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| Full name | Tigres Fútbol Club S.A. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | El equipo felino | ||
| Founded | 10 August 2000 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Vacant | ||
| Manager | Jorge Andrés Rojas | ||
| League | Categoría Primera B | ||
| 2023 | Primera B, 16th of 16 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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 |
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| 2011 |  Kimo |
| 2012 | FSS |
| 2013 | Sport Market [3] |
| 2014–2015 | Attlé |
| 2016– | 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.
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References
- ↑ "Historia del Expreso Rojo (in Spanish)". Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ http://expresorojofc.co/el-club.html Lanzamiento Sport Market
- ↑ "TIGRES FC". Dimayor.com.co. División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
External links
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