Mexico national under-20 football team

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Mexico U-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association Mexican Football Federation
(Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach Vacant
FIFA code MEX
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Mexico 5 – 0 Haiti 
(Panama, Panama; March 9, 1962)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 13 (First in 1977)
Best result Runners-up Silver medal icon.svg : 1977
Mexico national under-20 football team
Medal record
U-20 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1977 Tunisia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Colombia Team

The Mexico national under-20 football team, is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación (Mexican Football Federation) and represents Mexico in international under-20 (under age 20) football competitions.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Mexicans players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.

Year Award Player
1977 Bronze Shoe Luis Placencia
2007 Bronze Ball Giovani Dos Santos
2011 Bronze Ball Jorge Enríquez

Competitive Record

FIFA World Cup Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Runners-up 2nd 5 1 4 0 11 5
Japan 1979 Group Stage 11th 3 0 2 1 3 4
Australia 1981 Group Stage 11th 3 0 2 1 4 5
Mexico 1983 Group Stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 4
Soviet Union 1985 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 3 0 1 7 3
Chile 1987 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989 Banned
Portugal 1991 Quarter-Finals 7th 4 1 2 1 7 5
Australia 1993 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 3
Qatar 1995 Did Not Qualify
Malaysia 1997 Round of 16 12th 4 1 1 2 6 3
Nigeria 1999 Quarter-Finals 6th 5 3 1 1 9 5
Argentina 2001 Did Not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003 Group Stage 22nd 3 0 1 2 2 5
Netherlands 2005 Did Not Qualify
Canada 2007 Quarter-Finals 5th 5 4 0 1 10 3
Egypt 2009 Did Not Qualify
Colombia 2011 Third Place 3rd 7 3 2 2 10 6
Turkey 2013 Round of 16 16th 4 1 0 3 6 6
New Zealand 2015 Group stage 17th 3 1 0 2 2 5

Honours

Schedule and Recent Results

The following is a list of matches from the past twenty-four months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Date Competition Location Opponent Result
10 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Cuba 9-1
12 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Canada 2-0
15 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Honduras 3-0
19 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  El Salvador 3-1
22 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Haiti 1-1
24 January 2015 World Cup Qualifiers - Final Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Panama 1-1 (4-2)

Current Squad

The following 23 players were selected to take part in friendly matches against Canada on the 13 and 15.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Gustavo Alcalá (1997-01-21)January 21, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico UNAM
1GK José Hernández (1997-05-01)May 1, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Atlas
1GK Cristian Herrera (1997-04-20)April 20, 1997 (aged 18) United States Real Salt Lake
2DF Juan Agüayo (1997-03-11)March 11, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Guadalajara
2DF Jorge Durán (1997-02-28)February 28, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico León
2DF César Jiménez (1997-01-16)January 16, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Club Atlas
2DF Manuel Mayorga (1997-05-25)May 25, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Guadalajara
2DF César Montes (1997-02-24)February 24, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Monterrey
2DF Geovanni Rodríguez (1997-04-06)April 6, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Club Atlas
2DF Jorge Sánchez (1997-10-12)October 12, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Santos Laguna
3MF André Aguilar (1997-08-30)August 30, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Monterrey
3MF Diego Aguilar (1997-01-13)January 13, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Toluca
3MF Carlos Antuna (1997-08-21)August 21, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Santos Laguna
3MF Ían Arellano (1997-07-02)July 2, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Monterrey
3MF Francisco Córdoba (1997-06-12)June 12, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico América
3MF Luis González (1997-02-08)February 8, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Pachuca
3MF Emmanuel Ortega (1997-02-17)February 17, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Pachuca
3MF Sebastian Saucedo (1997-01-22)January 22, 1997 (aged 18) United States Real Salt Lake
3MF Miguel Tapias (1997-01-09)January 9, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Pachuca
4FW Ronaldo Cisneros (1997-01-08)January 8, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Santos Laguna
4FW Luis Cruz (1997-01-16)January 16, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico UANL
4FW Ricardo Cruz (1997-08-30)August 30, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Chiapas
4FW José Godínez (1997-01-20)January 20, 1997 (aged 18) Mexico Guadalajara

Recent call-ups

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

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jesse Gonzalez (1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 29) United States Dallas
2 2DF Kevin Gutiérrez (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29) Mexico Querétaro
3 2DF Óscar Bernal (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 29) Mexico Santos Laguna
4 2DF Rodrigo González (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29) Mexico América
5 3MF Sergio Flores (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29) Mexico Guadalajara
6 3MF Víctor Guzmán (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 29) Mexico Pachuca
7 3MF Érick Gutiérrez (c) (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29) Mexico Pachuca
8 3MF Hirving Lozano (1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 29) Mexico Pachuca
9 4FW Guillermo Martínez (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29) Mexico Pachuca
10 4FW Alejandro Díaz (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28) Mexico América
11 3MF David Ramírez (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 28) Mexico Guadalajara
12 1GK Édson Reséndez (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28) Mexico Monterrey
13 2DF Carlos Arreola (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) Mexico Atlas
14 2DF Érick Aguirre (1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 27) Mexico Morelia
15 3MF Orbelín Pineda (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) Mexico Querétaro
16 2DF Osvaldo Rodríguez (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) Mexico Pachuca
17 3MF Luis Márquez (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29) Mexico Guadalajara
18 4FW Diego Gama (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28) Spain Atlético de Madrid B
19 4FW Diego Pineda (1995-04-07) 7 April 1995 (age 29) Mexico América
20 3MF Mauro Laínez (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28) Mexico Pachuca
21 1GK Raúl Gudiño (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28) Portugal Porto B
  • * All dates of births can be confirmed here.[7]

Players Record

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Year(s) U-20 Goals
1 Hirving Lozano 2015 6
2 Giovani dos Santos 2005 5
2 Ulises Dávila 2011 5
4 Pedro Pineda 1991 4
4 Taufic Guarch 2011 4
4 Edson Rivera 2011 4
4 Jesús Manuel Corona 2013 4
4 Alejandro Díaz 2015 4
9 Luis Placencia 1977 3
9 Agustin Manzo 1977 3
9 Alberto García Aspe 1985 3
9 Eduardo Lillingston 1997 3
9 Alan Pulido 2011 3
9 Marco Bueno 2013 3
9 Alonso Escoboza 2013 3
9 Guillermo Martínez 2015 3
9 Jose Ramírez 2015 3

Former squads

Pan American Games record

Though the under-20 squad has not represented Mexico in all Pan American Games competition, the Pan American Sports Organization recently set the age limit of the tournament to the under-20 level.

Mexico under-20 managers

Manager Mexico career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Mexico Horacio Casarin 1977 5 1 4 0 20.0
Mexico Mario Velarde 1983 3 0 1 2 0.00
Mexico Jesús del Muro 1985, 1998–1999 12 9 1 2 75.00
Mexico Alfonso Portugal Diaz 1991 4 1 2 1 25.0
Mexico Juan de Dios Castillo 1992–1993 7 4 2 1 60
Mexico Juan Manuel Alvarez 1994 3 2 0 1 56.6
Mexico José Luis Real 1996–1997, 2001 12 6 3 3 50.00
Mexico Eduardo Rergis 2002–2003 6 2 1 3 33.3
Argentina Humberto Grondona 2005 3 1 0 2 33.3
Mexico Jesús Ramírez 2007–2009 8 6 1 1 75.00
Mexico Juan Carlos Chávez 2009–2011 19 12 3 4 63.15
Mexico Sergio Almaguer 2013-2015 18 11 2 5 61.1
Mexico Vacant

See also

References