2017–18 Tigres UANL (women) season

UANL
2017–18 season
Chairman	Alejandro Rodríguez
Manager	Osvaldo Batocletti
Stadium	Estadio Universitario
Apertura	Semifinals (2nd)
Clausura	Winners (3rd)
Top goalscorer	Belén Cruz; (16 goals)
Biggest win	UANL 9–0 León; (19 August 2017)
Biggest defeat	Pachuca 4–0 UANL; (6 November 2017)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2017–18 season was UANL's first competitive season and first season in the Liga MX Femenil, the top flight of Mexican women's football.

UANL qualified for the Apertura 2017 playoffs after finishing second during the regular phase of the tournament, but were eliminated in semifinals by Pachuca.^[1]

For the next tournament, Tigres finished third and this time managed to win the Clausura 2018 after defeating Monterrey in penalties in the women's version of the Clásico Regiomontano.^[2]

Squad

Apertura

No.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
Goalkeepers
1	Ana Gabriela Paz	(1995-12-21)21 December 1995 (aged 21)	2017
20	Ofelia Solís	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 21)	2017
29	Ángeles Martínez	(1996-02-18)18 February 1996 (aged 21)	2017
Defenders
2	Akemi Yokoyama	(1999-10-28)28 October 1999 (aged 17)	2017
3	Jazmín Enrigue	(2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 17)	2017
13	Karen Luna	(1998-02-12)12 February 1998 (aged 19)	2017
26	Julissa Dávila	(1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 19)	2017
27	Giselle Rendón	(1996-09-02)2 September 1996 (aged 20)	2017
Midfielders
6	Nancy Antonio	(1996-04-02)2 April 1996 (aged 21)	2017
7	Liliana Mercado (Captain)	(1988-10-22)22 October 1988 (aged 28)	2017
8	Carolina Jaramillo	(1994-03-19)19 March 1994 (aged 23)	2017
11	Nayeli Rangel (Vice-captain)	(1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 25)	2017
14	Lizbeth Ovalle	(1999-10-19)19 October 1999 (aged 17)	2017
17	Natalia Villarreal	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 19)	2017
18	Belén Cruz	(1998-11-07)7 November 1998 (aged 18)	2017
22	Selene Cortés	(1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 18)	2017
24	Vanessa González	(1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 18)	2017
25	Melisa Ramos	(1997-04-17)17 April 1997 (aged 20)	2017
30	Lanny Silva	(1993-02-25)25 February 1993 (aged 24)	2017
34	Elizabeth Estrada	(2000-04-04)4 April 2000 (aged 17)	2017
Forwards
9	Evelyn González	(1996-12-05)5 December 1996 (aged 20)	2017
10	Katty Martínez	(1998-03-14)14 March 1998 (aged 19)	2017
19	Blanca Solís	(1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 21)	2017
21	Fabiola Ibarra	(1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 23)	2017

Clausura

No.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
Goalkeepers
1	Ana Gabriela Paz	(1995-12-21)21 December 1995 (aged 22)	2017
20	Ofelia Solís	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 21)	2017
29	Ángeles Martínez	(1996-02-18)18 February 1996 (aged 21)	2017
Defenders
2	Akemi Yokoyama	(1999-10-28)28 October 1999 (aged 18)	2017
3	Jazmín Enrigue	(2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 17)	2017
4	María Fernanda Pontigo	(1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 26)	2018
13	Karen Luna	(1998-02-12)12 February 1998 (aged 19)	2017
26	Julissa Dávila	(1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 20)	2017
Midfielders
6	Nancy Antonio	(1996-04-02)2 April 1996 (aged 21)	2017
7	Liliana Mercado (Captain)	(1988-10-22)22 October 1988 (aged 29)	2017
8	Carolina Jaramillo	(1994-03-19)19 March 1994 (aged 23)	2017
11	Nayeli Rangel (Vice-captain)	(1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 25)	2017
14	Lizbeth Ovalle	(1999-10-19)19 October 1999 (aged 18)	2017
17	Natalia Villarreal	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 19)	2017
18	Belén Cruz	(1998-11-07)7 November 1998 (aged 19)	2017
22	Selene Cortés	(1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 19)	2017
24	Vanessa González	(1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 18)	2017
25	Melisa Ramos	(1997-04-17)17 April 1997 (aged 20)	2017
32	Mariana Elizondo	(2002-10-10)10 October 2002 (aged 15)	2017
34	Elizabeth Estrada	(2000-04-04)4 April 2000 (aged 17)	2017
35	Alexia Espinoza	(2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 15)	2018
Forwards
5	Fernanda Elizondo	(1991-07-27)27 July 1991 (aged 26)	2018
9	Evelyn González	(1996-12-05)5 December 1996 (aged 21)	2017
10	Katty Martínez	(1998-03-14)14 March 1998 (aged 19)	2017
19	Blanca Solís	(1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 21)	2017
21	Fabiola Ibarra	(1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 23)	2017
30	Alison González	(2002-01-31)31 January 2002 (aged 15)	2018

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Moving from	Transfer window	Ref.
MF	Nayeli Rangel	Sporting de Huelva	Summer	^[3]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Osvaldo Batocletti
Assistant manager	Miguel Razo
Doctor	Nancy Guevara
Kinesiologist	Jesús Montemayor
Kit manager	Oscar Méndez
Kit manager	Diego Fernández

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apertura	29 July 2017	11 November 2017	Matchday 1	Semifinals (2nd)	16	12	1	3	54	11	+43	075.00
Clausura	5 January 2018	4 May 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	18	11	3	4	46	22	+24	061.11
Total					34	23	4	7	100	33	+67	067.65

Source: Competitions

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América	14	11	2	1	48	11	+37	35	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
2	UANL	14	11	1	2	51	7	+44	34
3	Guadalajara (C)	14	11	1	2	33	10	+23	34
4	Monterrey	14	10	1	3	38	17	+21	31
5	Pachuca	14	9	3	2	36	16	+20	30	Advance to Liguilla^[a]

Source: Liga MX Femenil
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The two best teams of each group advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.

Matches

29 July 2017 1	Querétaro	0–0	UANL	Querétaro City, Querétaro
11:30		Report		Stadium: Centro Gallo de Alto Rendimiento Referee: Erik González

5 August 2017 2	UANL	2–0	Guadalajara	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:15	B. Solís 2' Jaramillo 12'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Oscar Eduardo Peña

12 August 2017 3	Santos Laguna	0–6	UANL	Torreón, Coahuila
9:00		Report	Jaramillo 30', 44' B. Solís 51' Enrigue 54' Ovalle 78' Villarreal 88'	Referee: Mario Alberto Loredo

19 August 2017 4	UANL	9–0	León	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:05	Jaramillo 3', 6', 9', 82' B. Solís 17', 22', 47' Antonio 20' Martínez 51'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Josué Antonio Suárez

26 August 2017 5	UANL	4–0	Atlas	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:05	Cruz 7', 17', 22' Ovalle 53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Carlos Alberto Rojas

2 September 2017 6	Monterrey	2–1	UANL	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
19:15	R. Bernal 6' Solís 80'	Report	B. Solís 42'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: Edgar de Lira

9 September 2017 7	UANL	3–0	Necaxa	General Zuazua, Nuevo León
21:05	Ovalle 10' Rangel 77' (pen.) Cruz 80'	Report		Stadium: Zuazua Referee: Oscar Rosales

16 September 2017 8	UANL	4–0	Querétaro	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
19:00	Rangel 47', 85' Mercado 61' (pen.), 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Juan Francisco Sánchez

30 September 2017 10	UANL	7–1	Santos Laguna	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:05	Jaramillo 4' Martínez 5', 88' Ovalle 16', 37' Antonio 41' Mercado 84' (pen.)	Report	Adriano 45'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Héctor Pineda

6 October 2017 11	León	1–8	UANL	León, Guanajuato
17:00	Gómez 5'	Report	Cruz 3', 76', 77' B. Solís 18' Rangel 24' (o.g.) Mercado 30' Ovalle 59' Martínez 89'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Iván de Jesús Velasco

15 October 2017 12	Atlas	1–2	UANL	Guadalajara, Jalisco
11:00	Álvarez 72'	Report	Martínez 56' Mercado 67'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Luis Miguel Galván

18 October 2017 9	Guadalajara	1–0	UANL	Zapopan, Jalisco
16:00	Palafox 57'	Report		Stadium: Verde Valle Referee: Miguel Ángel Anaya

21 October 2017 13	UANL	4–1	Monterrey	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:05	Jaramillo 9' Martínez 12', 45' Rangel 25'	Report	Evangelista 62'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Aldo Ballesteros

27 October 2017 14	Necaxa	0–1	UANL	Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes
16:00		Report	Enrigue 80'	Stadium: Casa Club Necaxa Referee: Adrián Vielmas

Playoffs

Semifinals

6 November 2017 First leg	Pachuca	4–0	UANL	Pachuca, Hidalgo
21:00	Ocampo 63' (pen.) Ángeles 71', 90+2' Nieto 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Alan López

11 November 2017 Second leg	UANL	3–0 (3–4 agg.)	Pachuca	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
19:00	Rangel 29' Ovalle 55' Mercado 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Francia González

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey	14	11	1	2	45	13	+32	34	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
2	América	14	10	3	1	47	11	+36	33
3	UANL (C)	14	10	1	3	38	16	+22	31
4	Guadalajara	14	9	2	3	30	13	+17	29
5	Toluca	14	9	2	3	22	13	+9	29	Advance to Liguilla^[a]

Source: Liga MX Femenil
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The two best teams of each group advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.

Matches

5 January 2018 1	Necaxa	0–2	UANL	Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes
16:00		Report	Martínez 62' A. González 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Priscila Pérez

13 January 2018 2	UANL	2–0	Atlas	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:00	Jaramillo 38' Antonio 47'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Martín Navarro

22 January 2018 3	Santos Laguna	0–2	UANL	Torreón, Coahuila
21:00		Report	Rangel 9' A. González 54'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Referee: Felipe Moreno

27 January 2018 4	Querétaro	3–2	UANL	Querétaro City, Querétaro
11:00	Moreno 23' Cruzado 42' Arredondo 72'	Report	B. Solís 46' Rangel 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Iván López

3 February 2018 5	UANL	6–1	León	General Zuazua, Nuevo León
9:00	F. Elizondo 4' Rangel 8' (pen.) Cruz 37', 77' Martínez 56' Ovalle 85'	Report	Vázquez 64'	Stadium: Zuazua Referee: Erick García

10 February 2018 6	Guadalajara	1–2	UANL	Zapopan, Jalisco
16:00	Morales 6'	Report	Cruz 11' Luna 17'	Stadium: Verde Valle Referee: Erik González

19 February 2018 7	UANL	0–2	Monterrey	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00		Report	Solís 9' Valdez 40'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Eduardo Vázquez

26 February 2018 8	UANL	4–0	Necaxa	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00	Mercado 1' Jaramillo 4' Martínez 32' A. González 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Juan Francisco Sánchez

3 March 2018 9	Atlas	1–3	UANL	Zapopan, Jalisco
11:00	García 29'	Report	Mercado 59' (pen.) Martínez 66' A. González 77'	Stadium: Estadio Alfredo "Pistache" Torres Referee: Juan José Gutiérrez

12 March 2018 10	UANL	2–1	Santos Laguna	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00	F. Elizondo 2' Mercado 89' (pen.)	Report	Hernández 30'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Kevin Contreras

18 March 2018 11	UANL	7–0	Querétaro	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
18:00	Cruz 5', 34' Jaramillo 8' Enrigue 14' Antonio 39', 89' Ovalle 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Aldo Ballesteros

23 March 2018 12	León	2–2	UANL	León, Guanajuato
17:00	Vázquez 31' Vargas 90' (pen.)	Report	Cruz 45' A. González 74'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Guillermo Pacheco

2 April 2018 13	UANL	2–5	Guadalajara	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00	Jaramillo 22', 86'	Report	Soto 4', 47' Viramontes 46', 63' Tovar 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Ricardo Norman

8 April 2018 14	Monterrey	0–2	UANL	Santiago, Nuevo León
10:30		Report	Cruz 40' Ovalle 53'	Stadium: El Barrial Referee: Antonio Olalde

Playoffs

Semifinals

16 April 2018 First leg	UANL	3–0	América	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00	B. Solís 17' Jaramillo 41' Cruz 46'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Priscila Pérez

22 April 2018 Second leg	América	2–1 (2–4 agg.)	UANL	Tlalpan, Mexico City
17:00	Fuentes 10' Antonio 74' (o.g.)	Report	Ovalle 61'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Antonio Olalde

Final

27 April 2018 First leg	UANL	2–2	Monterrey	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:00	Cruz 10' López 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	R. Bernal 24' (pen.) Monsiváis 26'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Mario Terrazas

4 May 2018 Second leg	Monterrey	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–4 agg.) (2–4 p)	UANL	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
20:30	R. Bernal 49' (pen.) Armenta 90+2'	Report	Ovalle 18' Martínez 78'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: Eduardo Alberto Vázquez
	Penalties
	R. Bernal Garza Castillo Armenta		Rangel Antonio Villarreal Mercado

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura		Clausura
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MEX	Ana Gabriela Paz	15	0	11	0	4	0
2	DF	MEX	Akemi Yokoyama	28	0	15	0	13	0
3	DF	MEX	Jazmín Enrigue	22	0	13	0	9	0
4	DF	MEX	María Fernanda Pontigo	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	FW	MEX	Fernanda Elizondo	8	2	0	0	8	2
6	MF	MEX	Nancy Antonio	31	5	16	2	15	3
7	MF	MEX	Liliana Mercado	28	9	13	6	15	3
8	MF	MEX	Carolina Jaramillo	33	15	15	9	18	6
9	FW	MEX	Evelyn González	16	0	10	0	6	0
10	FW	MEX	Katty Martínez	23	12	13	7	10	5
11	MF	MEX	Nayeli Rangel	26	8	15	5	11	3
13	DF	MEX	Karen Luna	24	1	7	0	17	1
14	MF	MEX	Lizbeth Ovalle	25	12	12	7	13	5
17	MF	MEX	Natalia Villarreal	29	1	14	1	15	0
18	MF	MEX	Belén Cruz	27	16	12	7	15	9
19	FW	MEX	Blanca Solís	23	9	12	7	11	2
20	GK	MEX	Ofelia Solís	8	0	5	0	3	0
21	FW	MEX	Fabiola Ibarra	20	0	12	0	8	0
22	MF	MEX	Selene Cortés	19	0	10	0	9	0
24	MF	MEX	Vanessa González	11	0	6	0	5	0
25	MF	MEX	Melisa Ramos	8	0	3	0	5	0
26	DF	MEX	Julissa Dávila	5	0	5	0	0	0
29	GK	MEX	Ángeles Martínez	11	0	0	0	11	0
30	FW	MEX	Alison González	12	5	0	0	12	5
32	MF	MEX	Mariana Elizondo	11	0	0	0	11	0
34	MF	MEX	Elizabeth Estrada	3	0	1	0	2	0
35	MF	MEX	Alexia Espinoza	2	0	0	0	2	0
Players that left the club during the season
27	DF	MEX	Giselle Rendón	3	0	3	0	0	0
30	MF	MEX	Lanny Silva	2	0	2	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Total^[4]^[5]
1	MF	18	Belén Cruz	7	9	16
2	MF	8	Carolina Jaramillo	9	6	15
3	FW	10	Katty Martínez	7	5	12
3	MF	14	Lizbeth Ovalle	7	5	12
5	MF	7	Liliana Mercado	6	3	9
5	FW	19	Blanca Solís	7	2	9
7	MF	11	Nayeli Rangel	5	3	8
8	MF	6	Nancy Antonio	2	3	5
8	FW	30	Alison González	0	5	5
10	DF	3	Jazmín Enrigue	2	1	3
11	FW	5	Fernanda Elizondo	0	2	2
12	DF	13	Karen Luna	0	1	1
12	MF	17	Natalia Villarreal	1	0	1
Own goals				1	1	2
Total				54	46	100

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.
Carolina Jaramillo	León	9–0 (H)	19 August 2017	Liga MX Femenil	^[6]
Blanca Solís	León	9–0 (H)	19 August 2017	Liga MX Femenil	^[6]
Belén Cruz	Atlas	4–0 (H)	26 August 2017	Liga MX Femenil	^[7]
Belén Cruz	León	8–1 (A)	6 October 2017	Liga MX Femenil	^[8]

Own goals

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.
Nancy Antonio	América	1–2 (A)	22 April 2018	Liga MX Femenil	^[9]

References

^ "Liga MX Femenil: Pachuca elimina a Tigres pese a goleada". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 11 November 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ Alonso, Javier (4 May 2018). "Tigres, campeón del Clausura 2018 en Liga MX Femenil". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Nayeli Rangel (Sporting) vuelve a México para jugar en Tigres de "sus amores"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). EFE. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "Tabla de goleo - Apertura 2017". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Tabla de goleo - Clausura 2018". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "UANL 9–0 León". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "UANL 4–0 Atlas". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "León 1–8 UANL". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "América 2–1 UANL". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

[table_note_res_LIG0.96233689038192-4] The two best teams of each group advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.

[table_note_res_LIG0.75722842139994-5] The two best teams of each group advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.

[1] "Liga MX Femenil: Pachuca elimina a Tigres pese a goleada". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 11 November 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[2] Alonso, Javier (4 May 2018). "Tigres, campeón del Clausura 2018 en Liga MX Femenil". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[3] "Nayeli Rangel (Sporting) vuelve a México para jugar en Tigres de "sus amores"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). EFE. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[6] "Tabla de goleo - Apertura 2017". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[7] "Tabla de goleo - Clausura 2018". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[J4-8] "UANL 9–0 León". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[9] "UANL 4–0 Atlas". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[10] "León 1–8 UANL". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[11] "América 2–1 UANL". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

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