2018–19 Tigres UANL season

Tigres UANL
2018–19 season
Owner	UANL; CEMEX
Chairman	Miguel Ángel Garza
Manager	Ricardo Ferretti
Stadium	Estadio Universitario
Apertura	6th; Playoffs: Quarter-finals
Clausura	2nd; Playoffs: Winners
Apertura Copa MX	Quarter-finals
CONCACAF Champions League	Runners-up
Campeón de Campeones	Winners
Campeones Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; André-Pierre Gignac (23); All: ; André-Pierre Gignac (24)
Highest home attendance	41,615; (vs Monterrey, 23 September 2018)
Lowest home attendance	15,178; (vs Tapachula, 8 August 2018)
Average home league attendance	40,516
Biggest win	Tigres 6–1 Puebla; (10 November 2018)
Biggest defeat	Santos 3–1 Tigres; (19 August 2018)
Home colours	Away colours

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

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

Players

Squad information

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

In

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window
11	FW	Beto da Silva	24	Grêmio	Transfer	Summer
19	MF	Guido Pizarro	30	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer
33	FW	Julián Quiñones	23	BUAP	End of Loan	Summer
36	DF	Eduardo Tercero	24	BUAP	Transfer	Summer
23	MF	Luis Quiñones	29	Toluca	End of Loan	Winter

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window
14	DF	Jorge Iván Estrada	29	Unattached	Released	Summer
15	DF	Timothée Kolodziejczak	29	Saint-Étienne	Loan	Summer
18	MF	José Francisco Torres	33	Puebla	Loan	Summer
19	MF	Larry Vásquez	28	América de Cali	Loan	Summer
31	MF	Luis Martínez	28	UAT	Loan	Summer
3	DF	Juninho	38		Retirement	Winter

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]
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:

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

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	W
Position	3	4	5	8	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	6

Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

21 July 2018 1	UANL	2–0	León	San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00	Zelarayán 37' Gignac 57'	Report		Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,615 Referee: Adonai Escobedo

29 July 2018 2	UANL	1–0	Tijuana	San Nicolás de los Garza
18:00	Gignac 58'	Report		Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,052 Referee: Oscar Mejía

4 August 2018 3	Cruz Azul	1–0	UANL	Mexico City
21:00	Alvarado 68'	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	Gignac 14'	Report	Triverio 52' da Silva 63'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,379 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

19 August 2018 5	Santos Laguna	3–1	UANL	Torreón
18:00	Furch 33' Rodríguez 58', 65'	Report	Vargas 52'	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	Aquino 21' Gignac 51', 81' Vargas 90'	Report		Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 40,874 Referee: Jonathan Hernández

25 August 2018 7	Necaxa	1–1	UANL	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Dávila 84'	Report	Vargas 52'	Stadium: Victoria Attendance: 18,539 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

1 September 2018 8	UANL	3–1	Atlas	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	Torres Nilo 66' Gignac 74' Valencia 85'	Report	Andrade 1'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,363 Referee: Francisco Chacón

15 September 2018 9	Pachuca	1–1	UANL	Pachuca
19:00	Jara 30'	Report	Zelarayán 80'	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	Gignac 48', 83'	Stadium: Corregidora Attendance: 18,889 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

6 October 2018 12	UANL	2–3	América	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	Rodríguez 32' Gignac 57'	Report	Valdez 8' Aguilera 46' Rodríguez 56'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,596 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

21 October 2018 13	UNAM	3–3	UANL	Mexico City
16:30	González 6', 41', 61'	Report	Vargas 22' Durán 31' Gignac 47'	Stadium: Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 29,200 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

27 October 2018 14	UANL	2–2	BUAP	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	J. Quiñones 57', 78'	Report	Ramos 43' Rodríguez 86'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,322 Referee: Diego Montaño

2 November 2018 15	Morelia	0–2	UANL	Morelia
19:00		Report	Juninho 57' Valencia 68'	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	Gignac 20', 44', 48', 64' Vargas 37', 45'	Report	Cavallini 17'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 38,141 Referee: Oscar Mejía

24 November 2018 17	Guadalajara	0–1	UANL	Zapopan
21:00		Report	Rodríguez 90+1'	Stadium: Akron Attendance: 23,715 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

Quarter-finals

29 November 2018 First leg	UANL	2–1	UNAM	San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00	Aquino 67' Dueñas 80'	Report	Mora 68'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,301 Referee: Oscar Macías

2 December 2018 Second leg	UNAM	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	UANL	Mexico City
12:00	González 52' Mora 58' Alustiza 90+1'	Report	Carioca 54'	Stadium: Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 35,300 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Apertura Copa MX

Group stage

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	Advance to knockout stage
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	Lara 55' Ian 85'	Report	Vargas 51'	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	Torres 13' Aquino 36' Vargas 42', 78' Valencia 89'	Report	Portales 61'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 34,705 Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

29 August 2018 4	Tapachula	0–1	UANL	Tapachula
19:00		Report	Juninho 2'	Stadium: Olímpico de Tapachula Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández

Round of 16

26 September 2018	UANL	4–0	Puebla	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	Damm 16' Valencia 21' Vargas 35' J. Quiñones 58'	Report		Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 24,648 Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel

Quarterfinals

3 October 2018	Pachuca	3–3 (6–5 p)	UANL	Pachuca
19:00	Sagal 8' Jara 71', 86'	Report	Sosa 17' Aquino 35' Valencia 90+3'	Stadium: Hidalgo Attendance: 20,998 Referee: Mario Humberto Vargas
	Penalties
	R. López P. López Tapias Jara Sagal García Padilla Herrera		Juninho Zelarayán Valencia Dueñas Pizarro Guzmán Díaz Sanchez

Torneo Clausura

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion.
Notes:

The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

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	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W
Position	8	6	7	4	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 January 2019 1	León	2–2	UANL	León
19:06	González 11' Moreno 89'	Report	Aquino 5' Gignac 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 18,969 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

12 January 2019 2	Tijuana	0–3	UANL	Tijuana
19:00	Velázquez 41' González 53'	Report	Díaz 45' Fuentes 59' (o.g.) Ayala 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 31'	Report	Hernández 32' Alvarado 43' Lichnovsky 79' Corona 81'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,615 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

27 January 2019 4	Toluca	0–1	UANL	Toluca
12:00	Pardo 46'	Report	L. Quiñones 43', 44' Dueñas 46' Gignac 66' Guzmán 85' Rodríguez 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 31' Gignac 48' Meza 87'	Report	Abella 15' Furch 41' Dória 67'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,431 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

8 February 2019 6	Veracruz	0–2	UANL	Veracruz
19:00	Kontogiannis 28' 90'	Report	Rodríguez 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 15' Barreiro 24' (o.g.), 31' (o.g.) Pizarro 41' Carioca 55'	Report	Guzmán 8' Aguirre 73' Murillo 76'	Stadium: Universitario Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

9 March 2019 10	Monterrey	1–1	UANL	Guadalupe
19:00	Pabón 17' Funes Mori 33', 78' Montes 70' Sánchez 85'	Report	Meza 22' Pizarro 43' L. Quiñones 80', 80'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

16 March 2019 11	UANL	4–1	Querétaro	San Nicolás
21:00 CST	J. Quiñones 7', 53' Salcedo 12', 48' Vargas 73'	Report	Sanvezzo 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 63' Angulo 83'	Stadium: Universitario Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

14 April 2019 14	BUAP	0–3	UANL	Puebla
16:00		Report	Venegas 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 24' Zelarayán 64', 77' Vargas 82' Dueñas 85'	Report	Sansores 18', 31' Flores 65' Achilier 90+3'	Stadium: Universitario Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

19 February 2019 First leg	Saprissa	1–0	UANL	San José, Costa Rica
20:00	Venegas 73'	Report		Stadium: Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 23,112 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

26 February 2019 Second leg	UANL	5–1 (6–2 agg.)	Saprissa	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
22:00	David 15' (o.g.) Valencia 25' (pen.), 27', 61' Vargas 37'	Report	Torres 45'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 40,345 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Quarter-finals

6 March 2019 (2019-03-06) First leg	Houston Dynamo	0–2	UANL	Houston, United States
19:00	Torres 60' Valencia 78' J. Quiñones 81' Rodríguez 86' Vargas 90+3'	Report	Elis 63' García 90+2'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,890 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) Second leg	UANL	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Houston Dynamo	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
19:00	Salcedo 68'	Report	Figueroa 45+1' Vera 55' Struna 64'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,615 Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Semi-finals

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) First leg	UANL	3–0	Santos Laguna	San Nicolás de los Garza
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)	Vargas 8' Valencia 27', 37'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

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

Statistics

Goals

As of 6 January 2019

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

Hat-tricks

As of 8 December 2018

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

Clean sheets

As of 3 December 2018

Rank	Name	Liga MX	Copa MX	Total[3]
1	Nahuel Guzmán	6	2	8
2	Eduardo Fernández	0	1	1
Total		6	3	9

References

http://www.tigres.com.mx/plantel/ Tigres.com
"Tigres | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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

Official website

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[table_note_res_LIG0.55729937393093-2] 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.

[table_note_res_LIG0.34157601852975-3] The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

[1] ttp://www.tigres.com.mx/plantel/ Tigres.com

[MT-4] "Tigres | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

[LMX-5] LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-10-05.