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 coachEduardo Arce
CaptainElías Montiel [es]
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
Appearances28 (first in 1962)
Best resultChampions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2024)

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 edition of a FIFA-sanctioned youth tournament. They also managed a third-place finish at the 2011 edition.

Competitive record

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FIFA World Cup record

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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 Group stage 21st 3 0 0 3 1 6
  2021 Cancelled
  2023 Did not qualify
  2025 Qualified
Total 17/24 65 22 18 25 90 72

Honours

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Major competitions

Other competitions

Individual awards

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  • FIFA U-20 World Cup

Results and fixtures

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

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21 March Friendly Mexico   6–0   Honduras Toluca, Mexico
Report Stadium: Estadio Instalaciones de la Nueva Casa de Fútbol
Referee: Iván Antonio López Sánchez (State of Mexico)
25 March Friendly Mexico   4–1   Costa Rica Toluca, Mexico
Report
Stadium: Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba
Referee: Mario Terrazas Chávez (State of Mexico)
2 August 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship SF Cuba   0–2   Mexico León, Mexico
20:06 EDT Report
Stadium: Estadio León
Referee: Filip Dujic (Canada)

Players

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Current squad

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The following 21 players were called up for the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Emmanuel Ochoa (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19)   The Town FC
12 1GK Pablo Lara (2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 (age 19)   UNAM
21 1GK Javier Orantes (2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 19)   Necaxa

2 2DF Francisco Méndez (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19)   Guadalajara
3 2DF José Pachuca (2005-07-24) 24 July 2005 (age 19)   Puebla
4 2DF Diego Ochoa (2005-04-20) 20 April 2005 (age 19)   Guadalajara
5 2DF César Bustos (2005-08-27) 27 August 2005 (age 19)   Monterrey
15 2DF Ricardo Juárez (2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 (age 19)   Juárez
18 2DF Efraín Contreras (2005-11-02) 2 November 2005 (age 19)   Pachuca

6 3MF César Garza (2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 19)   Monterrey
8 3MF Elías Montiel [es] (Captain) (2005-10-07) 7 October 2005 (age 19)   Pachuca
10 3MF Yael Padilla (2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 (age 18)   Guadalajara
11 3MF Heriberto Jurado (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)   Necaxa
14 3MF Amaury Morales (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 19)   Cruz Azul
16 3MF Brandon Tellez (2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 19)   Tapatío
17 3MF Diego Sánchez (2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 19)   UANL
20 3MF Xavier Biscayzacú (2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 (age 19)   Defensor Sporting

7 4FW Alexéi Domínguez [es] (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)   Pachuca
9 4FW Stephano Carrillo (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 (age 18)   Santos Laguna
13 4FW Jonantan Villal (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 19)   Atlético San Luis
19 4FW Mateo Levy [es] (2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 (age 18)   Cruz Azul

Player records

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Year(s) U-20 Goals
1 José Juan Macías 2018–2019 11
2 Ronaldo Cisneros 2017 8
3 Hirving Lozano 2015 6
4 Ulises Dávila 2011 5
Giovani dos Santos 2007 5
Esteban Lozano 2022 5

Managers

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

  Raúl Chabrand

2020–2021

  Luis Ernesto Pérez

2021–2022

  Adrián Sánchez

2022–2023

  Eduardo Arce

2023–

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Mostrando artículos por etiqueta: Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  3. ^ "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".
  4. ^ "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-20" (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.