Tigres UANL San Luis FC at the Estadio Alfonso Lastras. Winners (1): 2009 Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply referred to as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area. Founded in 1960, the club has spent most of its history in Liga MX, the top tier of the Mexican football league system. The club had their first major success in the 1975–76 season, becoming the first team from the state of Nuevo Leon to win a trophy by
Tigres UANL regarded as the most important Mexican derby after the Clásico Nacional. Tigres and Monterrey played their first Clásico on 13 July 1974 at the Estadio Universitario, game that ended with a 3–3 draw. The teams played an historical final for the Liga MX championship of the Apertura 2017 season. In the first leg the teams tied by 1-1 at the Estadio Universitario. In the Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Tigres beat Monterrey by 2-1 with goals of Edu Vargas and Francisco Meza, winning the first league final between the two. Tigres claims to have Mexico's most loyal supporting crowd. Every season Tigres