Mexico at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.
From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.
Mexico are the most successful team in the history of CONCACAF continental championships. They have won the most titles, with 11 (8 in the Gold Cup era), and hold various records. They hosted the tournament once, in 1977, and were co-hosts with the United States in 1993 and 2003. On all three occasions, Mexico won the title on home soil.
Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
| CONCACAF Championship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA |
 1963 |
Group stage | 7th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
 1965 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
 1967 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
 1969 |
Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
 1971 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
 1973 |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
 1977 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| 1981 |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 1985 | Withdrew to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup | |||||||
| 1989 | Banned | |||||||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||||
 1991 |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 1993 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 1996 |
Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 |
Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2000 |
Quarter-finals | 7th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2005 |
Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 2007 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 2009 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 2011 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 2013 |
Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
 2015 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 2017 |
Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
 2019 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| Total | 11 titles | 22/24 | 111 | 75 | 21 | 15 | 248 | 69 |
Winning Finals
The CONCACAF Championships have been played in round-robins rather than knock-out matches. For the three titles in that era, the decisive matches are listed.
| Year | Opponent | Result | Manager | Goal Scorer(s) | Final Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Guatemala |
2–1 | Ignacio Trelles |
E. Cisneros, J. Fragoso | Guatemala City
|
| 1971 | Honduras |
2–1 | Javier de la Torre |
O. Muciño (2) | Port-of-Spain
|
| 1977 | Canada |
3–1 | José Antonio Roca |
J. Guzmán (2), H. Sánchez | Monterrey
|
| 1993 | United States |
4–0 | Miguel Mejía Barón |
I. Ambriz, D. Armstrong (o.g.), Zague, G. Cantú | Mexico City
|
| 1996 |  Brazil |
2–0 |  Bora Milutinović |
L. García, C. Blanco | Los Angeles
|
| 1998 | United States |
1–0 | Manuel Lapuente |
L. Hernández | Los Angeles
|
| 2003 | Brazil |
1–0 (asdet.) |
 Ricardo La Volpe |
D. Osorno | Mexico City
|
| 2009 | United States |
5–0 | Javier Aguirre |
G. Torrado, G. Dos Santos, C. Vela, J. Castro, G. Franco | East Rutherford
|
| 2011 | United States |
4–2 | José Manuel de la Torre |
P. Barrera (2), A. Guardado, G. Dos Santos | Pasadena
|
| 2015 | Jamaica |
3–1 | Miguel Herrera |
A. Guardado, J. Corona, O. Peralta | Philadelphia
|
| 2019 | United States |
1–0 | Gerardo Martino |
J. Dos Santos | Chicago
|
Record by Opponent
Mexico does not have a negative record against any team from CONCACAF. Panama is the only one with a balanced tally. However, due to losses against invitees, they have negative records against Colombia and South Africa. Notably, they were matched up with record World Champion Brazil three times, and won all three matches without conceding.
| CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
| Brazil |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Canada |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 5 |
 Colombia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Costa Rica |
6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
 Cuba |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 |
 Curaçao |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 4 |
| El Salvador |
5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
 Guadeloupe |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Guatemala |
7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 7 |
 Haiti |
5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| Honduras |
5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 |
| Jamaica |
8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 4 |
 Martinique |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
 Nicaragua |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
 Panama |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
 South Africa |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Suriname |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 10 |
| United States |
4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 6 |
Record Players
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Andrés Guardado is Mexico's record player at continental championships. He has won the title three times, twice as captain in 2015 and 2019. From the pre-Gold Cup era, the most fielded player is defender Jesús del Muro, with 13 matches from 1963 to 1967.
| No. | Name | Matches | Gold Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrés Guardado | 24 | 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 |
| 2 | Gerardo Torrado | 20 | 2000, 2007, 2009 and 2011 |
| 3 | Guillermo Ochoa | 19 | 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2019 |
| 4 | Ramón Ramírez | 16 | 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000 |
| Claudio Suárez | 16 | 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000 | |
| Carlos Salcido | 16 | 2005, 2007 and 2011 | |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 16 | 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2015 | |
| 8 | Giovani Dos Santos | 15 | 2009, 2011 and 2015 |
| Alberto Medina | 15 | 2005, 2007 and 2009 | |
| 10 | Ricardo Osorio | 14 | 2003, 2005 and 2007 |
Top Goalscorers
| No. | Name | Goals | Gold Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luís Roberto Alves | 12 | 1991 (1) and 1993 (11) |
| Andrés Guardado | 12 | 2007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (6) and 2019 (2) | |
| 3 | Hugo Sánchez | 7 | 1977 (4) and 1981 (3) |
| Jared Borgetti | 7 | 2003 (3), 2005 (2) and 2007 (2) | |
| Javier Hernández | 7 | 2011 | |
| Raúl Jiménez | 7 | 2013 (2) and 2019 (5) | |
| 7 | Víctor Rangel | 6 | 1977 |
| Giovani Dos Santos | 6 | 2009 (2), 2011 (3) and 2015 (1) | |
| 9 | Ernesto Cisneros | 5 | 1965 |
| Javier Fragoso | 5 | 1965 | |
| Luis Miguel Salvador | 5 | 1993 | |
| Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 5 | 1996 (2), 1998 (2) and 2007 (1) | |
| Luis Hernández | 5 | 1998 (4) and 2000 (1) | |
| Pablo Barrera | 5 | 2009 (2) and 2011 (3) |
Awards and Records
Team Awards
- Winners (11): 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019
- Runners-up (2): 1967, 2007
- Third place (5): 1973, 1981, 1991, 2013, 2017
- Fair Play Award: 2011
Individual Awards
- Most Valuable Player:
- Golden Boot:
- Ernesto Cisneros (1965, 5 goals)
- Víctor Rangel (1977, 6 goals)
- Hugo Sánchez (1981, 3 goals)
- Benjamín Galindo (1991, 4 goals)
- Luís Roberto Alves (1993, 11 goals)
- Luis Hernández (1998, 4 goals) (shared)
- Miguel Sabah (2009, 4 goals)
- Javier Hernández (2011, 7 goals)
- Best Goalkeeper:
- Best Young Player:
Team Records
- Most titles (11)
- Most titles in a row (3, 1993–1998)
- Most tournament participations (22)
- Most matches (111)
- Most victories (75)
- Most goals (248)
- Most goals in a single tournament (28, 1993)
- Only team to win a tournament without conceding (1996 and 2003)
- Highest victory (9–0 over Martinique, 11 July 1993)
- Highest victory in a final/Most goals in a final (5–0 over United States, 2009)
Individual Records
- Most goals in one tournament: Luís Roberto Alves (11, 1993)
- Most goals in one match: Luís Roberto Alves (7, against Martinique, 11 July 1993)