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 coachRaúl Chabrand
CaptainAlan Cervantes
FIFA codeMEX
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
Appearances16 (first in 1977)
Best resultRunners-up  : 1977
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances25 (first in 1962)
Best resultWinner  : 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 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, 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
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
2021To be determined
Total16/23652218259072

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, 2018

Invitational competitions

  • Copa Presidente de la República
    • Winners (1): 2011[1]
  • Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament
    • Runner-up (1): 2012[2]
  • Milk Cup
  • 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

Schedule and recent results

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

Date Location Opponent Score Competition Scorers for Mexico
May 23, 2019 Gdynia, Poland  Italy 1–2 WC Roberto de la Rosa
May 26, 2019 Gdynia, Poland  Japan 0–3 WC
May 29, 2019 Gdynia, Poland  Ecuador 0–1 WC
Key
  • 1.^ Mexico's score is listed first
  • F = Friendly
  • WC = FIFA U-20 World Cup

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Carlos Higuera (2000-11-18)18 November 2000 (aged 18) Tijuana
2 2DF Kevin Álvarez (1999-01-15)15 January 1999 (aged 20) Pachuca
3 2DF Gilberto Sepúlveda (1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 20) Guadalajara
4 2DF Efraín Orona (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 (aged 20) Pachuca
5 2DF Naelson Cárdenas (1999-04-15)15 April 1999 (aged 20) Querétaro
6 3MF Alan Torres (2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 19) Guadalajara
7 3MF Diego Hernández (1999-08-13)13 August 1999 (aged 19) Guadalajara
8 3MF Misael Domínguez (1999-10-27)27 October 1999 (aged 19) Cruz Azul
9 4FW José Macías (1999-09-22)22 September 1999 (aged 19) León
10 3MF Diego Lainez (2000-06-09)9 June 2000 (aged 18) Real Betis
11 4FW Roberto de la Rosa (2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 19) Pachuca
12 1GK Luis López (1999-12-20)20 December 1999 (aged 19) Dorados
13 2DF Mario Trejo (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 20) Monarcas Morelia
14 2DF Oswaldo León (1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 19) América
15 3MF Fernando Plascencia (1999-06-18)18 June 1999 (aged 19) Necaxa
16 3MF Roberto Meraz (1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 19) Monarcas Morelia
17 4FW Daniel López (2000-03-14)14 March 2000 (aged 19) Tijuana
18 3MF Carlos Gutiérrez (1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 20) Pumas
19 3MF Antonio Figueroa (1999-06-13)13 June 1999 (aged 19) Pachuca
20 3MF Adrián Lozano (1999-05-08)8 May 1999 (aged 20) Santos Laguna
21 1GK Ángel Alonzo (2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 19) Necaxa

Recent call-ups

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Carlos Avilez (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 1 0 FC Dallas

2DF Carlos Robles (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 2 0 Atlas
2DF Daniel Parra (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 0 0 Monterrey

3MF Erick Sánchez (1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 2 0 Pachuca
3MF Roberto Meraz (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 1 0 Morelia
3MF Jairo Torres (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 1 0 Atlas
3MF Antonio Nava (1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 0 0 Tijuana
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 Francisco Venegas (1998-07-16) 16 July 1998 3 0 UANL
3MF Roberto Alvarado (1998-09-07) September 7, 1998 Cruz Azul

4FW Álvaro Verda (1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 1 0 Celaya
4FW Joao Maleck (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 2 1 Arrested
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 Eduardo Aguirre (1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 9 2 Santos
  • * All dates of births can be confirmed here.[7]

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Year(s) U-20 Goals
1José Juan Macías2018-201910
2Ronaldo Cisneros20178
3Hirving Lozano20156
4Ulises Dávila20115
5Giovani dos Santos20055
6Jesús Manuel Corona20134
7Alejandro Díaz20154
8Taufic Guarch20114
9Pedro Pineda19914
10Edson Rivera20114
11Alejandro Díaz20154
12Uriel Antuna20173
13Marco Bueno20133
14Alonso Escoboza20133
15Eduardo Lillingston19973
16Guillermo Martínez20153
17Alan Pulido20113
18Jose Ramírez20153
19Luis Placencia19773
20Alberto García Aspe19853

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 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

See also

  • 1988 Mexico national football team scandal
  • Mexico national football team record
  • Mexico national football team schedule and results
  • Mexico national under-17 football team
  • Mexico national under-21 football team
  • Mexico national under-23 football team
  • Mexico national beach football team
  • Mexico national futsal team

References

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