84'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores Rodríguez

30 August 2015 7	Tigres UANL	5 – 1	Querétaro	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Dueñas  18' Pizarro  24' Gignac  27' Sóbis  30' Juninho  55' Guerrón  88'	Report	Villa  21' 29' William  46' Osuna  76' Benítez  76'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

12 September 2015 8	América	0 – 1	Tigres UANL	Mexico City
CDT (UTC−5)	Martínez  17' Sambueza  32'  42' Benedetto  44' Arroyo  63' Aguilar  75' Peralta  80'	Report	Dueñas  17' Gignac  28' (pen.) Rivas  56' Damm  63'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

20 September 2015 9	Tigres UANL	3 – 1	Monterrey	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Aquino  54' 57' Gignac  63' Sóbis  64' Rivas  80'	Report	Cardona  15' Mori  35' Juárez  44' Montes  64' Gargano  88'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Roberto García Orozco

27 September 2015 10	PUMAS	1 – 0	Tigres UANL	Mexico City
12:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Castro  3' Sosa  53' 70' van Rankin  62' Ludueña  87'	Report	Nilo  2' Gignac  49' Sóbis  77' Guerrón  72'  78'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

1 October 2015 11	Tigres UANL	0 – 1	Puebla	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:45 CDT (UTC−5)	Pizarro  66'	Report	Rey  25' Díaz  85' Bermúdez  90'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

4 October 2015 12	Atlas	0 – 1	Tigres UANL	Guadalajara
20:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Bergessio  71' Baloy  76' Tabó  90'	Report	Nilo  6' Dueñas  29' Damm  55' Rivas  82'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Óscar Macías Romo

18 October 2015 13	Tigres UANL	2 – 1	Pachuca	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Gignac  10', 49' 63' Nilo  44' Damm  56' Briseño  80'	Report	Jara  29' 75' Hernández  37' Penilla  40' Pizarro  53' Botta  73'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

25 October 2015 14	Dorados	0 – 0	Tigres UANL	Culiacán
20:00 CST (UTC−6)	Chávez  45' Lacerda  72'	Report	Pizarro  62' Guzmán  86'	Stadium: Estadio Banorte Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

1 November 2015 15	Tigres UANL	2 – 2	Santos Laguna	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CST (UTC−6)	Gignac  8' Arévalo  58' Pizarro  68'	Report	Abella  13' Molina  34' González  41' Djaniny  70' Izquierdoz  86' Calderón  90' Orozco  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo

7 November 2015 16	Veracruz	1 – 3	Tigres UANL	Veracruz
19:30 CST (UTC−6)	Villalva  41' Noya  51'	Report	Gignac  13' Aquino  23' Pizarro  29' Damm  50' Sóbis  64'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez

22 November 2015 17	Tigres UANL	0 – 0	Cruz Azul	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CST (UTC−6)	Rivas  86' Gignac  90+2'	Report	Torrado  24'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	León (A)	17	10	0	7	32	31	+1	30	Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
4	Chiapas (A)	17	8	5	4	31	27	+4	29
5	UANL (A)	17	8	4	5	26	16	+10	28	Advance to Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 1]
6	América (A)	17	9	1	7	30	21	+9	28
7	Puebla (Q, A)	17	8	3	6	22	20	+2	27	2016 Copa Libertadores First Stage, Advances to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: Medio Tiempo
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
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
2. Clubs cannot qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
3. Winner or Runner-Up of the 2015 Supercopa MX qualifies to the 2016 Copa Libertadores as Mexico 3.

Liguilla – Apertura

25 November 2015 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Tigres UANL	2 – 1	Chiapas	San Nicolás de los Garza
22:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Gignac  21' Pizarro  53' Álvarez  84' Sóbis  88'	Report	de la Torre  18' Muñoz  37' Insaurralde  65' Hurtado  87' Rodríguez  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

28 November 2015 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Chiapas	0 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	Tigres UANL	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
18:00 CST (UTC−6)	Hurtado  31' Araujo  45+1' Silva  76'	Report	Gignac  21' Rivas  37' Jiménez  45'	Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Attendance: Jorge Issac Rojas Castillo

4 December 2015 Semifinal 1st leg	Tigres UANL	0 – 0	Deportivo Toluca	San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00 CST (UTC−6)	Ayala  7' Rivas  24' Jiménez  75' Guzmán  90+3'	Report	Rojas  23' Ríos  74' Triverio  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

7 December 2015 Semifinal 2nd leg	Deportivo Toluca	0 – 2 (0 – 2 agg.)	Tigres UANL	Toluca
18:00 CST (UTC−6)	Rojas  78' Uribe  80'	Report	Pizarro  67' Aquino  69' Álvarez  83'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Jose Alfredo Peñaloza Soto

11 December 2015 Final 1st leg	Tigres UANL	3 – 0	Pumas	San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00 CST (UTC−6)	Gignac  15' (pen.) Aquino  29' Sóbis  60'	Report	Britos  49' Martínez  50' Sosa  65' Castro  75'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Jose Alfredo Peñaloza Soto

14 December 2015 Final 2nd leg	Pumas	4 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 4 agg.) (2 – 4 p)	Tigres UANL	Mexico City
20:30 CST (UTC−6)	Castro  15' Herrera  45' 90'  90+1' Britos  55' 79' Sosa  60' Torales  87' Alcoba  119' 120'	Report	Pizarro  60' Guzmán  71' Gignac  71' 103' Ayala  90'  116' Jiménez  111'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
	Penalties
	Martínez Sosa Fuentes Cortés		Gignac Juninho Rivas Jiménez

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	6	6	5	29	19	+10	24	4	3	1	17	8	+9	2	3	4	12	11	+1

Last updated: 9 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway

Results

10 January 2016 1	Toluca	1 – 0	Tigres UANL	Toluca
13:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Talavera  28' Uribe  90+1'	Report	Aquino  52'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

16 January 2016 2	Tigres UANL	2 – 0	Morelia	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Dueñas  69' Aquino  73' Gignac  75' 78' Damm  80'	Report	Pérez  67' Morales  70'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

24 January 2016 3	Guadalajara	2 – 2	Tigres UANL	Zapopan
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Pineda  27' Cisneros  73' Ponce  81' Castro  83'	Report	Damm  35' Aquino  48' Fernández  56' Sóbis  58' Juninho  73' Torres  79'	Stadium: Estadio Omnilife Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo

30 January 2016 4	Tigres UANL	3 – 1	León	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Gignac  11', 29', 45+1' Pizarro  16'	Report	Novaretti  19' Moralez  37' Cuevas  74' Navarro  83' Montes  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Paul Enrique Delgadillo Haro

5 February 2016 5	Chiapas	1 – 3	Tigres UANL	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
22:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Romero  10' Paredes  17' Silva  59'  65' Danilinho  62' Venegas  67'	Report	Damm  17' Pizarro  27' Dueñas  39' Gignac  57' Sóbis  63' Zelarrayán  84'	Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

13 February 2016 6	Tigres UANL	1 – 2	Tijuana	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Sóbis  45' Guzmán  45+1' Gignac  69' 71' Jiménez  72' Pizarro  90+1'	Report	Moreno  43', 61' Guzmán  68'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto

19 February 2016 7	Querétaro	2 – 2	Tigres UANL	Santiago de Querétaro
20:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Forlín  45' Jiménez  48' Corona  54' Candelo  69'  80'	Report	Gignac  12' Damm  24' Pizarro  44' Aquino  50' 74' Guzmán  76'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

27 February 2016 8	Tigres UANL	4 – 1	América	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Aquino  18' Jiménez  29' Álvarez  72' Juninho  75' (pen.) Gignac  83' Sóbis  84'	Report	Mares  15' Aguilar  60'  73' Moreno  69' William  88'  90'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

6 March 2016 9	Monterrey	1 – 0	Tigres UANL	Guadalupe
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Ayoví  24'  72' Juárez  49' Pabón  68' Mori  90'	Report	Pizarro  24'  90+2' Jiménez  62' Torres  90'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramirez

12 March 2016 10	Tigres UANL	0 – 0	PUMAS	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Report	Herrera  44' Castro  78' Alcoba  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

19 March 2016 11	Puebla	0 – 0	Tigres UANL	Puebla
CDT (UTC−5)	Acosta  10' Robles  15' Alustiza  68' Bermúdez  69' Toledo  90+3'	Report	Juninho  21' Sóbis  34' Rivas  64' Guzmán  71'	Stadium: Estadio Multiva Referee: Jose Alfredo Peñaloza Soto

2 April 2016 12	Tigres UANL	2 – 2	Atlas	San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Gignac  16' 86' Juninho  23' (pen.) Dueñas  62'	Report	Rodr.Salinas  12' Rodo.Salinas  51' Medina  69' Bergessio  81' Madueña  83'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

9 April 2016 13	Pachuca	2 – 1	Tigres UANL	Pachuca
20:06 CDT (UTC−5)	Lozano  22' Guzmán  34' Jara  55' 74' Pizarro  58' Medina  79' Ramírez  86'	Report	Sóbis  7' Gignac  11' Jiménez  21' Dueñas  41' Juninho  46' Nilo  90'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

17 April 2016 14	Tigres UANL	5 – 2	Dorados	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Sóbis  2' Gignac  9', 48' Damm  44', 53' Rivas  87' Juninho  90'	Report	Morelo  3' Vidrio  19' Meza  31' González  66' 82' Salas  86'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

23 April 2016 15	Santos Laguna	2 – 1	Tigres UANL	Torreón
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Rabello  29' Marchesín  45' de Buen  52' Calderón  74' 77' (pen.)	Report	Juninho  54' 63'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

1 May 2016 16	Tigres UANL	0 – 0	Veracruz	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Dueñas  32' Pizarro  89'	Report	Lugo  39' Nario  64' Cervantes  69' Meneses  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

7 May 2016 17	Cruz Azul	0 – 3	Tigres UANL	Mexico City
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Rojas  17' Giménez  37' Rojas  61' Benítez  66'	Report	Aquino  13' Sóbis  15' Gignac  24', 75' Dueñas  44' Guzmán  61' Jiménez  71'	Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Morelia (Q)	17	8	4	5	25	24	+1	28	Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
7	Santos Laguna (Q)	17	8	3	6	22	20	+2	27
8	UANL (Q)	17	6	6	5	29	19	+10	24
9	Cruz Azul	17	5	7	5	25	24	+1	22
10	UNAM	17	5	7	5	23	24	−1	22

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Medio Tiempo
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
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. The first 8 places in the table (excluding the last place team in the relegation table) qualify for the Liguilla.

Liguilla – Clausura

11 May 2016 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Tigres UANL	1 – 3	Monterrey	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Sóbis  19' Torres  31' Pizarro  61' Ayala  86'	Report	Sánchez  16' Ayoví  24' Pabón  38' Cardona  49' Funes Mori  64' 84'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

14 May 2016 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Monterrey	1 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.)	Tigres UANL	Guadalupe
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Cardona  58' Montes  70'	Report	Pizarro  9' Dueñas  11' Juninho  23'  68' Sóbis  27' Guzmán  52' Ayala  54' Jiménez  69'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: Francisco Chacón

Copa MX

Due to participating in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, Tigres UANL did not take part in the Copa MX[6]

CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8	Knockout stage
2	Herediano	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5
3	Isidro Metapán	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 August 2015 1	Tigres UANL	2 – 1	Isidro Metapán	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Zamora  84', 86'	Report	Rugamas  5' Orellana  60'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

26 August 2015 2	Herediano	1 – 1	Tigres UANL	Heredia, Costa Rica
22:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Hansen  33' (pen.) 35' Granados  86'	Report	Briseño  14' 33' Nilo  35' Álvarez  49' Zamora  74' Guerrón  82'	Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Referee: Jonathan Polanco (Guatemala)

24 September 2015 3	Isidro Metapán	1 – 2	Tigres UANL	Metapán, El Salvador
22:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Orellana  27' Flores  35' (pen.) Suárez  67'	Report	Torres  23' Uche  64' Guerrón  82'	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)

21 October 2015 4	Tigres UANL	0 – 0	Herediano	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Álvarez  44' Sóbis  62'	Report	Gómez  62'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

Knockout stage

24 February 2016 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Tigres UANL	2 – 0	Real Salt Lake	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
19:00 CST (UTC−6)	Torres  37' Rivas  67' Damm  86' Sóbis  88' Dueñas  90+4'	Report	Olave  13'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 34,450 Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

2 March 2016 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Real Salt Lake	1 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	Tigres UANL	Sandy, United States
21:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Plata  22' Beltran  25' Morales  74'	Report	Gignac  10' 90+1' Jiménez  43'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,921 Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

15 March 2016 Semifinal 1st leg	Querétaro	0 – 0	Tigres UANL	Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
20:00 CST (UTC−6)	N.Domínguez  46'	Report	Pizarro  63'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

5 April 2016 Semifinal 2nd leg	Tigres UANL	2 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Querétaro	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Dueñas  34'  71' Gignac  84', 88' Sóbis  87' Viniegra  90+3'	Report	Jiménez  56'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Final

20 April 2016 1st leg	Tigres UANL	0 – 2	Club América	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
21:45 CDT (UTC−5)	Guzmán  57'	Report	Aguilar  23' Benedetto  49' Guerrero  56' Durán  84' Martínez  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

27 April 2016 2nd leg	Club América	2 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.)	Tigres UANL	Mexico City, Mexico
21:45 CDT (UTC−5)	Aguilar  43' Sambueza  43' Arroyo  68' 69' Martínez  87' (pen.)	Report	Gignac  39' 43' Álvarez  45' Dueñas  77'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 14 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga MX		Clausura Copa MX		Copa Libertadores		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nahuel Guzmán	52	0	39	0	0	0	6	0	7	0
2	DF		Israel Jiménez	48	0	38	0	0	0	5	0	5	0
3	DF		Juninho	47	3	37	3	0	0	4	0	6	0
4	DF		Hugo Ayala	33	1	23	0	0	0	4	1	5+1	0
5	FW		Fernando Fernández	12	1	1+9	1	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
6	DF		Jorge Torres Nilo	40	0	31	0	0	0	4	0	5	0
8	MF		Lucas Zelarrayán	20	1	4+12	1	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
9	FW		Rafael Sóbis	49	12	37	11	0	0	6	1	6	0
10	FW		André-Pierre Gignac	50	33	39	28	0	0	4	1	7	4
11	MF		Damián Álvarez	43	3	3+29	3	0	0	1+2	0	5+3	0
13	DF		Antonio Briseño	16	2	5+6	1	0	0	1+1	0	3	1
14	DF		Iván Estrada	11	0	3+2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
15	MF		Manuel Viniegra	13	0	3+4	0	0	0	0+1	0	3+2	0
17	FW		Héctor Mancilla	8	0	0+7	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	MF		José Francisco Torres	23	1	5+9	0	0	0	2	0	4+3	1
19	MF		Guido Pizarro	51	1	39	1	0	0	6	0	6	0
20	MF		Javier Aquino	49	7	40	7	0	0	3	0	6	0
22	GK		Enrique Palos	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
24	DF		José Rivas	39	4	28+1	2	0	0	4+1	1	5	1
25	MF		Jürgen Damm	48	4	35+1	3	0	0	3	0	6+3	1
26	DF		Jairo González	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29	MF		Jesús Dueñas	46	3	32+3	3	0	0	3+2	0	6	0
30	MF		Amaury Escoto	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
31	MF		Uvaldo Luna	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
32	MF		Genaro Castillo	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
34	MF		Jonathan Espericueta	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
35	DF		Alonso Zamora	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
297	MF		Ramon García	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from Tigres UANL on loan:
5	MF		Egidio Arévalo	21	2	12	1	0	0	5+1	1	3	0
16	FW		Enrique Esqueda	5	0	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	1	0
23	MF		Édgar Lugo	12	0	3+4	0	0	0	1+2	0	2	0
28	FW		Ikechukwu Uche	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	1
Players who appeared for Tigres UANL no longer at the club:
8	FW		Joffre Guerrón	19	2	13	2	0	0	2+1	0	3	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Liga MX	Clausura Copa MX	Copa Libertadores	Champions League	Total
1	FW		10	André-Pierre Gignac	28	0	1	4	33
2	FW		9	Rafael Sóbis	11	0	1	0	12
3	MF		20	Javier Aquino	7	0	0	0	7
4	MF		25	Jürgen Damm	3	0	0	1	4
	DF		24	José Rivas	2	0	1	1	4
6	MF		11	Damián Álvarez	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		3	Juninho	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		29	Jesús Dueñas	3	0	0	0	3
9	FW		8	Joffre Guerrón	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		5	Egidio Arévalo	1	0	1	0	2
	DF		13	Antonio Briseño	1	0	0	1	2
	DF		35	Alonso Zamora	0	0	0	2	2
13	MF		19	Guido Pizarro	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		5	Fernando Fernández	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		8	Lucas Zelarrayán	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		4	Hugo Ayala	0	0	1	0	1
				Own goal	0	0	1	0	1
	MF		18	José Francisco Torres	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		28	Ikechukwu Uche	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	67	0	6	11	84

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Liga MX		Clausura Copa MX		Copa Libertadores		Champions League		Total
1		GK	Nahuel Guzmán	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
2		DF	Israel Jiménez	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	13	0
3		DF	Juninho	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	10	1
4		DF	Hugo Ayala	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	2
6		DF	Jorge Torres Nilo	8	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	12	0
8		FW	Joffre Guerrón	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
9		FW	Rafael Sóbis	5	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	9	2
10		FW	André-Pierre Gignac	9	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	12	0
11		MF	Damián Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
13		DF	Antonio Briseño	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
15		MF	Manuel Viniegra	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
16		FW	Enrique Esqueda	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	José Francisco Torres	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Guido Pizarro	16	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	19	1
20		MF	Javier Aquino	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
24		DF	José Rivas	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1
25		MF	Jürgen Damm	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
26		DF	Jairo González	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		MF	Jürgen Damm	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
29		MF	Jesús Dueñas	7	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	11	2
35		DF	Alonso Zamora	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
			TOTALS	102	9	0	0	16	1	22	2	143	12

References

1. "Jugadores". Retrieved 25 June 2015.
2. "Gignac ya habló como jugador de Tigres" [Gignac has now spoken as a Tigres player]. FutbolTotal. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
3. "Inicio > Llega Javier Aquino a Tigres Llega Javier Aquino a Tigres". www.tigres.com.mx/ (in Spanish). Tigres UANL. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
4. Okeleji, Oluwashina (19 June 2015). "Ikechukwu Uche: Nigeria striker set for Mexican challenge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
5. Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 February 2016). "Ikechukwu Uche: Nigerian striker joins Malaga on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
6. "Definieron calendario 2015-16 de Concachampions" (in Spanish). MedioTiempo. 7 July 2015.

External links

• Tigres UANL at Soccerway.com