Mexico national football team

Mexico
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)El Tri
El Tricolor
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederationNAFU (North America)
Head coachJaime Lozano
CaptainEdson Álvarez
Most capsAndrés Guardado (179)
Top scorerJavier Hernández (52)
Home stadiumEstadio Azteca
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 14 Increase 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest4 (February – June 1998, August 2003, April 2004, June 2004, May – June 2006)
Lowest40 (July 2015)
First international
 Guatemala 2–3 Mexico 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 1 January 1923)
Biggest win
 Mexico 13–0 Bahamas 
(Toluca, Mexico; 28 April 1987)
Biggest defeat
 England 8–0 Mexico 
(London, England; 10 May 1961)
World Cup
Appearances17 (first in 1930)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1970, 1986)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances25 (first in 1963)
Best resultChampions (1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
CONCACAF Nations League Finals
Appearances2 (first in 2021)
Best resultRunners-up (2021, 2024)
Copa América
Appearances11 (first in 1993)
Best resultRunners-up (1993, 2001)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1995)
Best resultChampions (1999)
Websitefmf.mx

The Mexico national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de México) represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol). It competes as a member of CONCACAF.

Mexico has qualified to seventeen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994, making it one of six countries to do so.[3] Mexico played France in the first match of the first World Cup on 13 July 1930. Mexico's best progression in World Cups has been reaching the quarter-finals in both the 1970 and 1986 World Cups, both times as host, and will play host for the third time in 2026.

Mexico is historically the most successful national team in CONCACAF, having won twelve confederation titles, including nine CONCACAF Gold Cups and three CONCACAF Championships (the precursor to the Gold Cup), as well as two NAFC Championships, one North American Nations Cup, one CONCACAF Cup and two gold medals of the Central American and Caribbean Games. It is one of eight nations[a] to have won two of the three most important football tournaments (the World Cup, Confederations Cup, and Summer Olympics), having won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup[4] and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] Mexico is also the only team from CONCACAF to have won an official FIFA competition, winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF, the national team was regularly invited to compete in the Copa América from 1993 to 2016, finishing runner-up twice – in 1993 and 2001 – and obtaining the third-place medal on three occasions.

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Mexico's World Cup Soccer History". eljalisco.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Mexico 1999". SuperSport.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. ^ Borden, Sam (11 August 2012). "Mexico Has Its Moment in Upset Over Brazil". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.


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