The 1995–96
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...
season is the 36th season in the
football club's history and the 29th consecutive season in the top flight of
Mexican football.
Summary
In summertime, Manuel Silos in his 4th year as Dean of the University of Nuevo Leon appointed sports agent Guillermo Lara as new club President in a desperate effort to rescue the team from its first relegation ever. Thanks to Lara, two times (
1991-92 and
1993-94) league Champion manager
Victor Manuel Vucetich
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was appointed as new head coach after being discarded by Silos in 1993. Also, Lara reinforced the squad with several transfers in: Goalkeepers
Robert Dante Siboldi (Puebla) and Miguel de Jesús Fuentes (Atlas), Defenders Alfredo Murguía (León), Marcos Ayala (Toluca), Arnulfo Tinoco (Toluca) and
Francisco Gómez (Morelia), Midfielders Omar Arellano (Chivas) and José Manuel “Chepo” De la Torre (Chivas) and Argentine Forward
Martin Felix Ubaldi (Atlas).
However, the club had four failed bids: Juan Carlos Chávez (Atlas),
Osmar Donizete (Tecos),
Eric Wynalda and
Ivo Basay
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all of them explicit petitions by manager Vucetich. On 1 February 1996 Manuel Silos resigned his post as University Dean following allegations of massive corruption during his tenure, also being the last day of Guillermo Lara as Chairman, then,
Reyes Tamez was appointed as interim President until June 1996.
In spite of the squad clinches
1995-96 Copa Mexico Final against heavily favourites
Atlas FC -its first cup trophy since 1976- on 24 March 1996 the club was relegated to
1996-97 Primera División A season for the first since 1974 after lost the match against its archrival
CF Monterrey on round 32 with 5 points below
Atlético Morelia
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From 1981 to 2020, the club played ...
over the relegation table.
Squad
Transfers
Winter
Competitions
La Liga
League table
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Relegation table
Matches
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Repechaje
Quarterfinals
Copa Mexico
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Players statistics
References
External links
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Tigres UANL seasons
Football in Mexico
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