Mexico national football team

Mexico

Nickname(s)	El Tricolor,
Association	Mexican Football Federation
Sub-confederation	NAFU (North America)
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	José Manuel de la Torre
Captain	Rafael Márquez
Most caps	Claudio Suárez (178)
Top scorer	Jared Borgetti (46)
Home stadium	Estadio Azteca
FIFA code	MEX
FIFA ranking	22
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (February-June 1998, May–June 2006,)
Lowest FIFA ranking	33 (July 2009)
Elo ranking	11
Highest Elo ranking	5 (July 2011)
Lowest Elo ranking	47 (February 1979)
Home colours Away colours
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	18 (First in 1963)
Best result	Winners, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011
Copa América
Appearances	7 (First in 1993)
Best result	2nd place, 1993 and 2001
Confederations Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1995)
Best result	Winners, 1999

The Mexican 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 José Manuel de la Torre. The team is currently ranked 22nd in the FIFA World Rankings^[1] and 11th in the World Football Elo Ratings.^[2]

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 two 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 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. The original team played Guatemala, which the Mexican team won 3–2.^[3]

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.^[4] The manager for this team was Rafael Garza Gutiérrez "Récord", and the assistant coach was Adolfo Frías.^[4] 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.^[4]

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.^[3]

Formation

On August 9, 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.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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 With Ronaldo Roldan Torres 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. This was a hard intake, as this was the golden time for the legendary striker Hugo Sanchez, where in the next World Cup, he was just considered a "good" player, rather than a "legendary" one. Many other players that were having an exciting moment in their club careers such as Carlos Hermosillo (Standard Liege (BEL), Ricardo Pelaez (Necaxa), Alberto Garcia Aspe (UNAM), Adrian Chavez (America), Felix Fernandez (Atlante), Luis Flores (UNAM), Zaguinho (America), Miguel Herrera (Atlante), Benjamin Galindo (Guadalajara), Daniel Guzmán (Universidad de Guadalajara), Guillermo Huerta (America); plus many others saw their World Cup 1990 dreams shattered, crushed and ruined by this scandal that in the Mexican media became known as the "Cachirules".

Post-1990

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).

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.

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

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 thanks to a goal from Borgetti that was regarded as one of the best of the tournament. In the second round Mexico played continental rivals United States, losing 2–0 in a controversial game where a handball by the US was ignored and Mexican captain Rafael Márquez was sent off for a brutal foul on Cobi Jones.^[9]

Additional information: 2006 FIFA World Cup - Group D

Mexico was one of eight seeded teams in the first round at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The eight seeded teams consisted of Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. 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 Nacny Torres 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. During the match, Bravo missed a penalty.

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 thanks to an own goal from Jared Borgetti. 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.

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.

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

South Africa vs Mexico

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 with both teams needing just a draw to advance however Mexico were defeated 1–0 but still advance 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 offside position, in which the Argentine team were clearly positioned offside, noticed by a linesman who urged the referee to discount the goal but it was declared a fair play. Gonzalo Higuaín scored later when Ricardo Osorio accidentally pushed the ball in front of Higuain while passing it to a teammate then tripping, giving Higuain a chance to go and score a second for Argentina. Tévez later on scored on a shot where he was not marked by anyone, giving Argentina a 3-goal lead before Javier Hernandez scored what was considered the best goal of the match, in which he took on 3 defenders before scoring between the post and the goalkeeper on the left edge of the box for what would be Mexico's only goal for the match. For the fifth straight World Cup, the Mexican team was eliminated in the Round of 16 as a result of their 1–3 defeat.

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.^[10] Mexico won the group with three wins and no losses and scoring 14 goals, and being scored on 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 would come back and score 4 goals, and eventually win the match 4–2, thus being crowned champions, and earning a spot in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

On 28 June 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.^[11]

Home stadium

Main article: Estadio Azteca

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,^[12] 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.

Kit

The Mexican national team utilizes a tricolour 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 2 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.^[13] In current kit, the socks reverted back to red.^[14]

Evolution

1928 Home

1930 Away

1950 Home

1954 Home

1958 Home

1962 Home

1962 Away

1966 Home

1966 Away

2006 Home

2006 Away

2007 Home

2007 Away

2008 Home

2008 Away

2010 Home

2010 Away

2010 Bicentennial

Past Crest

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  Used from 1927-75

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  Used from 1975-78

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  Used from 1986-93

Schedule and results

Recent and upcoming games

See also: Mexico national football team schedule and results

Date	Location	Opponent	Score1	Competition	Scorers for Mexico
August 10, 2011	Philadelphia, United States	United States	1–1	F	Peralta  17'
September 2, 2011	Warsaw, Poland	Poland	1–1	F	J. Hernández  34'
September 4, 2011	Barcelona, Spain	Chile	1–0	F	Guardado  78'
October 11, 2011	Torreón, Mexico	Brazil	1–2	F	David Luiz  10' (o.g.)
November 11, 2011	Querétaro, Mexico	Serbia	2–0	F	Salcido  3', J. Hernández  88' (pen.)
June 8, 2012	TBD, Mexico	Guyana		WCQ
June 12, 2012	TBD, El Salvador	El Salvador		WCQ
September 7, 2012	TBD, Costa Rica	Costa Rica		WCQ
September 11, 2012	TBD, Mexico	Costa Rica		WCQ
October 12, 2012	TBD, Guyana	Guyana		WCQ
October 16, 2012	TBD, Mexico	El Salvador		WCQ

Key

• F = Friendly
• UF = Unofficial friendly
• WCQ = World Cup Qualifier
• 1.^ Mexico's score is listed first

Current squad

The following 20 players were selected for the friendly game against Serbia.^[15] Caps and goals updated as of November 11, 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK José de Jesús Corona January 26, 1981 (1981-01-26) (age 30) 12 0 Cruz Azul 12 GK Alfredo Talavera September 18, 1982 (1982-09-18) (age 29) 9 0 Toluca 2 DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez October 20, 1981 (1981-10-20) (age 30) 65 1 VfB Stuttgart 3 DF Carlos Salcido April 2, 1980 (1980-04-02) (age 31) 96 7 UANL 4 DF Hugo Ayala March 31, 1987 (1987-03-31) (age 24) 3 0 UANL 15 DF Héctor Moreno January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 23) 29 0 Espanyol 16 DF Efraín Juárez February 22, 1988 (1988-02-22) (age 23) 38 1 Zaragoza 19 DF Jonny Magallón November 21, 1981 (1981-11-21) (age 29) 54 3 Guadalajara 20 DF Jorge Torres Nilo January 16, 1988 (1988-01-16) (age 23) 16 1 UANL 5 MF Édgar Andrade March 2, 1988 (1988-03-02) (age 23) 2 0 Chiapas 8 MF Israel Castro December 20, 1980 (1980-12-20) (age 30) 47 1 Cruz Azul 11 MF Javier Aquino February 11, 1990 (1990-02-11) (age 21) 6 0 Cruz Azul 13 MF Jesús Zavala July 21, 1987 (1987-07-21) (age 24) 6 0 Monterrey 17 MF Sinha May 23, 1976 (1976-05-23) (age 35) 55 6 Toluca 18 MF Andrés Guardado September 28, 1986 (1986-09-28) (age 25) 77 13 Deportivo La Coruña 21 MF Jesús Molina March 29, 1988 (1988-03-29) (age 23) 3 0 América 7 FW Pablo Barrera June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21) (age 24) 43 6 Zaragoza 9 FW Oribe Peralta January 12, 1984 (1984-01-12) (age 27) 11 1 Santos Laguna 10 FW Giovani dos Santos May 11, 1989 (1989-05-11) (age 22) 53 11 Tottenham Hotspur 14 FW Javier Hernández June 1, 1988 (1988-06-01) (age 23) 33 23 Manchester United

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 July 13, 1985 (1985-07-13) (age 26) 47 0 Ajaccio v.  Serbia, November 11, 2011 (withdrew due to injury) GK Luis Ernesto Michel July 21, 1979 (1979-07-21) (age 32) 10 0 Guadalajara 2011 Copa America GK Carlos Felipe Rodríguez April 3, 1989 (1989-04-03) (age 22) 0 0 Morelia 2011 Copa America GK Liborio Sánchez October 9, 1989 (1989-10-09) (age 22) 0 0 Querétaro 2011 Copa America GK Jonathan Orozco May 12, 1986 (1986-05-12) (age 25) 1 0 Monterrey 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Rafael Márquez February 13, 1979 (1979-02-13) (age 32) 109 12 New York Red Bulls v.  Brazil, October 11, 2011 DF Sergio Pérez September 13, 1986 (1986-09-13) (age 25) 3 0 Monterrey v.  Brazil, October 11, 2011 DF Édgar Dueñas March 5, 1983 (1983-03-05) (age 28) 9 0 Toluca v.  Chile, September 4, 2011 DF Efraín Velarde April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18) (age 25) 1 0 UNAM v.  Chile, September 4, 2011 DF Paul Aguilar March 6, 1986 (1986-03-06) (age 25) 20 2 América v.  United States, August 10, 2011 DF Oswaldo Alanís March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18) (age 22) 0 0 Estudiantes Tecos 2011 Copa América DF Kristian Álvarez April 20, 1992 (1992-04-20) (age 19) 0 0 Guadalajara 2011 Copa América DF Néstor Araujo August 29, 1991 (1991-08-29) (age 20) 5 1 Cruz Azul 2011 Copa América DF Dárvin Chávez November 21, 1989 (1989-11-21) (age 21) 6 0 Monterrey 2011 Copa América DF Hiram Mier August 25, 1989 (1989-08-25) (age 22) 4 0 Monterrey 2011 Copa América DF Miguel Ángel Ponce April 12, 1989 (1989-04-12) (age 22) 2 0 Guadalajara 2011 Copa América DF Héctor Reynoso October 3, 1980 (1980-10-03) (age 31) 4 0 Guadalajara 2011 Copa América DF Israel Jiménez August 13, 1989 (1989-08-13) (age 22) 2 0 UANL 2011 Copa América preliminary squad DF Fernando Navarro April 18, 1989 (1989-04-18) (age 22) 1 0 UANL 2011 Copa América preliminary squad DF Néstor Vidrio March 22, 1989 (1989-03-22) (age 22) 3 0 Atlas 2011 Copa América preliminary squad DF Ricardo Osorio March 30, 1980 (1980-03-30) (age 31) 82 1 Monterrey 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Jorge Iván Estrada October 16, 1983 (1983-10-16) (age 28) 1 0 Santos Laguna v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 9, 2011 DF Leobardo López September 4, 1983 (1983-09-04) (age 28) 9 1 Pachuca v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 9, 2011 MF Gerardo Torrado April 30, 1979 (1979-04-30) (age 32) 135 6 Cruz Azul v.  Brazil, October 11, 2011 (withdrew due to injury) MF Adrián Aldrete June 14, 1988 (1988-06-14) (age 23) 8 0 Morelia v.  Chile, September 4, 2011 MF Christian Bermúdez April 26, 1987 (1987-04-26) (age 24) 4 0 Atlante v.  Chile, September 4, 2011 MF Diego De Buen July 13, 1991 (aged 19) 0 0 UNAM 2011 Copa América MF Jorge Enríquez January 8, 1991 (1991-01-08) (age 20) 5 0 Guadalajara 2011 Copa América MF Antonio Gallardo April 19, 1989 (1989-04-19) (age 22) 0 0 Guadalajara 2011 Copa América MF Carlos Orrantía February 1, 1991 (1991-02-01) (age 20) 0 0 UNAM 2011 Copa América MF Édgar Pacheco January 22, 1990 (1990-01-22) (age 21) 6 1 UANL 2011 Copa América MF Diego Reyes September 19, 1992 (1992-09-19) (age 19) 5 0 América 2011 Copa América MF David Cabrera September 7, 1989 (1989-09-07) (age 22) 3 0 UNAM 2011 Copa América preliminary squad MF Néstor Calderón February 14, 1989 (1989-02-14) (age 22) 5 0 Toluca 2011 Copa América preliminary squad MF Jonathan dos Santos April 26, 1990 (1990-04-26) (age 21) 7 0 Barcelona B 2011 Copa América preliminary squad MF Marco Fabián July 21, 1989 (1989-07-21) (age 22) 3 1 Guadalajara 2011 Copa América preliminary squad MF Jorge Hernández June 10, 1989 (1989-06-10) (age 22) 3 0 Chiapas 2011 Copa América preliminary squad MF Luis Ernesto Pérez January 12, 1981 (1981-01-12) (age 30) 68 8 Monterrey 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup preliminary squad MF José María Cárdenas April 2, 1985 (1985-04-02) (age 26) 3 1 Santos Laguna v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 9, 2011 MF Antonio Ríos October 24, 1988 (1988-10-24) (age 23) 2 0 Toluca v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 9, 2011 MF Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez April 16, 1985 (1985-04-16) (age 26) 1 0 Pachuca v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 9, 2011 FW Ángel Reyna September 19, 1984 (1984-09-19) (age 27) 8 0 América v.  Brazil, October 11, 2011 FW Aldo de Nigris July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22) (age 28) 14 6 Monterrey v.  Chile, September 4, 2011 FW Omar Arellano June 18, 1987 (1987-06-18) (age 24) 7 1 Guadalajara v.  United States, August 10, 2011 FW Ulises Dávila April 13, 1991 (aged 19) 0 0 Vitesse 2011 Copa América FW Rafael Márquez Lugo November 2, 1981 (1981-11-02) (age 30) 12 0 Morelia 2011 Copa América FW Alan Pulido March 8, 1991 (1991-03-08) (age 20) 0 0 UANL 2011 Copa América FW Javier Cortés July 20, 1989 (1989-07-20) (age 22) 3 0 UNAM 2011 Copa América preliminary squad FW Erick Torres January 19, 1993 (1993-01-19) (age 18) 0 0 Guadalajara 2011 Copa América preliminary squad FW Carlos Vela March 1, 1989 (1989-03-01) (age 22) 35 9 Real Sociedad 2011 Copa América preliminary squad FW Elías Hernández April 29, 1988 (1988-04-29) (age 23) 7 1 Pachuca 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup FW Juan Carlos Cacho May 3, 1982 (1982-05-03) (age 29) 11 3 UNAM v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 9, 2011

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

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	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	Group Stage	14th	2	0	0	2	2	8
1958	Group Stage	16th	3	0	1	2	1	8
1962	Group Stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	4
1966	Group Stage	12th	3	0	2	1	1	3
1970	Quarter-Final	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-Final	6th	5	3	2	0	6	2
1990	Banned
1994	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	4	4
1998	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	8	7
2002	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	4	4
2006	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	5	5
2010	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	4	5
Total		14/19	49	12	13	24	52	89

FIFA Confederations Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Did Not qualify
1995	Third-Place	3	1	2	0	4	2
1997	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	8	6
1999	Champions	5	4	1	0	13	6
2001	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	8
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005	Fourth-Place	5	2	2	1	7	6
2009	Did Not Qualify
2013	Qualified
Total	1 Title	19	8	5	6	33	28

CONCACAF Gold Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	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	Did Not Qualify
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
Total	9 Titles	83	54	17	12	203	52

Copa América record

CONMEBOL Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1993	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	8	7
1995	Quarter Final	7th	4	1	2	1	5	4
1997	Third Place	3rd	6	2	2	2	8	9
1999	Third Place	3rd	6	3	1	2	10	9
2001	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	7	5
2004	Quarter Final	6th	4	2	1	1	5	7
2007	Third Place	3rd	6	4	1	1	13	5
2011	Group Stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	4
Total	Runners-up	8/43	38	17	10	11	55	44

Pan American Games record

• 1951 – Did not enter
• 1955 – Silver 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

Central American and Caribbean Games record

• 1935 – Gold Medal
• 1938 – Gold Medal
• 1946 – Did not participate
• 1950 – Round 1
• 1954 – Silver Medal
• 1959 – Gold Medal
• 1962 – Gold Medal
• 1966 – Gold Medal
• 1978 – 4th place
• 1982 – Gold Medal
• 1986 – Gold Medal
• 1990 – Gold Medal
• 1993 – Gold Medal
• 1998 – Gold Medal
• 2002 – Silver Medal
• 2006 – Quarterfinals

Universiade record

• 1979 - Gold Medal

NAFC Championship results

• 1947 – Champions
• 1949 – Champions

North American Nations Cup results

• 1990 – Runner-Up
• 1991 – Champions

International Honours

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1

1999

• Copa América: Runner-Up

1993, 2001

Regional Honours (CONCACAF)

• CONCACAF Championship: 3

1965, 1971, 1977

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 6

1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011

• NAFC Championship / North American Nations Cup: 3

1947, 1949, 1991

Panamerican Games

• Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medals: 6

1935, 1938, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1990

• Pan Am Games Gold Medals: 4

1967, 1975, 1999, 2011

• CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament Gold Medals: 5

1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004

Minor Cups

• United States Cup Championship: 3

1996, 1997, 1999

• Azteca 2000 Tournament Championship: 1

1985

• Marlboro Cup Championship: 1

1989

• Milk Cup Elite Championship: 1

2001

• Lunar New Year Cup: 1

1999 Carlsberg Cup

Player Records

Top 10 goalscorers Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. Rank Player Goals Years 1 Jared Borgetti 46 1997–2008 2 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 39 1995– 3 Carlos Hermosillo 35 1984–1997 4 Luis Hernández 35 1995–2002 5 Enrique Borja 31 1966–1975 6 Luis Roberto Alves 30 1988–2001 7 Luis Flores 29 1983–1993 Luis García 1991–1999 Hugo Sánchez 1977–1998 10 Benjamín Galindo 28 1983–1998

Most appearances (caps) Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. As of 11 October 2011 Rank Player Caps Years 1 Claudio Suárez 178 1992–2006 2 Pável Pardo 148 1996–2009 3 Gerardo Torrado 135 1996– 4 Jorge Campos 131 1991–2004 5 Alberto García-Aspe 127 1988–2002 6 Ramon Ramirez 121 1991–2000 7 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 121 1995– 8 Rafael Márquez 109 1997– 9 Oswaldo Sanchez 99 1996–2011 10 Carlos Hermosillo 97 1984–1997

Goalscorers in World Cups

Player Number of Goals Edition Manuel Rosas 2 1930 Juan Carreño 1 Roberto Gayón Héctor Ortiz 1 1950 Horacio Casarín José Lamadrid 1 1954 Tomás Balcázar Jaime Belmonte 1 1958 Isidoro Díaz 1 1962 Alfredo del Águila Héctor Hernández Enrique Borja 1 1966 Javier Valdivia 2 1970 Javier Fragoso 1 Javier Hernández Gutiérrez Ignacio Basaguren Gustavo Peña José Luis González

Player Number of Goals Edition Arturo Vázquez 1 1978 Víctor Rangel Fernando Quirarte 2 1986 Hugo Sánchez 1 Luis Flores Manuel Negrete Raúl Servín Luis García 2 1994 Marcelino Bernal 1 Alberto García Aspe 1 1 1998 Luis Hernández 4 Ricardo Peláez 2 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1 1 2002 Jared Borgetti 2 Gerardo Torrado 1

Player Number of Goals Edition Omar Bravo 2 2006 Sinha 1 Francisco Fonseca Rafael Márquez 1 1 2010 Javier Hernández 2 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1

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
Arpad 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
Velibor 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	2010–	16	11	4	1	68.7

As of July 14, 2011.

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-22 football team

References

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11. ^ "Eight Mexico Players Kicked Off Copa America Team In Prostitution Scandal". ESPN Soccernet. 28 June 2011. http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2011/6/28/2248761/mexico-copa-america-2011-prostitution-jonathan-dos-santos. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
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13. ^ Adidas Releases Mexico’s 2010 World Cup Kit - Mexico
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External links

• Official Site of the Federacion Mexicana de Fútbol
• RSSSF archives and results