Mexico national under-20 football team

Mexico U-20
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	El Tri (The Tri)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Alan Cervantes
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)[citation needed]
Biggest defeat
	Costa Rica 5 – 1 Mexico ; (San Pedro, Honduras; August 21, 1994) Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1977)
Best result	Runners-up : 1977
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	25 (first in 1962)
Best result	Winner : 1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013 & 2015

The Mexico national under-20 football team represents Mexico in association football at the under-20 age level, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body of football in Mexico.

The team has won the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship a record thirteen times across its various formats. Mexico has also qualified to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 15 of the 21 occasions that the tournament has been held. Mexico's best finish came at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, the first ever edition of a FIFA-sanctioned youth tournament. They also managed a third-place finish at the 2011 edition.

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
2017	Quarter-Finals	8th	5	2	1	2	4	4
2019	Group Stage	21st	3	0	0	3	1	6
2021	To be determined
Total	16/23	—	65	22	18	25	90	72

Honours

Official competitions

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, 2018

Invitational competitions

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]

Individual awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
2007			Giovani dos Santos
2011			Jorge Enríquez

Year	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
1977			Luis Placencia

Schedule and recent results

The following is a list of matches from the current U-20 cycle.

Date	Location	Opponent	Score^[1]	Competition	Scorers for Mexico
May 23, 2019	Gdynia, Poland	Italy	1–2	WC	Roberto de la Rosa
May 26, 2019	Gdynia, Poland	Japan	0–3	WC
May 29, 2019	Gdynia, Poland	Ecuador	0–1	WC

Key

1.^ Mexico's score is listed first
F = Friendly
WC = FIFA U-20 World Cup

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Carlos Higuera	(2000-11-18)18 November 2000 (aged 18)	Tijuana
2	2DF	Kevin Álvarez	(1999-01-15)15 January 1999 (aged 20)	Pachuca
3	2DF	Gilberto Sepúlveda	(1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 20)	Guadalajara
4	2DF	Efraín Orona	(1999-02-22)22 February 1999 (aged 20)	Pachuca
5	2DF	Naelson Cárdenas	(1999-04-15)15 April 1999 (aged 20)	Querétaro
6	3MF	Alan Torres	(2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 19)	Guadalajara
7	3MF	Diego Hernández	(1999-08-13)13 August 1999 (aged 19)	Guadalajara
8	3MF	Misael Domínguez	(1999-10-27)27 October 1999 (aged 19)	Cruz Azul
9	4FW	José Macías	(1999-09-22)22 September 1999 (aged 19)	León
10	3MF	Diego Lainez	(2000-06-09)9 June 2000 (aged 18)	Real Betis
11	4FW	Roberto de la Rosa	(2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 19)	Pachuca
12	1GK	Luis López	(1999-12-20)20 December 1999 (aged 19)	Dorados
13	2DF	Mario Trejo	(1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 20)	Monarcas Morelia
14	2DF	Oswaldo León	(1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 19)	América
15	3MF	Fernando Plascencia	(1999-06-18)18 June 1999 (aged 19)	Necaxa
16	3MF	Roberto Meraz	(1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 19)	Monarcas Morelia
17	4FW	Daniel López	(2000-03-14)14 March 2000 (aged 19)	Tijuana
18	3MF	Carlos Gutiérrez	(1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 20)	Pumas
19	3MF	Antonio Figueroa	(1999-06-13)13 June 1999 (aged 19)	Pachuca
20	3MF	Adrián Lozano	(1999-05-08)8 May 1999 (aged 20)	Santos Laguna
21	1GK	Ángel Alonzo	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 19)	Necaxa

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the current U-20 cycle.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Carlos Avilez	(1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 25)	1	0	FC Dallas

2DF	Carlos Robles	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Atlas
2DF	Daniel Parra	(2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Monterrey

3MF	Erick Sánchez	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Pachuca
3MF	Roberto Meraz	(1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Morelia
3MF	Jairo Torres	(2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Atlas
3MF	Antonio Nava	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Tijuana
3MF	Francisco Figueroa	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Pachuca
3MF	Luis Martínez	(1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Tijuana
3MF	Francisco Venegas	(1998-07-16) 16 July 1998 (age 26)	3	0	UANL
3MF	Roberto Alvarado	(1998-09-07) September 7, 1998 (age 26)			Cruz Azul

4FW	Álvaro Verda	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Celaya
4FW	Joao Maleck	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25)	2	1	Arrested
4FW	Marcel Ruiz	(2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Querétaro
4FW	Christopher Trejo	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Atlas
4FW	José De Jesús Padilla	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Pachuca
4FW	Eduardo Aguirre	(1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 (age 26)	9	2	Santos

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

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-20 Goals
1	Ronaldo Cisneros	2017	8
2	José Juan Macías	2018-2019	6
3	Hirving Lozano	2015	6
4	Ulises Dávila	2011	5
5	Giovani dos Santos	2005	5
6	Jesús Manuel Corona	2013	4
7	Alejandro Díaz	2015	4
8	Taufic Guarch	2011	4
9	Pedro Pineda	1991	4
10	Edson Rivera	2011	4
11	Alejandro Díaz	2015	4
12	Uriel Antuna	2017	3
13	Marco Bueno	2013	3
14	Alonso Escoboza	2013	3
15	Eduardo Lillingston	1997	3
16	Guillermo Martínez	2015	3
17	Alan Pulido	2011	3
18	Jose Ramírez	2015	3
19	Luis Placencia	1977	3
20	Alberto García Aspe	1985	3

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	57.1
Juan Manuel Alvarez	1994	3	2	0	1	66.6
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-	10	6	1	3	60.0

References

^ "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:elite-finals-roundup-2012&catid=3:newsflash Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".
^ "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.
^ "Convocatoria de la SNM Sub-20 para la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA Corea 2017". FMF (in Spanish).

[1] "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] ttp://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:elite-finals-roundup-2012&catid=3:newsflash Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".

[6] "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.

[List-7] "Convocatoria de la SNM Sub-20 para la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA Corea 2017". FMF (in Spanish).

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