Tigres UANL Femenil, also known simply as Tigres Femenil or Tigres, is a Mexican professional women's

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club based in the city of

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, Mexico that competes in the

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. The club has been the women's section of

Tigres UANL Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...

since 2016. The team plays its home matches at the Estadio Universitario. Commonly known as ''Las Amazonas'' (The Amazons), Tigres Femenil is one of only five clubs that have won the

title, and the most successful one with a record six league titles, two more than city rivals

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History

Founding and first league tournament

Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Femenil was founded on December 5, 2016, the same day that

was announced. In preparation for the first season of

in the second half of 2017, the team participated in a preparation tournament, the

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under the management of Miguel Razo. On July 13, 2017, previous to the start of the league, Former Tigres player and club legend,

Osvaldo Batocletti Osvaldo Agustín Batocletti Ronco (January 22, 1950 – May 17, 2019), known by audience and fans as ''Bato'', was an Argentine football manager and player, who played as a defender. Batocletti coached Tigres UANL and Querétaro F.C. He resided ...

, was appointed as manager of the team with the previous manager Miguel Razo becoming his assistant. Tigres Femenil's first league match in history was a 0–0 draw against

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on July 29, 2017. In its first Liga MX Femenil tournament ( Apertura 2017), Tigres ended the regular phase of the tournament 2nd with 34 pts, but they would eventually be eliminated in the semifinals of the play-offs by

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First title and continuous success

Tigres Femenil obtained its first league title by winning the Torneo Clausura 2018. For this tournament, Tigres ended the regular phase of the tournament 3rd with 31 points. In the semifinals of the playoffs, Tigres defeated América with an aggregate scoreline of 5–1 to advance to the final against crosstown rivals

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which would be the first of many

Clásico Regiomontano The Clásico Regiomontano, Clásico Regio, Clásico del Norte or Clásico Norteño is a football derby in Nuevo León, Mexico, between crosstown rival teams C.F. Monterrey and Tigres UANL. Since the first Clásico in 1974, the two teams have comp ...

finals in

. Tigres would end up defeating Monterrey in the final on penalties (2–4) after a 4–4 draw on aggregate. The second leg of this final at

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was at the time the highest attended club match in women's football history. On May 7, 2018, just a few days after the Clausura 2018 final, Osvaldo Batocletti decided to step down from the position of manager in order to receive treatment for a

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. Ramón Villa Zevallos was appointed by the club to take over the position of manager with Batocletti becoming his assistant. Under Villa Zeballos management the team once again reached the league final in the Apertura 2018 tournament after finishing 1st in the regular phase with 40 pts. In the playoffs Tigres eliminated

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in the quarter-finals (2–1), and

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(5–3) the semifinals. In the final, Tigres was defeated by America on penalties (1–3) after a 3–3 draw on aggregate. In the Clausura 2019, Tigres ended the regular phase of the tournament 3rd with 36 pts. In the playoffs, Tigres was once again able to reach the final. In the final Tigres defeated

once again with an aggregate scoreline of 3–2 to crown themselves league champions for the second time. Ramón Villa Zevallos left his position of manager on May 30, 2019, just after one season in order to take the position of manager of

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. The club announced former

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manager, Roberto Medina, as the new manager of the team on May 31, 2019. With Medina at the helm, the team once again reach the league final in the Apertura 2019 after ending the regular phase of the tournament 2nd with 43 pts. In the final, Tigres once again faced

on the third

femenil final. Unlike in the previous two finals, Monterrey was able to win this final after defeating Tigres 2–1 on aggregate. On October 5, 2019, Tigres hosted the first ever international friendly between clubs from

and the

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when it played against

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in the Estadio Universitario. Tigres won that match 2–1. Although the Clausura 2020 tournament was canceled by the league due to the

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, Tigres Femenil successful run continued in the Guard1anes 2020 and Guard1anes 2021 tournaments in which Tigres was able to win both tournaments back to back after defeating Monterrey and

respectively. By doing this, Tigres Femenil became the first team in the league to be able to win back-to back league titles. By winning the titles of the Guard1anes 2020 and Guard1anes 2021 tournaments, Tigres also automatically won the first edition of the

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of the

. In the Apertura 2021, Tigres once again reach the league final for the seventh consecutive time. In the final, Tigres was defeated for the second time by Monterrey by losing (1–3) on penalties after 2–2 draw on aggregate. In the Clausura 2022, Tigres was eliminated in the semi-finals of the playoffs by

, ending a run of seven consecutive league finals. A few weeks following Tigres elimination in the playoffs of the Clausura 2022, the club decided to sack manager Roberto Medina on June 2, 2022, after more than three years at the role. During Medina's tenure the team obtained 3 titles and reach 4 league finals. Former Canadian international player

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was appointed as manager of the team on June 9, 2022. After winning the 2022–23 Apertura with Tigres and finishing in the semi-finals of the Clausura Liguilla, Moscato resigned from Tigres.

Grounds

The Estadio Universitario ("University Stadium") is the official home ground of Tigres Femenil. This 42,000-seat stadium built in 1967 is colloquially known as ''El Volcan'' ("The Volcano"). The stadium is located at the campus of the

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in the city of

. Tigres Femenil play its first match in history at the Universitario on August 5, 2017, in a game against

for match day 2 of the Apertura 2017. The match ended in a 2–0 victory for Tigres Femenil with goals from

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and Carolina Jaramillo.

Personnel

Club administration

Source
Club Tigres

Coaching staff

Source
Liga MX Femenil

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Managerial history

Seasons

Records

Most goals

Most appearances

Honours

National competitions

** Winners (6): Clausura 2018, Clausura 2019, Guard1anes 2020, Guard1anes 2021, Apertura 2022, Apertura 2023 *

** Winners (3):

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, 2024

Notes

References

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