Mexico U-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)El Tri (The Tri)
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachEduardo Arce
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
Appearances27 (first in 1962)
Best resultChampions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015)

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.

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 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
Tunisia 1977Runners-up2nd5140115
Japan 1979Group stage11th302134
Australia 1981Group stage11th302145
Mexico 1983Group stage13th301224
Soviet Union 1985Quarter-finals5th430173
Chile 1987did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989Banned
Portugal 1991Quarter-finals7th412175
Australia 1993Quarter-finals5th421163
Qatar 1995did not qualify
Malaysia 1997Round of 1612th411263
Nigeria 1999Quarter-finals6th531195
Argentina 2001did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003Group stage22nd301225
Netherlands 2005did not qualify
Canada 2007Quarter-finals5th5401103
Egypt 2009did not qualify
Colombia 2011Third place3rd7322106
Turkey 2013Round of 1616th410366
New Zealand 2015Group stage17th310225
South Korea 2017Quarter-finals8th521244
Poland 2019Group stage21st300316
Indonesia 2021Cancelled
Argentina 2023did not qualify
Chile 2025to be determined
Total16/24—652218259072

Honours

Major competitions

Other competitions

Individual awards

  • FIFA U-20 World Cup

Results and fixtures

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2022

19 June 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Mexico  8–0  Suriname San Pedro Sula, Honduras
21:30
Report Stadium: Estadio Morazán
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Torneo del Sol.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
12 1GK Emmanuel Ochoa (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 United States San Jose Earthquakes
1 1GK Pablo Lara (2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 Mexico UNAM
22 2DF Gael Delgado (2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 Mexico América
3 2DF Carlos Mendiola (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 Mexico Puebla
2DF Ricardo Juárez (2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 Mexico Juárez
4 3MF Francisco Méndez (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 Mexico Guadalajara
2DF Luis Carrillo (2005-03-15) 15 March 2005 Mexico Mazatlán
2 2DF Ángel Chávez (2005-02-19) 19 February 2005 Mexico Necaxa
20 2DF Ari Contreras (2005-11-02) 2 November 2005 Mexico Pachuca
13 2DF José Pachuca (2005-07-24) 24 July 2005 Mexico Puebla
7 3MF Anthony Ramírez (2005-12-22) 22 December 2005 United States FC Dallas
8 3MF Xavier Biscayzacú (2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 Uruguay Defensor Sporting
10 3MF Ariel Castro (2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 Mexico Guadalajara
6 2DF Brandon Tellez (Captain) (2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 Mexico Guadalajara
15 3MF Daniel Márquez (2005-04-29) 29 April 2005 Mexico Necaxa
2DF Elías Montiel (2005-10-07) 7 October 2005 Mexico Pachuca
19 3MF Iker Fimbers (2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 Mexico Monterrey
21 3MF Antonio Herrera (2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 Mexico Guadalajara
17 3MF Marco Hernández (2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 Mexico UNAM
9 4FW Thiago Gigena (2005-09-30) 30 September 2005 Argentina Newell's Old Boys
11 4FW Stephano Carrillo (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 Mexico Santos Laguna
14 4FW Ian Orozco (2005-09-22) 22 September 2005 Mexico Juárez

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Year(s) U-20 Goals
1José Juan Macías2018–201911
2Ronaldo Cisneros20178
3Hirving Lozano20156
4Ulises Dávila20115
Giovani dos Santos20075
Esteban Lozano20225

Managers

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

Mexico Raúl Chabrand

 2020–2021

Mexico Luis Ernesto Pérez

 2021–2022

Mexico Adrián Sánchez

 2022–

See also

References

  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.
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