Mexico national football team

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Mexico
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) El Tricolor
El Tri
La Verde
Association Mexican Football Federation
Sub-confederation NAFU (North America)
Confederation CONCACAF
Head coach José Manuel de la Torre
Captain Francisco Javier Rodríguez
Most caps Claudio Suárez (178)
Top scorer Jared Borgetti (46)
Home stadium Estadio Azteca
FIFA code MEX
FIFA ranking 16
Highest FIFA ranking 4 (February–June 1998, May–June 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 33 (July 2009)
Elo ranking 13
Highest Elo ranking 5 (July 2011)
Lowest Elo ranking 47 (February 1979)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Guatemala 2–3 Mexico Mexico
(Guatemala, Guatemala; 1 January 1923)
Biggest win
Mexico Mexico 13–0 Bahamas 
(Toluca, Mexico; Apr 28, 1987)
Biggest defeat
 England 8–0 Mexico Mexico
(London, England; May 10, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances 14 (First in 1930)
Best result Quarter-finals, 1970 and 1986
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances 18 (First in 1963)
Best result Winners, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011
Copa América
Appearances 7 (First in 1993)
Best result 2nd place, 1993 and 2001
Confederations Cup
Appearances 5 (First in 1995)
Best result Winners, 1999

The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre. The team is currently ranked 16th in the FIFA World Rankings[2] and 13th in the World Football Elo Ratings.[3]

Mexico has qualified for fourteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994; Mexico played France in the very first match of the first World Cup on 13 July 1930. Mexico's best progression was reaching the Quarterfinals in both the 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, both of which were staged on Mexican soil.

Mexico is historically the most successful national team in the CONCACAF region, as they are the only team from the region to win an official FIFA recognized title. They hold one FIFA Confederations Cup, nine CONCACAF championships, including six CONCACAF Gold Cups, one North American Nations Cup and two NAFC Championships.

Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF, the national football team has been regularly invited to compete in the Copa América since Ecuador 1993 finishing as runner-up twice and obtaining the third place medal on three occasions.

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History

Early years

Football in Mexico was first organized in the early 20th century by European immigrant groups, notably Cornish miners from Cornwall, England, and in later years Spanish exiles fleeing the Spanish Civil War. Their very 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 December 9, 12, and 16 of 1923. The match on December 9 was played in Parque España and was won by Mexico with a final score of 2–1. On December 12, 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 "Récord", and the assistant coach was Adolfo Frías.[5] The fourteen players selected for this friendly series include: Nacho de la Garza, Pedro "Perico" Legorreta, Manuel "Güero" Yáñez, Enrique "La Matona" Esquivel, Agustín Ojeda, Roberto Jardón, Carlos Garcés, Horacio Ortiz, Adeodato López, Mauro Guadarrama "La Venada" Alatorre, Cornelio Cuevas, and Alfredo García Besné.[5]

It would be another four years before the national team would be represented in international friendlies. In preparation for a friendly against Spain, the team played a friendly against their "B" squad on June 12, 1927, winning 4–2. On June 19, 1927, the Mexican squad faced a selection from Spain, drawing 3–3. During this series, the squad also played against the Uruguayan club Nacional de Montevideo, losing 1–3.[4]

Formation

On 9 August 1927, the official governing body of the sport of football in Mexico was founded. From its inception, the federation has been the main body in charge of the promotion, administration, organization, management, and funding of the Mexican national football team as well as all football competition within Mexico. Club representatives from the federation's first division all vote on the direction, management, and coaching staff of the national football team. The 1928 Summer Olympics were hosts to Mexico's first international tournament. Prior to the tournament, the Mexican squad held friendlies against a representative Asturias side as well as two friendlies against Spain. These matches resulted in two draws and one loss. At the Olympic tournament, Mexico faced Spain in the Round of 16 on May 30, 1928, resulting in Mexico's defeat of 1–7.[6]

Mexico participated in the 1930 FIFA World Cup, having been grouped together with Argentina, Chile, and France. Mexico's first match was played against France at Estadio Pocitos in Montevideo, Uruguay on July 13, 1930. The match ended in a 4–1 win for France, but witnessed Mexico's first World Cup goal by Juan Carreño.[7] This match occurred simultaneously with the USA–Belgium match. In their second match of the tournament, Mexico fell to Chile 3–0 at Montevideo's Estadio Gran Parque Central. Mexico's third match, against Argentina, featured the first penalty of the tournament, awarded in the 42' and scored by Mexico's Manuel Rosas. A total of five penalties were awarded during the match which was refereed by the Bolivian coach Ulises Saucedo, three of them controversial.[8]

Post-WWII

Mexico did not appear again in a 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 FIFA World Cups.[9]

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 thanks to a penalty scored by Gustavo Peña in the 14th minute. At the quarter-finals stage, Mexico was eliminated by Italy in a 4–1 match despite Mexico taking an early lead.

Mexico failed to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup but did make it into the Argentina '78. 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 Spain 1982.

In 1986, Mexico again hosted the World Cup. Coached by Bora Milutinović, Mexico was placed in Group B where they defeated Belgium 2–1, draw 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 Mexico faced Bulgaria in a 2–0 win. In the quarter-finals stage, Mexico lost to West Germany 0–0 (1–4 pens).

The Cachirules scandal

Main article: 1988 Mexico national football team scandal

Mexico was disqualified from the 1990 FIFA World Cup (and any other international competition) after using players over the age limit allowed by FIFA in the qualifying round for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. The punishment originally was only going to be applied to the FIFA World Youth team and not the World Cup or Olympic Games team, but the penalty was applied to all Mexican national representatives of all FIFA sanctioned tournaments.

Post-1990 & The Road to USA '94

In the 1990s, after hiring coach César Luis Menotti, Mexican football began experiencing greater international success. An important turning point was its participation in the 1993 Copa America, where they finished second in the tournament, losing to Argentina 2–1 in the final. For the 1994 World Cup, players such as Hermosillo (Cruz Azul), Sanchez (Rayo Vallecano), Garcia Aspe (Necaxa), Chavez (America), Fernandez (Atlante), Galindo (Chivas) and Zaguinho (America) were named on the team roster even though not in their best conditions to do so. As for Pelaez, who was cut out from the 1994 roster, his time would come for the 1998 World Cup (held in France): he was able to make the squad and scored 2 memorable goals, against South Korea and Holland, at the age of 35. Mexico went on to win its group on tiebreakers, emerging from the tournament's "Group of death", composed of Mexico, Italy, Ireland, and Norway. However, Mexico eventually lost in the second round to Bulgaria on penalty kicks. Miguel Mejía Barón led this team into one of its most distinguished performances in a World Cup.

Since their second place finish in the 1993 Copa America, Mexico has been a regular participant in the South American tournament and has competed well. It earned third place in 1997, 1999 and 2007 and another second-place finish in 2001. Mexico has never failed to reach the quarter finals of the Copa America up until 2011 and twice has had the leading scorer in the tournament (Luis García in 1995 (sharing the title with Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta) and Luis Hernández in 1997).

The Road to France '98

After its participation at the King Fahd Cup (which would eventually become the FIFA Confederation's Cup) and being coached again by Bora Milutinović then eventually Manuel Lapuente, in a very good qualifying round for France 1998, they came in first place in CONCACAF. At the World Cup, Mexico was placed in Group E, with the Netherlands, Korea Republic and Belgium. Mexico started against Korea Republic losing 0–1 but came back to win 3–1. Belgium had started beating Mexico 2–0 but they came back to tie 2–2. The third game against Netherlands ended in another 2–2 result which resulted in qualification to the Round of 16. In the next round, Mexico faced Germany. Although having the lead Mexico did not manage to hold onto it and lost the game 2–1.

Road to Korea-Japan 2002

Mexico became the first host nation to win the FIFA Confederations Cup. Mexico defeated the United States 1–0 in the semifinals thanks to a spectacular "Golden Goal" from Cuauhtemoc Blanco. Mexico won its first official FIFA World Championship tournament trophy by beating Brazil with a final score of 4–3. Mexico's star, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, shared the tournament's Golden Shoe award as top scorer with Ronaldinho, and was also awarded the Silver Ball.

Twenty-first century

After a tough qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup, Mexico reached the finals and was placed in Group G alongside Italy, Croatia, and Ecuador. Mexico opened its participation with a 1–0 win over Croatia. In the second match, Mexico earned a 2–1 win over Ecuador with goals from Jared Borgetti and Gerardo Torrado. Mexico then achieved a 1–1 draw against Italy thanks to a goal from Borgetti that was regarded as one of the best of the tournament. In the second round Mexico played continental rivals United States, losing 2–0 in a controversial game where Mexican captain Rafael Márquez was sent off for a brutal foul on Cobi Jones.[10]

Additional information: 2006 FIFA World Cup - Group D

Mexico was one of eight seeded teams in the first round at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The eight seeded teams consisted of Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. This was the second time a non-hosting CONCACAF nation was seeded. Mexico was put in Group D with Iran, Angola and Portugal.

Mexico won their opening match 3–1 against Iran, with two goals from Omar Bravo and one by Sinha. In their second match, Mexico played to a 0–0 draw against Angola. Mexico joined Portugal as a qualifier in the Round of 16, despite losing to the Portuguese 2–1. During the match, Bravo missed a penalty.

In the second round, Mexico played against Argentina. Mexico scored in the 5th minute with a goal by captain Rafael Márquez assisted by Pável Pardo. Four minutes later, Argentina equalized the match thanks to an own goal from Jared Borgetti. The score remained 1–1 after ninety minutes, and in extra time, a volley by Maxi Rodríguez in the second period of extra time brought about a 2–1 win for Argentina.

Argentine coach Ricardo Lavolpe, who was coaching Mexico at the time, stepped down as coach after the tournament, and was succeeded by Hugo Sánchez.

After losing the final match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 1–2 against the United States, Mexico successfully rebounded with a remarkable first-round performance at CONMEBOL Copa America 2007. Beginning by beating the recent champions Brazil 2–0 (goals from: Nery Castillo 23' and Ramón Morales 28') in their first match, they then went on to defeat Ecuador 2–1 (goals from: Nery Castillo 21' and Omar Bravo 79'). For their final match they tied 0–0 with Chile. With those results Mexico came first in Group B with seven points.

In the quarterfinals, Mexico beat Paraguay 6–0 but lost in the semi-finals 3–0 to Argentina. With this defeat, Mexico was left to fight for third place against Uruguay, winning 3–1 and claiming the bronze trophy.

In July 2009 Mexico won their fifth Gold Cup, and eighth CONCACAF Championship overall, after beating the United States 5–0 in the final at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

On October 10, 2009 Mexico qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after defeating El Salvador 4–1 in Estadio Azteca.

South Africa vs Mexico

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup Mexico was drawn into Group A along with the host South Africa, France and Uruguay. In the first match of the tournament they drew 1–1 against the host South Africa with a late strike from Rafael Márquez. The second match was against France, whom they defeated 2–0 thanks to a strike from Javier Hernández and a penalty by Cuauhtémoc Blanco, who with this goal became the first Mexican player ever to score in three different World Cups. Their last group game was against Uruguay with both teams needing just a draw to advance however Mexico were defeated 1–0 but still advance to the Round of 16 thanks to a better goal differential than South Africa. In the second round, Mexico faced Argentina in a rematch of their Round of 16 loss at the hands of the Argentine team four years earlier. The Mexican team fell behind when a controversial goal was scored by Carlos Tevez in offside position, in which the Argentine team were clearly positioned offside, noticed by a linesman who urged the referee to discount the goal but it was declared a fair play. Gonzalo Higuaín scored later when Ricardo Osorio accidentally pushed the ball in front of Higuain while passing it to a teammate then tripping, giving Higuain a chance to go and score a second for Argentina. Tévez later on scored on a shot where he was not marked by anyone, giving Argentina a 3-goal lead before Javier Hernandez scored what was considered the best goal of the match, in which he took on 3 defenders before scoring between the post and the goalkeeper on the left edge of the box for what would be Mexico's only goal for the match. For the fifth straight World Cup, the Mexican team was eliminated in the Round of 16 as a result of their 1–3 defeat.

The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, saw Mexico placed in Group A along with Costa Rica, El Salvador and Cuba. After the 5–0 win against Cuba, it was reported that 5 Mexican players tested positive for the banned substance Clenbuterol. The five players suspended were Guillermo Ochoa, Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Antonio Naelson "Zinha", Edgar Dueñas, and Christian Bermudez.[11] Mexico won the group with three wins and no losses and scoring 14 goals, and being scored on twice. They beat Guatemala in the quarter-finals 2–1, and beat Honduras in extra-time 2–0. For the third straight year in-a-row, the final was against the United States. After trailing 0–2, Mexico would come back and score 4 goals, and eventually win the match 4–2, thus being crowned champions, and earning a spot in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

On June 28, 2011, eight players from the Under-22 squad that was to participate in the 2011 Copa America in Argentina, were expelled from the squad after it was discovered the players had brought prostitutes to the hotel the team was staying at in Quito, Ecuador.[12]

Home stadium

Main article: Estadio Azteca

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,[13] making it the largest association football stadium in the Americas and the third largest stadium in the world for that sport.

The stadium has carried out many important sporting and historical events in its existence including the FIFA World Cup in 1970 where Pele won his last championship. The earthquake of 1985, which destroyed most of the city, did not damage the stadium. Thus, the stadium could host the FIFA World Cup in 1986 where Argentina won the cup.

It was the primary venue for association football at the 1968 Summer Olympics and is the only stadium ever to host two FIFA World Cup final matches, in 1970 and 1986. It also hosted the 1986 quarter-final between Argentina and England in which Diego Maradona scored the "Hand of God goal" . The stadium also hosted the "Game of the Century", when Italy defeated West Germany 4–3 in extra time.

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.[14][15] On January 30, 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.[16]

Kit

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The Mexican national team utilizes a tricolor system, composed of colors Green, White and Red. The team's three colors originate from the national flag of Mexico, known as the tricolor. As of November 2009, the shirt now has 2 red trims on the shirt near the shoulders. Away colors are all black with red and gold trim. The team also designed an all white jersey that celebrates 200 years since Mexico achieved freedom from the Spanish Crown, their independence starting in 1810. Two centuries later, the Mexican Football Association had asked Adidas to design a special home kit that the team would use in 2010. However, an all green kit and an all white kit have been used in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Also, in the 1966 FIFA World Cup the kit consisted of a white shirt with navy blue shorts. In the 1970 FIFA World Cup the away kit was a wine red shirt with navy blue short. An all white kit was also used in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in the group stage games against the Netherlands and Belgium. The Women's team still uses the old kit before November 2009. Socks have usually been red, as to resemble Mexico's flag, but this has been changed to white socks.[17] In current kit, the socks reverted back to red.[18]

Evolution

1928 Home

1930 Home

1950 Away

1954 Home

1958 Home

1962 Home

1962 Away

1966 Home

1966 Away

2006 Home

2006 Away

2007 Home

2007 Away

2008 Home

2008 Away

2010 Home

2010 Away

2010 Bicentennial

2011 Home

2011 Away

Past crests

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  • Used from 1927–75

  • Used from 1975–78

  • Used from 1986–93

Schedule and results

Recent and upcoming games

See also: Mexico national football team schedule and results
Date Location Opponent Score1 Competition Scorers for Mexico
January 30, 2013 Glendale, United States  Denmark 1–1 F Fabián Goal 67' (pen.)
February 6, 2013 Mexico City, Mexico  Jamaica 0–0 WCQ
March 22, 2013 San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Honduras 2–2 WCQ Hernández Goal 28', 54'
March 26, 2013 Mexico City, Mexico  United States 0–0 WCQ
April 17, 2013 San Francisco, United States  Peru 0–0 F
May 31, 2013 Houston, United States  Nigeria F
June 4, 2013 Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica WCQ
June 7, 2013 Panama City, Panama  Panama WCQ
June 11, 2013 Mexico City, Mexico  Costa Rica WCQ
June 16, 2013 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Italy CON
June 19, 2013 Fortaleza, Brazil  Brazil CON
June 22, 2013 Belo Horizonte, Brazil  Japan CON
July 7, 2013 Pasadena, United States  Panama GC
July 11, 2013 Seattle, United States  Canada GC
July 14, 2013 Denver, United States  Martinique GC
September 6, 2013 Mexico City, Mexico  Honduras WCQ
September 10, 2013 Columbus, United States  United States WCQ
October 11, 2013 Mexico City, Mexico  Panama WCQ
October 15, 2013 San José, Costa Rica  Costa Rica WCQ
Key

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were selected for the friendly against Nigeria on May 31, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Jamaica, Panama and Costa Rica on June 4, 7 and 11 and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, on June 15, 2013.[19]

Caps and goals updated as of March 26, 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Guillermo Ochoa (1985-07-13) July 13, 1985 (age 27) 52 0 France Ajaccio
1GK José de Jesús Corona (1981-01-26) January 26, 1981 (age 32) 22 0 Mexico Cruz Azul
1GK Alfredo Talavera (1982-09-18) September 18, 1982 (age 30) 11 0 Mexico Toluca
2DF Carlos Salcido (1980-04-02) April 2, 1980 (age 33) 109 10 Mexico UANL
2DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez (1981-10-20) October 20, 1981 (age 31) 79 1 Mexico América
2DF Héctor Moreno (1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 (age 25) 41 1 Spain Espanyol
2DF Jorge Torres Nilo (1988-01-16) January 16, 1988 (age 25) 32 1 Mexico UANL
2DF Severo Meza (1986-07-09) July 9, 1986 (age 26) 11 0 Mexico Monterrey
2DF Diego Reyes (1992-09-19) September 19, 1992 (age 20) 4 0 Mexico América
2DF Hiram Mier (1989-08-25) August 25, 1989 (age 23) 4 0 Mexico Monterrey
3MF Gerardo Torrado (1979-04-30) April 30, 1979 (age 34) 138 6 Mexico Cruz Azul
3MF Andrés Guardado (1986-09-28) September 28, 1986 (age 26) 90 14 Spain Valencia
3MF Pablo Barrera (1987-06-21) June 21, 1987 (age 25) 52 6 Mexico Cruz Azul
3MF Ángel Reyna (1984-09-19) September 19, 1984 (age 28) 20 1 Mexico Pachuca
3MF Jesús Zavala (1987-07-21) July 21, 1987 (age 25) 18 2 Mexico Monterrey
3MF Javier Aquino (1990-02-11) February 11, 1990 (age 23) 14 0 Spain Villarreal
3MF Jesús Molina (1988-03-29) March 29, 1988 (age 25) 7 0 Mexico América
3MF Héctor Herrera (1990-04-19) April 19, 1990 (age 23) 5 0 Mexico Pachuca
4FW Giovani dos Santos (1989-05-11) May 11, 1989 (age 24) 62 14 Spain Mallorca
4FW Javier Hernández (1988-06-01) June 1, 1988 (age 24) 46 30 England Manchester United
4FW Aldo de Nigris (1983-07-22) July 22, 1983 (age 29) 21 8 Mexico Monterrey
4FW Oribe Peralta (1984-01-12) January 12, 1984 (age 29) 20 4 Mexico Santos Laguna
4FW Raúl Jiménez (1991-05-05) May 5, 1991 (age 22) 3 0 Mexico América

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 Cirilo Saucedo (1982-01-05) January 5, 1982 (age 31) 1 0 Mexico Tijuana v.  Jamaica, February 6, 2013
GK Jonathan Orozco (1986-05-12) May 12, 1986 (age 27) 2 0 Mexico Monterrey v.  El Salvador, October 16, 2012
DF Hugo Ayala (1987-03-31) March 31, 1987 (age 26) 9 0 Mexico UANL v.  Peru, April 17, 2013
DF Israel Jiménez (1989-08-13) August 13, 1989 (age 23) 5 0 Mexico UANL v.  Peru, April 17, 2013
DF Efraín Velarde (1986-04-18) April 18, 1986 (age 27) 1 0 Mexico UANL v.  Peru, April 17, 2013
DF Gerardo Flores (1986-02-05) February 5, 1986 (age 27) 1 0 Mexico Cruz Azul v.  Peru, April 17, 2013
DF Jonny Magallón (1981-11-21) November 21, 1981 (age 31) 54 3 Mexico León v.  United States, March 26, 2013
DF Paul Aguilar (1986-03-06) March 6, 1986 (age 27) 22 2 Mexico América v.  Jamaica, February 6, 2013
DF Dárvin Chávez (1989-11-21) November 21, 1989 (age 23) 6 0 Mexico Monterrey v.  Jamaica, February 6, 2013
DF Adrián Aldrete (1988-06-14) June 14, 1988 (age 24) 9 0 Mexico América v.  El Salvador, October 16, 2012
DF Joel Huiqui (1983-02-18) February 18, 1983 (age 30) 9 1 Mexico Morelia v.  El Salvador, October 16, 2012
DF Enrique Pérez (1988-10-13) October 13, 1988 (age 24) 2 0 Mexico Morelia v.  United States, August 15, 2012
DF Rafael Márquez (1979-02-13) February 13, 1979 (age 34) 111 12 Mexico León v.  El Salvador, June 12, 2012
MF Javier Cortés (1989-07-20) July 20, 1989 (age 23) 2 0 Mexico UNAM v.  Peru, April 17, 2013
MF Carlos Peña (1990-03-29) March 29, 1990 (age 23) 2 0 Mexico León v.  Peru, April 17, 2013
MF Luis Montes (1986-05-16) May 16, 1986 (age 27) 1 0 Mexico León v.  Peru, April 17, 2013
MF Fernando Arce (1980-04-24) April 24, 1980 (age 33) 43 7 Mexico Tijuana v.  Jamaica, February 6, 2013
MF Marco Fabián (1989-07-21) July 21, 1989 (age 23) 4 1 Mexico Guadalajara v.  Jamaica, February 6, 2013
MF Édgar Andrade (1988-03-02) March 2, 1988 (age 25) 8 0 Mexico Chiapas v.  Denmark, January 30, 2013
MF Jorge Enríquez (1991-01-08) January 8, 1991 (age 22) 7 0 Mexico Guadalajara v.  El Salvador, October 16, 2012
MF Elías Hernández (1988-04-29) April 29, 1988 (age 25) 11 1 Mexico UANL v.  El Salvador, October 16, 2012
MF Sinha (1976-05-23) May 23, 1976 (age 36) 56 6 Mexico Toluca v.  El Salvador, October 16, 2012
MF Édgar Lugo (1984-12-31) December 31, 1984 (age 28) 4 0 Mexico Santos Laguna v.  Costa Rica, September 11, 2012
MF Manuel Viniegra (1988-04-26) April 26, 1988 (age 25) 1 0 Mexico UANL v.  United States, August 15, 2012
MF Luis Ernesto Pérez (1981-01-12) January 12, 1981 (age 32) 69 8 Mexico Guadalajara v.  El Salvador, June 12, 2012
FW Omar Bravo (1980-03-04) March 4, 1980 (age 33) 65 15 Mexico Atlas v.  Peru, April 17, 2013
FW Rafael Márquez Lugo (1981-11-02) November 2, 1981 (age 31) 11 1 Mexico Guadalajara v.  Peru, April 17, 2013

Previous World Cup squads

     

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position MP W D* L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Group Stage 13th 3 0 0 3 4 13
Italy 1934 Did not qualify
France 1938 Withdrew
Brazil 1950 Group Stage 12th 3 0 0 3 2 10
Switzerland 1954 Group Stage 13th 2 0 0 2 2 8
Sweden 1958 Group Stage 16th 3 0 1 2 1 8
Chile 1962 Group Stage 11th 3 1 0 2 3 4
England 1966 Group Stage 12th 3 0 2 1 1 3
Mexico 1970 Quarter-Final 6th 4 2 1 1 6 4
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify
Argentina 1978 Group Stage 16th 3 0 0 3 2 12
Spain 1982 Did not qualify
Mexico 1986 Quarter-Final 6th 5 3 2 0 6 2
Italy 1990 Banned
United States 1994 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 4 4
France 1998 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 8 7
South Korea Japan 2002 Round of 16 11th 4 2 1 1 4 4
Germany 2006 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 5 5
South Africa 2010 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 4 5
Brazil 2014 TBD
Total 14/19 49 12 13 24 52 89

FIFA Confederations Cup record

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position MP W D * L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995 Semi-Finals 3rd 3 1 2 0 4 2 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1997 Group Stage 5th 3 1 0 2 8 6 Squad
Mexico 1999 Final 1st 5 4 1 0 13 6 Squad
South Korea Japan 2001 Group Stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 8 Squad
France 2003 Did Not Qualify
Germany 2005 Semi-Finals 4th 5 2 2 1 7 6 Squad
South Africa 2009 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2013 Qualified Squad
Total 1 Title 6/9 19 8 5 6 33 28 -

CONCACAF Gold Cup record

Year Round MP W D* L GF GA
El Salvador 1963 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 9 2
Guatemala 1965 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 2
Honduras 1967 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 10 1
Costa Rica 1969 Fourth-Place 5 1 2 2 4 5
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Champions 5 4 1 0 6 1
Haiti 1973 Third-Place 5 2 2 1 10 5
Mexico 1977 Champions 5 5 0 0 20 5
Honduras 1981 Third place 5 1 3 1 6 3
1985 Hosted 1986 World cup
1989 Banned
United States 1991 Third-Place 5 3 1 1 10 5
Mexico United States1993 Champions 5 4 1 0 28 2
United States 1996 Champions 4 4 0 0 9 0
United States 1998 Champions 4 4 0 0 8 2
United States 2000 Quarter-Final 3 1 1 1 6 3
United States 2002 Quarter-Final 3 2 1 0 4 1
Mexico United States2003 Champions 5 4 1 0 9 0
United States 2005 Quarter-Final 4 2 0 2 7 4
United States 2007 Runners-up 6 4 0 2 7 5
United States 2009 Champions 6 5 1 0 15 2
United States 2011 Champions 6 6 0 0 22 4
Total 9 Titles 83 54 17 12 203 52

Copa América record

CONMEBOL Copa América record
Year Round MP W D* L GF GA
Ecuador 1993 Runners-up 6 2 2 2 8 7
Uruguay 1995 Quarter Final 4 1 2 1 5 4
Bolivia 1997 Third Place 6 2 2 2 8 9
Paraguay 1999 Third Place 6 3 1 2 10 9
Colombia 2001 Runners-up 6 3 1 2 7 5
Peru 2004 Quarter Final 4 2 1 1 5 7
Venezuela 2007 Third Place 6 4 1 1 13 5
Argentina 2011 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 4
Total - 38 17 10 11 55 44

Olympic Games record

See also: Mexico national under-23 football team
Olympic Games record
Year Round Position MP W D L GF GA
Greece 1896 No football tournament
France 1900 Did not Enter - The (FMF) was founded till 1927
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928 Round 1 14th 2 0 0 2 2 10
United States 1932 No football tournament
Germany 1936 Did not Enter
United Kingdom 1948 Round 1 11th 1 0 0 1 3 5
Finland1952 Did not qualify
Australia1956 Did not qualify
Italy1960 Did not qualify
Japan1964 Round 1 11th 3 0 1 2 2 6
Mexico1968 Semi-Finals 4th 5 3 0 2 10 7
Germany1972 Round 2 7th 6 2 1 3 4 14
Canada1976 Round 1 9th 3 0 2 1 4 7
Soviet Union1980 Did not qualify
United States1984 Did not qualify
Korea1988 Banned
Spain 1992 Group Stage 10th 3 0 3 0 3 3
United States 1996 Quarter-Final 7th 4 1 2 1 2 3
Australia 2000 Did Not Qualify
Greece 2004 Group Stage 10th 3 1 1 1 3 3
China 2008 Did Not Qualify
United Kingdom 2012 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 12 4
Total 1 Medal 10/18 37 12 11 14 45 64

Pan American Games record

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position MP W D* L GF GA
Argentina 1951 Did not enter
Mexico 1955 Final 2nd 6 1 3 2 10 13
United States 1959 Preliminary round 6th 6 1 1 4 13 20
Brazil 1963 Did not enter
Canada 1967 Final 1st 5 3 2 0 12 4
Colombia 1971 Preliminary round 7th 3 1 1 1 3 3
Mexico 1975 Final 1st 6 4 2 0 27 5
Puerto Rico 1979 Did not enter
Venezuela 1983 Preliminary round 6th 2 1 0 1 2 1
United States 1987 Semi-Finals 4th 4 3 0 1 10 2
Cuba 1991 Final 2nd 5 3 1 1 19 4
Argentina 1995 Final 2nd 6 5 1 0 13 5
Canada 1999 Final 1st 6 4 2 0 14 5
Dominican Republic 2003 Semi-Finals 3rd 5 1 2 2 7 7
Brazil 2007 Semi-Finals 3rd 5 3 2 0 6 1
Mexico 2011 Final 1st 5 4 1 0 12 4
Canada 2015 TBD
Total 4 Medals 13/16 64 34 18 12 148 74

Central American and Caribbean Games record

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year Position MP W D* L GF GA
Cuba 1930 Did not Participate
El Salvador 1935 1st 5 5 0 0 29 6
Panama 1938 1st 5 4 1 0 14 4
Colombia 1946 Did not Participate
Guatemala 1950 5th 6 1 3 2 8 10
Mexico 1954 2nd 4 3 0 1 11 3
Venezuela 1959 1st 4 4 0 0 10 3
Jamaica 1962 2nd 5 4 0 1 17 4
Puerto Rico 1966 1st 5 5 0 0 11 2
Panama 1970 Did not Participate
Dominican Republic 1974 4th 6 3 1 2 7 6
Colombia 1978 4th 6 2 2 2 11 7
Cuba 1982 2nd 5 3 1 1 8 3
Dominican Republic 1986 3rd 5 4 0 1 6 3
Mexico 1990 1st 5 5 0 0 20 1
Puerto Rico 1993 2nd 5 3 0 2 11 4
Venezuela 1998 2nd 6 5 0 1 11 4
El Salvador 2002 2nd 5 2 3 0 8 4
Colombia 2006 7th 3 1 0 2 2 4
Puerto Rico 2010 No Football Tournament
Total 5 Medals 80 54 8 18 184 68

Universiade record

NAFC Championship results

North American Nations Cup results

International Honours

1999
1993, 2001

Regional Honours (CONCACAF)

1965, 1971, 1977
1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011
1947, 1949, 1991

Pan American Games

1935, 1938, 1959, 1966, 1990
1967, 1975, 1999, 2011
1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012

Minor Cups

1996, 1997, 1999
1985
1989
2001
1999 Carlsberg Cup

Player records

Top 10 goalscorers

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico.

# Player Period Goals
1 Jared Borgetti 1997–2008 46
2 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1995–2010 39
3 Carlos Hermosillo 1984–1997 35
Luis Hernández 1995–2002 35
5 Enrique Borja 1966–1975 31
6 Javier Hernández 2009– 30
Luis Roberto Alves 1988–2001 30
8 Luis Flores 1983–1993 29
Luis García 1991–1999 29
Hugo Sánchez 1977–1998 29

Most appearances (caps)

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. As of April 17, 2013.

# Player Period Caps
1 Claudio Suárez 1992–2006 178
2 Pável Pardo 1996–2009 148
3 Gerardo Torrado 1996– 138
4 Jorge Campos 1991–2004 131
5 Alberto García-Aspe 1988–2002 127
6 Ramon Ramirez 1991–2000 121
Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1995-2010 121
8 Rafael Márquez 1997– 111
9 Carlos Salcido 2004– 109
10 Oswaldo Sanchez 1996–2011 99

Goalscorers in World Cups

Player Number of Goals Edition
Manuel Rosas 2 1930
Juan Carreño 1
Roberto Gayón
Héctor Ortiz 1 1950
Horacio Casarín
José Lamadrid 1 1954
Tomás Balcázar
Jaime Belmonte 1 1958
Isidoro Díaz 1 1962
Alfredo del Águila
Héctor Hernández
Enrique Borja 1 1966
Javier Valdivia 2 1970
Javier Fragoso 1 Ignacio Basaguren
Gustavo Peña
José Luis González
Player Number of Goals Edition
Arturo Vázquez 1 1978
Víctor Rangel
Fernando Quirarte 2 1986
Hugo Sánchez 1
Luis Flores
Manuel Negrete
Raúl Servín
Luis García 2 1994
Marcelino Bernal 1
Alberto García Aspe 1
1 1998
Luis Hernández 4
Ricardo Peláez 2
Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1
1 2002
Jared Borgetti 2
Gerardo Torrado 1
Player Number of Goals Edition
Omar Bravo 2 2006
Sinha 1
Francisco Fonseca
Rafael Márquez 1
1 2010
Javier Hernández 2
Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1

Managers

Manager Career Games managed Won Drawn Lost Win %
Mexico Adolfo Frías Beltrán 1923 6 4 1 1 66.6
Mexico Alfonso Rojo de la Vega 1928 2 0 2 0 00.0
Spain Juan Luque de Serrallonga 1930 3 0 3 0 00.0
Mexico Rafael Garza Gutiérrez 1934, 1937–1938, 1949 16 14 1 1 87.5
England Alfred C. Crowle 1935 5 5 0 0 100.0
Hungary Jorge Orth 1947 2 2 0 0 100.0
Mexico Octavio Vial 1950 5 0 4 1 00.0
Spain Antonio López Herranz 1950, 1952, 1953–1954, 1956–1958 22 9 10 3 40.9
Mexico Horacio Casarín 1953 1 1 0 0 100.0
Mexico Ignacio Trelles 1958, 1960–1969, 1975–1976 106 50 27 29 47.1
Mexico Fernando Marcos 1959 3 3 0 0 100.0
Hungary Árpád Fekete 1963 3 1 1 1 33.3
Mexico Raúl Cardenas 1968, 1969, 1970, 1979–1981 59 25 20 14 42.3
Mexico Diego Mercado 1969 5 1 2 2 20.0
Mexico Javier de la Torre 1970–1973 38 20 7 11 52.6
Mexico Ignacio Juáregui 1974 3 2 1 0 66.6
Mexico José Antonio Roca 1977–1978 20 11 3 6 55.0
Mexico José Moncebáez 1979 3 1 1 1 33.3
Mexico Gustavo Peña 1979 1 1 0 0 100.0
Mexico Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović 1983–1986, 1995–1997 104 52 32 20 50.0
Mexico Mario Velarde 1987–1989 15 13 0 2 86.6
Mexico Alberto Guerra 1989 3 3 0 0 100.0
Mexico Manuel Lapuente 1990–1991, 1997–2000 67 33 18 16 49.2
Argentina César Luis Menotti 1991–1992 19 7 7 5 36.8
Brazil Ricardo Ferretti 1993 1 1 0 0 100.0
Mexico Miguel Mejía Barón 1993–1995 54 25 17 12 46.2
Mexico Mario Carrillo 1999 1 0 0 1 00.0
Mexico Gustavo Vargas 1999 2 1 1 0 50.0
Mexico Enrique Meza 2000–2001, 2010 20 5 4 11 25.0
Mexico Hugo Sánchez 2000, 2006–2008 26 13 4 9 50.0
Mexico Javier Aguirre 2001–2002, 2009–2010 55 35 10 10 63.6
Argentina Ricardo La Volpe 2002–2006 71 38 16 17 53.5
Mexico Jesús Ramírez 2008 5 4 0 1 80.0
Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson 2008–2009 13 6 1 6 46.2
Mexico Efraín Flores 2010 3 1 1 1 33.3
Mexico José Manuel de la Torre 2011– 33 21 9 3 63.6

Current as of March 27, 2013.

See also

References

  1. ^ After 1988, the tournament has been restricted to squads with no more than 3 players over the age of 23, and these matches are not regarded as part of the national team's record, nor are caps awarded.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Rankings". FIFA. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
  3. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2011-06-22. 
  4. ^ a b "The Start; El Comienzo". Televisa. Retrieved 2008-05-01. 
  5. ^ a b c "History of the National football team". Femexfut. Retrieved 2008-05-01. 
  6. ^ "The First Olympics". Televisa. Retrieved 2008-05-01. 
  7. ^ Match report "Mexico-France Match Report". FIFA. Retrieved June 19, 2008. 
  8. ^ "Six countries entered bidding for first World Cup. Hello.". India Times. Retrieved May 7, 2007. 
  9. ^ FIFA.com - Antonio Carbajal, el eterno Cinco Copas
  10. ^ 2002 Fifa World Cup, Japan, Korea Mexico Team Information
  11. ^ "Five Mexico players suspended for failed drug test". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Eight Mexico Players Kicked Off Copa America Team In Prostitution Scandal". ESPN Soccernet. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  13. ^ www.esmas.com
  14. ^ "Univision es la nueva sede de la Selección Nacional de Fútbol de México". Univision. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2013. 
  15. ^ "Telemundo Extends Exclusive Rights to Broadcast Mexican National Team World Cup Qualifying Away Matches Through 2013". TVBytheNumbers.com. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2013. 
  16. ^ "Univision Deportes and ESPN Announce Agreement to Increase Reach of Mexican Soccer in the U.S.". TVBytheNumbers.com. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013. 
  17. ^ Adidas Releases Mexico’s 2010 World Cup Kit - Mexico
  18. ^ Mexico adidas 2011/12 Home and Away Jerseys / Camisetas | FOOTBALL FASHION.ORG
  19. ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Mayor". MiSeleccion.MX. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013. 

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