2018–19 Tigres UANL season
# 2018–19 Tigres UANL season

The 2018–19 Tigres UANL season was the 51st season in the football club's history and the 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Ricardo Ferretti |
| Assistant coaches | Miguel Mejía Barón |
| Assistant coaches | Francisco Rivas |
| 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 | Signed from |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Nahuel Guzmán | (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 37) | 2015 | Newell's Old Boys |
| 22 | GK | Eduardo Fernández | (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 30) | 2017 | Real Salt Lake |
| 30 | GK | Miguel Ortega | (1995-04-13) 13 April 1995 (age 28) | 2018 (Winter) | Youth System |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Israel Jiménez | (1989-08-13) 13 August 1989 (age 33) | 2015 | Youth System |
| 3 | DF | Juninho (Captain) | (1982-09-16) 16 September 1982 (age 40) | 2010 | Botafogo |
| 4 | DF | Hugo Ayala (2nd VC) | (1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 (age 36) | 2010 | Atlas |
| 6 | DF | Jorge Torres Nilo | (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 (age 35) | 2010 | Atlas |
| 14 | DF | Juan José Sánchez | (1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 25) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 21 | DF | Francisco Meza | (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 31) | 2016 | Santa Fe |
| 24 | DF | Jorge Alberto Cruz | (1998-08-08) 8 August 1998 (age 24) | 2018 (Winter) | Youth System |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | MF | Rafael Carioca | (1989-06-18) 18 June 1989 (age 34) | 2017 | Atlético Mineiro |
| 8 | MF | Lucas Zelarayán | (1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 31) | 2016 (Winter) | Belgrano |
| 16 | MF | Raúl Torres | (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 26) | 2017 | Atlético Cocula |
| 18 | MF | Ismael Sosa | (1987-01-18) 18 January 1987 (age 36) | 2016 | UNAM |
| 19 | MF | Guido Pizarro | (1990-02-26) 26 February 1990 (age 33) | 2018 | Sevilla |
| 20 | MF | Javier Aquino | (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 33) | 2015 | Villarreal |
| 25 | MF | Jürgen Damm | (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 30) | 2015 | Pachuca |
| 26 | MF | Jhory Celaya | (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 25) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 27 | MF | Alberto Acosta | (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988 (age 35) | 2016 | Youth System |
| 28 | MF | Luis Rodríguez | (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 32) | 2016 | Chiapas |
| 29 | MF | Jesús Dueñas | (1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 (age 34) | 2009 (Winter) | Youth System |
| Forwards |||||||
| 10 | FW | Eduardo Vargas | (1989-12-20) 20 December 1989 (age 33) | 2017 (Winter) | 1899 Hoffenheim |
| 11 | FW | André-Pierre Gignac | (1985-12-05) December 5, 1985 (age 37) | 2015 | Marseille |
| 13 | FW | Enner Valencia | (1989-11-04) November 4, 1989 (age 33) | 2017 | West Ham United |
| 31 | FW | Jonathan Vega | (1997-09-06) September 6, 1997 (age 25) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 32 | FW | Luis Cruz | (1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 (age 26) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 33 | FW | Julián Quiñones | (1997-03-24) March 24, 1997 (age 26) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 34 | MF | Edwin Cerna | (1995-01-17) January 17, 1995 (age 28) | 2018 | Youth System |

Players and squad numbers last updated on 2 December 2018. 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. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | FW | Beto da Silva | 26 | Grêmio | Transfer | Summer |
| 19 | MF | Guido Pizarro | 33 | Sevilla | Transfer | Summer |
| 33 | FW | Julián Quiñones | 26 | BUAP | End of Loan | Summer |
| 36 | DF | Eduardo Tercero | 27 | BUAP | Transfer | Summer |
| 23 | MF | Luis Quiñones | 32 | Toluca | End of Loan | Winter |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | DF | Jorge Iván Estrada | 31 | Unattached | Released | Summer |
| 15 | DF | Timothée Kolodziejczak | 31 | Saint-Étienne | Loan | Summer |
| 18 | MF | José Francisco Torres | 35 | Puebla | Loan | Summer |
| 19 | MF | Larry Vásquez | 30 | América de Cali | Loan | Summer |
| 31 | MF | Luis Martínez | 30 | UAT | Loan | Summer |
| 3 | DF | Juninho | 40 | | Retirement | Winter |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Campeón de Campeones | 15 July 2018 | 15 July 2018 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Torneo Apertura | 21 July 2018 | 2 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 047.37 |
| Campeones Cup | 19 September 2018 | 19 September 2018 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Apertura Copa MX | 1 August 2018 | 3 October 2018 | Group stage | Quarterfinals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 050.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 5 January 2019 | 26 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 056.52 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | 19 February 2019 | 1 May 2019 | Round of 16 | Runnerups | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 107 | 55 | +52 | 053.45 |

Source: Soccerway

### Torneo Apertura

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 6 | UANL | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 29 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 7 | Toluca | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 26 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 8 | Querétaro | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 26 | Advance to Liguilla |

* ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

### Apertura Copa MX

**Group stage**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | UANL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tapachula | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Atlético San Luis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | |

### Torneo Clausura

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | León | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 41 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 2 | UANL (C) | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 37 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 3 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | América | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 29 | Advance to Liguilla |

* ↑ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Statistics

### Goals

    As of 6 January 2019

| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | CONCACAF CL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | André-Pierre Gignac | FW | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Eduardo Vargas | FW | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Javier Aquino | MF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Enner Valencia | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Julián Quiñones | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Luis Rodríguez | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Lucas Zelarayán | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Rafael Carioca | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Rafael Durán | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jorge Torres Nilo | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Raúl Torres | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 35 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 8 December 2018

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| André-Pierre Gignac | Puebla | 6–1 (H) | 10 November 2018 | Liga MX |

### Clean sheets

    As of 3 December 2018

| Rank | Name | Liga MX | Copa MX | Concacaf CL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nahuel Guzmán | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Eduardo Fernández | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
