Mexico national under-20 football team

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.

Mexico U-20
Nickname(s)El Tri (The Tri)
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachEduardo Arce
Top scorerJosé Juan Macías (11)
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Mexico 5–0 Haiti 
(Panama City, 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
Appearances16 (first in 1977)
Best resultRunners-up (1977)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances27 (first in 1962)
Best resultChampions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015)

The team has won the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship a record thirteen times across its various formats. Mexico's best finish came at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship finishing as runners-up, the first 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
1977Runners-up2nd5140115
1979Group stage11th302134
1981Group stage11th302145
1983Group stage13th301224
1985Quarter-finals5th430173
1987did not qualify
1989Banned
1991Quarter-finals7th412175
1993Quarter-finals5th421163
1995did not qualify
1997Round of 1612th411263
1999Quarter-finals6th531195
2001did not qualify
2003Group stage22nd301225
2005did not qualify
2007Quarter-finals5th5401103
2009did not qualify
2011Third place3rd7322106
2013Round of 1616th410366
2015Group stage17th310225
2017Quarter-finals8th521244
2019Group stage21st300316
2021Cancelled
2023did not qualify
2025to be determined
Total16/24652218259072

Honours

Major competitions

Other competitions

Individual awards

  • FIFA U-20 World Cup

Results and fixtures

The following matches have been played within the past 12 months.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Torneo del Sol.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
12 1GK Emmanuel Ochoa (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 San Jose Earthquakes
1 1GK Pablo Lara (2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 UNAM

22 2DF Gael Delgado (2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 América
3 2DF Carlos Mendiola (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 Puebla
2DF Ricardo Juárez (2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 Juárez
4 3MF Francisco Méndez (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 Guadalajara
2DF Luis Carrillo (2005-03-15) 15 March 2005 Mazatlán
2 2DF Ángel Chávez (2005-02-19) 19 February 2005 Necaxa
20 2DF Ari Contreras (2005-11-02) 2 November 2005 Pachuca
13 2DF José Pachuca (2005-07-24) 24 July 2005 Puebla

7 3MF Anthony Ramírez (2005-12-22) 22 December 2005 FC Dallas
8 3MF Xavier Biscayzacú (2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 Defensor Sporting
10 3MF Ariel Castro (2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 Guadalajara
6 2DF Brandon Tellez (Captain) (2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 Guadalajara
15 3MF Daniel Márquez (2005-04-29) 29 April 2005 Necaxa
2DF Elías Montiel (2005-10-07) 7 October 2005 Pachuca
19 3MF Iker Fimbers (2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 Monterrey
21 3MF Antonio Herrera (2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 Guadalajara
17 3MF Marco Hernández (2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 UNAM

9 4FW Thiago Gigena (2005-09-30) 30 September 2005 Newell's Old Boys
11 4FW Stephano Carrillo (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 Santos Laguna
14 4FW Ian Orozco (2005-09-22) 22 September 2005 Juárez

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Year(s) U-20 Goals
1José Juan Macías2018–201911
2Ronaldo Cisneros20178
3Hirving Lozano20156
4Ulises Dávila20115
Giovani dos Santos20075
Esteban Lozano20225

Managers

Name Years
Horacio Casarín 1977
Mario Velarde 1983
Jesús del Muro 1985, 1998–1999
Alfonso Portugal 1991
Juan de Dios Castillo 1992–1993
Juan Manuel Alvarez 1994
José Luis Real 1996–1997, 2001
Eduardo Rergis 2002–2003
Humberto Grondona 2005
Jesús Ramírez 2007–2009
Juan Carlos Chávez 2009–2011
Sergio Almaguer 2013–2015
Marco Antonio Ruiz 2016–2020

Raúl Chabrand

2020–2021

Luis Ernesto Pérez

2021–2022

Adrián Sánchez

2022–

See also

References

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