Tigres
Full nameTigres Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)El equipo felino
Founded10 August 2000 (2000-08-10)
GroundEstadio Metropolitano de Techo
Capacity8,000
ChairmanVacant
ManagerJorge Andrés Rojas
LeagueCategoría Primera B
2023Primera B, 16th of 16
WebsiteClub website

Tigres Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá that plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium.

History

The history of the club began in 1998 when the team played in the Categoría Primera B under the name Univalle, playing the first half of the season in Jamundí and the second in Palmira with Hernán Darío Herrera as coach.

In 1999 the team was renamed Expreso Palmira, due to the financial support by the carrier of the same name. In that season the coaches were Carlos Burbano and José Martínez, who left the team in tenth place.

In the 2000 season with coach Eduardo Lara, the club played a prominent campaign and placed third in the aggregate table, qualifying for the final round for promotion. There it faced Deportivo Pereira, Unión Magdalena and Deportivo Rionegro, placing third again.

In 2001 the club placed eighth in the table, thus qualifying to the play-offs where they finished last behind Bogotá Chicó, Cúcuta Deportivo and Unión Magdalena.

In 2002, Expreso Palmira was purchased by businessmen who renamed the club Expreso Rojo de Cartagena. The team won the Primera C championship in that same year.[1]

In 2003 the club played its first season in Primera B under the Expreso Rojo name, placing first in the aggregate table but being eliminated in the play-offs. Two years later the club moved to Sincelejo, where they only lasted a year, returning to Cartagena in 2006. In the 2007 season the team moved to the city of Fusagasugá, Cundinamarca.

The club's most notable participation in Colombian football occurred in the 2008 Copa Colombia in which the club reached the semi-finals. Expreso Rojo was eliminated by Once Caldas at that stage, with a 1–0 aggregate score.

In 2009 the team moved to Zipaquirá due to economic problems. For the 2011 season Expreso Rojo decided to move back to Fusagasugá, however due to poor results the club moved once again, this time to Soacha. In 2014 the team moved to Girardot, only to return to Zipaquirá the following year due to the poor state of the playing field in Girardot.

For the following season (2016), the club was renamed as Tigres F.C. due to a ruling by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce of Colombia stating that the Expreso Rojo brand was already trademarked and linked to top-flight club Independiente Santa Fe and therefore could not be used by any other company.[2] In that season, they earned promotion to Categoría Primera A for the 2017 season by winning Group A in the Primera B semi-finals. They became season runners-up after losing the final to América de Cali on aggregate score. However, they were relegated back to Primera B after only one season in the top flight.

Stadium

Kit manufacturer

Period Kit manufacturer
2011Colombia Kimo
2012Colombia FSS
2013Colombia Sport Market [3]
2014–2015Colombia Attlé
2016–Colombia Effort

Honours

Runners-up (1): 2016

Current squad

As of 18 August 2021[4]

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 Colombia COL Andrés Hernández
2 DF Colombia COL Gustavo Benjumea
3 DF Colombia COL Alejandro Mejía
5 DF Colombia COL Santiago Guzmán
6 MF Colombia COL Julián Ibarra
7 MF Colombia COL Nicolás Pineda
8 MF Colombia COL Fernando Blanco
9 FW Colombia COL Matías Pardo
11 FW Colombia COL Leyder Robledo
12 GK Colombia COL Sergio Pabón
13 DF Colombia COL Julián Anaya
14 MF Colombia COL Steven Salguero
15 FW Colombia COL Víctor Puerta
16 MF Colombia COL Camilo Guzmán
17 MF Colombia COL Jhonatan Perdomo
18 MF Colombia COL Ángel Pacheco
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Colombia COL Hugo Mena
20 MF Colombia COL Ángel Hernández
21 FW Colombia COL Julián Bernal
24 MF Colombia COL Iván Menco
25 MF Colombia COL Cristhian Aristizábal
26 DF Colombia COL Bryan Páez
27 MF Colombia COL Josy Pérez
GK Colombia COL Harrinson Espinoza
MF Colombia COL Gerardo Jiménez
MF Colombia COL Diego Mora
MF Colombia COL Camilo Mulett
MF Colombia COL Camilo Osorio
MF Colombia COL David Rojas
FW Colombia COL Jhon Harol Lascano
FW Colombia COL Brayan Manrique
FW Colombia COL Luis Mario Palacios

References

  1. "Historia del Expreso Rojo (in Spanish)". Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. "Sin hinchas ni patrocinio, pero en la A" [Without fans or sponsorship, but in the A] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. http://expresorojofc.co/el-club.html Lanzamiento Sport Market
  4. "TIGRES FC". Dimayor.com.co. División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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