Tigres Femenil · History

On 27 April 2018, Tigres UANL Femenil won the Clausura 2018 of Liga MX Femenil on penalties against Monterrey, after a 4-4 aggregate draw in the final. It was the first title for a team founded on 5 December 2016, the same day Mexico's professional women's league was announced. The club represents the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, is based in San Nicolás de los Garza and plays its home games at the Estadio Universitario, known as El Volcán. Fans call the players «las Amazonas».

Founding and first steps

Tigres played its first league match on 29 July 2017, a 0-0 draw with Querétaro on the opening matchday of the Apertura 2017. A week later, on 5 August 2017, it made its debut at the Estadio Universitario with a 2-0 win over Guadalajara. That first campaign had two coaches: Miguel Razo started the project and Osvaldo Batocletti took over in 2017. Under Batocletti the club reached its first final and won its first title, in the Clausura 2018.

The Clásico Regio in the finals

Much of the club's early history was played out against its neighbour. After the 2018 title, the team lost the Apertura 2018 final to América on penalties, following a 3-3 aggregate draw. With Ramón Villa Zevallos as coach, between 2018 and 2019, Tigres won again in the Clausura 2019, once more against Monterrey, 3-2 on aggregate. Monterrey took revenge in the Apertura 2019 final, winning 2-1 on aggregate. Those four finals in two years made the two Nuevo León clubs the league's benchmark in its first phase.

The Roberto Medina years

Roberto Medina coached the team from 2019 to 2022. In that period Tigres won the Guardianes 2020, against Monterrey, and the Guardianes 2021, against Guadalajara. In the Apertura 2021 it reached the final against Monterrey again, finished level at 2-2 on aggregate and lost the shootout 3-1. In 2021 it also won its first Campeón de Campeonas, the match between the winners of the season's two tournaments.

Two finals against América

Canadian coach Carmelina Moscato took charge in 2022 and in her first tournament led the side to the Apertura 2022 title, beating América 3-0 on aggregate. It was the club's fifth league crown. A year later, with Milagros Martínez as coach between 2023 and 2024, Tigres met the same opponent with the same result in the Apertura 2023 final: a 3-0 first-leg win at the Estadio Azteca and a 0-0 draw in the return leg at the Estadio Universitario. That was the sixth title. Tigres also won the Campeón de Campeonas in 2023 and 2024. In the Apertura 2024 final it lost to Monterrey on penalties, having gone into the second half of the second leg with a 3-0 aggregate lead.

W Champions Cup and a seventh title

In 2025, with Spaniard Pedro Martínez Losa as coach, Tigres played in the first edition of the Concacaf W Champions Cup. It won its group and beat the Portland Thorns 2-0 in the semifinal at the Estadio Universitario. The final was played at the same ground on 24 May 2025, and Gotham FC of the United States took the trophy with a 1-0 win, Esther González scoring late on. Six months later Tigres faced América again in a league final. On 23 November 2025 it won the second leg 1-0 at El Volcán with a goal from Diana Ordóñez and was crowned Apertura 2025 champion, 4-3 on aggregate. With that title it became the first club to reach seven Liga MX Femenil championships, on 23 November 2025.