# 2011–12 Tigres UANL season

The 2011–12 UANL season was the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. UANL began their season on July 23, 2011, against Cruz Azul, UANL play their home games on Saturdays at 7:00pm local time.

## Torneo Apertura
### Squad

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 | MEX | Enrique Palos |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Israel Jiménez |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Juninho (Team Vice-Captain) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Hugo Ayala |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Éder Borelli |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Jorge Torres Nilo |
| 8 | MF | USA | Jonathan Bornstein |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Héctor Mancilla |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Danilinho |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Damián Álvarez |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Jorge Díaz de León |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Fernando Navarro Morán |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Manuel Viniegra |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Lucas Lobos (Team captain) |
| 17 | MF | MEX | David Toledo |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Francisco Acuña |
| 19 | FW | MEX | Alan Pulido |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Emmanuel Cerda |
| 21 | GK | MEX | Aarón Fernández |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Édgar Pacheco |
| 23 | MF | GRE | Lampros Kontogiannis |
| 24 | DF | MEX | José Arturo Rivas |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Abraham Stringel |
| 27 | GK | MEX | Austin Guerrero |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Alberto Acosta |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Jesús Dueñas |
| 30 | DF | MEX | Carlos Salcido |

### Final phase

UANL advanced 4–0 on aggregate
UANL advanced 1–0 on aggregate
UANL won 4–1 on aggregate
UANL won their third league title in history

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Héctor Mancilla | 9 |
| 2. | Lucas Lobos | 6 |
| 3. | Damián Álvarez | 3 |
| 3. | Own Goals | 3 |
| 5. | Alberto Acosta | 2 |
| 5. | Israel Jiménez | 2 |
| 5. | Danilinho | 2 |
| 5. | Manuel Viniegra | 2 |
| 9. | Jesús Dueñas | 1 |
| 9. | Alan Pulido | 1 |
| 9. | Juninho | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 31 |

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 November 2011. Source: Apertura 2011 results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Nat | Player | Age | From | Date | Notes |
| | MF | | José Tostado | 17 | Guadalajara | September 22, 2011 | |
| | MF | | Elías Hernández | 23 | Pachuca | December 21, 2011 | |

### Out

| # | Pos | Nat | Player | Age | To | Date | Notes |
| 10 | MF | | Danilinho | 24 | Atletico Mineiro | | |

## Torneo Clausura
### Squad

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 | MEX | Enrique Palos |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Israel Jiménez |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Juninho (Team Vice-Captain) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Hugo Ayala |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Éder Borelli |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Jorge Torres Nilo |
| 8 | MF | USA | Jonathan Bornstein |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Héctor Mancilla |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Elías Hernández |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Damián Álvarez |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Jorge Díaz de León |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Fernando Navarro |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Manuel Viniegra |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Lucas Lobos (Team captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | MEX | David Toledo |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Francisco Acuña |
| 19 | FW | MEX | Alan Pulido |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Emmanuel Cerda |
| 21 | GK | MEX | Aarón Fernández |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Édgar Pacheco |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Lampros Kontogiannis |
| 24 | DF | MEX | José Arturo Rivas |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Abraham Stringel |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Edno Roberto Cunha |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Alberto Acosta |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Jesús Dueñas |
| 30 | DF | MEX | Carlos Salcido |

### Final phase

UANL advanced 5–1 on aggregate
Santos Laguna advanced 3–3 on aggregate due to being the higher seed in the classification phase

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2012. Source: Clausura 2012 results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |

## Copa Libertadores
### Preliminary Round

Unión Española won on points 4–1.

### Goalscorers

| Position | Nation | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | | Alan Pulido | 2 |
| TOTAL | | | 2 |