The 1995–96
Tigres UANL
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season is the 36th season in the
football
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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 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
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(Atlas).
However, the club had four failed bids: Juan Carlos Chávez (Atlas),
Osmar Donizete (Tecos),
Eric Wynalda
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and
Ivo Basay
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Apart from being a regular choice for the Chile national football team in the ...
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
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Atlas has won t ...
-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
Club de Fútbol Monterrey Rayados, A.C., simply known as Monterrey or by its nickname Rayados, is a Mexican professional association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León, that plays in Liga MX, the top d ...
on round 32 with 5 points below
Atlético Morelia
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over the relegation table.
Squad
Transfers
Winter
Competitions
La Liga
League table
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=Results by round
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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
Mexican football clubs 1995–96 season