Mexico national under-20 football team

Mexico U-20
Nickname(s) El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association Mexican Football Federation
(Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach Sergio Almaguer
FIFA code MEX
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Mexico 5 – 0 Haiti 
(Panama, Panama; March 9, 1962)
Biggest win
 Mexico 16 – 0 Puerto Rico 
(Rades, Tunisia; February 22, 1974) Mexico 9 -1 Cuba; January 10, 2015)
Biggest defeat

 Costa Rica 5 – 1 Mexico 
(San Pedro, Honduras; August 21, 1994)

Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 13 (First in 1977)
Best result Runners-up  : 1977
Mexico national under-20 football team
Medal record
U-20 World Cup
Silver 1977 Tunisia Team
Bronze 2011 Colombia Team

The Mexico national under-20 football team, is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación (Mexican Football Federation) and represents Mexico in international under-20 (under age 20) football competitions.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Mexicans players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.

Year Award Player
1977 Bronze Shoe Luis Placencia
2007 Bronze Ball Giovani Dos Santos
2011 Bronze Ball Jorge Enríquez

Competitive Record

FIFA World Cup Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Tunisia 1977Runners-up2nd5140115
Japan 1979Group Stage11th302134
Australia 1981Group Stage11th302145
Mexico 1983Group Stage13th301224
Soviet Union 1985Quarter-Finals5th430173
Chile 1987Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989Banned
Portugal 1991Quarter-Finals7th412175
Australia 1993Quarter-Finals5th421163
Qatar 1995Did Not Qualify
Malaysia 1997Round of 1612th411263
Nigeria 1999Quarter-Finals6th531195
Argentina 2001Did Not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003Group Stage22nd301225
Netherlands 2005Did Not Qualify
Canada 2007Quarter-Finals5th5401103
Egypt 2009Did Not Qualify
Colombia 2011Third Place3rd7322106
Turkey 2013Round of 1616th410366
New Zealand 2015Qualified/To Be Determined

Honours

Schedule and Recent Results

The following is a list of matches from the past twenty-four months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Date Competition Location Opponent Result
10 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Cuba 9-1
12 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Canada 2-0
15 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Honduras 3-0
19 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  El Salvador 3-1
22 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Haiti 1-1
24 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Final Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Panama 1-1 (4-2)

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Raúl Gudiño 22 April 1996 Portugal Porto B
GK Jesse Gonzalez 26 May 1995 United States Dallas
GK Édson Reséndez 12 January 1996 Mexico Monterrey
GK Antonio Torres 23 May 1996 Mexico Guadalajara
DF Óscar Bernal 28 September 1995 Mexico Santos Laguna
DF Rodrigo González 12 April 1995 Mexico BUAP
DF Pablo Jaquez 29 September 1995 Mexico UNAM
DF Pedro Terán 24 July 1996 Mexico Atlas
DF Kevin Gutiérrez 1 March 1995 Mexico Querétaro
DF Érick Aguirre 23 February 1997 Mexico Morelia
DF Aldo Benítez 30 January 1996 Mexico Toluca
DF Víctor Guzmán 3 February 1995 Mexico Guadalajara
DF Osvaldo Rodríguez 10 September 1996 Mexico Pachuca
MF Erick Gutiérrez 17 June 1995 Mexico Pachuca
MF Orbelín Pineda 24 March 1996 Mexico Querétaro
MF Sergio Flores 12 February 1995 Mexico Guadalajara
MF Daniel Vázquez 18 May 1995 Mexico América
MF Hirving Lozano 30 July 1995 Mexico Pachuca
MF Mauro Laínez 9 May 1996 Mexico Pachuca
MF David Ramírez 14 December 1995 Mexico Guadalajara
MF Luis Márquez 12 February 1995 Mexico Guadalajara
FW Diego Gama 14 April 1996 Spain Atlético de Madrid B
FW Alejandro Díaz 27 January 1996 Mexico América
FW Guillermo Martínez 15 March 1995 Mexico Pachuca
FW José Alberto García 22 February 1995 Mexico Tijuana
FW Diego Pineda 7 April 1995 Mexico América
FW Daniel Ríos 22 February 1995 Mexico Guadalajara

Former squads

Pan American Games record

Though the under-20 squad has not represented Mexico in all Pan American Games competition, the Pan American Sports Organization recently set the age limit of the tournament to the under-20 level.

Mexico under-20 managers

Manager Mexico career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Mexico Horacio Casarin 1977 5 1 4 0 20.0
Mexico Mario Velarde 1983 3 0 1 2 0.00
Mexico Jesús del Muro 1985, 1998–1999 12 9 1 2 75.00
Mexico Alfonso Portugal Diaz 1991 4 1 2 1 25.0
Mexico Juan de Dios Castillo 1992–1993 7 4 2 1 60
Mexico Juan Manuel Alvarez 1994 3 2 0 1 56.6
Mexico José Luis Real 1996–1997, 2001 12 6 3 3 50.00
Mexico Eduardo Rergis 2002–2003 6 2 1 3 33.3
Argentina Humberto Grondona 2005 3 1 0 2 33.3
Mexico Jesús Ramírez 2007–2009 8 6 1 1 75.00
Mexico Juan Carlos Chávez 2009–2011 19 12 3 4 63.15
Mexico Sergio Almaguer 2011- 15 10 2 3 66

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.excelsior.com.mx/2011/07/23/adrenalina/755387
  2. ↑ http://www.ultra.com.mx/deportesnacional/index.php/futbol/el-tri/itemlist/tag/Beijing%20Hyundai%20International%20Youth%20Football%20Tournament%202012.html
  3. ↑ http://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=39&Itemid=148
  4. ↑ http://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:elite-finals-roundup-2012&catid=3:newsflash
  5. ↑ http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/seleccion-mexicana/noticias/2012/07/15/la-sub-20-gano-en-rusia-el-torneo-lev-yashin
  6. ↑ http://www.adoforexpats.com/2012/05/28/mexico-win-the-59th-ado-youth-tournament/
  7. ↑ "LA SELECCIÓN NACIONAL SUB21 SE CONCENTRÓ EN VERACRUZ". FMF (in Spanish).