Mexico national football team

Olympic medal record Men's football[1] Gold 2012 London Team

The Mexico national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de México) represents Mexico in international football. It is fielded by the Mexican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol), the governing body of football in Mexico, and competes as a member of CONCACAF, which encompasses the countries of North America. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, and their head coach is Miguel Herrera. The team is currently ranked 18th in the FIFA World Rankings^[2] and 11th in the World Football Elo Ratings.^[3]

Mexico has qualified to fifteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994, making it one of six countries to do so. The Mexican national team, along with Brazil and Germany, are the only nations to make it out of the group stage over the last six World Cups. Mexico played France in the very first match of the first World Cup on 13 July 1930. Mexico's best progression in World Cups has been reaching the quarter-finals in both the 1970 and 1986 World Cups, both of which were staged on Mexican soil.

Mexico is historically the most successful national team in the CONCACAF region, having won nine CONCACAF championships, including six CONCACAF Gold Cups, one North American Nations Cup and three NAFC Championships. Mexico is the only team from CONCACAF to have won an official FIFA competition, winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF, the national team has been regularly invited to compete in the Copa América since 1993, finishing runners-up twice – in 1993 and 2001 – and obtaining the third-place medal on three occasions.

History

Early years

Football in Mexico was first organized in the early 20th century by European immigrant groups, notably miners from Cornwall, England, and in later years Spanish exiles fleeing the Spanish Civil War.

Mexico's first match was played against Guatemala, which the Mexican team won 3–2.^[4] A series of international friendlies were played against the national representation of Guatemala on 9, 12 and 16 December 1923. The match on 9 December was played in Parque España which Mexico won 2–1. On 12 December, the match ended in a 2–0 win for Mexico, and the final game of the series ended in a 3–3 draw.^[5] The manager for this team was Rafael Garza Gutiérrez.^[5]

It would be another four years before the national team would be represented in international friendlies. On 19 June 1927, the Mexican squad faced Spain, drawing 3–3. During this series, the squad also played against the Uruguayan club Nacional de Montevideo, losing 1–3.^[4]

Formation

In 1927, the official governing body of the sport of football in Mexico was founded. The 1928 Summer Olympics was Mexico's first international tournament, where Mexico lost to Spain 1–7 in the round of 16.^[6]

Mexico participated in the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay, grouped with Argentina, Chile, and France. Mexico's first match was a 4–1 loss to France, with Mexico's first World Cup goal by Juan Carreño.^[7] In their second match, Mexico fell to Chile 3–0. Mexico's third match, against Argentina, featured the first penalty of the tournament, scored by Mexico's Manuel Rosas.^[8]

Post-WWII

Mexico did not appear again in a FIFA World Cup tournament until the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Before 1970, Mexico struggled to make much of an impact in the World Cup when competing against European and South American teams. However, goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal has the distinction of being the first player ever to appear in five consecutive World Cups.^[9]

In 1965, Mexico won the 1965 CONCACAF Championship to become continental champions for the first time.

In 1970, Mexico hosted the World Cup and kicked off their campaign with a scoreless draw against the Soviet Union. This was followed by a win over El Salvador (4–0). Mexico advanced to the next round with a victory against Belgium. At the quarter-finals stage, Mexico was eliminated by Italy in a 4–1 match.

Mexico failed to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, but did make it into the 1978 finals. Mexico suffered an early exit after three defeats: 0–6 against West Germany, 1–3 against Tunisia, and 1–3 to Poland. Mexico failed to qualify for the 1982 World Cup.

In 1986, Mexico again hosted the World Cup. Coached by Bora Milutinović, Mexico was placed in Group B where they defeated Belgium 2–1, drew 1–1 with Paraguay, and defeated Iraq 1–0. With this performance, Mexico won the top spot in its group, and advanced to the next round where they defeated Bulgaria 2–0. In the quarter-finals stage, Mexico lost to West Germany 1–4 in a penalty shootout after the match finished 0–0.

1990s

Mexico was disqualified from the 1990 FIFA World Cup (and other international competition) after using players over the age limit in the qualifying round for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the "Cachirules" scandal. The punishment was applied to all Mexican national representatives of all FIFA-sanctioned tournaments.

In the 1990s, after hiring coach César Luis Menotti, Mexican football began experiencing greater international success. In the 1993 Copa América they finished second, losing to Argentina 2–1 in the final.

At the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Mexico won its group on tiebreakers, emerging from a group composed of Italy, Ireland, and Norway. However, Mexico lost in the second round to Bulgaria on penalty kicks.

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Mexico was placed in a group with the Netherlands, South Korea and Belgium. Mexico won their opening fixture 3–1 against South Korea. Mexico tied Belgium 2–2, and against the Netherlands earned another 2–2 draw, qualifying for the round-of-16. In the next round, Mexico lost 2–1 to Germany.

In 1999, Mexico became the first host nation to win the FIFA Confederations Cup. Mexico defeated the United States 1–0 in the semi-finals. Mexico won its first official FIFA tournament by beating Brazil 4–3 in the final.

Twenty-first century

2000s

Mexico was placed in 2002 FIFA World Cup – Group G alongside Italy, Croatia, and Ecuador. Mexico started with a 1–0 win over Croatia. In the second match, Mexico earned a 2–1 win over Ecuador. Mexico then achieved a 1–1 draw against Italy. In the second round Mexico played rivals United States, losing 2–0.

Mexico was one of eight seeded teams at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Mexico was in Group D with Iran, Angola and Portugal. Mexico won their opening match 3–1 against Iran. In their second match, Mexico played to a 0–0 draw against Angola. Mexico reached the round-of-16, despite losing to Portugal 2–1. In the second round, Mexico lost to Argentina 2–1.

Mexico's coach Ricardo Lavolpe stepped down after the tournament, and was succeeded by Hugo Sánchez.

After losing the final match of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1–2 against the United States, Mexico successfully rebounded at the 2007 Copa América. Beginning by beating Brazil 2–0, they then defeated Ecuador and tied with Chile to come first in Group B. In the quarter-finals, Mexico beat Paraguay 6–0, but lost in the semi-finals 3–0 to Argentina. Mexico secured third place against Uruguay, winning 3–1.

In July 2009, Mexico won their fifth Gold Cup, and eighth CONCACAF Championship overall, after beating the United States 5–0 in the final.

2010 World Cup

For the 2010 World Cup, Mexico was drawn into Group A along with the host South Africa, France and Uruguay. In the first match, they drew 1–1 against South Africa. The second match they defeated France 2–0. Their last group game Mexico were defeated by Uruguay 1–0, but still advanced to the round-of-16. In the second round, Mexico faced Argentina. As a result of their 1–3 defeat, the Mexican team was eliminated in the round-of-16 for the fifth straight World Cup.

2014 World Cup cycle

The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup saw Mexico win the group with three wins and no losses. During the tournament, five Mexican players tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol and were suspended.^[10] Mexico beat Guatemala in the quarter-finals 2–1, and beat Honduras 2–0. For the third-straight year, the final was against the United States. Mexico won the match 4–2, thus being crowned champions, and earning a spot in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, where they were eliminated at the group stage.

Mexico went 2–1 in the group stages of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, losing to Panama. Mexico then defeated Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 in the quarter-final match, before facing Panama again in the semi-final.^[11] Mexico lost the semi-final match, 2–1. The two losses to Panama were the first two times Panama had ever defeated Mexico in a Gold Cup match.^[12]

Mexico won only two of ten matches during the fourth round of 2014 World Cup qualifying, but qualified for an intercontinental play-off as the fourth-highest placed team in the CONCACAF region.^[13] They defeated New Zealand 9–3 on aggregate to qualify for a sixth consecutive World Cup.^[13] The team reached the round of 16 where they were defeated 2–1 by the Netherlands.^[14]

Home stadium

The Estadio Azteca, (Aztec Stadium in English), also known in Spanish as "El Coloso de Santa Úrsula" is a stadium in Mexico City, Mexico built in the 1960s. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican club team Club América. It has a capacity of 105,000 seats,^[15] making it the largest association football-specific stadium in the Americas and the third largest stadium in the world for that sport. The stadium has held many important sporting events, including hosting the FIFA World Cup final in 1970 and again in 1986.

Team image

Media coverage

All of Mexico's matches are shown live on over-the-air networks Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico. In the United States all of Mexico's international friendlies and home World Cup qualifiers are shown on Spanish language network Univision while away World Cup qualifiers are shown on Telemundo.^[16][17] On 30 January 2013, English language network ESPN and Univision announced and agreement to telecast the Mexico national team home World Cup qualifiers and international friendly matches in English in the United States.^[18]

Supporters

Mexican fans are infamously known for the chant "¡eeeh puto!," which is typically screamed when an opponent's goalkeeper is about to perform a goalkick. Due to the homophobic meaning of the word puto in Spanish (a vulgar term for a male prostitute), the chant received negative attention in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Amid an investigation conducted on the subject by FIFA authorities, Mexican fans defended the chant by claiming that it was traditionally used in the Liga MX.^[19] On 23 June 2014, FIFA dropped the case against Mexico, concluding that the chant "was not considered insulting in the specific context." Nonetheless, Football Against Racism in Europe, a leading anti-discrimination organization, criticized FIFA's ruling as "disappointing."^[20]

Kit

The Mexican national team utilizes a tricolor system, composed of green, white and red, which originate from the national flag of Mexico, known as the tricolor. Socks are usually red.^[21]

The current shirt has two red trims on the shirt near the shoulders; current away colors are all black with red and gold trim. In current kit, the socks are red.^[22]

Results and fixtures

2014

Friendly 29 January	Mexico	4–0	South Korea	San Antonio, United States
20:00 UTC−5	Peralta  37' Pulido  45+1', 86', 89'	Report		Stadium: Alamodome Attendance: 54,313 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

Friendly 5 March	Mexico	0–0	Nigeria	Atlanta, United States
20:30 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Georgia Dome Attendance: 68,212 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Friendly 2 April	United States	2–2	Mexico	Glendale, United States
20:00 UTC−7	Bradley  15' Wondolowski  28'	Report	Márquez  49' Pulido  67'	Stadium: University of Phoenix Stadium Attendance: 59,066 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Friendly 28 May	Mexico	3–0	Israel	Mexico City, Mexico
20:30	Layún  43', 62' Fabián  85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Friendly 31 May	Mexico	3–1	Ecuador	Arlington, United States
14:00 UTC−5	Montes  33' Fabián  69' Banguera  76' (o.g.)	Report	Valencia  80'	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 84,878[23] Referee: Jhon Pitti (Panama)

Friendly 3 June	Mexico	0–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Chicago, United States
20:30 UTC−5		Report	Hajrović  41'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 51,242 Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Friendly 6 June	Mexico	0–1	Portugal	Foxborough, United States
20:30 UTC−4		Report	Bruno Alves  90+3'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 56,292 Referee: Jeffrey Solis (Costa Rica)

2014 FIFA World Cup 13 June	Mexico	1–0	Cameroon	Natal, Brazil
13:00 UTC−4	Peralta  61'	Report		Stadium: Arena das Dunas Attendance: 39,216 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

2014 FIFA World Cup 17 June	Brazil	0–0	Mexico	Fortaleza, Brazil
16:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Estádio Castelão Attendance: 60,342 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2014 FIFA World Cup 23 June	Croatia	1–3	Mexico	Recife, Brazil
17:00 UTC−4	Perišić  87'	Report	Márquez  72' Guardado  75' Hernández  82'	Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 41,212 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2014 FIFA World Cup 29 June	Netherlands	2–1	Mexico	Fortaleza, Brazil
13:00 (UTC−3)	Sneijder  88' Huntelaar  90+4' (pen.)	Report	G. dos Santos  48'	Stadium: Estádio Castelão Attendance: 58,817 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Friendly 6 September	Chile	0–0	Mexico	Santa Clara, United States
19:00 UTC−8		Report		Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 67,175[24] Referee: Juan Guzmán (United States)

Friendly 9 September	Mexico	1–0	Bolivia	Commerce City, United States
20:00 UTC−7	Layún  18'	Report		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,136[25] Referee: Chris Penso (United States)

Friendly 9 October	Mexico	2–0	Honduras	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
20:00 UTC−5	Hernández  22' Alanís  37'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Friendly 12 October	Mexico	1–0	Panama	Querétaro, Mexico
16:00 UTC−5	Torres  89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Friendly 12 November	Netherlands	2–3	Mexico	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 UTC+1	Sneijder  49' Blind  74'	Report	Vela  8', 62' Hernández  69'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 40,500[26] Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Friendly 18 November	Belarus	3–2	Mexico	Borisov, Belarus
20:00 UTC+3	Kislyak  51' Signevich  55' Nyakhaychyk  81'	Report	Jiménez  47', 53'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

2015

Friendly 28 March	Mexico	1–0	Ecuador	Los Angeles, United States
18:30 UTC−8	Hernández  14'	Report		Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 88,409[27] Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)

Friendly 31 March	Mexico	1–0	Paraguay	Kansas City, United States
20:00 UTC-6	E. Herrera  3'	Report		Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 38,144[28] Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Friendly 15 April	United States	2–0	Mexico	San Antonio, United States
19:30 CT	Morris  49' Agudelo  72'	Report		Stadium: Alamodome Attendance: 64,369 Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Friendly 3 June	Peru	v	Mexico	Lima, Peru
20:00 UTC-5				Stadium: Estadio Nacional

Friendly 7 June	Brazil	v	Mexico	São Paulo, Brazil
				Stadium: Allianz Parque

2015 Copa América 12 June	Mexico	v	Bolivia	Viña del Mar, Chile
20:30 UTC−4				Stadium: Estadio Sausalito

2015 Copa América 15 June	Chile	v	Mexico	Santiago, Chile
20:30 UTC−4				Stadium: Estadio Nacional

2015 Copa América 19 June	Mexico	v	Ecuador	Rancagua, Chile
18:00 UTC−4				Stadium: Estadio El Teniente

Friendly 27 June	Mexico	v	Costa Rica	Orlando, United States
18:00 (UTC-5)				Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium

Friendly 1 July	Mexico	v	Honduras	Houston, United States
20:30 (UTC-6)				Stadium: NRG Stadium

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup 9 July	Mexico	v	Cuba	Chicago, United States
20:30 (UTC-6)				Stadium: Soldier Field

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup 12 July	Guatemala	v	Mexico	Glendale, United States
21:00 (UTC-7)				Stadium: University of Phoenix Stadium

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup 15 July	Mexico	v	Trinidad and Tobago	Charlotte, United States
20:30 (UTC-5)				Stadium: Bank of America Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the friendly against the United States on 15 April 2015.^[29]
Caps and goals updated as of 16 Abril 2015, after the game against United States.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Jonathan Orozco (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 6 0 Monterrey 1GK Cirilo Saucedo (1982-01-05) 5 January 1982 2 0 Tijuana 2DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez (1981-10-20) 20 October 1981 100 1 Cruz Azul 2DF Adrián Aldrete (1988-06-14) 14 June 1988 16 0 Santos Laguna 2DF Hiram Mier (1989-08-25) 25 August 1989 12 0 Monterrey 2DF Julio Domínguez (1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 10 0 Cruz Azul 2DF Gerardo Flores (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 8 0 Cruz Azul 2DF Oswaldo Alanís (1989-03-18) 18 March 1989 6 1 Santos Laguna 2DF Efraín Velarde (1986-04-15) 15 April 1986 6 0 Monterrey 2DF George Corral (1990-07-18) 18 July 1990 1 0 Querétaro 2DF Luis Rodríguez (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 1 0 Chiapas 2DF Carlos Salcedo (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 1 0 Guadalajara 3MF Luis Montes (1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 13 3 León 3MF Carlos Esquivel (1982-04-10) 10 April 1982 9 0 Toluca 3MF Antonio Ríos (1988-10-24) 24 October 1988 7 0 Toluca 3MF Mario Osuna (1988-08-20) 20 August 1988 1 0 Querétaro 4FW Erick Torres (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 4 1 Guadalajara 4FW Eduardo Herrera (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 3 1 UNAM 4FW Marco Bueno (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 1 0 Toluca

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Mexico squad within last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK José de Jesús Corona (1981-01-26) 26 January 1981 35 0 Cruz Azul v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 GK Édgar Hernández (1982-10-15) 15 October 1982 1 0 Veracruz v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 GK Guillermo Ochoa (1985-07-13) 13 July 1985 66 0 Málaga v.  Ecuador, 28 March 2015 GK Alfredo Talavera (1982-09-18) 18 September 1982 16 0 Toluca v.  Belarus, 18 November 2014 GK Moisés Muñoz (1980-02-01) 1 February 1980 13 0 América v.  Bolivia, 9 September 2014 DF Héctor Moreno (1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 58 1 Espanyol v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 DF Paul Aguilar (1986-03-06) 6 March 1986 40 3 América v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 DF Jorge Torres Nilo (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 39 1 UANL v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 DF Diego Reyes (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 19 0 Porto v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 DF Hugo Ayala (1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 16 0 UANL v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 DF Miguel Layún (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 23 3 Watford v.  Ecuador, 28 March 2015 DF Miguel Ponce (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 12 1 Guadalajara v.  Belarus, 18 November 2014 DF Miguel Ángel Herrera (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 3 0 Pachuca v.  Belarus, 18 November 2014 DF Luis Venegas (1984-06-21) 21 June 1984 3 0 Atlas v.  Belarus, 18 November 2014 DF Hugo Rodríguez (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 2 0 UANL v.  Belarus, 18 November 2014 DF Enrique Pérez (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 4 0 Atlas v.  Netherlands, 12 November 2014 INJ DF Rafael Márquez (1979-02-13) 13 February 1979 124 15 Verona 2014 FIFA World Cup DF Juan Carlos Valenzuela (1984-03-15) 15 March 1984 19 0 Atlas 2014 FIFA World Cup (Standby) MF Jürgen Damm (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 1 0 Pachuca v.  United States, 15 April 2015 INJ MF José Juan Vázquez (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 12 0 León v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 MF Jonathan dos Santos (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 9 0 Villarreal v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 MF Juan Carlos Medina (1983-08-22) 22 August 1983 8 0 Atlas v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 MF Javier Güemez (1991-10-17) 17 October 1991 4 0 Tijuana v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 MF Jesús Dueñas (1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 1 0 UANL v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 MF Andrés Guardado (1986-09-28) 28 September 1986 113 15 PSV v.  Ecuador, 28 March 2015 MF Héctor Herrera (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 24 0 Porto v.  Ecuador, 28 March 2015 MF Jesús Manuel Corona (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 2 0 Twente v.  Ecuador, 28 March 2015 MF Arturo González (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 3 0 Atlas v.  Belarus, 18 November 2014 MF Javier Aquino (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 26 0 Rayo Vallecano v.  Panama, 12 October 2014 MF Marco Fabián (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 22 6 Guadalajara v.  Panama, 12 October 2014 MF Rodolfo Pizarro (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 4 0 Pachuca v.  Panama, 12 October 2014 MF Carlos Peña (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 16 1 León 2014 FIFA World Cup MF Isaác Brizuela (1990-08-28) 28 August 1990 7 0 Guadalajara 2014 FIFA World Cup MF Alonso Escoboza (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 3 1 Santos Laguna 2014 FIFA World Cup (Standby) FW Oribe Peralta (1984-01-12) 12 January 1984 36 16 América v.  United States, 15 April 2015 INJ FW Giovani dos Santos (1989-05-11) 11 May 1989 85 15 Villarreal v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 FW Javier Hernández (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 72 39 Real Madrid v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 FW Raúl Jiménez (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 29 6 Atlético Madrid v.  Paraguay, 31 March 2015 FW Carlos Vela (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 37 11 Real Sociedad v.  Belarus, 18 November 2014 FW Javier Orozco (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 11 0 Santos Laguna v.  Panama, 12 October 2014 FW Alan Pulido (1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 6 4 Levadiakos 2014 FIFA World Cup FW Aldo de Nigris (1983-07-22) 22 July 1983 28 9 Guadalajara 2014 FIFA World Cup (Standby)

• ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury.

Previous World Cup squads

1930 FIFA World Cup 1950 FIFA World Cup 1954 FIFA World Cup 1958 FIFA World Cup

1962 FIFA World Cup 1966 FIFA World Cup 1970 FIFA World Cup 1978 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup 1994 FIFA World Cup 1998 FIFA World Cup 2002 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup

Player records

Most appearances

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. As of 28 March 2015.

#	Player	Period	Caps
1	Claudio Suárez	1992–2006	178
2	Pável Pardo	1996–2009	148
3	Gerardo Torrado	1999–2013	146
4	Jorge Campos	1991–2004	130
5	Rafael Márquez	1997–	124
	Carlos Salcido	2004–2014	124
7	Ramón Ramírez	1991–2000	121
8	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	1995–2014	120
9	Andrés Guardado	2005–	113
10	Alberto García-Aspe	1988–2002	109

Top goalscorers

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. As of 28 March 2015.

Rank	Player	Period	Caps	Goals	Average
1	Jared Borgetti	1997–2008	89	46	0.51
2	Javier Hernández	2009–	71	39	0.55
3	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	1995-2014	120	39	0.32
4	Carlos Hermosillo	1984–1997	90	35	0.38
	Luis Hernández	1995–2002	85	35	0.41
6	Enrique Borja	1966–1975	65	31	0.47
7	Luis Roberto Alves	1988–2001	84	30	0.35
8	Luis Flores	1983–1993	62	29	0.46
	Luis García	1991–1999	79	29	0.36
	Hugo Sánchez	1977–1998	58	29	0.50
	Benjamín Galindo	1983–1998	65	29	0.44

Competitive record

This section shows Mexico's results at major tournaments. To see Mexico's results at minor tournaments, see the History of the Mexico national football team main page.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Group stage	13th	3	0	0	3	4	13
1934	Did not qualify
1938	Withdrew
1950	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	2	10
1954		13th	2	0	0	2	2	8
1958		16th	3	0	1	2	1	8
1962		11th	3	1	0	2	3	4
1966		12th	3	0	2	1	1	3
1970	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	4
1974	Did not qualify
1978	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	12
1982	Did not qualify
1986	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	2	0	6	2
1990	Banned
1994	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	4	4
1998		13th	4	1	2	1	8	7
2002		11th	4	2	1	1	4	4
2006		15th	4	1	1	2	5	5
2010		14th	4	1	1	2	4	5
2014		10th	4	2	1	1	5	3
Total	Quarter-finals	15/20	53	14	14	25	57	92

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995	Third place	3rd	3	1	2	0	4	2	Squad
1997	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	8	6	Squad
1999	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	13	6	Squad
2001	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	8	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Fourth place	4th	5	2	2	1	7	6	Squad
2009	Did not qualify
2013	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
Total	1 title	6/9	22	9	5	8	35	33	-

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1963	Group stage	7th	3	1	1	1	9	2
1965	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	13	2
1967	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	1
1969	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	4	5
1971	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	6	1
1973	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	10	5
1977	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	20	5
1981	Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	6	3
1985	Hosted 1986 World cup
1989	Banned
1991	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5
1993	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	28	2
1996	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	9	0
1998	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	8	2
2000	Quarter-Final	7th	3	1	1	1	6	3
2002	Quarter-Final	5th	3	2	1	0	4	1
2003	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	0
2005	Quarter-Final	6th	4	2	0	2	7	4
2007	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	7	5
2009	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	15	2
2011	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	22	4
2013	Semi-final	3rd	5	3	0	2	8	5
Total	9 titles	20/22	94	64	16	14	211	57

Copa América

CONMEBOL Copa América record
Year	Round	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1993	Runners-up	6	2	2	2	8	7
1995	Quarter-final	4	1	2	1	5	4
1997	Third place	6	2	2	2	8	9
1999	Third place	6	3	1	2	10	9
2001	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	7	5
2004	Quarter-final	4	2	1	1	5	7
2007	Third place	6	4	1	1	13	5
2011	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	4
Total	Runners-up	38	17	10	11	55	44

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1928	Round 1	14th	2	0	0	2	2	10
1936	Did not enter
1948	Round 1	11th	1	0	0	1	3	5
1952	Did not qualify
1956
1960
1964	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	2	6
1968	Fourth place	4th	5	3	0	2	10	7
1972	Round 2	7th	6	2	1	3	4	14
1976	Group stage	9th	3	0	2	1	4	7
1980	Did not qualify
1984
1988	Banned
1992	Group stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3
1996	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	3
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	12	4
Total	1 gold medal	10/25	37	12	11	14	45	64

Honours

• FIFA World Cup
  • Sixth place (2): 1970, 1986
• FIFA Confederations Cup
  • Winners (1): 1999
  • Third place (1): 1995
  • Fourth place (1): 2005
• CONCACAF Championship / CONCACAF Gold Cup
  • Winners (9): 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011
  • Runners-up (2): 1967, 2007
  • Third place (4): 1973, 1981, 1991, 2013
• Copa América
  • Runners-up (2): 1993, 2001
  • Third place (3): 1997, 1999, 2007
• Summer Olympics
  • Winners (1): 2012
  • Fourth place (1): 1968
• NAFC Championship / North American Nations Cup
  • Winners (3): 1947, 1949, 1991
• Pan American Games
  • Winners (4): 1967, 1975, 1999, 2011
  • Runners-up (3): 1955, 1991, 1995
  • Third place (2): 2003, 2007,
• CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
  • Winners (6): 1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012
  • Runners-up (1): 1992
• Toulon Tournament^*
  • Winners (1): 2012^[30]
• Universiade
  • Winners (1): 1979
• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Winners (6): 1935, 1938, 1959, 1966, 1990, 2014

Friendly Cups

• United States Cup Championship
  • Winners (3): 1996, 1997, 1999
• Azteca 2000 Tournament Championship
  • Winners (1): 1985
• Marlboro Cup Championship
  • Winners (1): 1989
• Milk Cup Elite Championship
  • Winners (1): 2001
• Lunar New Year Cup
  • Winners (1): 1999 Carlsberg Cup

See also

• Mexico national football team record
• Mexico national football team schedule and results
• Mexico national under-17 football team
• Mexico national under-20 football team
• Mexico national under-23 football team
• Mexico national beach football team
• Mexico national futsal team
• Mexico and United States football rivalry

References

External links

• Official Site of the Federacion Mexicana de Fútbol
• RSSSF archives and results

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2013 FIFA Confederations Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Spain Third place Italy Fourth place Uruguay Eliminated in the group stage Group A Japan Mexico Group B Nigeria Tahiti

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup winners CONCACAF Championship 1963:  Costa Rica 1965:  Mexico 1967:  Guatemala 1969:  Costa Rica 1971:  Mexico 1973:  Haiti 1977:  Mexico 1981:  Honduras 1985:  Canada 1989:  Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup 1991:  United States 1993:  Mexico 1996:  Mexico 1998:  Mexico 2000:  Canada 2002:  United States 2003:  Mexico 2005:  United States 2007:  United States 2009:  Mexico 2011:  Mexico 2013:  United States

FIFA Confederations Cup · Champions 1992:  Argentina 1995:  Denmark 1997:  Brazil 1999:  Mexico 2001:  France 2003: France 2005: Brazil 2009: Brazil 2013: Brazil

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1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1958 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Sweden Third place France Fourth place West Germany Eliminated in the quarter-finals Northern Ireland Soviet Union Wales Yugoslavia Eliminated in the group stage Argentina Austria Czechoslovakia England Hungary Mexico Paraguay Scotland 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1962 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Czechoslovakia Third place Chile Fourth place Yugoslavia Eliminated in the quarter-finals England Hungary Soviet Union West Germany Eliminated in the group stage Argentina Bulgaria Colombia Italy Mexico Spain Switzerland Uruguay 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1966 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions England Runners-up West Germany Third place Portugal Fourth place Soviet Union Eliminated in the quarter-finals Argentina Hungary North Korea Uruguay Eliminated in the group stage Brazil Bulgaria Chile France Italy Mexico Spain Switzerland 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1970 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Italy Third place West Germany Fourth place Uruguay Eliminated in the quarter-finals England Mexico Peru Soviet Union Eliminated in the group stage Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia El Salvador Israel Morocco Romania Sweden 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1978 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Argentina Runners-up Netherlands Third place Brazil Fourth place Italy Eliminated in the second round Austria Peru Poland West Germany Eliminated in the group stage France Hungary Iran Mexico Scotland Spain Sweden Tunisia 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1986 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Argentina Runners-up West Germany Third place France Fourth place Belgium Eliminated in the quarter-finals Brazil England Mexico Spain Eliminated in the round of 16 Bulgaria Denmark Italy Morocco Paraguay Poland Soviet Union Uruguay Eliminated in the group stage Algeria Canada Hungary Iraq Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland South Korea 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1994 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Italy Third place Sweden Fourth place Bulgaria Eliminated in the quarter-finals Germany Netherlands Romania Spain Eliminated in the round of 16 Argentina Belgium Mexico Nigeria Republic of Ireland Saudi Arabia Switzerland United States Eliminated in the group stage Bolivia Cameroon Colombia Greece Morocco Norway Russia South Korea 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1998 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions France Runners-up Brazil Third place Croatia Fourth place Netherlands Eliminated in the quarter-finals Argentina Denmark Germany Italy Eliminated in the round of 16 Chile England Mexico Nigeria Norway Paraguay Romania Yugoslavia Eliminated in the group stage Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cameroon Colombia Iran Jamaica Japan Morocco Saudi Arabia Scotland South Africa South Korea Spain Tunisia United States 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2002 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Germany Third place Turkey Fourth place South Korea Eliminated in the quarter-finals England Senegal Spain United States Eliminated in the round of 16 Belgium Denmark Italy Japan Mexico Paraguay Republic of Ireland Sweden Eliminated in the group stage Argentina Cameroon China PR Costa Rica Croatia Ecuador France Nigeria Poland Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Slovenia South Africa Tunisia Uruguay 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2006 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Italy Runners-up France Third place Germany Fourth place Portugal Eliminated in the quarter-finals Argentina Brazil England Ukraine Eliminated in the round of 16 Australia Ecuador Ghana Mexico Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland Eliminated in the group stage Angola Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republic Iran Ivory Coast Japan Paraguay Poland Saudi Arabia Serbia & Montenegro South Korea Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United States 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Spain Runners-up Netherlands Third place Germany Fourth place Uruguay Eliminated in the quarter-finals Argentina Brazil Ghana Paraguay Eliminated in the round of 16 Chile England Japan Mexico Portugal Slovakia South Korea United States Eliminated in the group stage Algeria Australia Cameroon Denmark France Greece Honduras Italy Ivory Coast New Zealand Nigeria North Korea Serbia Slovenia South Africa Switzerland 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2014 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Germany Runners-up Argentina Third place Netherlands Fourth place Brazil Eliminated in the quarter-finals Belgium Colombia Costa Rica France Eliminated in the round of 16 Algeria Chile Greece Mexico Nigeria Switzerland United States Uruguay Eliminated in the group stage Australia Bosnia and Herzegovina Cameroon Croatia Ecuador England Ghana Honduras Iran Italy Ivory Coast Japan Portugal Russia South Korea Spain 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Mexico national football team – Achievements and Awards Achievements Preceded by 1997 Brazil  Confederations Cup Champions 1999 (first title) Succeeded by 2001 France  Preceded by 1963 Costa Rica  North American Champions 1965 (first title) Succeeded by 1967 Guatemala  Preceded by 1969 Costa Rica  North American Champions 1971 (second title) Succeeded by 1973 Haiti  Preceded by 1973 Haiti  North American Champions 1977 (third title) Succeeded by 1981 Honduras  Preceded by 1991 United States  North American Champions 1993 (fourth title) 1996 (fifth title) 1998 (sixth title) Succeeded by 2000 Canada  Preceded by 2002 United States  North American Champions 2003 (seventh title) Succeeded by 2005 United States  Preceded by 2007 United States  North American Champions 2009 (eighth title) Succeeded by Current Preceded by 1990 Canada  North American Champions (CONCACAF era) 1991 (first title) Succeeded by Defunct Preceded by Inaugural North American Champions (NAFC era) 1947 (first title) 1949 (second title) Succeeded by Defunct

National sports teams of Mexico A1 GP American football Baseball Basketball M W M U/19 M U/17 3x3 Beach football Cricket Field Hockey M W Football M W M U/20 W U/17 Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey M W M U/20 M U/18 M Inline W Inline Olympics Pan American Games Paralympics Rugby union M M7 Squash M F Tennis M F Volleyball M W Water polo