Tigres Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in

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that plays in the

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. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium.

History

The history of the club began in 1998 when the team played in the

under the name Univalle, playing the first half in

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and the second in Palmira with Hernan Dario Herrera as coach. In 1991 the team was renamed Expreso Palmira, due to the support of the

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of the same name. In that season the coaches were Carlos Burbano and José Martínez, who left the team in tenth place. In the 2000 season with coach

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, the club played a prominent campaign to reclassification, and placed third, qualifying for the final round for the promotion. There it faced

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and

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, ranking third again. In 2001 the club was ranked eighth in the table, thus qualifying to the play-offs where they finished last behind Bogotá Chicó,

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and

. In 2002, Expreso Palmira was purchased by businessmen who renamed the club Expreso Rojo de

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. The same year the team won the

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championship. In 2003 the club plays its first season in the Primera B, being first to the reclassification but being eliminated in the play-offs. Two years later the club moved to

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, which only lasted a year, and in 2006 returned to Cartagena. In the 2007 season the team moved to the city of

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, Cundinamarca. His most notable participation in Colombian soccer occurred in 2008 on the

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where the club reached the semi-finals. The club was eliminated by Once Caldas, with the aggregate score of 1–0. In 2009 the team moved to Zipaquirá due to economic problems. For the 2011 season Expreso Rojo decides to move back to the city of Fusagasugá, however due to the poor performances the club moved to

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. In 2015, the team moved back to Zipaquirá. For the following season ( 2016), the club was renamed as Tigres F.C. and earned promotion to the

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for the 2017 season after only one season by winning Group A in the Primera B semifinals. They became runners-up after losing the final to

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on aggregate score. However, they were relegated back to the Primera B after only one season in the top flight.

Stadium

Kit manufacturer

Honours

: ::Runners-up (1): 2016

Current squad

References

External links

Tigres F.C. on DIMAYOR.com
{{Football in Colombia Football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Colombia Categoría Primera B clubs