2019–20 Tigres UANL season

Tigres UANL
2019–20 season
Owner	UANL; CEMEX
Chairman	Miguel Ángel Garza
Manager	Ricardo Ferretti
Stadium	Estadio Universitario
Apertura	3rd; Playoffs: Quarter-finals
Clausura	7th; Playoffs: Cancelled
Copa MX	Did not participate
CONCACAF Champions League	Winners
Leagues Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; André-Pierre Gignac (20); All: ; André-Pierre Gignac (26)
Highest home attendance	41,589; (vs América, 24 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	41,498; (vs León, 31 August 2019)
Average home league attendance	41,538
Biggest win	UANL 4–2 Morelia; (20 July 2019)
Biggest defeat	Guadalajara 2–0 UANL; (28 July 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Tigres UANL season was the 52nd season in the football club's history and the 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Ricardo Ferretti
Assistant coaches	Miguel Mejía Barón
Assistant coaches	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	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Nahuel Guzmán	(1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 33)	2015	Newell's Old Boys
22	GK	Eduardo Fernández	(1992-12-16)16 December 1992 (aged 26)	2017	Real Salt Lake
30	GK	Miguel Ortega	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 24)	2018 (Winter)	Youth System
Defenders
4	DF	Hugo Ayala	(1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 32)	2010	Atlas
6	DF	Jorge Torres Nilo	(1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 31)	2010	Atlas
14	DF	Juan José Sánchez	(1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 21)	2018	Youth System
15	DF	Francisco Venegas	(1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 21)	2019	Youth System
21	DF	Francisco Meza	(1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 27)	2016	Santa Fe
27	DF	Jair Díaz	(1998-08-21)21 August 1998 (aged 20)	2019	Youth System
36	DF	Eduardo Tercero	(1996-05-06)6 May 1996 (aged 23)	2018	BUAP
Midfielders
5	MF	Rafael Carioca	(1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 30)	2017	Atlético Mineiro
8	MF	Lucas Zelarayán	(1992-06-20)20 June 1992 (aged 27)	2016 (Winter)	Belgrano
16	MF	Raúl Torres	(1996-08-26)26 August 1996 (aged 22)	2017	Atlético Cocula
19	MF	Guido Pizarro	(1990-02-26)26 February 1990 (aged 29)	2018	Sevilla
20	MF	Javier Aquino	(1990-02-11)11 February 1990 (aged 29)	2015	Villarreal
25	MF	Jürgen Damm	(1992-11-07)7 November 1992 (aged 26)	2015	Pachuca
28	MF	Luis Rodríguez	(1991-01-21)21 January 1991 (aged 28)	2016	Chiapas
29	MF	Jesús Dueñas	(1989-03-16)16 March 1989 (aged 30)	2009 (Winter)	Youth System
34	MF	Edwin Cerna	(1995-01-17)17 January 1995 (aged 24)	2018	Youth System
Forwards
9	FW	Eduardo Vargas	(1989-12-20)20 December 1989 (aged 29)	2017 (Winter)	1899 Hoffenheim
10	FW	André-Pierre Gignac	(1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 33)	2015	Marseille
13	FW	Enner Valencia	(1989-11-04)4 November 1989 (aged 29)	2017	West Ham United
23	FW	Luis Quiñones	(1991-06-26)26 June 1991 (aged 28)	2019 (Winter)	Toluca
33	FW	Julián Quiñones	(1997-03-24)24 March 1997 (aged 22)	2018	Youth System

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 July 2019.^[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.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
18	DF		Diego Reyes	(1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (aged 26)	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	Summer	^[2]

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
2	DF		Israel Jiménez	(1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 29)	Juárez	Transfer	Summer	^[3]
27	MF		Alberto Acosta	(1988-02-26)26 February 1988 (aged 31)	Juárez	Loan	Summer	^[4]

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	14 July 2019		Final	Runner-ups	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Torneo Apertura	20 July 2019		Matchday 1		9	3	5	1	13	10	+3	033.33
Leagues Cup	24 July 2019	18 September 2019	Final	Runner-ups	3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33
Torneo Clausura			Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CONCACAF Champions League			Round of 16		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					13	4	7	2	17	14	+3	030.77

Last updated: 19 September 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Campeón de Campeones

14 July 2019	América	0–0 (6–5 p)	UANL	Carson, California, United States
		Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 27,800^[5] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
	Penalties
	Castillo Aguilera Valdez Ménez Martínez Aguilar Córdova Uribe Marchesín		Gignac Carioca Rodríguez Vargas Dueñas Ayala Pizarro Damm Aquino

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos Laguna	18	11	4	3	40	25	+15	37	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
2	León	18	9	6	3	38	23	+15	33
3	UANL	18	8	8	2	26	14	+12	32
4	Querétaro	18	9	4	5	31	19	+12	31
5	Necaxa	18	9	4	5	33	23	+10	31

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
9	3	5	1	13	10	+3	14	2	2	0	9	5	+4	1	3	1	4	5	−1

Last updated: 16 September 2019.
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	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	D
Position	2	8	5	4	4	4	4	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2019. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 July 2019 1	UANL	4–2	Morelia	San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00	Rodríguez 19' Carioca 27' Aquino 34', 90+3'	Report	Mendoza 46' Lezcano 87'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,580 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

28 July 2019 2	Guadalajara	2–0	UANL	Zapopan
19:00	Briseño 8' Pulido 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 39,313 Referee: Oscar Macías

4 August 2019 3	UNAM	0–1	UANL	Mexico City
12:00		Report	Gignac 88'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 27,152 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

10 August 2019 4	UANL	3–1	Necaxa	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	Gignac 4', 16', 22'	Report	Alvarado 42'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,553 Referee: Oscar Mejía

17 August 2019 5	Atlético San Luis	1–1	UANL	San Luis Potosí City
17:00	Berterame 80'	Report	Laso 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 25,164 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

24 August 2019 6	UANL	1–1	América	San Nicolás de los Garza
21:05	Quiñones 26'	Report	Córdova 60'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,589 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

27 August 2019 7	Atlas	1–1	UANL	Guadalajara
19:00	Barceló 55'	Report	Dueñas 29'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 20,732 Referee: Fernando Hernández

31 August 2019 8	UANL	1–1	León	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	Vargas 64'	Report	Montes 11'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,498 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

13 August 2019 9	Tijuana	1–1	UANL	Tijuana
19:06	Bolaños 90+3'	Report	Zelarayán 31'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,158 Referee: Diego Montaño

Leagues Cup

24 July 2019 Quarter-finals	Real Salt Lake	0–1	UANL	Sandy, Utah, United States
21:30		Report	Vargas 57'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,136 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

20 August 2019 Semi-finals	América	2–2 (3–5 p)	UANL	Houston, United States
19:30	Ibargüen 36' (pen.), 83'	Report	Aguilar 14' (o.g.) Valdez 90+5' (o.g.)	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 22,532 Referee: Diego Montaño (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Rodríguez Valdez López Aguilar		Gignac Valencia L. Quiñones Rodríguez Salcedo

18 September 2019 Final	Cruz Azul	2–1	UANL	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
21:30	Yotún 73' (pen.) Rodríguez 75'	Report	Pizarro 90'	Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium Attendance: 20,132 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (México)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura		Leagues Cup		Clausura		Concacaf CL
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nahuel Guzmán	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Carlos Salcedo	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Hugo Ayala	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Rafael Carioca	11	1	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Jorge Torres Nilo	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Lucas Zelarayán	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Eduardo Vargas	10	2	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW		André-Pierre Gignac	11	4	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Enner Valencia	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Francisco Venegas	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Diego Reyes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Guido Pizarro	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Javier Aquino	7	2	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Luis Quiñones	10	1	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Jürgen Damm	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Jair Díaz	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Luis Rodríguez	9	1	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Jesús Dueñas	9	1	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 16 September 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Goals

As of 16 September 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Leagues Cup	Total^[6]^[7]
1	André-Pierre Gignac	FW	4	0	4
2	Javier Aquino	MF	2	0	2
2	Eduardo Vargas	FW	1	1	2
3	Rafael Carioca	MF	1	0	1
	Jesús Dueñas	DF	1	0	1
	Luis Quiñones	FW	1	0	1
	Luis Rodríguez	MF	1	0	1
	Lucas Zelarayán	MF	1	0	1

Hat-tricks

As of 16 September 2019

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
André-Pierre Gignac	Necaxa	3–1 (H)	10 August 2019	Liga MX

Clean sheets

As of 16 September 2019

Rank	Name	Campeón de Campeones	Apertura	Leagues Cup	Clausura	Concacaf CL	Total^[7]
1	Nahuel Guzmán	1	1	1	0	0	3

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name										Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apertura			Clausura	Concacaf CL	Other¹	Total			Notes
3	DF		Carlos Salcedo	1		1			1	2		1
23	FW		Luis Quiñones	4	1					4	1
10	FW		André-Pierre Gignac	3					1	4
9	FW		Eduardo Vargas	2					1	3
5	MF		Rafael Carioca	2						2
28	MF		Luis Rodríguez	1						1
19	MF		Guido Pizarro	1						1
27	DF		Jair Díaz	1						1
1	GK		Nahuel Guzmán	1						1

Last updated: 16 September 2019
Source: LigaMX
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

¹ Includes 2019 Campeón de Campeones, 2019 Leagues Cup.

References

^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tigres de la U.A.N.L." LigaMX.net.
^ "Tigres nada tiene que envidiarle a los clubes de Europa: Diego Reyes". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "Israel Jiménez deja a los Tigres para incorporarse a FC Juárez". soyfutbol.com (in Spanish). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "Alberto Acosta estará a préstamo en Bravos, la sucursal de Tigres en Juárez". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "Informe Arbitral Torneo Campeón de Campeones 2019" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. Retrieved 18 July 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Tigres - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_LIG0.49778293655151-6] 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.

[1] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tigres de la U.A.N.L." LigaMX.net.

[2] "Tigres nada tiene que envidiarle a los clubes de Europa: Diego Reyes". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[3] "Israel Jiménez deja a los Tigres para incorporarse a FC Juárez". soyfutbol.com (in Spanish). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[4] "Alberto Acosta estará a préstamo en Bravos, la sucursal de Tigres en Juárez". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[Attendance-5] "Informe Arbitral Torneo Campeón de Campeones 2019" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. Retrieved 18 July 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

[MT-8] "Tigres - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

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