Mexico national under-20 football team

Mexico national under-20 football team
Medal record
U-20 World Cup

Mexico U-20
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Mexican Football Federation ; (Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Marco Antonio Ruiz
FIFA code	MEX
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Mexico 5 – 0 Haiti ; (Panama, Panama; March 9, 1962)
Biggest win
	Mexico 16 – 0 Puerto Rico ; (Rades, Tunisia; February 22, 1974)
Biggest defeat
	Costa Rica 5 – 1 Mexico ; (San Pedro, Honduras; August 21, 1994) Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	13 (first in 1977)
Best result	Runners-up : 1977

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

Individual awards

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

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

Competitive Record

FIFA World Cup Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	4	0	11	5
1979	Group Stage	11th	3	0	2	1	3	4
1981	Group Stage	11th	3	0	2	1	4	5
1983	Group Stage	13th	3	0	1	2	2	4
1985	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	3	0	1	7	3
1987	Did Not Qualify
1989	Banned
1991	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	2	1	7	5
1993	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	3
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	6	3
1999	Quarter-Finals	6th	5	3	1	1	9	5
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003	Group Stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	2	5
2005	Did Not Qualify
2007	Quarter-Finals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	3
2009	Did Not Qualify
2011	Third Place	3rd	7	3	2	2	10	6
2013	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	6	6
2015	Group stage	17th	3	1	0	2	2	5

Honours

FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1977
- Third Place (1): 2011
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- Winners (13): 1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015
- Runners-up (2): 1988, 1996,
Copa Presidente de la República
- Winners (1): 2011^[1]
Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament
- Runner-up (1): 2012^[2]
Milk Cup
- Winners (2): 2001,^[3] 2012^[4]
Lev Yashin Cup
- Winners (1): 2012^[5]
ADO Den Haag Tournament
- Winners (1): 59th ADO Den Haag Tournament^[6]

Schedule and Recent Results

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

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

Current Squad

The following 28 players were called up to take part in a training camp.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Fernando Hernández	(1998-01-02)January 2, 1998 (aged 18)	Monterrey
1GK	José Hernández	(1997-05-01)May 1, 1997 (aged 18)	Atlas
1GK	Cristian Herrera	(1997-04-20)April 20, 1997 (aged 18)	Real Salt Lake
2DF	Edson Álvarez	(1997-10-24)October 24, 1997 (aged 18)	América
2DF	Ulises Torres	(1998-10-12)October 12, 1998 (aged 17)	América
2DF	Diego Cortés	(1998-06-18)June 18, 1998 (aged 17)	Guadalajara
2DF	Juan Agüayo	(1997-03-11)March 11, 1997 (aged 18)	Guadalajara
2DF	Manuel Mayorga	(1997-05-25)May 25, 1997 (aged 18)	Guadalajara Premier
2DF	Jorge Sánchez	(1997-10-12)October 12, 1997 (aged 18)	Santos Laguna
2DF	Kevin Lara	(1998-04-18)April 18, 1998 (aged 17)	Santos Laguna
2DF	Bryan Salazar	(1998-02-25)February 25, 1998 (aged 17)	Coras B
2DF	Joaquín Esquivel	(1998-01-07)January 7, 1998 (aged 18)	Zacatecas
3MF	Francisco Córdova	(1997-06-12)June 12, 1997 (aged 18)	América
3MF	Alan Cervantes	(1998-01-17)January 17, 1998 (aged 18)	Guadalajara
3MF	Kevin Magaña	(1998-02-01)February 1, 1998 (aged 17)	Guadalajara
3MF	André Aguilar	(1997-08-30)August 30, 1997 (aged 18)	Monterrey
3MF	Javier Ibarra	(1998-02-06)February 6, 1998 (aged 17)	Monterrey
3MF	Miguel Tapias	(1997-01-09)January 9, 1997 (aged 19)	Pachuca
3MF	Pablo López	(1998-01-07)January 7, 1998 (aged 18)	Pachuca
3MF	Emmanuel Ortega	(1997-02-17)February 17, 1997 (aged 18)	Pachuca
3MF	Carlos Antuna	(1997-08-21)August 21, 1997 (aged 18)	Santos Laguna
4FW	Fernando González	(1998-09-09)September 9, 1998 (aged 17)	América
4FW	José de Jesús Godínez	(1997-01-20)January 20, 1997 (aged 19)	Guadalajara Premier
4FW	Claudio Zamudio	(1998-03-30)March 30, 1998 (aged 17)	Morelia
4FW	Pedro Goulart	(1997-08-29)August 29, 1997 (aged 18)	Puebla
4FW	Eduardo Aguirre	(1998-08-03)August 3, 1998 (aged 17)	Santos Laguna
4FW	Ronaldo Cisneros	(1997-01-08)January 8, 1997 (aged 19)	Santos Laguna Premier
4FW	Luis Cruz	(1997-01-16)January 16, 1997 (aged 19)	UANL

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Gustavo Alcalá	(1997-01-21)January 21, 1997 (aged 18)	UNAM
2DF	César Jiménez	(1997-01-16)January 16, 1997 (aged 18)	Atlas
2DF	Geovanni Rodríguez	(1997-04-06)April 6, 1997 (aged 18)	Atlas
2DF	Jorge Durán	(1997-02-28)February 28, 1997 (aged 18)	León
3MF	Ricardo Cruz	(1997-08-30)August 30, 1997 (aged 18)	Chiapas
3MF	Luis González	(1997-02-08)February 8, 1997 (aged 18)	Pachuca
3MF	Sebastian Saucedo	(1997-01-22)January 22, 1997 (aged 18)	Veracruz

* All dates of births can be confirmed here.^[7]

Players Record

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-20 Goals
1	Hirving Lozano	2015	6
2	Giovani dos Santos	2005	5
2	Ulises Dávila	2011	5
4	Pedro Pineda	1991	4
4	Taufic Guarch	2011	4
4	Edson Rivera	2011	4
4	Jesús Manuel Corona	2013	4
4	Alejandro Díaz	2015	4
9	Luis Placencia	1977	3
9	Agustin Manzo	1977	3
9	Alberto García Aspe	1985	3
9	Eduardo Lillingston	1997	3
9	Alan Pulido	2011	3
9	Marco Bueno	2013	3
9	Alonso Escoboza	2013	3
9	Guillermo Martínez	2015	3
9	Jose Ramírez	2015	3

Former squads

Pan American Games record

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

1951 - Did not enter
1955 - gold 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
2011 - Gold medal
2015 - Silver medal

Mexico under-20 managers

Manager	Mexico career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Horacio Casarin	1977	5	1	4	0	20.0
Mario Velarde	1983	3	0	1	2	0.00
Jesús del Muro	1985, 1998–1999	12	9	1	2	75.00
Alfonso Portugal Diaz	1991	4	1	2	1	25.0
Juan de Dios Castillo	1992–1993	7	4	2	1	60
Juan Manuel Alvarez	1994	3	2	0	1	56.6
José Luis Real	1996–1997, 2001	12	6	3	3	50.00
Eduardo Rergis	2002–2003	6	2	1	3	33.3
Humberto Grondona	2005	3	1	0	2	33.3
Jesús Ramírez	2007–2009	8	6	1	1	75.00
Juan Carlos Chávez	2009–2011	19	12	3	4	63.15
Sergio Almaguer	2013-2015	18	11	2	5	61.1
Marco Antonio Ruiz	2016-

References

[1] ttp://www.excelsior.com.mx/2011/07/23/adrenalina/755387

[2] ttp://www.ultra.com.mx/deportesnacional/index.php/futbol/el-tri/itemlist/tag/Beijing%20Hyundai%20International%20Youth%20Football%20Tournament%202012.html

[3] ttp://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=39&Itemid=148

[4] ttp://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:elite-finals-roundup-2012&catid=3:newsflash

[5] ttp://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/seleccion-mexicana/noticias/2012/07/15/la-sub-20-gano-en-rusia-el-torneo-lev-yashin

[6] ttp://www.adoforexpats.com/2012/05/28/mexico-win-the-59th-ado-youth-tournament/

[List-7] "LA SELECCIÓN NACIONAL SUB21 SE CONCENTRÓ EN VERACRUZ". FMF (in Spanish).

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Medal record
U-20 World Cup
	1977 Tunisia	Team
	2011 Colombia	Team

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Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

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