El Clásico Regiomontano

City or region	Monterrey, Mexico
First contested	1974
Teams involved	UANL & Monterrey
Most wins	UANL (33 wins)

Clásico Regiomontano is a football derby in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, between rival teams Monterrey and UANL.

Since the first Clásico in 1974, the two teams have competed 89 times for bragging rights and city honour.^[1] The match is the biggest game of the season in Monterrey, and every year fans wait in line for days outside the stadium just to get tickets, which are often priced at two or three times their regular value.^[2][3]

In March 31, 2002, Televisa reported that this match generates the same amount of revenue for ticket sales and subsidiary products as the National Derby between Club América and Club Deportivo Guadalajara.^{[citation needed]} This is despite the fact that both Rayados and Tigres play in far smaller stadiums than either America's Estadio Azteca or Guadalajara's Estadio Jalisco,^[4] and also despite the fact that the Clásico Regiomontano involves teams from only one city, while the National derby involves teams from two more populated cities (Mexico City and Guadalajara).^[5] Even when the match does not generate a lot of expectation in national environment, Monterrey has a higher median income than people in Guadalajara and Mexico City, and the fans are more passionate than in other places. Some speculate that if Tigres or Rayados had a bigger stadium, this could be the biggest game in the Nation.^{[citation needed]}

In 35 years and 89 games of heated Tigres has won 33 games, while Rayados 30. The teams have tied on 25 occasions, with one game being suspended.

Contents 1 Record 1.1 Historical Results 2 Notable Clásicos 3 Notable players 3.1 Most Appearances 3.2 Most Goals 3.3 Other Famous Players 4 Notable coaches 5 References

[edit] Record

Team	G	W	T	L	GF	GA	Dif
Tigres	89	33	25	30	127	122	+5
Rayados	89	30	25	33	122	127	-5

G = Games Played; W = Won; T = Tied; L = Lost; GF = Goals in Favor; GA = Goals Against; Dif = Goal Difference

• Clásico 28 was suspended without result

[edit] Historical Results

Clásico Number	Home Team	Result [1]	Away Team	Stadium [1]	Date [1]	Tournament
1	Tigres	3-3	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	July 13, 1974	1974-1975 Season
2	Rayados	2-1	Tigres	Estadio Universitario	January 4, 1975	1974-1975 Season
3	Tigres	0-4	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	August 23, 1975	Friendly
4	Rayados	0-0	Tigres	Estadio Universitario	January 31, 1976	1975-1976 Season
5	Tigres	0-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	June 12, 1976	1975-1976 Season
6	Tigres	1-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	September 25, 1976	1976-1977 Season
7	Rayados	3-2	Tigres	Estadio Universitario	February 5, 1977	1976-1977 Season
8	Rayados	0-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	August 13, 1977	1977-1978 Season
9	Tigres	4-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	January 14, 1978	1977-1978 Season
10	Rayados	0-0	Tigres	Estadio Universitario	September 23, 1978	1978-1979 Season
11	Tigres	1-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	February 3, 1979	1978-1979 Season
12	Rayados	0-1	Tigres	Estadio Universitario	June 6, 1979	1978-1979 Season (Playoffs)
13	Tigres	1-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	June 16, 1979	1978-1979 Season (Playoffs)
14	Rayados	1-1	Tigres	Estadio Universitario	October 6, 1979	1979-1980 Season
15	Tigres	2-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	February 16, 1980	1979-1980 Season
16	Rayados	2-2	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	October 4, 1980	1980-1981 Season
17	Tigres	3-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	November 6, 1980	Friendly
18	Tigres	2-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	March 21, 1981	1980-1981 Season
19	Tigres	3-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	October 3, 1981	1981-1982 Season
20	Rayados	1-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	February 6, 1982	1981-1982 Season
21	Rayados	1-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	September 18, 1982	1982-1983 Season
22	Tigres	2-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	January 22, 1983	1982-1983 Season
23	Tigres	0-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	September 17, 1983	1983-1984 Season
24	Rayados	0-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	January 28, 1984	1983-1984 Season
25	Tigres	1-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	August 11, 1984	Friendly
26	Rayados	2-2	Tigres	Estadio Universitario	November 17, 1984	1984-1985 Season
27	Rayados	2-0	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	March 30, 1985	1984-1985 Season
28	Suspended without result at the 7th minute				May 1, 1985	Friendly
29	Tigres	1-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	September 28, 1985	Prode 1985
30	Tigres	1-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	October 25, 1986	1986-1987 Season
31	Rayados	0-2	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	March 21, 1987	1986-1987 Season
32	Tigres	2-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	December 12, 1987	1987-1988 Season
33	Rayados	2-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	May 7, 1988	1987-1988 Season
34	Tigres	1-3	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	January 14, 1989	1988-1989 Season
35	Rayados	1-0	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	May 13, 1989	1988-1989 Season
36	Tigres	0-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	December 2, 1989	1989-1990 Season
37	Rayados	0-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	March 31, 1990	1989-1990 Season
38	Rayados	4-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	December 22, 1990	1990-1991 Season
39	Tigres	2-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	April 27, 1991	1990-1991 Season
40	Rayados	0-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	December 7, 1991	1991-1992 Season
41	Tigres	1-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	April 4, 1992	1991-1992 Season
42	Tigres	1-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	August 1, 1992	Friendly
43	Tigres	1-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	November 7, 1992	1992-1993 Season
44	Rayados	1-0	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	March 20, 1993	1992-1993 Season
45	Rayados	3-3	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	August 7, 1993	Friendly
46	Rayados	1-0	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	November 6, 1993	1993-1994 Season
47	Tigres	2-4	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	March 5, 1994	1993-1994 Season
48	Rayados	1-0	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	November 30, 1994	1994-1995 Season
49	Tigres	1-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	April 5, 1995	1994-1995 Season
50	Rayados	2-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	December 2, 1995	1995-1996 Season
51	Tigres	1-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	March 24, 1996	1995-1996 Season
52	Tigres	2-2 (5-4 on p.k.)	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	July 27, 1996	1996-1997 Cup
53	Tigres	0-4	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	July 19, 1997	Friendly
54	Rayados	2-3	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	September 13, 1997	Invierno 1997
55	Tigres	1-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	February 27, 1998	Verano 1998
56	Rayados	1-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	September 12, 1998	Invierno 1998
57	Tigres	3-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	December 19, 1998	Friendly
58	Tigres	2-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	February 27, 1999	Verano 1999
59	Tigres	2-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	September 22, 1999	Invierno 1999
60	Rayados	2-3	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	December 18, 1999	Friendly
61	Rayados	3-6	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	February 26, 2000	Verano 2000
62	Rayados	0-0	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	April 5, 2000	Verano 2000
63	Rayados	1-0	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	September 2, 2000	Invierno 2000
64	Tigres	2-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	December 29, 2000	Friendly
65	Tigres	2-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	February 6, 2001	Verano 2001
66	Rayados	0-0	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	October 20, 2001	Invierno 2001
67	Tigres	0-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	March 30, 2002	Verano 2002
68	Tigres	0-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	July 20, 2002	Friendly
69	Rayados	1-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	October 19, 2002	Apertura 2002
70	Tigres	2-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	April 12, 2003	Clausura 2003
71	Tigres	1-4	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	June 4, 2003	Clausura 2003 (Playoffs)
72	Rayados	1-2 (5-3)	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	June 7, 2003	Clausura 2003 (Playoffs)
73	Tigres	3-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	October 22, 2003	Apertura 2003
74	Rayados	3-3	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	April 10, 2004	Clausura 2004
75	Tigres	6-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	August 21, 2004	Apertura 2004
76	Rayados	1-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	January 22, 2005	Clausura 2005
77	Rayados	2-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	September 24, 2005	Apertura 2005
78	Tigres	1-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	December 7, 2005	Apertura 2005 (Playoffs)
79	Rayados	2-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	December 10, 2005	Apertura 2005 (Playoffs)
80	Tigres	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Rayados	Home Depot Center	January 15, 2006	Interliga 2006
81	Tigres	2-1	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	March 12, 2006	Clausura 2006
82	Rayados	2-1	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	October 14, 2006	Apertura 2006
83	Rayados	0-2	Tigres	Robertson Stadium	January 3, 2007	Interliga 2007
84	Tigres	3-3	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	March 31, 2007	Clausura 2007
85	Tigres	1-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	September 22, 2007	Apertura 2007
86	Rayados	2-3	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	March 8, 2008	Clausura 2008
87	Rayados	1-4	Tigres	Estadio Tecnológico	October 18, 2008	Apertura 2008
88	Tigres	0-0	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	April 11, 2009	Clausura 2009
89	Tigres	1-2	Rayados	Estadio Universitario	August 22, 2009	Apertura 2009

[edit] Notable Clásicos

• Clásico 1^[1] on July 13, 1974. The first Clásico Regiomontano was the first game Tigres played in the First Division, and resulted in a tie. Result: Tigres 3-3 Rayados.

• Clásico 12 and 13^[1][6] on June 6, and June 16, 1979. This was the first time that Tigres and Rayados met on play-offs. In the 1978-1979 league playoffs where played in an elimination "group-stage" format, in which, after league elimination, two groups of four teams where formed and the leader of each group advanced to the Final. Tigres and Rayados where in Group 2, along with Pumas and Zacatepec. Both games where played in the Estadio Universitario. Tigres won Clásico 12 with a goal by Mantegazza at the 18th minute. Clásico 13 ended with a draw by 1-1, in which Rayados' Raúl Isiordia scored first, at the 8th minute, only to be tied at the 40th by Gerónimo Barbadillo. With these results, Tigres managed to tie first place with Pumas, but did not qualify to the final due to goal difference.

• Clásico 51 on March 24, 1996. Tigres had three very bad seasons,^[7] as a result of governmental corruption (Tigres were then government-owned). It was a done deal that Tigres would be relegated to Primera División A, but to confirm it, they only needed to lose one more game. The last game in which Tigres saw that remote possibility was the Clásico, in which with goals by Sergio "El Pibe" Verdirame and Luis Miguel Salvador, Monterrey won by 2-1, eliminating any hope of permanence.^[8] The Tigres disaster resulted in a series of reforms that saw the team privatized^[9], and returning to First Division within the year^[10].

• Clásico 61 on February 26, 2000."¡Clasicazo!", El Norte February 27, 2000, was this one in which Tigres routed Rayados 6-3. The game started with a very offensive Tigres side who scored four goals very rapidly. Soon, Rayados issued its talent and almost managed to tie the game, scoring three goals, only to be overwhlemed the rest of the night and losing 6-3. A technicality occurred ^[11] (the registry of one Tigres player had problems), and the game, and two others, had to be re-matched on the league (the other Clásico, #62, ended 0-0). The Rayados insistence of a re-match was greatly condemned by the Tigres coach, who said Rayados "had other interests", particularly noting that one of the presumably affected teams, Toluca, refused to replay their match^[12].

• Clásico 71 and 72 The "4 a 1" on June 4 and June 7, 2003. This was the first time that Tigres and Rayados met on semi-finals. Both teams were favorites to claim the League playoffs, and it was expected that whoever won would have been champion. Tigres started the first game well, scoring very early 1-0. However, a series of defensive mistakes by Tigres combined with powerful offensive football by Rayados to end the match at 4-1^[13]. As the game ended, then Tigres striker Kléber failed to score a penalty kick, and the game was thus named by the media as "¡Klébergüenza!", a combination of the name Kléber, and the phrase "¡Qué Vergüenza!" or "¡What a shame!"^{[citation needed]}. The next match, Rayados scored early, but Tigres managed to score two. Tigres won the second match 2-1, but it wasn't enough, and Rayados eliminated Tigres, qualified for the final, and claimed their second title in their 57-year history.

• Clásico 75 In this clasico held the 21st of august 2004, Tigres won 6-2 in the Universitario Stadium. This was one of the greatest clasicos ever because of the amount of goals Tigres scored to Monterrey. There were many declarations in the previous week by Monterrey coach Miguel Herrera, he kept on saying that Monterrey would win the game with a huge amount of goals, but he actually got those goals, from Tigres. He also got thrown out of the game. The match MVP was Walter Gaitan along with Nestor Silvera, both scored 2 goals for their cause. This game has served as revenge for Tigres fans to the Rayados fans that said that the clasico 61 did not count.

• Clásico 78 and 79 on December 7, and December 10, 2005. Rayados, again, made it to the final, but without such a clear-cut victory as in the last Clásico Semi-Final. Tigres qualified to the semifinals just barely after an unexpected, but quite explosive, quarter-final beating of America. The surprise continued, and Tigres was victorious in the first game (Clásico 78) 1-0 in the Estadio Universitario. For the second game, Rayados won 2-1, Defender Claudio Suárez saw the red card in a play that gave Rayados a penalty and the goal lead. Rayados defeated Tigres with a miracle goal by Guillermo "El Guille" Franco as the game was ending and sent Rayados to the finals.

• Clásico 80 on January 15, 2006. The game took place for the first time outside of Monterrey and it was the first time both teams faced each other in a final.The winner of the game would qualify to Copa Libertadores.Rayados made the first goal by surprise at the 2nd minute by Ricardo Martinez. Tigres for the rest of the first half struggled to tie the game but instead tied at the 69th minute by Walter Gaitan.Because of the tie that couldn't be broken at the second half both teams had to play extra time when Tigres midfield Jaime Lozano made the winning goal at the beginning of the extra time. At the end of the game Tigres won Interliga 2006 beating rayados 2-1 and qualified to Copa Libertadores.

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Most Appearances

• 27, Jesús Arellano is the Rayados player with most Clásicos played.^[14]
• 26, "El Jefe" Tomás Boy is the Tigres player with most Clásicos played.^[14]
• 25, Carlos Muñoz played for Tigres.^[14]
• 20, Javier Saavedra played for Tigres.^[14]
• 17, Antonio Sancho played for Tigres.^[14]
• 17, Gerónimo Barbadillo played for Tigres.^[14]
• 17, Sergio Orduña played for Tigres.^[14]
• 16, Francisco Javier "El Abuelo" Cruz is one of the few players to be successful with both Tigres and Rayados.^[14]
• 16, José Pilar Reyes also played with both Tigres and Rayados, though he is mostly remembered for his participation with Tigres.^[14]

[edit] Most Goals

• 11, Mario de Souza Mota "Bahí­a" is the greatest scorer in the history of the Clasicos. He played for Rayados.^{[citation needed]}
• 8, Walter Gaitán Tied as the best scorer for Tigres in the history of Clásicos.^[15]
• 8, Claudio "El Diablo" Nuñez Tied as the best scorer for Tigres in the history of the Clásico.^[15]

[edit] Other Famous Players

• Carlos Hermosillo, played for Rayados for a short while.^{[citation needed]}
• Claudio Suárez, the most capped International player defended Tigres' defense.^{[citation needed]}
• Emil Kostadinov, played only one Clásico, but scored two goals that gave Tigres their victory.^{[citation needed]}
• Jorge Campos, defended for a short while Tigres's goal.^{[citation needed]}
• Luis "El Matador" Hernandez. He was the first player to have scored with both teams.^{[citation needed]}
• Sebastián "El Loco" Abreu. He was the only foreign player (born in Uruguay) to have scored with both teams.^{[citation needed]}
• Gaston Fernandez, He scored on clasico 89 to become the second foreign player to have scored with both teams
• Aldo de Nigris Became the first player to have scored first with tigres in a clasico, and then with rayados. Other players had scored first with the rayados jersey and then with tigres'. He is also he first player that was born in the city of Monterrey to score for both teams.

[edit] Notable coaches

• Carlos Miloc, . He coached Tigres.^{[citation needed]}

Otto Gloria coach of portugal national team in the 60s Ignacio Jauregui

[edit] References

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