Mexico national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Mexico women's national football team.

Mexico

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	El Tricolor El Tri La Verde
Association	Mexican Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF
Sub-confederation	NAFU (North America)
Head coach	Miguel Herrera
Captain	Rafael Márquez
Most caps	Claudio Suárez (178)
Top scorer	Jared Borgetti (46)
Home stadium	Estadio Azteca
FIFA code	MEX
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	20
Highest	4 (February–June 1998, May–June 2006)
Lowest	33 (July 2009)
First international
Guatemala 2–3 Mexico (Guatemala, Guatemala; 1 January 1923)
Biggest win
Mexico 13–0 Bahamas (Toluca, Mexico; Apr 28, 1987)
Biggest defeat
England 8–0 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	20 (first in 1963)
Best result	Winners, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011
Copa América
Appearances	8 (first in 1993)
Best result	2nd place, 1993 and 2001
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1995)
Best result	Winners, 1999
Medal record Olympic medal record Men's football 2012 London Team

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 Miguel Herrera. The team is currently ranked 20 in the FIFA World Rankings and 19 in the World Football Elo Ratings.

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 three 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

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.

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

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

The Road to Korea-Japan '02

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

2002 and 2006 World Cups

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 with a goal from Borgetti. 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.

Mexico was one of eight seeded teams in the first round at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. 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.

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 with a goal from Hernán Crespo. 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.

Post-World Cup

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.

2010 World Cup

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

Mexico vs France at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

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 where Mexico were defeated 1–0, but still advanced 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 an offside position but it was declared a fair play. Gonzalo Higuaín scored a second for Argentina. Tevez later scored, giving Argentina a 3-goal lead, before Hernández scored Mexico's only goal of the match. As a result of their 1–3 defeat, the Mexican team was eliminated in the Round of 16 for the fifth straight World Cup.

The Road to Brazil '14

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. Mexico won the group with three wins and no losses and scoring 14 goals, and being scored only once. 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 came back and scored 4 goals, and won 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.

Mexico went 2-1 in the group stages of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, defeating Canada and Martinique but losing to Panama. Mexico then defeated Trinidad & Tobago 1-0 in the quarterfinal match, before facing Panama again in the semi-final. Mexico lost the semi-final match, 2-1, in front the largest crowd to ever watch a Gold Cup semifinal match held in the United States (over 81,000 were in attendance). The two losses to Panama were the first two times Panama had ever defeated Mexico in a Gold Cup match.

Out of six games played in the fourth round of 2014 World Cup qualifying, Mexico has won one game five draws and two loses which has complicated their qualification to the 2014 World Cup.

Team image

Home stadium

Main article: Estadio Azteca

Azteca stadium is the home of the national team.

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, 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. 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.

Kit

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 two 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. In current kit, the socks reverted to red.

Evolution

1928 Home

1950 Away

1950 Home

1954 Home

1958 Home

1962 Home

1962 Away

1966 Home 1966 Away 1970 Home 1970 Away 1978 Home 1978 Away 1986 Home 1986 Away 1994 Home 1994 Away 1995 Home 1998 Home 1998 Away 1999 Home 2002 Home 2002 Away 2003 Home 2003 Away 2004 Home 2004 Away 2006 Home 2006 Away 2007 Home 2007 Away 2008 Home 2008 Away 2010 Home 2010 Away 2010 Bicentennial 2011 Home 2011 Away 2013 Third 2014 Home 2014 Away Past crests Used from 1927–75 Used from 1927–75 Used from 1975–78 Used from 1975–78 Used from 1984–94 Used from 1984–94 Results and fixtures Mexico v Panama October 11, 2013 2014 WCQ Mexico 2–1 Panama Mexico City, Mexico 20:30 UTC−5 Peralta 39' Jiménez 85' Report Tejada 81' Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 90,758 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Costa Rica v Mexico October 15, 2013 2014 WCQ Costa Rica 2–1 Mexico San José, Costa Rica 19:30 UTC−6 Ruiz 24' Saborío 63' Report Peralta 28' Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala) Mexico v Finland October 30, 2013 Friendly Mexico 4–2 Finland San Diego, United States 20:00 UTC−8 Márquez 11' Peña 23' Peralta 46' Escoboza 64' Report Hurme 28' Valenzuela 55' (o.g.) Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium Attendance: 24,723 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States) Mexico v New Zealand November 13, 2013 WCQ Playoff Mexico 5–1 New Zealand Mexico City, Mexico 14:30 UTC−6 Aguilar 32' Jiménez 40' Peralta 48', 80' Márquez 84' Report James 85' Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 99,832 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) New Zealand v Mexico November 20, 2013 WCQ Playoff New Zealand 2–4 Mexico Wellington, New Zealand 19:00 UTC+13 James 80' (pen.) Fallon 83' Report Peralta 14', 29', 33' Peña 87' Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 35,206 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) Mexico v South Korea January 29, 2014 Friendly 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) Mexico v Nigeria March 5, 2014 Friendly Mexico 0–0 Nigeria Atlanta, United States 20:30 UTC−4 Report Stadium: Georgia Dome Attendance: 68,212 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) United States v Mexico April 2, 2014 Friendly 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) Mexico v Israel May 28, 2014 Friendly Mexico v Israel Mexico City, Mexico Stadium: Estadio Azteca Mexico v Ecuador May 31, 2014 Friendly Mexico v Ecuador Arlington, United States 14:00 UTC−5 Stadium: AT&T Stadium Mexico v Bosnia and Herzegovina June 3, 2014 Friendly Mexico v Bosnia and Herzegovina Chicago, United States 20:30 UTC−5 Stadium: Soldier Field Mexico v Portugal June 6, 2014 Friendly Mexico v Portugal Foxborough, United States 20:30 UTC−4 Stadium: Gillette Stadium Mexico v Cameroon June 13, 2014 2014 WC - GS Mexico v Cameroon Natal, Brazil 13:00 UTC−4 Stadium: Arena das Dunas Brazil v Mexico June 17, 2014 2014 WC - GS Brazil v Mexico Fortaleza, Brazil 16:00 UTC−4 Stadium: Estádio Castelão Croatia v Mexico June 23, 2014 2014 WC - GS Croatia v Mexico Recife, Brazil 17:00 UTC−4 Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Players Current squad The following players were selected for the friendly match against United States on April 2, 2014. Caps and goals updated as of April 2, 2014. No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Moisés Muñoz (1980-02-01) February 1, 1980 13 0 América 1GK Alfredo Talavera (1982-09-18) September 18, 1982 13 0 Toluca 2DF Rafael Márquez (1979-02-13) February 13, 1979 118 15 León 2DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez (1981-10-20) October 20, 1981 91 1 América 2DF Paul Aguilar (1986-03-06) March 6, 1986 27 3 América 2DF Juan Carlos Valenzuela (1984-03-15) March 15, 1984 19 0 América 2DF Miguel Layún (1988-06-25) June 25, 1988 11 0 América 2DF Miguel Ponce (1989-04-12) April 12, 1989 6 1 Toluca 2DF Enrique Pérez (1988-10-13) October 13, 1988 3 0 Atlas 2DF Rogelio Chávez (1984-10-28) October 28, 1984 1 0 Cruz Azul 3MF Jesús Zavala (1987-07-21) July 21, 1987 30 2 Monterrey 3MF Carlos Peña (1990-03-29) March 29, 1990 14 2 León 3MF Marco Fabián (1989-07-21) July 21, 1989 11 4 Cruz Azul 3MF Luis Montes (1986-05-16) May 16, 1986 11 2 León 3MF Juan Carlos Medina (1983-08-22) August 22, 1983 7 0 América 3MF Isaác Brizuela (1990-08-28) August 28, 1990 5 0 Toluca 3MF José Juan Vázquez (1988-03-14) March 14, 1988 2 0 León 4FW Raúl Jiménez (1991-05-05) May 5, 1991 22 4 América 4FW Alan Pulido (1991-03-08) March 8, 1991 3 4 UANL 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 Guillermo Ochoa (1985-07-13) July 13, 1985 56 0 Ajaccio v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 GK José de Jesús Corona (1981-01-26) January 26, 1981 32 0 Cruz Azul v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 GK Jonathan Orozco (1986-05-12) May 12, 1986 6 0 Monterrey v. Panama, October 11, 2013 GK Cirilo Saucedo (1982-01-05) January 5, 1982 1 0 Tijuana 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Héctor Moreno (1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 50 1 Espanyol v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 DF Diego Reyes (1992-09-19) September 19, 1992 12 0 Porto v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 DF Jorge Torres Nilo (1988-01-16) January 16, 1988 38 1 UANL v. South Korea, January 29, 2014 DF Adrián Aldrete (1988-06-14) June 14, 1988 14 0 América v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 DF Hugo Ayala (1987-03-31) March 31, 1987 11 0 UANL v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 DF Edwin Hernández (1986-07-10) July 10, 1986 1 0 León v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 DF Miguel Ángel Herrera (1989-04-03) April 3, 1989 0 0 Pachuca v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 DF Hiram Mier (1989-08-25) August 25, 1989 10 0 Monterrey v. New Zealand, November 13, 2013 DF Carlos Salcido (1980-04-02) April 2, 1980 119 10 UANL v. Costa Rica, October 15, 2013 DF Jonny Magallón (1981-11-21) November 21, 1981 54 3 León v. Costa Rica, October 15, 2013 DF Severo Meza (1986-07-09) July 9, 1986 15 0 Monterrey v. Costa Rica, October 15, 2013 DF Joel Huiqui (1983-02-18) February 18, 1983 14 1 Morelia 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Leobardo López (1983-09-04) September 4, 1983 9 1 Monterrey 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Israel Jiménez (1989-08-13) August 13, 1989 6 0 UANL 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Alejandro Castro (1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 5 0 Cruz Azul 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Efraín Velarde (1986-04-18) April 18, 1986 5 0 UNAM 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Dárvin Chávez (1989-11-21) November 21, 1989 3 0 Monterrey 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Jair Pereira (1986-07-07) July 7, 1986 1 0 Guadalajara 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Gerardo Flores (1986-02-05) February 5, 1986 7 0 Cruz Azul 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup MF Andrés Guardado (1986-09-28) September 28, 1986 100 14 Bayer Leverkusen v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 MF Javier Aquino (1990-02-11) February 11, 1990 21 0 Villarreal v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 MF Héctor Herrera (1990-04-19) April 19, 1990 10 0 Porto v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 MF Rodolfo Pizarro (1994-02-15) February 15, 1994 1 0 Pachuca v. South Korea, January 29, 2014 MF Sinha (1976-05-23) May 23, 1976 59 6 Toluca v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 MF Jesús Molina (1988-03-29) March 29, 1988 8 0 América v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 MF Alonso Escoboza (1993-01-22) January 22, 1993 3 1 Santos Laguna v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 MF Luis Ángel Mendoza (1990-02-03) February 3, 1990 0 0 América v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 MF Rodrigo Salinas (1988-05-09) May 9, 1988 0 0 Morelia v. New Zealand, November 20, 2013 MF Lucas Lobos (1981-08-03) August 3, 1981 0 0 UANL v. Finland, October 30, 2013 MF Gerardo Torrado (1979-04-30) April 30, 1979 146 6 Cruz Azul v. Costa Rica, October 15, 2013 MF Fernando Arce (1980-04-24) April 24, 1980 47 7 Tijuana v. Costa Rica, October 15, 2013 MF Christian Giménez (1981-02-01) February 1, 1981 5 0 Cruz Azul v. Costa Rica, October 15, 2013 MF Ángel Reyna (1984-09-19) September 19, 1984 25 2 Veracruz v. Panama, October 11, 2013 MF Damián Álvarez (1979-05-21) May 21, 1979 2 0 UANL v. Panama, October 11, 2013 MF Jorge Enríquez (1991-01-08) January 8, 1991 8 0 Guadalajara 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup MF José María Cárdenas (1985-04-02) April 2, 1985 4 1 León 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup MF David Cabrera (1989-09-07) September 7, 1989 3 0 UNAM 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup MF Javier Cortés (1989-07-20) July 20, 1989 2 0 UNAM 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup MF Pablo Barrera (1987-06-21) June 21, 1987 57 6 Cruz Azul 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup FW Javier Hernández (1988-06-01) June 1, 1988 58 35 Manchester United v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 FW Oribe Peralta (1984-01-12) January 12, 1984 30 16 Santos Laguna v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 FW Giovani dos Santos (1989-05-11) May 11, 1989 73 14 Villarreal v. Nigeria, March 5, 2014 (Withdrew) FW Aldo de Nigris (1983-07-22) July 22, 1983 28 9 Guadalajara v. South Korea, January 29, 2014 FW Omar Bravo (1980-03-04) March 4, 1980 65 15 Guadalajara 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup FW Rafael Márquez Lugo (1981-11-02) November 2, 1981 16 1 Guadalajara 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup FW Javier Orozco (1987-11-16) November 16, 1987 7 0 Santos Laguna 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup 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 Claudio Suárez is the most capped player in the history of Mexico with 178 caps. Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. As of April 2, 2014. # Player Period Caps 1 Claudio Suárez 1992–2006 178 2 Pável Pardo 1996–2009 148 3 Gerardo Torrado 1999– 146 4 Jorge Campos 1991–2004 130 5 Ramón Ramírez 1991–2000 121 6 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1995–2010 121 7 Carlos Salcido 2004– 119 8 Rafael Márquez 1997– 118 9 Alberto García-Aspe 1988–2002 109 10 Andrés Guardado 2005– 100 Top goalscorers Jared Borgetti is the top scorer in the history of Mexico with 46 goals. Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. As of April 2, 2014. # Player Period Goals 1 Jared Borgetti 1997–2008 46 2 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1995–2010 39 3 Carlos Hermosillo 1984–1997 35 Javier Hernández 2009– 35 Luis Hernández 1995–2002 35 6 Enrique Borja 1966–1975 31 7 Luis Roberto Alves 1988–2001 30 8 Luis Flores 1983–1993 29 Luis García 1991–1999 29 Hugo Sánchez 1977–1998 29 Benjamín Galindo 1983-1998 29 Competitive record 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 Qualified TBD 2018 TBD 2022 Total Quarter-Finals 15/22 49 12 13 24 52 89 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 MP W D* L GF GA 1963 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 9 2 1965 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 2 1967 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 10 1 1969 Fourth-Place 5 1 2 2 4 5 1971 Champions 5 4 1 0 6 1 1973 Third-Place 5 2 2 1 10 5 1977 Champions 5 5 0 0 20 5 1981 Third place 5 1 3 1 6 3 1985 Hosted 1986 World cup 1989 Banned 1991 Third-Place 5 3 1 1 10 5 1993 Champions 5 4 1 0 28 2 1996 Champions 4 4 0 0 9 0 1998 Champions 4 4 0 0 8 2 2000 Quarter-Final 3 1 1 1 6 3 2002 Quarter-Final 3 2 1 0 4 1 2003 Champions 5 4 1 0 9 0 2005 Quarter-Final 4 2 0 2 7 4 2007 Runners-up 6 4 0 2 7 5 2009 Champions 6 5 1 0 15 2 2011 Champions 6 6 0 0 22 4 2013 Semi-Final 5 3 0 2 8 5 Total 9 Titles 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 - 38 17 10 11 55 44 Olympic Games See also: Mexico national under-23 football team 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 Medal 10/18 37 12 11 14 45 64 Pan American Games Pan American Games record Year Round Position MP W D* L GF GA 1951 Did not enter 1955 Final 2nd 6 1 3 2 10 13 1959 Preliminary round 6th 6 1 1 4 13 20 1963 Did not enter 1967 Final 1st 5 3 2 0 12 4 1971 Preliminary round 7th 3 1 1 1 3 3 1975 Final 1st 6 4 2 0 27 5 1979 Did not enter 1983 Preliminary round 6th 2 1 0 1 2 1 1987 Semi-Finals 4th 4 3 0 1 10 2 1991 Final 2nd 5 3 1 1 19 4 1995 Final 2nd 6 5 1 0 13 5 1999 Final 1st 6 4 2 0 14 5 2003 Semi-Finals 3rd 5 1 2 2 7 7 2007 Semi-Finals 3rd 5 3 2 0 6 1 2011 Final 1st 5 4 1 0 12 4 Total 4 Medals 13/16 64 34 18 12 148 74 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games record Year Position MP W D* L GF GA 1930 Did not Participate 1935 1st 5 5 0 0 29 6 1938 1st 5 4 1 0 14 4 1946 Did not Participate 1950 5th 6 1 3 2 8 10 1954 2nd 4 3 0 1 11 3 1959 1st 4 4 0 0 10 3 1962 2nd 5 4 0 1 17 4 1966 1st 5 5 0 0 11 2 1970 Did not Participate 1974 4th 6 3 1 2 7 6 1978 4th 6 2 2 2 11 7 1982 2nd 5 3 1 1 8 3 1986 3rd 5 4 0 1 6 3 1990 1st 5 5 0 0 20 1 1993 2nd 5 3 0 2 11 4 1998 2nd 6 5 0 1 11 4 2002 2nd 5 2 3 0 8 4 2006 7th 3 1 0 2 2 4 2010 No Football Tournament Total 5 Medals 80 54 8 18 184 68 Honours 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 Universiade Winners (1): 1979 Central American and Caribbean Games Winners (5): 1935, 1938, 1959, 1966, 1990 *Represented by under-23 national team 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 Managers Manager Career Games managed Won Drawn Lost Win % Adolfo Frías Beltrán 1923 6 4 1 1 66.6 Alfonso Rojo de la Vega 1928 2 0 2 0 00.0 Juan Luque de Serrallonga 1930 3 0 3 0 00.0 Rafael Garza Gutiérrez 1934, 1937–1938, 1949 16 14 1 1 87.5 Alfred C. Crowle 1935 5 5 0 0 100.0 Jorge Orth 1947 2 2 0 0 100.0 Octavio Vial 1950 5 0 4 1 00.0 Antonio López Herranz 1950, 1952, 1953–1954, 1956–1958 22 9 10 3 40.9 Horacio Casarín 1953 1 1 0 0 100.0 Ignacio Trelles 1958, 1960–1969, 1975–1976 106 50 27 29 47.1 Fernando Marcos 1959 3 3 0 0 100.0 Árpád Fekete 1963 3 1 1 1 33.3 Raúl Cardenas 1968, 1969, 1970, 1979–1981 59 25 20 14 42.3 Diego Mercado 1969 5 1 2 2 20.0 Javier de la Torre 1970–1973 38 20 7 11 52.6 Ignacio Juáregui 1974 3 2 1 0 66.6 José Antonio Roca 1977–1978 20 11 3 6 55.0 José Moncebáez 1979 3 1 1 1 33.3 Gustavo Peña 1979 1 1 0 0 100.0 Bora Milutinović 1983–1986, 1995–1997 104 52 32 20 50.0 Mario Velarde 1987–1989 15 13 0 2 86.6 Alberto Guerra 1989 3 3 0 0 100.0 Manuel Lapuente 1990–1991, 1997–2000 67 33 18 16 49.2 César Luis Menotti 1991–1992 19 7 7 5 36.8 Ricardo Ferretti 1993 1 1 0 0 100.0 Miguel Mejía Barón 1993–1995 54 25 17 12 46.2 Mario Carrillo 1999 1 0 0 1 00.0 Gustavo Vargas 1999 2 1 1 0 50.0 Enrique Meza 2000–2001, 2010 20 5 4 11 25.0 Hugo Sánchez 2000, 2006–2008 26 13 4 9 50.0 Javier Aguirre 2001–2002, 2009–2010 55 35 10 10 63.6 Ricardo La Volpe 2002–2006 71 38 16 17 53.5 Jesús Ramírez 2008 5 4 0 1 80.0 Sven-Göran Eriksson 2008–2009 13 6 1 6 46.2 Efraín Flores 2010 3 1 1 1 33.3 José Manuel de la Torre 2011–2013 50 27 12 11 54.0 Luis Fernando Tena 2013 1 0 0 1 00.0 Víctor Manuel Vucetich 2013 2 1 0 1 50.0 Miguel Herrera 2013– 5 4 1 0 80.0 Current as of March 5, 2014. 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