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 by 3-1 at the Estadio Universitario, with goals of André-Pierre Gignac, Egidio Arévalo and an own goal of Geferson. With an aggregate of 4-3, Tigres became the third Mexican team ever to reach the finals of the Copa Libertadores. On 29 July, in the first leg of the finals against River Plate, the teams tied by 0-0 at the Estadio Universitario. Tigres lost by 3-0 in the second leg at the Estadio Monumental on 5 August. As the runner-up of the Apertura 2014, Tigres qualified to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, playing their first match of the tournament on 18