Mexico national football team

Mexico
Nickname(s)El Tri
El Tricolor
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederationNAFU (North America)
Head coachJavier Aguirre
CaptainEdson Álvarez
Most capsAndrés Guardado (180)
Top scorerJavier Hernández (52)
Home stadiumEstadio Azteca
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
Gold Cup colours
FIFA ranking
Current 14 1 (18 September 2025)[1]
Highest4 (February–June 1998, August 2003, April 2004, June 2004, May–June 2006)
Lowest40 (July 2015)
First international
  2–1 Guatemala 
(Mexico City, Mexico; 9 December 1923)
Biggest win
  13–0 Bahamas 
(Toluca, Mexico; 28 April 1987)
Biggest defeat
 England 8–0  
(London, England; 10 May 1961)
World Cup
Appearances17 (first in 1930)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1970, 1986)
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
Appearances26 (first in 1963)
Best resultChampions (1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2025)
CONCACAF Nations League
Appearances4 (first in 2021)
Best resultChampions (2025)
Copa América
Appearances11 (first in 1993)
Best resultRunners-up (1993, 2001)
Confederations Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1995)
Best resultChampions (1999)
Medal record
FIFA Confederations Cup
1999 Mexico Team
1995 Saudi Arabia Team
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
1965 Guatemala Team
1971 Trinidad and Tobago Team
1977 Mexico Team
1993 Mexico and United States Team
1996 United States Team
1998 United States Team
2003 Mexico and United States Team
2009 United States Team
2011 United States Team
2015 Canada and United States Team
2019 Costa Rica, Jamaica and United States Team
2023 Canada and United States Team
2025 Canada and United States Team
1967 Honduras Team
2007 United States Team
2021 United States Team
1973 Haiti Team
1981 Honduras Team
1991 United States Team
CONCACAF Nations League
2025 United States Team
2020 United States Team
2024 United States Team
2023 United States Team
Copa América
1993 Ecuador Team
2001 Colombia Team
1997 Bolivia Team
1999 Paraguay Team
2007 Venezuela Team
NAFC Championship
1947 Cuba Team
1949 Mexico Team
Websitemiseleccion.mx

The Mexico national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de México) represents Mexico in men's international football and is governed by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (English: Mexican Football Federation). It has been a member of FIFA since 1929 and a founding member of CONCACAF since 1961. From 1946 to 1961, it was a member of NAFC, the former governing body of football in North America and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF, and also a member of PFC, which was a unified confederation of the Americas.

Mexico has qualified to seventeen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994, making it one of six countries to do so.[3] Mexico played France in the first match of the first World Cup on 13 July 1930. Mexico's best progression in World Cups has been reaching the quarter-finals in both the 1970 and 1986 World Cups, both times as host. They will play host for the third time in 2026.

Mexico is the most successful national team in its confederation with 15 official continental titles, winning 13 titles in CONCACAF's premier continental competition (3 CONCACAF Championship titles and 10 CONCACAF Gold Cup titles), one CONCACAF Nations League and one CONCACAF Cup. Globally, Mexico is the only national team from CONCACAF and the only non-European or South American team to have won an official worldwide FIFA competition for senior national teams, winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1999. Regionally, it also won two NAFC Championship titles (organized by NAFC, the former confederation for the North American zone), one North American Nations Cup (organized by NAFU), and two gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

It is one of eight national teams[a] to have won two of the three most important worldwide football competitions that are recognized and endorsed by FIFA (World Cup, Confederations Cup, and Olympic football tournament), having won the 1999 Confederations Cup[4] and the 2012 Olympic football tournament.[5] Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF, the national team was invited since 1993 to participate in the Copa América, which is CONMEBOL's top continental competition, finishing runners-up twice (1993 and 2001), and obtaining third place in three editions.

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Mexico's World Cup Soccer History". eljalisco.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Mexico 1999". SuperSport.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. ^ Borden, Sam (11 August 2012). "Mexico Has Its Moment in Upset Over Brazil". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.


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