Mexico national under-20 football team

Mexico national under-20 football team
Medal record
U-20 World Cup

Mexico U-20
Nickname(s)	El Tri (The Tri) ; El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol ; (Mexican Football Federation)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Diego Ramírez
Captain	Alan Cervantes
FIFA code	MEX
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Mexico 5 – 0 Haiti ; (Panama, 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
Appearances	15 (first in 1977)
Best result	Runners-up : 1977
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	25 (first in 1962)
Best result	Winner : 1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013 & 2015

The Mexico national under-20 football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación (FMF). The team has won the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship a record thirteen times across its various formats. Mexico has also qualified to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 15 of the 21 occasions that the tournament has been held.

Mexico's best finish came at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was the first ever edition of a FIFA-sanctioned youth tournament. Mexico fell in penalties 8-9 to the Soviet Union after a 2-2 result after extra time in the tournament's final and was awarded the silver medal. Mexico would go on to win another medal at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup after beating France 3-1 in the third-place match after having been eliminated by eventual winners, Brazil, 2-0 in the semi-final.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	4	0	11	5
1979	Group Stage	11th	3	0	2	1	3	4
1981	Group Stage	11th	3	0	2	1	4	5
1983	Group Stage	13th	3	0	1	2	2	4
1985	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	3	0	1	7	3
1987	Did Not Qualify
1989	Banned
1991	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	2	1	7	5
1993	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	3
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	6	3
1999	Quarter-Finals	6th	5	3	1	1	9	5
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003	Group Stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	2	5
2005	Did Not Qualify
2007	Quarter-Finals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	3
2009	Did Not Qualify
2011	Third Place	3rd	7	3	2	2	10	6
2013	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	6	6
2015	Group Stage	17th	3	1	0	2	2	5
2017	Quarter-Finals	8th	5	2	1	2	4	4
2019	To be determined
Total	15/21	—	62	22	18	22	89	66

Honours

Official competitions

FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1977
- Third Place (1): 2011
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- Winners (13): 1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015
- Runners-up (2): 1988, 1996

Invitational competitions

Copa Presidente de la República
- Winners (1): 2011^[1]
Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament
- Runner-up (1): 2012^[2]
Milk Cup
- Winners (2): 2001,^[3] 2012^[4]
Lev Yashin Cup
- Winners (1): 2012^[5]
ADO Den Haag Tournament
- Winners (1): 59th ADO Den Haag Tournament^[6]

Individual awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
2007			Giovani dos Santos
2011			Jorge Enríquez

Year	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
1977			Luis Placencia

Schedule and recent results

The following is a list of matches from the current U-20 cycle.

Date	Location	Opponent	Score¹	Competition	Scorers for Mexico
March 22, 2016	Isa Town, Bahrain	Bahrain	3-1	F	Antuna 52', González 68', Cisneros 70'
March 25, 2016	Isa Town, Bahrain	Mali	3-2	F	Cisneros ?', Álvarez 38', Mascorro 90'
March 28, 2016	Isa Town, Bahrain	Japan	3-2	F	González 45', Cisneros 50', Mascorro 75'
June 4, 2016	Mexico City, Mexico	England	2-0	F	Cisneros 60', Moore 83' (o.g.)
June 6, 2016	Mexico City, Mexico	England	1-0	F	Goulart 86'
July 24, 2016	Alcúdia, Spain	Costa Rica	0-0	CT
July 27, 2016	Alcúdia, Spain	Qatar	0-0	CT
July 28, 2016	Alcúdia, Spain	Argentina	1-1	CT	Agüayo 61'
July 31, 2016	Alcúdia, Spain	Morocco	3-0	CT	Awarded
September 9, 2016	Qujing, China	Kazakhstan	6-0	F	Aguirre 8' 32', Cisneros 20', Aguilar 40', Durán 52', González 66'
September 11, 2016	Qujing, China	Iran	2-0	F	Aguilar 16', Agüayo 87'
September 13, 2016	Qujing, China	China PR	3-1	F	Cisneros 26', Antuna 35', Aguirre 67'
November 11, 2016	Mexico City, Mexico	Brazil	0-1	F
November 13, 2016	Mexico City, Mexico	Brazil	2-1	F	González 46', Aguirre 84'
February 17, 2017	Tibás, Costa Rica	Antigua and Barbuda	3-0	CC	Cisneros 2' 45+1', Allen 15' (o.g.)
February 20, 2017	San José, Costa Rica	Canada	5-0	CC	Córdova 36', Cisneros 40' 55', Zamudio 82', Aguirre 90+2'
February 23, 2017	Tibás, Costa Rica	Honduras	1-0	CC	Cisneros 67'
February 27, 2017	Tibás, Costa Rica	United States	0-1	CC
March 1, 2017	San José, Costa Rica	El Salvador	6-1	CC	Antuna 10' 16' 89', Ayala 17' (o.g.), Aguirre 33', Cisneros 78' (pen.)
May 13, 2017	Weifang, China	New Zealand	2-0	F	Yrizar 15', Aguilar 90+1'
May 20, 2017	Daejeon, South Korea	Vanuatu	3-2	WC	Magaña 10', Cisneros 25', Álvarez 90+4'
May 23, 2017	Daejeon, South Korea	Germany	0-0	WC
May 26, 2017	Suwon, South Korea	Venezuela	0-1	WC
June 1, 2017	Incheon, South Korea	Senegal	1-0	WC	Cisneros 89'
June 5, 2017	Cheonan, South Korea	England	0-1	WC

Key

1.^ Mexico's score is listed first
F = Friendly
CT = COTIF Tournament
CC = CONCACAF U-20 Championship
WC = FIFA U-20 World Cup

Current squad

The following 24 players were called up for a training camp ahead of the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Carlos Higuera	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000	2	0	Tijuana
1GK	Carlos Avilez	(1999-01-09) 9 January 1999	1	0	FC Dallas
1GK	Luis Payan	(1999-12-20) 20 December 1999	0	0	Sinaloa

2DF	Kevin Álvarez	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999	2	0	Pachuca
2DF	Arturo Cárdenas	(1999-04-15) 15 April 1999	2	0	Querétaro
2DF	Efraín Orona	(1999-02-22) 22 February 1999	2	0	Pachuca
2DF	Carlos Robles	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000	2	0	Atlas
2DF	Gilberto Sepúlveda	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999	2	1	Guadalajara
2DF	Oswaldo León	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999	1	0	América
2DF	Mario Trejo	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999	1	0	Morelia
2DF	Carlos Vargas	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999	0	0	América

3MF	José Plascencia	(1999-06-18) 18 June 1999	2	0	Necaxa
3MF	Erick Sánchez	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999	2	0	Pachuca
3MF	Misael Domínguez	(1999-10-27) 27 October 1999	1	0	Cruz Azul
3MF	Diego Hernández	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999	1	0	Guadalajara
3MF	Roberto Meraz	(1999-08-04) 4 August 1999	1	0	Morelia
3MF	Alan Torres	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000	1	0	Guadalajara
3MF	Jairo Torres	(2000-07-05) 5 July 2000	1	0	Atlas
3MF	Carlos Gutiérrez	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999	0	0	UNAM
3MF	Antonio Nava	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999	0	0	Tijuana

4FW	Adrián Lozano	(1999-05-08) 8 May 1999	2	0	Santos
4FW	Álvaro Verda	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999	1	0	Querétaro
4FW	Edgar López	(1999-04-21) 21 April 1999	0	0	Sinaloa
4FW	Daniel López	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000	0	0	Tijuana
4FW	José Macías	(1999-09-22) 22 September 1999	0	0	Guadalajara

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the current U-20 cycle.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Joel García	(1998-04-12) 12 April 1998	0	0	Santos
1GK	Fernando Hernández	(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998	2	0	Monterrey
1GK	Abraham Romero	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998	5	0	Pachuca

2DF	Daniel Parra	(2000-07-20) 20 July 2000	0	0	Monterrey
2DF	Diego Cortés	(1998-06-18) 18 June 1998	8	0	Zacatepec
2DF	Edson Álvarez	(1997-10-24) 24 October 1997	10	1	América
2DF	Brayton Vázquez	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998	1	0	Atlas
2DF	Joaquín Esquivel	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998	3	0	BUAP
2DF	Ulises Torres	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998	4	0	América
2DF	Bryan Salazar	(1998-02-25) February 25, 1998			Guadalajara
2DF	Jorge Sánchez	(1997-12-10) December 10, 1997			América

3MF	Francisco Figueroa	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999	0	0	Pachuca
3MF	Luis Martínez	(1999-04-03) 3 April 1999	0	0	Tijuana
3MF	Alan Cervantes	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998	10	0	Guadalajara
3MF	Pablo López	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998	7	0	Pachuca
3MF	Kevin Magaña	(1998-02-01) 1 February 1998	6	1	Zacatepec
3MF	Francisco Venegas	(1998-07-16) 16 July 1998	3	0	Everton
3MF	Kevin Lara	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998	8	0	San Luis
3MF	Roberto Alvarado	(1998-09-07) September 7, 1998			Cruz Azul
3MF	Iván Gutiérrez	(1998-02-16) February 16, 1998			Guadalajara
3MF	Javier Ibarra	(1998-02-06) February 6, 1998			Monterrey
3MF	Héctor Mascorro	(1998-05-12) May 12, 1998			León
3MF	Jesús Medina	(1997-09-25) September 25, 1997			Querétaro

4FW	Joao Maleck	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999	2	1	Sevilla Atlético
4FW	Marcel Ruiz	(2000-10-26) 26 October 2000	2	0	Querétaro
4FW	Christopher Trejo	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999	1	0	Atlas
4FW	José De Jesús Padilla	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999	0	0	Pachuca
4FW	Claudio Zamudio	(1998-03-30) 30 March 1998	7	1	Morelia
4FW	Eduardo Aguirre	(1998-08-03) 3 August 1998	9	2	Tampico Madero
4FW	Ricardo Marín	(1998-03-18) March 18, 1998			Necaxa
4FW	Alexis Vega	(1997-11-25) November 25, 1997			Toluca

* All dates of births can be confirmed here.^[7]

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-20 Goals
1	Ronaldo Cisneros	2017	8
2	Hirving Lozano	2015	6
3	Ulises Dávila	2011	5
3	Giovani dos Santos	2005	5
5	Jesús Manuel Corona	2013	4
5	Alejandro Díaz	2015	4
5	Taufic Guarch	2011	4
5	Pedro Pineda	1991	4
5	Edson Rivera	2011	4
5	Alejandro Díaz	2015	4
11	Uriel Antuna	2017	3
11	Alberto García Aspe	1985	3
11	Marco Bueno	2013	3
11	Alonso Escoboza	2013	3
11	Eduardo Lillingston	1997	3
11	Agustin Manzo	1977	3
11	Guillermo Martínez	2015	3
11	Luis Placencia	1977	3
11	Alan Pulido	2011	3
11	Jose Ramírez	2015	3

Former squads

Pan American Games record

Though the under-20 squad has not represented Mexico in all Pan American Games competition, the Pan American Sports Organization recently set the age limit of the tournament to the under-20 level.

1951 - Did not enter
1955 - gold 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
2015 - Silver medal

Mexico under-20 managers

Manager	Mexico career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Horacio Casarin	1977	5	1	4	0	20.0
Mario Velarde	1983	3	0	1	2	0.00
Jesús del Muro	1985, 1998–1999	12	9	1	2	75.00
Alfonso Portugal Diaz	1991	4	1	2	1	25.0
Juan de Dios Castillo	1992–1993	7	4	2	1	57.1
Juan Manuel Alvarez	1994	3	2	0	1	66.6
José Luis Real	1996–1997, 2001	12	6	3	3	50.00
Eduardo Rergis	2002–2003	6	2	1	3	33.3
Humberto Grondona	2005	3	1	0	2	33.3
Jesús Ramírez	2007–2009	8	6	1	1	75.00
Juan Carlos Chávez	2009–2011	19	12	3	4	63.15
Sergio Almaguer	2013-2015	18	11	2	5	61.1
Marco Antonio Ruiz	2016-	10	6	1	3	60.0

References

↑ "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
↑ http://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:elite-finals-roundup-2012&catid=3:newsflash Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".
↑ "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.
↑ "Convocatoria de la SNM Sub-20 para la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA Corea 2017". FMF (in Spanish).

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[1] "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-28.

[4] ttp://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:elite-finals-roundup-2012&catid=3:newsflash Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine.

[5] "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".

[6] "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.

[List-7] "Convocatoria de la SNM Sub-20 para la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA Corea 2017". FMF (in Spanish).

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Medal record
U-20 World Cup
	1977 Tunisia	Team
	2011 Colombia	Team

National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.