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	14 (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.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Silver Medal 1977

Bronze Medal 2011

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Gold Medal 1962 1970 1973 1974 1976 1978 1980 1984 1990 1992 2011 2013 2015

Bronze Medal 1988 1996

Individual awards

2007 Bronze Ball Giovani Dos Santos

2011 Bronze Ball Jorge Enríquez

1977 Bronze Shoe Luis Placencia

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 starting November 6.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	José Hernández	(1997-05-01) May 1, 1997 (age 27)	Atlas
1GK	Fernando Hernández	(1998-01-02) January 2, 1998 (age 26)	Monterrey
1GK	Abraham Romero	(1998-02-18) February 18, 1998 (age 26)	Pachuca
2DF	Érick Aguirre	(1997-02-23) February 23, 1997 (age 27)	Pachuca
2DF	Juan Agüayo	(1997-03-11) March 11, 1997 (age 27)	Guadalajara
2DF	Edson Álvarez	(1997-10-24) October 24, 1997 (age 26)	América
2DF	Diego Cortés	(1998-06-18) June 18, 1998 (age 26)	Guadalajara
2DF	Jorge Durán	(1997-02-28) February 28, 1997 (age 27)	León
2DF	Manuel Mayorga	(1997-05-29) May 29, 1997 (age 27)	Guadalajara
2DF	Jorge Sánchez	(1997-12-10) December 10, 1997 (age 26)	Santos Laguna
2DF	Ulises Torres	(1998-02-17) February 17, 1998 (age 26)	América
2DF	Francisco Venegas	(1998-07-16) July 16, 1998 (age 26)	Pachuca
3MF	Diego Aguilar	(1997-01-13) January 13, 1997 (age 27)	Toluca
3MF	Roberto Alvarado	(1998-09-07) September 7, 1998 (age 26)	Celaya
3MF	Carlos Antuna	(1997-08-21) August 21, 1997 (age 27)	Santos Laguna
3MF	Alan Cervantes	(1998-01-17) January 17, 1998 (age 26)	Guadalajara
3MF	Francisco Córdova	(1997-06-12) June 12, 1997 (age 27)	Oaxaca
3MF	Kevin Lara	(1998-04-18) April 18, 1998 (age 26)	Santos Laguna
3MF	Pablo López	(1998-01-07) January 7, 1998 (age 26)	Pachuca
3MF	Héctor Mascorro	(1997-05-12) May 12, 1997 (age 27)	Zacatecas
3MF	Miguel Tapias	(1997-01-09) January 9, 1997 (age 27)	Zacatecas
4FW	Eduardo Aguirre	(1998-08-03) August 3, 1998 (age 26)	Santos Laguna
4FW	Ronaldo Cisneros	(1997-01-08) January 8, 1997 (age 27)	Santos Laguna
4FW	Fernando González	(1997-09-09) September 9, 1997 (age 27)	América
4FW	Pedro Goulart	(1997-08-29) August 29, 1997 (age 27)	León
4FW	Kevin Magaña	(1998-02-01) February 1, 1998 (age 26)	Guadalajara
4FW	Ricardo Marín	(1998-03-18) March 18, 1998 (age 26)	América
4FW	Alexis Vega	(1997-11-25) November 25, 1997 (age 26)	Toluca

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Christian Herrera	(1997-04-20) April 20, 1997 (age 27)	Pachuca
1GK	Gustavo Alcalá	(1997-01-21) January 21, 1997 (age 27)	UNAM
2DF	Brayton Vázquez	(1998-05-05) May 5, 1998 (age 26)	Atlas
2DF	Bryan Salazar	(1998-02-25) February 25, 1998 (age 26)	Guadalajara
2DF	Joaquín Esquivel	(1998-01-07) January 7, 1998 (age 26)	Pachuca
2DF	César Jiménez	(1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 (age 27)	Atlas
2DF	Geovanni Rodríguez	(1997-04-06) April 6, 1997 (age 27)	Atlas
3MF	Ían Arellano	(1997-07-02) July 2, 1997 (age 27)	Juárez
3MF	Jesús Medina	(1997-09-25) September 25, 1997 (age 27)	Querétaro
3MF	Iván Gutiérrez	(1998-02-16) February 16, 1998 (age 26)	Guadalajara
3MF	André Aguilar	(1997-08-30) August 30, 1997 (age 27)	Monterrey
3MF	Ricardo Cruz	(1997-08-30) August 30, 1997 (age 27)	América
3MF	Luis González	(1997-02-08) February 8, 1997 (age 27)	Pachuca
3MF	Javier Ibarra	(1998-02-06) February 6, 1998 (age 26)	Monterrey
3MF	Emmanuel Ortega	(1997-02-17) February 17, 1997 (age 27)	Pachuca
4FW	Paolo Yrizar	(1997-08-06) August 6, 1997 (age 27)	Querétaro
4FW	Claudio Zamudio	(1998-03-30) March 30, 1998 (age 26)	Morelia
4FW	Jesús Godínez	(1997-01-20) January 20, 1997 (age 27)	Guadalajara
4FW	Luis Cruz	(1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 (age 27)	Zacatepec

* 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] "SE CONCENTRÓ LA SELECCIÓN NACIONAL DE MÉXICO SUB 20". 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
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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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