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
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)El Tri (The Tri)
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachRaúl Chabrand
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 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
Tunisia 1977Runners-up2nd5140115
Japan 1979Group stage11th302134
Australia 1981Group stage11th302145
Mexico 1983Group stage13th301224
Soviet Union 1985Quarter-finals5th430173
Chile 1987did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989Banned
Portugal 1991Quarter-finals7th412175
Australia 1993Quarter-finals5th421163
Qatar 1995did not qualify
Malaysia 1997Round of 1612th411263
Nigeria 1999Quarter-finals6th531195
Argentina 2001did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003Group stage22nd301225
Netherlands 2005did not qualify
Canada 2007Quarter-finals5th5401103
Egypt 2009did not qualify
Colombia 2011Third place3rd7322106
Turkey 2013Round of 1616th410366
New Zealand 2015Group stage17th310225
South Korea 2017Quarter-finals8th521244
Poland 2019Group stage21st300316
Indonesia 2021Cancelled
Argentina 2023did not qualify
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

2022

19 June 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Mexico  8–0  Suriname San Pedro Sula, Honduras
21:30
Report Stadium: Estadio Morazán
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 CONCACAF Men's U20 Championship.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Emiliano Pérez (2003-06-21) 21 June 2003 Mexico Necaxa
12 1GK José Eulogio (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 Mexico Pachuca

2 2DF Emilio Martínez (2003-02-02) 2 February 2003 Mexico Puebla
3 2DF Antonio Leone (2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 United States Los Angeles
4 2DF Jesús Alcántar (2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 Mexico Necaxa
13 2DF Diego Gómez (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 Mexico Necaxa
14 2DF Emiliano Freyfeld (2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 Mexico UNAM
15 2DF Everardo López (2005-03-23) 23 March 2005 Mexico Toluca
16 2DF Rafael Palma (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 Mexico Pachuca

6 3MF Fidel Ambríz (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 Mexico León
8 3MF Salvador Mariscal (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 Mexico Santos Laguna
10 3MF Karel Campos (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 Mexico América
17 3MF Saúl Zamora (2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 Mexico Guadalajara
20 3MF Heriberto Jurado (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 Mexico Necaxa

5 4FW Isaías Violante (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 Mexico Toluca
7 4FW Christian Torres (2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 United States Los Angeles
9 4FW Jesús Hernández (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 Spain Elche Ilicitano
11 4FW Bryan González (2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 Mexico Pachuca
18 4FW Jonathan Perez (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 United States LA Galaxy
19 4FW Esteban Lozano (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 Spain Sporting de Gijón

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

Mexico Raúl Chabrand

2020–2021

Mexico Luis Ernesto Pérez

2021–2022

Mexico Adrián Sánchez

2022–

See also

References

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