1995–96 Tigres UANL season

Club Deportivo Tigres UANL

1995-96 season
Owner	State Government of Nuevo Leon
President	Guillermo Lara (until 1 February 1996) Reyes Tamez (caretaker)
Manager	Victor Manuel Vucetich
Stadium	Universitario
Primera Division	10th (Relegated to 1996-97 Primera Division A)
Copa Mexico	Winners
Top goalscorer	Sergio Almaguer (7 goals)
Biggest win	3-0 vs Club Leon (16 March 1996)
Biggest defeat	0-5 vs Cruz Azul (21 December 1995)
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All statistics correct as of 27 June 1996.

The 1995–96 Tigres UANL 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 was appointed as new head coach after being discarded by Silos in 1993.^[1] 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).^[2] However, the club had four failed bids: Juan Carlos Chávez (Atlas), Osmar Donizete (Tecos), Eric Wynalda and Ivo Basay all of them explicit petitions by manager Vucetich.^[3] 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.^[4]

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 over the relegation table.^[5]

Squad

^[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  URU Robert Dante Siboldi — GK  MEX Miguel de Jesus Fuentes — DF  MEX Alfredo Murguia — DF  MEX Marcos Ayala [de] — DF  MEX Arnulfo Tinoco [de] — DF  MEX Guillermo Muñoz — DF  MEX Roberto Ruiz Esparza — DF  MEX Francisco Gómez — DF  MEX Raúl Llanes [es] — MF  MEX Martín Castañeda 8 MF  MEX José Manuel de la Torre 27 MF  MEX Omar Arellano — MF  MEX Felipe Ayala — MF  MEX Humberto Gonzalez

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Pietro Maiellaro — MF  MEX Daniel Deeke [de] — MF  USA Tab Ramos — MF  CHI Jaime Pizarro — MF  MEX Fabián Peña — MF  MEX Javier Lozano — MF  MEX Marco Antonio Ruiz — FW  BIH Sead Seferovic — FW  MEX David Oliva [es] — FW  MEX Sergio Almaguer — FW  ARG Martin Felix Ubaldi — FW  MEX Juan Antonio Flores Barrera [es] — FW  BIH Almir Turkovic

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Veracruz	34	15	5	14	44	45	−1	50	Playoff
2	UANL	34	12	13	9	38	38	0	49
3	Guadalajara	34	11	10	13	37	42	−5	43
4	Santos	34	9	10	15	41	43	−2	37
5	Toluca	34	10	7	17	33	45	−12	37

Results by round

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Relegation table

Pos.	Team	Pts.	Pld.	Ave.
14.	Atlante	101	108	0.9352
15.	Toros Neza	100	108	0.9259
16.	Puebla	96	108	0.8889
17.	Morelia	96	108	0.8889
18.	UANL	91	108	0.8426

Matches

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Repechaje

Quarterfinals

Copa Mexico

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga		Copa
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	URU	Siboldi	34	-38	34	-38
3	DF	MEX	Ayala	31	4	31	4
4	DF	MEX	Murguia	33	1	33	1
20	DF	MEX	Tinoco	28	1	28	1
17	DF	MEX	Gomez	30	0	29 +1	0
6	MF	MEX	Arellano	28	3	26 +2	3
21	MF	MEX	Ruiz	33	0	26 +7	0
15	MF	MEX	Castañeda	23	0	20 +3	0
22	MF	MEX	Lozano	31	6	28 +3	6
9	FW	MEX	Almaguer	27	7	25 +2	7
11	FW	ARG	Ubaldi	26	2	19 +7	2
12	GK	MEX	Fuentes	0	0	0	0
10	MF	USA	Ramos	23	2	18 +5	2
8	MF	MEX	de la Torre	22	3	15 +7	3
18	FW	BIH	Seferovic	16	3	9 +7	3
16	DF	MEX	Muñoz	5	0	5	0
27	FW	MEX	Flores Barrera	15	2	4 +11	2
38	MF	MEX	Peña	6	1	4 +2	1
2	DF	MEX	Esparza	9	0	3 +6	0
25	MF	ITA	Maiellaro	8	0	3 +5	0
14	MF	MEX	Deeke	11	0	2 +9	0
28	FW	BIH	Turkovic	7	1	2 +5	1
19	MF	MEX	Bueno	6	0	1 +5	0
26	MF	MEX	Gonzalez	1	0	0 +1	0
60	FW	MEX	Oliva	1	0	0 +1	0
70	MF	MEX	Ayala	1	0	0 +1	0

References

External links

• Official website