Mexico national under-17 football team

The Mexico national under-17 football team is one of the youth teams that represents Mexico in football at the under-17 level, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol). The team has reached the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup four times, and is a two-time winner, being crowned champions in 2005 and 2011.

Mexico U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)El Tri (The Tri)
El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Los Niños Héroes (The Hero Boys)
AssociationMexican Football Federation
(Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachCarlos Cariño
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Hungary 0–0 Mexico 
(Shanghai, China; 31 July 1985)
Biggest win
 Mexico 9-0 Curaçao 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 11 February 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 7–0 Mexico 
(St.John's, Canada; 14 July 1987)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances12 (first in 1983)
Best resultChampions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1985))
Best resultChampions (2005, 2011)

History

2005

Mexico was placed in Group C along with Australia, Turkey and Uruguay in which Mexico came in second behind Turkey. In the knockout stage, an extra-time victory over zone rivals Costa Rica led to a then convincing victory over the Netherlands. Mexico ended up defeating Brazil 3–0 in the final.

2011

Mexico U-17 players of the 2011 generation

The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was held in home soil. Mexico was placed in Group A together with North Korea, Congo and the Netherlands. Mexico eventually finished first of their group after winning their three matches and advanced to the Round of 16 and the Quarter-Finals, where they won their matches against Panama and France respectively. In the semifinals, Mexico had to face Germany, the only other team in the competition who had not lost any of their matches. Germany had advantage during the first minutes of the second time, but Mexico came back to equalize the score after Jonathan Espericueta scored a second goal from a corner kick, where Julio Gómez was injured and left the field. However, Gómez came back in the dying minutes to score an overhead kick, the decisive goal in the final minute, the final score was 3-2 which translated into the first significant victory over Germany in history. Mexico faced Uruguay in the final, defeating them 2–0 in a very closed match where the balance could have tilted any way. Briseño scored the first goal in the first half when Uruguay was the dominating side. During the second half Uruguay kept pressing on and started to dominate again looking for the equalizer however, during the last advances their defense became disorganized and in a counterattack Giovani Casillas scored the finishing goal. With this result Mexico became champions without losing a single game in the tournament and also became the first host nation to win the U-17 World Cup.

2013

As defending champions, Mexico was defeated 6-1 by Nigeria in their first match of the group stage. Despite being defeated by a large number of goals, Mexico could still advance to the next round by defeating rivals Iraq and Sweden in the group stage. In their way to the final match, Mexico won their matches against favorites Italy, Brazil and Argentina. In the final round, Mexico faced Nigeria for a second time, but the team lost once again and was left in second place of the tournament.

2015

Mexico was lucky enough to make it to the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was held in Chile. They were placed in Group C along with Germany, Australia, Argentina and won two of their three matches of the group stage. Finishing number 1 on group stages they advanced to Round of 16. In order to make it to quarter finals, they had to defeat Chile and they dominated them by beating them 4–1. Mexico got the chance to go to semi-finals with a familiar rival from 2013, they went against Nigeria, unfortunately Nigeria defeated them in an intense game and they didn't make it to the Finals. Mexico had the chance on finishing strong with a Third Place title against Belgium in which they lost. The 17-year-old, Diego Cortés from the Mexico national football team finished the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup being known as making the best goal of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Results and fixtures

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

February 11, 2023 (2023-02-11) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Mexico  9–0  Curaçao Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST
  • Álvarez 2'
  • Martínez 14' (pen.)
  • Barajas 17'
  • Carillo 23', 45'
  • Valencia 72'
  • Moxica 86'
  • Urias 89' (pen.)
  • Arroyo 90+2'
Report Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
February 13, 2023 (2023-02-13) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Mexico  2–0  Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
7:00 pm CST
Report Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
February 15, 2023 (2023-02-15) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Mexico  1–1  Panama Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST
  • Azcarate 34'
Report
  • Ryce 54'
Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
February 18, 2023 (2023-02-18) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Mexico  6–0  Nicaragua Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST
Report Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)
February 21, 2023 (2023-02-21) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Mexico  3–0  El Salvador Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST
Report Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Panama  0–5  Mexico Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST Report
  • Carrillo 37'
  • Krug 58' (o.g.)
  • Urias 67'
  • Lomelí 78'
  • Suárez 90+1'
Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship F Mexico  3–1  United States Guatemala City, Guatemala
  • Carrillo 10'
  • Navarrete 51'
  • Martínez 90+2'
Report
  • Feree Yellow card 8' Yellow-red card 89'
  • Soma 69'
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25) Friendly Saudi Arabia  0–1  Mexico Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Report
March 28, 2023 (2023-03-28) Friendly Mexico  1–4  Netherlands Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Report
April 2, 2023 (2023-04-02) Montaigu Tournament Mexico  1–0  Morocco Montaigu, France
Report
November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12) 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico  v  Germany Bandung, Indonesia
Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium
November 15, 2023 (2023-11-15) 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico  v  Venezuela Bandung, Indonesia
Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Netherlands on 23, 25 and 28 March 2023 respectively.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 27 February 2023, after the match against United States.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Paolo Bedolla (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 10 0 Mexico Club América
1GK Fernando Delgado (2006-07-25) 25 July 2006 3 0 United States Real Monarchs

2DF Jonathan Flores (2006-07-14) 14 July 2006 14 0 Mexico Club Universidad Nacional
2DF José Suárez (2006-05-04) 4 May 2006 12 3 Mexico Cruz Azul
2DF Luis Navarrete (2006-08-23) 23 August 2006 12 1 Mexico Deportivo Toluca
2DF Kevin García (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 9 1 Mexico Santos Laguna
2DF Javen Romero (2006-04-21) 21 April 2006 9 0 United States Los Angeles
2DF Emilio García (2006-04-18) 18 April 2006 5 0 Mexico Juárez

3MF Gael Álvarez (2006-03-09) 9 March 2006 15 2 Mexico Pachuca
3MF Yerar Azcárate (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 10 1 Mexico Pachuca
3MF José Urías (2006-03-25) 25 March 2006 9 5 Mexico Monterrey
3MF Isaac Martínez (2006-03-23) 23 March 2006 7 2 Mexico Guadalajara
3MF Brandon Lomelí (2006-11-10) 10 November 2006 6 1 Mexico Club Necaxa
3MF Juan López (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 0 0 Mexico Deportivo Toluca
3MF Daniel Vázquez (2006-04-06) 6 April 2006 0 0 Mexico Club Necaxa

4FW Stéphano Carrillo (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 14 11 Mexico Santos Laguna
4FW José Arroyo (2006-04-29) 29 April 2006 7 1 Mexico Deportivo Toluca
4FW Joaquín Moxica (2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 7 1 Mexico Monterrey
4FW William Arredondo (2006-07-14) 14 July 2006 5 0 Mexico Club Necaxa
4FW Adrián Fernández de Lara (2006-05-05) 5 May 2006 0 0 Mexico Club América

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pts
China 1985Group Stage10th3111334
Canada 1987Group Stage10th3111394
Scotland 1989Did not enter
Italy 1991Group Stage11th3102563
Japan 1993Group Stage10th3102473
Ecuador 1995Did not qualify
Egypt 1997Group Stage10th3102863
New Zealand 1999Quarter-Finals6th4202776
Trinidad and Tobago 2001Did not qualify
Finland 2003Quarter-Finals6th4121555
Peru 2005 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 16 3 15
South Korea 2007Did not qualify
Nigeria 2009Round of 1610th4211437
Mexico 2011Champions1st770017721
United Arab Emirates 2013Runners-up2nd7412111113
Chile 2015Fourth Place4th741214913
India 2017Round of 1616th4022462
Brazil 2019Runners-up2nd732214511
Indonesia 2023Qualified
Total2 Titles14/196533112111586110

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Trinidad and Tobago 1983Third place4310130
Mexico 1985Champions7610371
Honduras 1987Champions6600162
Cuba 1988Did not enter
Trinidad and Tobago 1991Champions633082
Cuba 1992Runners-up6420216
El Salvador 1994Fourth Place6402174
Trinidad and Tobago 1996Champions6600232
Mexico 2009Cancelled due to the 2009 flu pandemic outbreak
Jamaica 2011did not participate/World Cup Host
Panama 2013Champions5500143
Honduras 2015Champions6420163
Panama 2017Champions6411227
United States 2019Champions7700213
Guatemala 2023Champions7610292
Total9 Titles725811323735

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

Honours

See also

References

  1. "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-17" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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