# 2015–16 Tigres UANL season
## Squad

    As of 2 December 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Nahuel Guzmán |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Israel Jiménez |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Juninho (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Hugo Ayala (Vice-captain) |
| 5 | FW | PAR | Fernando Fernández |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Jorge Torres Nilo |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Lucas Zelarayán |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Rafael Sóbis |
| 10 | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Damián Álvarez (3rd captain) |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Antonio Briseño |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Iván Estrada |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Manuel Viniegra |
| 17 | FW | CHI | Héctor Mancilla (on loan from Morelia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | USA | José Francisco Torres |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Guido Pizarro (4th captain) |
| 20 | MF | MEX | Javier Aquino |
| 21 | GK | MEX | Aarón Fernández |
| 22 | GK | MEX | Enrique Palos |
| 23 | MF | USA | Luis Silva |
| 24 | DF | MEX | José Rivas |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Jürgen Damm |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Jesús Dueñas |
| 30 | GK | MEX | Richard Sánchez |
| 31 | MF | MEX | Uvaldo Luna |
| 32 | MF | MEX | Genaro Castillo |
| 34 | MF | MEX | Jonathan Espericueta |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | MEX | Sergio García (loan to Veracruz) |
| — | GK | MEX | Jesús Urbina (loan to Juárez) |
| — | GK | MEX | Daniel Vogel (loan to UAT) |
| — | DF | MEX | Alonso Zamora (loan to Chiapas) |
| — | DF | MEX | Hugo Rodríguez (loan to Pachuca) |
| — | DF | COL | Francisco Meza (loan to UNAM) |
| — | DF | MEX | Nicolás Ruvalcaba (loan to BUAP) |
| — | DF | MEX | Éder Borelli (loan to Juárez) |
| — | DF | MEX | Abel Fuentes (loan to Oaxaca) |
| — | DF | USA | Juan Pablo Ocegueda (loan to Oaxaca) |
| — | DF | MEX | Abraham Stringel (loan to Sonora) |
| — | MF | URU | Egidio Arévalo Ríos (loan to Atlas) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MEX | Alberto Acosta (loan to Puebla) |
| — | MF | PER | Christian Cueva (on loan to Toluca) |
| — | MF | MEX | Gerardo Lugo (loan to Veracruz) |
| — | MF | MEX | Édgar Pacheco (loan to Juárez) |
| — | MF | SLV | Alexander Larín (loan to Juárez) |
| — | MF | MEX | Luis Martínez (loan to Juárez) |
| — | MF | MEX | Alfonso Tamay (loan to Tapachula) |
| — | FW | COL | Carlos Ibargüen (loan to Independiente Santa Fe) |
| — | FW | MEX | Emmanuel Cerda (loan to Murciélagos) |
| — | FW | COL | Julián Quiñones (loan to Venados) |
| — | FW | USA | Omar Salgado (loan to Tampa Bay Rowdies) |
| — | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Uche (loan to Málaga) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac (from Marseille) |
| 16 | FW | MEX | Enrique Esqueda (on loan from Pachuca, previously on loan) |
| 20 | MF | MEX | Javier Aquino (from Villarreal) |
| 25 | FW | MEX | Jürgen Damm (from Pachuca) |
| 26 | DF | MEX | Jairo González (on loan from UdeG) |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Uche (from Villarreal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | COL | Darío Burbano (to León) |
| 13 | FW | MEX | Darío Carreño (to Chiapas) |
| 18 | FW | MEX | Dieter Villalpando (loan return to Pachuca) |
| 27 | DF | MEX | Hugo Rodríguez (to Pachuca) |
| –– | GK | MEX | Sergio García (on loan to Veracruz, previously on loan at Chiapas) |
| –– | DF | USA | Jonathan Bornstein (to Querétaro, previously on loan) |
| –– | MF | BRA | Danilinho (to Querétaro, previously on loan) |
| –– | MF | MEX | Alfonso Tamay (on loan to Puebla, previously on loan) |
| –– | MF | MEX | Alberto Acosta (on loan to Puebla, previously on loan) |
| –– | MF | MEX | Edgar Pacheco (on loan to Juárez previously on loan at Querétaro) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | FW | PAR | Fernando Fernández (from Guaraní) |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Lucas Zelarayán (from Belgrano) |
| 17 | FW | CHI | Héctor Mancilla (on loan from Morelia) |
| 23 | MF | USA | Luis Silva (from Real Salt Lake) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | URU | Egidio Arévalo Ríos (on loan to Atlas) |
| 8 | FW | ECU | Joffre Guerrón (to Cruz Azul) |
| 16 | FW | MEX | Enrique Esqueda (on loan to Veracruz) |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Gerardo Lugo (on loan to Veracruz) |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Uche (on loan to Málaga) |
| 30 | FW | MEX | Amaury Escoto (on loan to Tapachula) |
| 35 | MF | MEX | Alonso Zamora (on loan to Chiapas) |
| — | DF | COL | Francisco Meza (on loan to UNAM, previously on loan at Santa Fe) |
| — | FW | ARG | Emanuel Villa (to Querétaro, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | MEX | Emmanuel Cerda (on loan to Murciélagos) |

## Competitions
### Liga MX
#### Torneo Apertura
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 December 2015. Source: Soccerway

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | León (A) | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | Chiapas (A) | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 29 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | UANL (A) | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions |
| 6 | América (A) | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions |
| 7 | Puebla (Q, A) | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 27 | 2016 Copa Libertadores First Stage, Advances to Liguilla |
* 1 2 3 The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
* ↑ Clubs cannot qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
* ↑ Winner or Runner-Up of the 2015 Supercopa MX qualifies to the 2016 Copa Libertadores as Mexico 3.

##### Liguilla – Apertura
#### Torneo Clausura
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2016. Source: Soccerway

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Morelia (Q) | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 7 | Santos Laguna (Q) | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 27 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 8 | UANL (Q) | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 24 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 9 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 22 | |
| 10 | UNAM | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 22 | |
* ↑ The first 8 places in the table (excluding the last place team in the relegation table) qualify for the Liguilla.

##### Liguilla – Clausura
### Copa MX

Due to participating in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, Tigres UANL did not take part in the Copa MX

### CONCACAF Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UANL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Herediano | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Isidro Metapán | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |

#### Final
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 14 May 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga MX | Liga MX | Clausura Copa MX | Clausura Copa MX | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Nahuel Guzmán | 52 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Israel Jiménez | 48 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Juninho | 47 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Hugo Ayala | 33 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | PAR | Fernando Fernández | 12 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Jorge Torres Nilo | 40 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Lucas Zelarrayán | 20 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Rafael Sóbis | 49 | 12 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac | 50 | 33 | 39 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Damián Álvarez | 43 | 3 | 3+29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Antonio Briseño | 16 | 2 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Iván Estrada | 11 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Manuel Viniegra | 13 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CHI | Héctor Mancilla | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | USA | José Francisco Torres | 23 | 1 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Guido Pizarro | 51 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MEX | Javier Aquino | 49 | 7 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MEX | Enrique Palos | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MEX | José Rivas | 39 | 4 | 28+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Jürgen Damm | 48 | 4 | 35+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | MEX | Jairo González | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Jesús Dueñas | 46 | 3 | 32+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | MEX | Amaury Escoto | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | MEX | Uvaldo Luna | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | MEX | Genaro Castillo | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | MEX | Jonathan Espericueta | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | MEX | Alonso Zamora | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 297 | MF | MEX | Ramon García | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Tigres UANL on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | URU | Egidio Arévalo | 21 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | MEX | Enrique Esqueda | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Édgar Lugo | 12 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Uche | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Players who appeared for Tigres UANL no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | ECU | Joffre Guerrón | 19 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Liga MX | Clausura Copa MX | Copa Libertadores | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | André-Pierre Gignac | 28 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Rafael Sóbis | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Javier Aquino | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 25 | Jürgen Damm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 24 | José Rivas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Damián Álvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Juninho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 29 | Jesús Dueñas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | 8 | Joffre Guerrón | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 5 | Egidio Arévalo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 13 | Antonio Briseño | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 35 | Alonso Zamora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 19 | Guido Pizarro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 5 | Fernando Fernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 8 | Lucas Zelarrayán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | Hugo Ayala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 18 | José Francisco Torres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 28 | Ikechukwu Uche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 67 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 84 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Liga MX | Liga MX | Clausura Copa MX | Clausura Copa MX | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Nahuel Guzmán | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Israel Jiménez | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Juninho | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Hugo Ayala | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Jorge Torres Nilo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Joffre Guerrón | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rafael Sóbis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | André-Pierre Gignac | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Damián Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Antonio Briseño | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Manuel Viniegra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Enrique Esqueda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | José Francisco Torres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Guido Pizarro | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Javier Aquino | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | José Rivas | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Jürgen Damm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Jairo González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Jürgen Damm | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Jesús Dueñas | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 35 | DF | Alonso Zamora | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 102 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 143 | 12 |