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| Full name | Tigres Fútbol Club S.A. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | El equipo felino | ||
| Founded | 20 January 2003; 22 years ago (2003-01-20) asExpreso Rojo de Cartagena 20 January 2016; 9 years ago (2016-01-20) asTigres F.C. | ||
| Ground | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Chairman | Andrea Páez | ||
| Manager | Jorge Castro | ||
| League | Categoría Primera B | ||
| 2024 | Primera B, 9th of 16 | ||
| Website | www.tigresfutbolclub.com | ||
Tigres Fútbol Club is a professional Colombianfootball team based inBogotá that plays in theCategoría Primera B. They play their home games at theMetropolitano de Techo stadium.
The history of the club began in 2002, when Expreso Palmira was purchased by businessmen who renamed the clubExpreso Rojo deCartagena. The team won thePrimera C championship in that same year.[1]
In 2003 the club played its first season in Primera B under the Expreso Rojo name,[2] placing first in the aggregate table but being eliminated in the play-offs. Two years later the club moved toSincelejo, where they only lasted a year, returning to Cartagena in 2006. In the 2007 season the team moved to the city ofFusagasugá,Cundinamarca.
The club's most notable participation in Colombian football occurred in the2008 Copa Colombia in which the club reached the semi-finals. Expreso Rojo was eliminated byOnce Caldas at that stage, with a 1–0 aggregate score.
In 2009 the team moved toZipaquirá 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 toSoacha. In 2014 the team moved toGirardot, 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 asTigres F.C. due to a ruling by theSuperintendency of Industry and Commerce of Colombia stating that theExpreso Rojo brand was already trademarked and linked to top-flight clubIndependiente Santa Fe and therefore could not be used by any other company.[3] In that season, they earned promotion toCategoría Primera A for the2017 season by winning Group A in the Primera B semi-finals. They became season runners-up after losing the final toAmérica de Cali on aggregate score. However, they were relegated back to Primera B after only one season in the top flight.
| Period | Kit manufacturer |
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| 2011 |  Kimo |
| 2012 | FSS |
| 2013 | Sport Market[4] |
| 2014–2015 | Attlé |
| 2016– | Effort |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Jhon Jairo Bodmer (January 2016 – December 2018)Diego Díaz (January 2019 – December 2019)Óscar Morera (January 2020 – December 2021)Jorge Rojas (January 2022 – September 2023)Jorge Castro (September 2023 – present)Source:[7]
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