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==History==
==History==
===Early years===
===Early years=== evan milley is the gay team captin 100% mexicano
Football in [[Mexico]] was organized in the early 20th century by [[European ethnic groups|European]] immigrant groups, notably [[Cornish people|Cornish]] miners from [[Cornwall]], [[England]], and in later years, [[Spain|Spanish]] exiles fleeing the [[Spanish Civil War]]. The original team played Guatemala, which the Mexican team won 3–2.<ref name="The Start; El Comienzo">{{cite web | title=The Start; El Comienzo| publisher=[[Televisa]] | url=http://www.esmas.com/seleccionmexicana/historia/313563.html| accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>
Football in [[Mexico]] was organized in the early 20th century by [[European ethnic groups|European]] immigrant groups, notably [[Cornish people|Cornish]] miners from [[Cornwall]], [[England]], and in later years, [[Spain|Spanish]] exiles fleeing the [[Spanish Civil War]]. The original team played Guatemala, which the Mexican team won 3–2.<ref name="The Start; El Comienzo">{{cite web | title=The Start; El Comienzo| publisher=[[Televisa]] | url=http://www.esmas.com/seleccionmexicana/historia/313563.html| accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>


Revision as of 18:10, 17 December 2010

Mexico
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol
(Mexican Football Federation)
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachJosé Manuel de la Torre
CaptainRafael Márquez
Most capsClaudio Suárez (178)
Top scorerJared Borgetti (46)
Home stadiumEstadio Azteca
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current28
Highest4 (May–June 2006)
Lowest33 (July 2009)
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
Appearances14 (first in 1930)
Best resultQuarter-finals, 1970 and 1986
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances18 (first in 1963)
Best resultWinners, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1995)
Best resultWinners, 1999

The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in association football and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre. The team is currently ranked 28th in the FIFA World Rankings[1] and 11th in the World Football Elo Ratings.[2]

Mexico has qualified for fourteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994. 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 holds one FIFA Confederations Cup, eight CONCACAF championships including five 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.

History

===Early years=== evan milley is the gay team captin 100% mexicano Football in Mexico was 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. The original team played Guatemala, which the Mexican team won 3–2.[3]

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.[4] The manager for this team was Rafael Garza Gutiérrez "Récord", and the assistant coach was Adolfo Frías.[4] 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.[4]

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.[3]

Formation

On August 9, 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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

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 and did not appear at the world stage until 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). They won the first championship game

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 Olympic Games in Seoul 1988. The punishment originally was only going to be applied to the Olympic team and not the World Cup team, but the penalty was applied to all Mexican national representatives of all sports for two years. This was a hard intake, as this was the golden time for the legendary striker Hugo Sanchez, where in the next World Cup, he was just considered a "good" player, rather than a "legendary" one. Many other players that were having an exciting moment in their club careers such as Carlos Hermosillo, Ricardo Pelaez, Alberto Garcia Aspe, Adrian Chavez, Felix Fernandez, Luis Flores, Zaguino, Miguel Herrera, Benjamin Galindo, Daniel Guzmán, Guillermo Huerta; plus many others saw their World Cup 1990 dreams shattered, crushed and ruined by this scandal that in the Mexican media became known as the "Cachirules". By World Cup 1994, Hermosillo, Sanchez, Garcia Aspe, Chavez, Fernandez, Gallindo and Zaguinho were named on the team roster for that year's World Cup even though not in their best conditions to do so. As for Pelaez, of whom was cut out from the 1994 roster, however by the 1998 World Cup (held in France) he was able to make participation and score 2 memorable goals (which were against South Korea and Holland) at the age of 35.

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. Mexico went on to win its group on tiebreakers in the 1994 World Cup, 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 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).

After its participation at King Fahd's 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, in which they came in first place in the CONCACAF side. 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 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.

Mexico hosted and won the 1999 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, he 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, 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 a handball by the US was ignored and Mexican captain Rafael Márquez was sent off for a brutal foul on Cobi Jones.[9]

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, Hernán Crespo scored for Argentina to equalise. 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 participation 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.

On June 3, 2010, Mexico defeated current World Cup Champions Italy, 2 – 1, in a friendly game played eight days before the start of the 2010 South Africa World Cup. Italian player Leonardo Bonucci expressed his disappointment with the result meanwhile Mexico coach Javier Aguirre told his players not to get carried away after defeating Italy in a pre-World Cup friendly.[10][11][12]

For the 2010 South Africa 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 and were noticed by an assistant referee who urged the referee about the play being offside but it was controversially declared as fair play. Gonzalo Higuaín scored after another controversial play in which Ricardo Osorio accidentally pushed the ball in front of Higuain while passing it to a teammate then tripping before giving Higuain a chance to go and score a second for Argentina. Tévez later on scored a 3rd on a lucky shot where he "coincidentally" 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 striking it in the middle of the post and the goalkeeper on the left edge of the box and what would be Mexico's only goal for the controversial match. For the fifth straight World Cup, the Mexican team were eliminated in the Round of 16 as a result of their 3–1 defeat.

Home stadium

Main article: Estadio Azteca

The Estadio Azteca ,(Aztec Stadium in English), also known as "El Colosso De Santa Ursula" is a stadium in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico National Football Team and the Mexican club team Club América.It has a large capacity of 114,600 seats for the general public, it contains V.I.P. Rooms and also Balconies, making it the largest stadium in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere and the third largest stadium in the world. Estadio Azteca was built in the 1960's, designed and created as the largest stadium in the world during its time. As decades have passed, it has come to be that this stadium is not just a stadium but a treasure, being a witness to its very own history as it has carried out so many important sporting and historical events in its existence including the FIFA World Cup in 1970 where Pele won his last Trophy, The 1985 Mexico City Earthquake which destroyed most of the city but not the stadium, and the FIFA World Cup in 1986 where Diego Maradona won his only Trophy. 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.

Kit

The Mexican national team utilizes a tricolour system, composed of colors Green, red, and white. 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 consist of a black shirt and black shorts, with a green trim. 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.[13]

Evolution

1928 Home
1950 Home
1950 Away
1954 Home
1958 Home
1962 Home
1962 Away
1966 Home
1966 Away
2006 Home
2007 Home
2008 Home

Schedule and results

Recent and upcoming games

See also: Mexico national football team schedule and results
Date Location Opponent Score1 Competition Mexico scorers
August 11, 2010 Mexico City, Mexico  Spain 1–1 F J. Hernández 12'
September 4, 2010 Zapopan, Mexico  Ecuador 1–2 F Luis Checa 41' (o.g.) [14]
September 7, 2010 San Nicolás, Mexico  Colombia 1–0 F E. Hernández 89'
October 12, 2010 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico  Venezuela 2–2 F J. Hernández 34', G. dos Santos 61'
July 4, 2011 San Juan, Argentina  Chile CAF
July 8, 2011 Mendoza, Argentina  Peru CAF
July 12, 2011 La Plata, Argentina  Uruguay CAF
Key

Current squad

The following 20-man squad was selected for the friendly matches against Venezuela on October 12, 2010.[15]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Guillermo Ochoa (1985-07-13) July 13, 1985 (age 39) 41 0 Mexico América
12 1GK José de Jesús Corona (1981-01-26) January 26, 1981 (age 43) 11 0 Mexico Cruz Azul
2 2DF Servando Casillas (1997-10-20) October 20, 1997 (age 26) 54 9 Mexico Club America
3 2DF Carlos Salcido (1980-04-02) April 2, 1980 (age 44) 81 6 England Fulham
5 2DF Leobardo López (1983-09-04) September 4, 1983 (age 40) 9 1 Mexico Pachuca
11 2DF Jorge Iván Estrada (1983-10-16) October 16, 1983 (age 40) 1 0 Mexico Santos
13 2DF Édgar Dueñas (1983-03-05) March 5, 1983 (age 41) 4 0 Mexico Toluca
15 2DF Héctor Moreno (1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 (age 36) 14 0 Netherlands AZ
19 2DF Jonny Magallón (1981-11-21) November 21, 1981 (age 42) 53 3 Mexico Guadalajara
20 2DF Jorge Torres Nilo (1988-01-16) January 16, 1988 (age 36) 9 0 Mexico UANL
4 3MF Rafael Márquez (1979-02-13) February 13, 1979 (age 45) 98 11 United States New York Red Bulls
6 3MF Gerardo Torrado (1979-04-30) April 30, 1979 (age 45) 120 6 Mexico Cruz Azul
7 3MF Pablo Barrera (1987-06-21) June 21, 1987 (age 37) 28 3 England West Ham United
8 3MF Antonio Ríos (1988-10-24) October 24, 1988 (age 35) 2 0 Mexico Toluca
18 3MF Andrés Guardado (1986-09-28) September 28, 1986 (age 37) 62 8 Spain Deportivo La Coruña
9 4FW Ivan Nunez (1992-04-19) April 19, 1992 (age 32) 7 9 Mexico Chivas del Guadalajara
10 4FW Giovani dos Santos (1989-05-11) May 11, 1989 (age 35) 34 6 England Tottenham Hotspur
14 4FW Javier Hernández (1988-06-01) June 1, 1988 (age 36) 20 11 England Manchester United
16 4FW Javier Orozco (1987-11-16) November 16, 1987 (age 36) 3 0 Mexico Cruz Azul
17 4FW Elías Hernández (1988-04-29) April 29, 1988 (age 36) 4 1 Mexico Morelia

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 Luis Ernesto Michel (1979-07-21) July 21, 1979 (age 45) 4 0 Mexico Guadalajara 2010 FIFA World Cup
GK Jonathan Orozco (1986-05-02) May 2, 1986 (age 38) 1 0 Mexico Monterrey v.  New Zealand, March 3, 2010
DF Paul Aguilar (1986-03-06) March 6, 1986 (age 38) 12 2 Mexico Pachuca v.  Spain, August 11, 2010
DF Fausto Pinto (1983-08-08) August 8, 1983 (age 41) 25 0 Mexico Cruz Azul v.  Spain, August 11, 2010
DF Ricardo Osorio (1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 (age 44) 80 1 Mexico Monterrey 2010 FIFA World Cup
DF Juan Carlos Valenzuela (1984-05-15) May 15, 1984 (age 40) 9 0 Mexico América v.  Angola, May 13, 2010
DF Óscar Rojas (1981-08-02) August 2, 1981 (age 43) 18 1 Mexico América v.  North Korea, March 17, 2010
DF José Antonio Castro (1980-08-11) August 11, 1980 (age 44) 33 1 Mexico UANL v.  North Korea, March 17, 2010
DF Hugo Ayala (1987-03-31) March 31, 1987 (age 37) 3 0 Mexico UANL v.  Bolivia, February 24, 2010
MF Efraín Juárez (1988-02-22) February 22, 1988 (age 36) 24 0 Scotland Celtic v.  Colombia, September 7, 2010
MF Jonathan Dos Santos (1990-04-26) April 26, 1990 (age 34) 5 0 Spain Barcelona v.  Iceland, March 24, 2010
MF Israel Castro (1980-06-07) June 7, 1980 (age 44) 36 1 Mexico UNAM 2010 FIFA World Cup
MF Adrián Aldrete (1988-06-14) June 14, 1988 (age 36) 7 0 Mexico Morelia v.  Angola, May 13, 2010
MF Jesús Molina (1988-03-29) March 29, 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Mexico UANL v.  Iceland, March 24, 2010
MF Daniel Arreola (1985-10-08) October 8, 1985 (age 38) 1 0 Mexico Pachuca v.  North Korea, March 17, 2010
MF Luis Miguel Noriega (1985-04-17) April 17, 1985 (age 39) 6 1 Mexico Morelia v.  North Korea, March 17, 2010
MF Patricio Araujo (1988-01-30) January 30, 1988 (age 36) 5 0 Mexico Guadalajara v.  North Korea, March 17, 2010
FW Carlos Vela (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35) 33 9 England Arsenal v.  Colombia, September 7, 2010
FW Alberto Medina (1983-05-29) May 29, 1983 (age 41) 56 6 Mexico Guadalajara 2010 FIFA World Cup
FW Adolfo Bautista (1979-05-15) May 15, 1979 (age 45) 38 11 Mexico Guadalajara 2010 FIFA World Cup
FW Miguel Sabah (1979-11-14) November 14, 1979 (age 44) 16 5 Mexico Morelia v.  Ecuador, May 7, 2010
FW Ángel Reyna (1984-09-19) September 19, 1984 (age 39) 3 0 Mexico América v.  Iceland, March 24, 2010
FW Vicente Matías Vuoso (1981-09-19) September 19, 1981 (age 42) 10 4 Mexico América v.  Iceland, March 24, 2010
FW Aldo de Nigris (1983-07-22) July 22, 1983 (age 41) 2 0 Mexico Monterrey v.  New Zealand, March 3, 2010

Competitive record

Pan American Games record

  • 1951 – Did not enter
  • 1955 – Silver medal
  • 1959 – Sixth place
  • 1963 – Did not enter
  • 1967 – Gold medal
  • 1971 – Round 1
  • 1975 – Gold medal
  • 1979 – Did not enter
  • 1983 – Round 1
  • 1987 – Fourth place
  • 1991 – Silver medal
  • 1995 – Silver medal
  • 1999 – Gold medal
  • 2003 – Bronze medal
  • 2007 – Bronze medal

Central American and Caribbean Games record

  • 1935 – Gold Medal
  • 1938 – Gold Medal
  • 1946 – Did not participate
  • 1950 – Round 1
  • 1954 – Silver Medal
  • 1959 – Gold Medal
  • 1962 – Gold Medal
  • 1966 – Gold Medal
  • 1978 – 4th place
  • 1982 – Gold Medal
  • 1986 – Gold Medal
  • 1990 – Gold Medal
  • 1993 – Gold Medal
  • 1998 – Gold Medal
  • 2002 – Silver Medal
  • 2006 – Quarterfinals

NAFC Championship results

North American Nations Cup results

International Honours

Regional Honours (CONCACAF)

Panamerican Games

Minor Cups

Player Records

Goalscorers in World Cups

Previous World Cup squads

     

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 Arpad Fekete 1963 3 1 1 1 33.3
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 Raúl Cardenas 1979–1981 59 25 20 14 42.3
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
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 Javier Aguirre 2001–2002, 2009-2010 55 18 10 10 63.6
Argentina Ricardo La Volpe 2002–2006 71 38 16 17 53.5
Mexico Hugo Sánchez 2006–2008 26 13 4 9 50.0
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 2010- 0 0 0 0 0

See also

References

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