Mexico national under-23 football team

Mexico U-23
Nickname(s)	El Tri (The Tri) ; El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Mexican Football Federation ; (Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Marco Antonio Ruiz
Captain	Oribe Peralta
Top scorer	Marco Fabián (15)
FIFA code	MEX
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Spain 7–1 Mexico ; (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 30 May 1928)
Biggest win
	Mexico 7–1 Trinidad and Tobago ; (Carson, United States; 23 March 2012)
Biggest defeat
	East Germany 7–0 Mexico ; (Bavaria, Germany; 5 September 1972) ; Records for Competitive matches only
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (first in 1928)
Best result	Winners (2012)

The Mexico national under-23 football team, is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation and represents Mexico in competitions like the Pan American Games and the Olympic Games, and their respective qualification phases.

The roster can be augmented with three "over-age" players, ostensibly possessing veteran experience, during Olympic competition, in accordance with FIFA regulations.

Mexico won the gold medal in 2012 Summer Olympics, their first Olympic medal in association football.^[1]

Honours

Summer Olympics
- Gold Medal: 2012
- Fourth place: 1968
Pan American Games
- Gold Medal: 1967, 1975, 1999, 2011
- Silver Medal: 1955, 1995, 1991, 2015
- Bronze Medal: 2003, 2007
Central American and Caribbean Games
- Gold Medal: 1935, 1938, 1959, 1966, 1990, 2014
- Silver Medal: 1954, 1962, 1982, 1993, 1998, 2002
- Bronze Medal: 1986
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- Winners: 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015
- Runners-up: 1992
Toulon Tournament
- Winners: 2012
Universiade
- Winners: 1979

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Before 1984, the football tournament at the Olympic Games was played only by amateur athletes. In 1984, professionals were allowed to compete for the first time. Since 1992, the Olympic Games tournament has been an under-23 tournament, and since 1996, the squads were allowed to have a maximum of three over-aged players.

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Group Stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3
1996	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	3
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	12	4
2016	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	4
2020	To be determined
2024
2028
Total	1 Gold Medal	5/7	19	8	8	3	27	17

Pan American Games

Since 1999, the Pan American Games football tournament has been an under-23 tournament.

Pan American Games Record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1999	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	14	5
2003	Third Place	3rd	5	1	2	1	7	7
2007	Third Place	3rd	5	3	2	0	6	1
2011	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	12	4
2015	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	8	5
2019	To be determined
2023	To be determined
Total	2 Gold Medals	5/5	26	15	8	2	47	22

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Schedule and results

Recent and upcoming games

Date	Location	Opponent	Score¹	Competition	Scorers for Mexico
September 6, 2015	Mexico City, Mexico	Panama	5-0	F	Silva 7', Lozano 16', Salcedo 51', Wbias 78', Loroña 79'
October 2, 2015	Carson, California, United States	Costa Rica	4-0	OQ	Bueno 19', Fernández 45+3' (o.g.), Bueno 77', Torres 88'
October 4, 2015	Carson, California, United States	Haiti	1-0	OQ	López 73'
October 7, 2015	Commerce City, Colorado, United States	Honduras	2-1	OQ	López 4', Torres 65'
October 10, 2015	Sandy, Utah, United States	Canada	2-0	OQ	Torres 6', Lozano 57'
October 13, 2015	Sandy, Utah, United States	Honduras	2-0	OQ	Acosta 42' (o.g.), Guzmán 68'
March 25, 2016	Rio Maior, Portugal	Japan	1-2	F	Bueno 69'
March 28, 2016	Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal	Portugal	0-4	F
May 18, 2016	Toulon, France	France	1-3	T	González 4'
May 20, 2016	Aubagne, France	Czech Republic	1-2	T	Silva 61'
May 22, 2016	Salon-de-Provence, France	Mali	3-3	T	Cota 29', Fierro 40', González 54'
May 24, 2016	Hyères, France	Bulgaria	1-0	T	Fierro 18'
July 2, 2016	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Nigeria	1-0	F	Bueno 65'
July 28, 2016	Puebla, Mexico	Argentina	0-0	F
August 4, 2016	Salvador, Brazil	Germany	2-2	SO	Peralta 52', Pizarro 61'
August 7, 2016	Salvador, Brazil	Fiji	5-1	SO	Gutiérrez 48' 55' 58' 73', Salcedo 67'
August 10, 2016	Brasilia, Brazil	South Korea	0-1	SO

Key

1.^ Mexico's score is listed first
F = Friendly
OQ = Olympic Qualifying
SO = Summer Olympics
T = Toulon Tournament

Head-to-head record

As of 10 August 2016

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	% Won
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	8	0	100.0%
Argentina	3	1	1	1	4	4	33.3%
Australia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Belarus	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.0%
Belgium	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Bolivia	2	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%
Brazil	3	1	0	2	2	3	33.3%
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.0%
Canada	1	0	1	0	0	0	50%
Chile	1	0	1	0	2	2	0.0%
China PR	3	3	0	0	5	1	100.0%
Colombia	6	3	2	1	10	3	50%
Costa Rica	7	4	1	2	11	7	57.14%
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.0%
Cuba	6	4	2	0	8	2	66.6%
Denmark	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	5	1	100.0%
Ecuador	2	2	0	0	6	3	100%
El Salvador	3	2	1	0	4	1	66.6%
England	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.0%
France	5	0	1	4	4	13	0.0%
Fiji	1	1	0	0	5	1	100%
Gabon	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0%
Germany	1	0	1	0	2	2	0.0%
Ghana	2	0	2	0	2	2	0%
Greece	1	1	0	0	3	2	100.0%
Guatemala	3	1	2	0	5	3	33.3%
Haiti	1	1	0	0	6	1	100%
Honduras	5	4	0	1	19	8	80%
Hungary	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0%
Italy	2	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Jamaica	3	1	2	0	6	1	33.3%
Japan	2	1	0	1	4	3	50%
Mali	2	0	2	0	3	3	0.0%
Morocco	2	1	0	1	5	5	100.0%
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	4	3	50.0%
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	6	0	100%
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	50.0%
Panama	2	2	0	0	4	1	100.0%
Paraguay	2	1	1	0	4	2	50.0%
Portugal	2	0	1	1	3	5	0.0%
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	4	1	100.0%
Senegal	1	1	0	0	4	2	100%
South Korea	3	0	1	2	0	2	0.0%
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	6	5	1	0	16	4	83.3
Turkey	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.0%
United States	3	2	0	1	7	1	66.6%
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	6	3	66.6%
Venezuela	5	3	0	2	10	5	60.0%

Includes results from:

Toulon Tournament 2006-2016
Pan American Games 1991-2016
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
Men's Olympic 1992-2012
Central American and Caribbean Games 1990-2014

Olympic Games History

Football at the Summer Olympics
Year	Round	Score	Result
1992	Round 1	Denmark 1 – 1 Mexico	Draw
	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 1 Australia	Draw
	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 1 Ghana	Draw
1996	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 0 Italy	Win
	Round 1	Mexico 0 – 0 South Korea	Draw
	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 1 Ghana	Draw
	Quarterfinals	Mexico 0 – 2 Nigeria	Loss
2004	Round 1	Mali 0 – 0 Mexico	Draw
	Round 1	South Korea 1 – 0 Mexico	Loss
	Round 1	Greece 2 – 3 Mexico	Win
2012	Round 1	Mexico 0 – 0 South Korea	Draw
	Round 1	Mexico 2 – 0 Gabon	Win
	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 0 Switzerland	Win
	Quarterfinals	Mexico 4 – 2 Senegal	Win
	Semifinals	Mexico 3 – 1 Japan	Win
	Gold Medal Match	Brazil 1 – 2 Mexico	Win
2016	Round 1	Mexico 2 – 2 Germany	Draw
	Round 1	Fiji 1 – 5 Mexico	Win
	Round 1	South Korea 1 – 0 Mexico	Loss

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were called up to the Summer Olympics. On August 7, it was announced that Raúl López and Carlos Fierro would replace Oribe Peralta and Rodolfo Pizarro after they were ruled out of the tournament with a nasal and fibula fracture, respectively.

Statistics updated as of August 10, 2016 after match against South Korea

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Gibrán Lajud	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993	20	0	Tijuana
1	1GK	Alfredo Talavera	(1982-09-18) 18 September 1982	2	0	Toluca

3	2DF	Jordan Silva	(1994-07-30) 30 July 1994	14	2	Cruz Azul
2	2DF	José Abella	(1994-02-10) 10 February 1994	11	3	Santos Laguna
13	2DF	Carlos Salcedo	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993	10	1	Eintracht Frankfurt
20	2DF	Raúl López	(1993-02-23) 23 February 1993	10	3	Pachuca
14	2DF	Érick Aguirre	(1997-02-23) 23 February 1997	5	0	Pachuca
4	2DF	César Montes	(1997-02-27) 27 February 1997	2	0	Monterrey
6	2DF	Jorge Torres Nilo	(1988-01-16) 16 January 1988	2	0	UANL

10	3MF	Víctor Guzmán	(1995-02-03) 3 February 1995	17	1	Pachuca
17	3MF	Alfonso González	(1994-09-05) 5 September 1994	9	2	Monterrey
16	3MF	Carlos Cisneros	(1993-08-30) 30 August 1993	9	3	Guadalajara
7	3MF	Rodolfo Pizarro	(1994-02-15) 15 February 1994	9	1	Monterrey^INJ
5	3MF	Michael Pérez	(1993-02-14) 14 February 1993	5	1	Guadalajara
15	3MF	Érick Gutiérrez	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995	5	4	Pachuca
21	3MF	Carlos Fierro	(1994-07-24) 24 July 1994	5	2	Morelia

9	4FW	Oribe Peralta^RET	(1984-01-12) 12 January 1984	18	12	América^INJ
11	4FW	Marco Bueno	(1994-03-31) 31 March 1994	15	5	Everton
18	4FW	Erick Torres	(1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 24)	13	7	Tijuana
8	4FW	Hirving Lozano	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995	7	1	PSV

Recent Call-Ups

The following players have been called up in the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Richard Sánchez	(1994-04-05) April 5, 1994	6	0	Chicago Fire
1GK	Raúl Gudiño	(1996-04-22) April 22, 1996	5	0	Guadalajara
1GK	Alejandro Peláez	(1994-02-04) February 4, 1994	1	0	Cruz Azul
1GK	Jesse Gonzalez	(1995-05-26) May 26, 1995	1	0	FC Dallas^USA
1GK	Luis Cárdenas	(1993-09-15) September 15, 1993	0	0	Querétaro

2DF	Carlos Guzmán	(1994-05-19) May 19, 1994	16	0	Morelia
2DF	Hedgardo Marín	(1993-02-21) February 21, 1993	15	3	Guadalajara
2DF	Josecarlos Van Rankin	(1993-05-14) May 14, 1993	13	0	Guadalajara
2DF	Luis López	(1993-08-25) August 25, 1993	8	0	Juárez
2DF	Antonio Briseño	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994	5	0	Feirense
2DF	Luis Solorio	(1994-08-01) August 1, 1994	5	0	Zacatepec
2DF	Juan Carlos García Sancho	(1994-11-10) November 10, 1994	3	0	UAT
2DF	Jesús García	(1994-08-07) August 7, 1994	3	0	Murciélagos
2DF	Kevin Gutiérrez	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995	2	0	Juárez
2DF	Osvaldo Rodríguez	(1996-09-10) September 10, 1996	1	0	León

3MF	Jonathan Espericueta	(1994-08-09) August 9, 1994	15	0	Puebla
3MF	Armando Zamorano	(1993-10-03) October 3, 1993	13	3	Sonora
3MF	Daniel Hernández	(1994-02-16) February 16, 1994	9	0	Atlante
3MF	Daniel Álvarez	(1994-07-22) 22 July 1994	8	1	Necaxa
3MF	Pedro Hernández	(1993-08-27) August 27, 1993	5	0	Loros
3MF	Alonso Escoboza	(1993-01-22) January 22, 1993	4	0	Sinaloa
3MF	Rosario Cota	(1995-09-12) 12 September 1995	4	1	UNAM
3MF	Kevin Escamilla	(1994-02-21) February 21, 1994	3	0	UNAM
3MF	Omar Govea	(1996-01-18) 18 January 1996	3	0	Royal Antwerp
3MF	Ulises Rivas	(1996-01-26) January 26, 1996	2	0	Santos Laguna
3MF	Javier Salas	(1993-08-20) August 20, 1993	2	0	Cruz Azul
3MF	Orbelín Pineda	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	0	0	Guadalajara

4FW	Martín Zúñiga	(1993-04-14) April 14, 1993	15	6	Cruz Azul
4FW	Ángel Zaldívar	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994	8	2	Guadalajara
4FW	Alejandro Díaz	(1996-01-27)27 January 1996 (aged 21)	4	0	Atlas
4FW	Luis Loroña	(1993-06-21) June 21, 1993	3	0	UAT
4FW	Ulises Jaimes	(1996-04-20) April 20, 1996	2	0	Morelia

Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Raúl Gutiérrez
Assistant Manager	Marco Antonio Sánchez Yacuta
Assistant Manager	Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales
Fitness Coach	Vicente Salvador Espadas Cervantes
Goalkeeper Coach	José Rosario Piña Rivera
Doctor	Eduardo Guerrero Fuerte
Physiotherapist	Raúl Segundo Curiel Cervantes
Kit man	Gabriel Hernández Gallegos
Kit man	Luis Alberto Monroy Hernández
Video	José Carlos Quiroz Sánchez
Chief coordinator	Dennis Johannes Te Kloese
Technical and Tactical Coordinator	Juan Carlos Ortega
Logistics Coordinator	Luis Mario Torres Delgado

Players Record

Top appearances

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-23 Caps
1	Javier Aquino	2011-2012	21
2	Gibran Lajud	2013–present	20
3	Diego Reyes	2011-2012	17
4	Carlos Guzmán	2014–2016	16
4	Miguel Ponce	2011-2012	16
4	Jorge Enríquez	2011-2012	16
4	Marco Fabián	2011-2012	16
8	Hedgardo Marín	2014–2016	15
8	Martín Zúñiga	2014–2016	15
8	Jonathan Espericueta	2013–2016	15
8	Dárvin Chávez	2011-2012	15
8	Hiram Mier	2011-2012	15
13	Jordan Silva	2014–Present	14
14	Josecarlos Van Rankin	2014–2016	13
14	Marco Bueno	2013–Present	13
14	Armando Zamorano	2013–2016	13
14	Héctor Herrera	2011-2012	13
18	Erick Torres	2012–present	12
19	Bernardo Hernández	2013–2016	11
19	José de Jesús Corona	2011-2012	11

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-23 Goals
1	Marco Fabián	2011-2012	15
2	Oribe Peralta	2011-2016	11
3	Erick Torres	2012-	7
4	Alan Pulido	2011-2012	6
4	Martín Zúñiga	2014-2016	6
6	Marco Bueno	2013-	5
6	Enrique Esqueda	2007-2008	5
6	Diego Martínez	2003-2004	5
6	Rafael Marquez Lugo	2003-2004	5
10	Carlos Cisneros	2015-	3
10	Raúl López	2015-2016	3
10	Hedgardo Marín	2014-2016	3
10	Armando Zamorano	2013-2016	3
10	José Abella	2013-	3
10	Jerónimo Amione	2011	3
10	Giovani dos Santos	2011-2012	3
10	Miguel Ponce	2011-2012	3
10	Luis Pérez	2003-2004	3

References

↑ Irvin, Duncan (11 August 2012). "Mexico Wins Soccer Gold Medal, 2-1". New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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[1] Irvin, Duncan (11 August 2012). "Mexico Wins Soccer Gold Medal, 2-1". New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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