Mexico national football team

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Mexico

Nickname(s)	"El Tri"
Association	FEMEXFUT
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Javier Aguirre
Captain	Rafael Márquez
Most caps	Claudio Suárez (178)
Top scorer	Jared Borgetti (46)
Home stadium	Estadio Azteca
FIFA code	MEX
FIFA ranking	33
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (May 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	33 (June 2009)
Elo ranking	26
Highest Elo ranking	6 (June 2005)
Lowest Elo ranking	47 (February 1979)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Guatemala 2-3 Mexico (Guatemala, Guatemala; 1 January 1923)
Biggest win
Mexico 13-0 Bahamas  (Toluca, Mexico; Apr 28, 1987)
Biggest defeat
England 8-0 Mexico (London, England; May 10, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	13 (First in 1930)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 1970, 1986
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	16 (First in 1965)
Best result	Winners, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996,1998, 2003
Confederations Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1995)
Best result	Winners, 1999

The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and represents Mexico in international football competition. The Mexican national football team is currently ranked 33rd in the FIFA World Rankings.^[1].

Mexico has qualified for thirteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994. Mexico's best progression was reaching the Quarterfinals in both the 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, both of which were staged on Mexican soil. Mexico holds one FIFA Confederations Cup, four CONCACAF Gold Cups, three CONCACAF Championships, one North American Nations Cup and two NAFC Championships. Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF, the national football team has been regularly invited to compete in the CONMEBOL Copa América since Ecuador 1993 finishing as runner-up twice and obtaining the third place medal on three occasions.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 First International Friendlies at Home 1.3 1924-1927 1.4 Formation of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol 1.5 1928 Summer Olympics 1.6 World Cup Competition 1.6.1 1930 World Cup 1.6.2 1950 World Cup 1.6.3 1970 World Cup 1.6.4 1978 World Cup 1.6.5 1986 World Cup 1.6.6 1990 World Cup Disqualification 1.6.7 1994 World Cup 1.6.8 1998 World Cup 1.6.9 2002 World Cup 1.6.10 2006 World Cup 1.7 International Competitions 2 Schedule and results 2.1 2010 World Cup Qualifying 2.1.1 Round 4: Hexagonal 3 Current Squad 3.1 Recent call ups 4 Coaching Staff 5 Competitive record 5.1 World Cup record 5.2 Confederations Cup record 5.3 CONCACAF Championships record 5.4 Copa América record 5.5 Pan American Games record 5.6 Central American and Caribbean Games record 5.7 NAFC Championship results 5.8 North American Nations Cup results 6 International Honours 7 Regional Honours (CONCACAF) 8 Panamerican Games 9 Minor Cups 10 Top 10 goalscorers 11 Most appearances (caps) 12 List of goalscorers in World Cups 13 Previous World Cup squads 14 Mexico managers 15 References 16 See also 17 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Early years

Competitive association football in Mexico was organized in the early 20th century by various European immigrant groups, notably English miners from Cornwall, England, and in later years, Spanish exiles fleeing the Spanish Civil War. Though organized football was disrupted from 1910 to 1919 as a result of the Mexican Revolution, a new football association had been established in Mexico City by 1922, and by the end of the year a national team had been organized from players in this league to represent Mexico in international friendlies. On January 1, 1923, Mexico played their first international friendly against Guatemala, which the Mexican team won 3–2.^[2]

[edit] First International Friendlies at Home

A series of international friendlies were played against the national representation of Guatemala on December 9, 12, and 16 of 1923. The match on December 9 was played Parque España and was won by Mexico with a final score of 2-1. On December 12, the match ended in a 2-0 win for Mexico, and the final game of the series ended in a 3-3 draw.^[3] The manager for this team was Rafael Garza Gutiérrez "Récord", and the assistant coach was Adolfo Frías.^[4] The fourteen players selected for this friendly series include: Nacho de la Garza, Pedro "Perico" Legorreta, Manuel "Güero" Yáñez, Enrique "La Matona" Esquivel, Agustín Ojeda, Roberto Jardón, Carlos Garcés, Horacio Ortiz, Adeodato López, Mauro Guadarrama "La Venada" Alatorre, Cornelio Cuevas, and Alfredo "Fofo" García Besné.^[5]

[edit] 1924-1927

It would be another four years before the national team would be represented in international friendlies. In preparation for a friendly against Spain, the team played a friendly against their "B" squad on June 12, 1927, winning 4-2. On June 19, 1927, the Mexican squad faced a selection from Spain, drawing 3-3. During this series, the squad also played against the Uruguayan club Nacional de Montevideo, losing 1-3.^[6]

[edit] Formation of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol

On August 23, 1927, the official governing body of the sport of football in Mexico was founded. From its inception, the federation has been the main body in charge of the promotion, administration, organization, management, and funding of the Mexican national football team as well as all football competition within Mexico. Club representatives from the federation's first division all vote on the direction, management, and coaching staff of the national football team.

[edit] 1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics were hosts to Mexico's first international tournament. Prior to the tournament, the Mexican squad held friendlies against a representative Asturias side as well as two friendlies against Spain. These matches resulted in two draws and one loss. At the Olympic tournament, Mexico faced Spain in the Round of 16 on May 30, 1928, resulting in Mexico's defeat of 1-7.^[7]

[edit] World Cup Competition

[edit] 1930 World Cup

Mexico participated in the 1930 FIFA World Cup, having been grouped together with Argentina, Chile, and France. Mexico's first match was played against France at Estadio Pocitos in Montevideo, Uruguay on July 13, 1930. The match ended in a 4–1 win for France, but witnessed Mexico's first World Cup goal by Juan Carreño.^[8] This match occurred simultaneously with the USA–Belgium match. In their second match of the tournament, Mexico fell to Chile 3–0 at Montevideo's Estadio Gran Parque Central. Mexico's third match, against Argentina, featured the first penalty of the tournament, awarded in the 42' and scored by Mexico's Manuel Rosas. A total of five penalties were awarded during the match which was refereed by the Bolivian coach Ulises Saucedo, three of them controversial.^[9]

[edit] 1950 World Cup

Mexico did not appear again in a World Cup tournament until the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Before 1970, Mexico struggled to make much of an impact in the World Cup when competing against European and South American teams. However, goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal has the distinction of being the first player ever to appear in five consecutive FIFA World Cups.

[edit] 1970 World Cup

In 1970, Mexico hosted the World Cup and kicked off their campaign with a scoreless draw against the Soviet Union. This was followed by a win over El Salvador (4–0). Mexico advanced to the next round with a victory against Belgium thanks to a penalty scored by Gustavo Peña in the 14th minute. At the quarter-finals stage, Mexico was eliminated by Italy in a 4–1 match despite Mexico taking an early lead.

[edit] 1978 World Cup

Mexico failed to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and did not appear at the world stage until the Argentina '78. Mexico suffered an early exit after three defeats: 0-6 against West Germany, 1-3 against Tunisia, and 1-3 to Poland. Mexico failed to qualify for Spain 1982.

[edit] 1986 World Cup

In 1986, Mexico again hosted the World Cup. Coached by Bora Milutinović, Mexico was placed in Group B where they defeated Belgium 2-1, draw 1-1 with Paraguay, and defeated Iraq 1-0. With this performance, Mexico won the top spot in its group and advanced to the next round where Mexico faced Bulgaria in a 2-0 win. In the quarter-finals stage, Mexico lost to West Germany 0-0 (1-4 pens). They won the first championship game

[edit] 1990 World Cup Disqualification

Mexico was disqualified from the 1990 FIFA World Cup (and any other international competition) after using players over the age limit allowed by FIFA in the qualifying round for the Olympic Games in Seoul 1988. The punishment originally was only going to be applied to the Olympic team and not the World Cup team, but the penalty was applied to all Mexican national representatives of all sports for two years.

[edit] 1994 World Cup

In the 1990s, after hiring coach César Luis Menotti, Mexican football began experiencing greater international success. An important turning point was its participation in the 1993 Copa America, where they finished second in the tournament, losing to Argentina 2-1 in the final. Mexico went on to win its group on tiebreakers in the 1994 World Cup, emerging from the tournament's "Group of death", composed of Mexico, Italy, Ireland, and Norway. However, Mexico eventually lost in the second round to Bulgaria on penalty kicks. Miguel Mejía Barón led this team into one of its most distinguished performances in a World Cup.

[edit] 1998 World Cup

After its participation at King Fahd's Cup (which would eventually become the FIFA Confederation's Cup) and being coached again by Bora Milutinović then eventually Manuel Lapuente, in a very good qualifying round for France 1998, in which they came in first place in the CONCACAF side. At the World Cup, Mexico was placed in Group E, with the Netherlands, Korea Republic and Belgium. Mexico started against Korea Republic losing 0-1 but came back to win 3-1. Belgium had started beating Mexico 2-0 but came back to tie 2-2. The third game against Netherlands ended in another 2-2 result which resulted in qualification to the Round of 16. In the next round, Mexico faced Germany. Although having the lead Mexico did not manage to hold onto it and lost the game 2-1.

[edit] 2002 World Cup

After a tough qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup, Mexico reached the finals and was placed in Group G alongside Italy, Croatia, Ecuador. Mexico opened its participation with a 1-0 win over Croatia. In the second match, Mexico earned a 2-1 win over Ecuador with goals from Jared Borgetti and Gerardo Torrado. Mexico then achieved a 1-1 draw against Italy thanks to a goal from Borgetti that was regarded as one of the best of the tournament. In the second round Mexico played continental rivals United States. Mexico was defeated by the U.S. 2-0.

[edit] 2006 World Cup

Additional information: 2006 FIFA World Cup - Group D

Mexico played a series of friendlies in the United States of America in preparation for the World Cup, seeking to maximize revenue by appealing to Mexican Americans living in the USA.

Mexico was one of eight seeded teams in the first round at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The eight seeded teams consisted of Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. This was the second time a non-hosting CONCACAF nation was seeded. Mexico was put in Group D with Iran, Angola and Portugal.

Mexico won their opening match 3–1 against Iran, with two goals from Omar Bravo and one by Sinha. In their second match, Mexico played to a 0–0 draw against Angola. Mexico joined Portugal as a qualifier in the Round of 16, despite losing to the Portuguese 2–1. During the match, Bravo missed a penalty shot.

In the second round, Mexico played against Argentina. The Mexicans scored in the 5th minute with a goal by captain Rafael Márquez assisted by Pável Pardo. Four minutes later, Hernán Crespo scored for Argentina to equalise. The score remained 1–1 after ninety minutes, and in extra time, a volley by Maxi Rodríguez in the second period of extra time brought about a 2–1 win for Argentina.

Argentine coach Ricardo Lavolpe stepped down as coach after the tournament, and was succeeded by Mexican legend Hugo Sánchez.

[edit] International Competitions

Since their second place finish in the 1993 Copa America, Mexico has been a regular participant in the South American tournament and has competed well. It earned third place in 1997, 1999 and 2007 and another second-place finish in 2001. Mexico has never failed to reach the quarter finals of the Copa America and twice has had the leading scorer in the tournament (Luis García in 1995 (sharing the title with Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta) and Luis Hernández in 1997).

Mexico hosted and won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Mexico won its first official FIFA tournament trophy by beating Brazil with a final score of 4-3. Mexico's star, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, shared the tournament's Golden Shoe award as top scorer with Ronaldinho, he was also awarded the Silver Ball.

Mexico co-hosted (with the United States of America) the Gold Cup in 2003, winning it after a 1-0 victory in Mexico City over a mostly U-23 Brazilian squad which had eliminated the United States in Miami, Florida.

The parallel emergence of Mexico and the United States on the international stage has helped elevate the status of the CONCACAF region, and has provided a natural rivalry that has benefited the development of both national teams.

The growth experienced by the Mexican national team since the early 1990s was matched by the increased competitiveness of its domestic league, the Primera División de México. Due in large part to lucrative television contracts, Mexican football clubs are amongst the richest outside of Europe. The influx of high level foreign players, together with increased participation in international tournaments has helped compensate for the fact that, traditionally, relatively few Mexican players have sought opportunities in other countries. Hugo Sánchez (Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid), Luis García (Atlético de Madrid and Real Sociedad), Rafael Márquez (AS Monaco and FC Barcelona), and Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Real Valladolid) have all found some success during their time in Europe. Other European-based players that have managed to succeed thus far include Carlos Salcido (PSV), Pável Pardo (VfB Stuttgart), Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart), Aaron Galindo (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Nery Castillo (Manchester City), all of whom won championships with their clubs in this past 2006-07 season. Carlos Vela (Arsenal) as well as Giovani dos Santos (FC Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur) and Andrés Guardado (Deportivo de La Coruña) who is vital to the formation of both club an country.

After losing the final match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 1-2 against the United States, Mexico successfully rebounded with a remarkable first-round participation at CONMEBOL Copa America 2007. Beginning by beating the recent champions Brazil 2-0 (goals from: Nery Castillo 23' and Ramón Morales 28') in their first match, they then went on to defeat Ecuador 2-1 (goals from: Nery Castillo 21' and Omar Bravo 79'). For their final match they tied 0-0 with Chile. With those results Mexico came first in Group B with seven points.

In the quarterfinals, Mexico beat Paraguay 6-0 but lost in the semi-finals 3-0 to Argentina. With this defeat, Mexico was left to fight for third place against Uruguay, winning 3-1 and claiming the bronze trophy.

[edit] Schedule and results

Date	Location	Opponent	Score1	Competition	Mexico scorers
January 28, 2009	Oakland, California	Sweden	0–1	F
February 11, 2009	Columbus, Ohio	United States	0–2	WCQ R4
March 11, 2009	Commerce City, Colorado	Bolivia	5–1	F	Vuoso  25',  59', Leandro  33', Santana  72' (pen.), Cárdenas  85'
March 28, 2009	Mexico City	Costa Rica	2–0	WCQ R4	Bravo  19', Pardo  52' (pen.)
April 1, 2009	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1–3	WCQ R4	Castillo  81' (pen.)
June 6, 2009	San Salvador, El Salvador	El Salvador	1–2	WCQ R4	Blanco  71' (pen.)
June 10, 2009	Mexico City	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	WCQ R4	Franco  1', Rojas  47'
June 24, 2009	Atlanta, Georgia	Venezuela	4–0	F	Vela  45', Giovani  48',  50', Arellano  72'
June 28, 2009	San Diego, California	Guatemala	0–0	F
July 5, 2009	Oakland, California	Nicaragua		GCF GS
July 9, 2009	Houston, Texas	Panama		GCF GS
July 12, 2009	Glendale, Arizona	Guadeloupe		GCF GS
August 12, 2009	Mexico City	United States		WCQ R4
September 5, 2009	San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica		WCQ R4
September 9, 2009	Mexico City	Honduras		WCQ R4
September 30, 2009	Dallas, Texas	[To be determined]		F
October 10, 2009	Mexico City	El Salvador		WCQ R4
October 14, 2009	Port of Spain, T&T	Trinidad and Tobago		WCQ R4

¹ - Mexico score always listed first

Key

• F = Friendly
• GCF = Gold Cup Finals
• CAF = Copa America Finals
• WCQ = 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

[edit] 2010 World Cup Qualifying

[edit] Round 4: Hexagonal

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Costa Rica 5 4 0 1 9 5 +4 12  United States 5 3 1 1 10 6 +4 10  Honduras 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 7  Mexico 5 2 0 3 6 8 −2 6  El Salvador 5 1 2 2 6 7 −1 5  Trinidad and Tobago 5 0 2 3 6 11 −5 2

Costa Rica  – 1–0 2–0 5 Sep 10 Oct 3–1 El Salvador  9 Sep – 14 Oct 2–1 2–2 2–2 Honduras  12 Aug 1–0 – 3–1 5 Sep 10 Oct Mexico  2–0 10 Oct 9 Sep – 2–1 12 Aug Trinidad and Tobago  2–3 12 Aug 1–1 14 Oct – 9 Sep United States  14 Oct 5 Sep 2–1 2–0 3–0 –

[edit] Current Squad

The following squad of players was selected for the friendly match against Venezuela on June 24 in Atlanta and Guatemala on June 28 in San Diego and for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[10] Caps and goals current as of the completion of the match against Venezuela.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Guillermo Ochoa July 13, 1985 (1985-07-13) (age 23) 22 0 América 2 DF Jonny Magallón November 21, 1981 (1981-11-21) (age 27) 35 3 Guadalajara 3 DF Ismael Rodríguez January 10, 1981 (1981-01-10) (age 28) 2 0 América 4 DF Edgar Dueñas March 5, 1983 (1983-03-05) (age 26) 4 0 Toluca 5 DF Fausto Pinto August 8, 1983 (1983-08-08) (age 25) 18 0 Cruz Azul 6 MF Gerardo Torrado April 30, 1979 (1979-04-30) (age 30) 93 4 Cruz Azul 7 MF Alberto Medina May 29, 1983 (1983-05-29) (age 26) 41 2 Guadalajara 8 MF Israel Castro December 20, 1980 (1980-12-20) (age 28) 14 0 UNAM 9 FW Omar Bravo March 4, 1980 (1980-03-04) (age 29) 60 15 Deportivo La Coruña 10 FW Guillermo Franco November 3, 1976 (1976-11-03) (age 32) 14 3 Unattached 11 FW Carlos Vela March 1, 1989 (1989-03-01) (age 20) 16 5 Arsenal 12 GK José de Jesús Corona January 26, 1981 (1981-01-26) (age 28) 8 0 Cruz Azul 13 MF Pablo Barrera June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21) (age 22) 3 0 UNAM 14 FW Miguel Sabah November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 29) 3 0 Morelia 22 DF José Antonio Castro August 11, 1980 (1980-08-11) (age 28) 22 0 UANL 16 FW Carlos Esquivel April 10, 1982 (1982-04-10) (age 27) 4 0 Toluca 17 MF Giovani Dos Santos May 11, 1989 (1989-05-11) (age 20) 13 2 Tottenham Hotspur 18 FW José María Cárdenas June 13, 1984 (1984-06-13) (age 25) 2 1 Santos 19 MF Luis Miguel Noriega April 17, 1985 (1985-04-17) (age 24) 2 0 Puebla 20 MF Israel Martínez March 14, 1981 (1981-03-14) (age 28) 6 0 América 21 DF Juan Carlos Valenzuela May 15, 1984 (1984-05-15) (age 25) 3 0 América

[edit] Recent call ups

The following players have also been called up to the Mexico squad within last 12 months.

Name	DOB (Age)	Club	Caps	Goals	Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Jonathan Orozco	May 12, 1986 (1986-05-12) (age 23)	Monterrey	0	0	v  Chile, September 24, 2008
Moisés Muñoz	February 1, 1980 (1980-02-01) (age 29)	Morelia	8	0	v  Ecuador, November 12, 2008
Oswaldo Sánchez	September 21, 1973 (1973-09-21) (age 35)	Santos	98	1	v  Honduras, April 1, 2009
Óscar Pérez	February 1, 1973 (1973-02-01) (age 36)	Chiapas	48	1	v  Trinidad and Tobago, 10 June 2009
Defenders
Fernando López	February 7, 1984 (1984-02-07) (age 25)	América	0	0	v  Ecuador, November 12, 2008
Jorge Torres Nilo	January 16, 1988 (1988-01-16) (age 21)	Atlas	1	0	v  Ecuador, November 12, 2008
Diego Martínez	February 15, 1981 (1981-02-15) (age 28)	Monterrey	12	3	v  Sweden, January 28, 2009
Rafael Márquez	February 13, 1979 (1979-02-13) (age 30)	Barcelona	86	10	v  United States, February 11, 2009
Hugo Ayala	March 31, 1987 (1987-03-31) (age 22)	Atlas	1	0	v  Bolivia, March 11, 2009
Paul Aguilar	March 6, 1986 (1986-03-06) (age 23)	Pachuca	0	0	v  Bolivia, March 11, 2009
Edgar Castillo	October 8, 1986 (1986-10-08) (age 22)	UANL	4	0	v  Costa Rica, March 28, 2009
Leobardo López	September 5, 1984 (1984-09-05) (age 24)	Pachuca	7	1	v  Honduras, April 1, 2009
Julio César Domínguez	November 8, 1987 (1987-11-08) (age 21)	Cruz Azul	5	0	v  Honduras, April 1, 2009
Ricardo Osorio	March 30, 1980 (1980-03-30) (age 29)	Stuttgart	67	1	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Óscar Rojas	August 2, 1981 (1981-08-02) (age 27)	América	14	1	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Aarón Galindo	May 8, 1982 (1982-05-08) (age 27)	Guadalajara	20	0	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Francisco Javier Rodríguez	October 1, 1981 (1981-10-01) (age 27)	PSV	43	1	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Carlos Salcido	April 2, 1980 (1980-04-02) (age 29)	PSV	63	5	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Héctor Moreno	January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 21)	AZ	2	0	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Midfielders
Mario Méndez	June 1, 1981 (1981-06-01) (age 28)	Atlas	37	1	v  Chile, September 24, 2008
William Paredes	September 9, 1985 (1985-09-09) (age 23)	Monterrey	1	0	v  Chile, September 24, 2008
Francisco Torres	May 12, 1983 (1983-05-12) (age 26)	Santos	1	0	v  Ecuador, November 12, 2008
Jaime Correa	August 6, 1979 (1979-08-06) (age 29)	Pachuca	10	0	v  Honduras, November 19, 2008
Lucas Ayala	August 11, 1978 (1978-08-11) (age 30)	UANL	1	0	v  Sweden, January 28, 2009
Sinha	May 23, 1976 (1976-05-23) (age 33)	Toluca	49	6	v  Bolivia, March 11, 2009
Leandro Augusto	August 18, 1977 (1977-08-18) (age 31)	UNAM	6	1	v  Honduras, April 1, 2009
Luis Ernesto Pérez	January 12, 1981 (1981-01-12) (age 28)	Monterrey	66	8	v  Honduras, April 1, 2009
Fernando Arce	April 24, 1980 (1980-04-24) (age 29)	Santos	42	7	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Pável Pardo	July 26, 1976 (1976-07-26) (age 32)	América	148	11	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Andrés Guardado	September 28, 1986 (1986-09-28) (age 22)	Deportivo La Coruña	42	6	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Strikers
Enrique Esqueda	April 19, 1988 (1988-04-19) (age 21)	América	2	0	v  Chile, September 24, 2008
Arnhold Rivas	June 13, 1989 (1989-06-13) (age 20)	América	1	0	v  Chile, September 24, 2008
Francisco Fonseca	October 2, 1979 (1979-10-02) (age 29)	UANL	43	21	v  Ecuador, November 12, 2008
Néstor Calderón	March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04) (age 20)	Toluca	1	0	v  Sweden, January 28, 2009
Marco Fabián	July 21, 1989 (1989-07-21) (age 19)	Guadalajara	1	0	v  Sweden, January 28, 2009
Carlos Ochoa	March 5, 1978 (1978-03-05) (age 31)	Santos	10	1	v  United States, February 11, 2009
Sergio Santana	August 10, 1979 (1979-08-10) (age 29)	Monterrey	10	5	v  Bolivia, March 11, 2009
César Villaluz	July 18, 1988 (1988-07-18) (age 20)	Cruz Azul	12	2	v  Bolivia, March 11, 2009
Vicente Matías Vuoso	November 3, 1981 (1981-11-03) (age 27)	Santos	9	4	v  Honduras, April 1, 2009
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17) (age 36)	Chicago Fire	100	35	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Nery Castillo	June 13, 1984 (1984-06-13) (age 25)	Shakhtar Donetsk	19	6	v  Trinidad and Tobago, June 10, 2009
Omar Arellano	June 18, 1987 (1987-06-18) (age 22)	Guadalajara	4	1	v  Guatemala, June 28, 2009

[edit] Coaching Staff

Manager	Javier Aguirre
Assistant Manager	Mario Carrillo
Assistant Manager	Manuel Vidrio
Youth Coach	Juan Carlos Chávez
Coach	José Luis González China
Fitness Coach	Ariel González
Goalkeeping Coach	Alberto Aguilar
Physiotherapist	Juan Iribarren
Team Doctor	Dr. José Luis Serrano

[edit] Competitive record

[edit] World Cup record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Round 1 3 0 0 3 4 13 1934 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1938 Withdrew - - - - - - 1950 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 1954 Round 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 1958 Round 1 3 0 1 2 1 8 1962 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 1966 Round 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 1970 Quarter-Finals 4 2 1 1 6 3 1974 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1978 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 12 1982 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1986 Quarter-Finals 5 3 2 0 6 2 1990 Banned - - - - - - 1994 Round 2 4 1 2 1 4 4 1998 Round 2 4 1 2 1 8 7 2002 Round 2 4 2 1 1 4 4 2006 Round 2 4 1 1 2 5 5 Total 13/18 45 11 12 22 48 82 [edit] Confederations Cup record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1992 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1995 Third Place 3 1 2 0 4 2 1997 Round 1 3 1 0 2 8 6 1999 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 6 2001 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 8 2003 Did not qualify - - - - - - 2005 Fourth Place 5 2 2 1 7 6 2009 Did not qualify - - - - - - Total 5/8 19 8 5 5 33 28

[edit] CONCACAF Championships record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1963 1st round 3 1 1 1 9 2 1965 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 2 1967 Second place 5 4 0 1 10 1 1969 Fourth place 5 1 2 2 4 5 1971 Champions 5 4 1 0 6 1 1973 Third place 5 2 2 1 10 5 1977 Champions 5 5 0 0 20 5 1981 Third place 5 1 3 1 6 3 1985 Did not enter - - - - - - 1989 Banned - - - - - - 1991 Third place 5 3 1 1 10 5 1993 Champions 5 4 1 0 28 2 1996 Champions 4 4 0 0 9 0 1998 Champions 4 4 0 0 8 2 2000 Quarter-Finals 3 1 1 1 6 3 2002 Quarter-Finals 3 2 1 0 4 1 2003 Champions 5 4 1 0 9 0 2005 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 7 4 2007 Second place 6 4 0 2 7 5 Total 7 Titles 74 49 14 11 157 44 [edit] Copa América record Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1993 Second Place 6 2 2 2 9 7 1995 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 5 4 1997 Third Place 6 2 2 2 8 9 1999 Third Place 6 3 1 2 10 9 2001 Second Place 6 3 1 2 5 3 2004 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 5 7 2007 Third Place 6 4 1 1 13 5 Total 38 17 10 11 55 44 Mexico is invited. If Mexico wins, can't play Confederations Cup.

[edit] Pan American Games record

• 1951 - Did not enter
• 1955 - Silver medal
• 1959 - Sixth place
• 1963 - Did not enter
• 1967 - Gold medal
• 1971 - Round 1
• 1975 - Gold medal
• 1979 - Did not enter
• 1983 - Round 1
• 1987 - Fourth place
• 1991 - Silver medal
• 1995 - Silver medal
• 1999 - Gold medal
• 2003 - Bronze medal
• 2007 - Bronze medal

[edit] Central American and Caribbean Games record

• 1935 - Gold Medal
• 1938 - Gold Medal
• 1954 - Silver Medal
• 1959 - Gold Medal
• 1962 - Gold Medal
• 1966 - Gold Medal
• 1978 - 4th place
• 1982 - Silver Medal
• 1986 - Bronze Medal
• 1990 - Gold Medal
• 1993 - Silver Medal
• 1998 - Silver Medal
• 2002 - Silver Medal

[edit] NAFC Championship results

• 1947 - Champions
• 1949 - Champions

[edit] North American Nations Cup results

• 1990 - Runner-Up
• 1991 - Champions

[edit] International Honours

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1
  

1999

• FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1
  

2005

[edit] Regional Honours (CONCACAF)

• CONCACAF Championship: 3
  

1965, 1971, 1977

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 4
  

1993, 1996, 1998, 2003

• NAFC Championship / North American Nations Cup: 3
  

1947, 1949, 1991

[edit] Panamerican Games

• Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medals: 6
  

1935, 1938, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1990

• Pan Am Games Gold Medals: 3
  

1967, 1975, 1999

• CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament Gold Medals: 5
  

1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004

[edit] Minor Cups

• United States Cup Championship: 3
  

1996, 1997, 1999

• Azteca 2000 Tournament Championship: 1
  

1985

• Marlboro Cup Championship: 1
  

1989

• Milk Cup Elite Championship: 1
  

2001

• Lunar New Year Cup: 1
  

1999 Carlsberg Cup

[edit] Top 10 goalscorers

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico.

Rank	Player	No. of goals
1	Jared Borgetti	46
2	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	35
	Carlos Hermosillo
	Luis Hernández
5	Enrique Borja	31
6	Zague	30
7	Hugo Sánchez	29
	Luis Flores
	Luis García
10	Benjamín Galindo	28

[edit] Most appearances (caps)

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico.

Rank	Player	No. of caps
1	Claudio Suárez	178
2	Pável Pardo	148
3	Jorge Campos	130
4	Ramón Ramírez	121
5	Alberto García Aspe	109
6	Cuauhtemoc Blanco	100
7	Oswaldo Sanchez	98
8	Gerardo Torrado	93
9	Carlos Hermosillo	90
10	Jared Borgetti	89

[edit] List of goalscorers in World Cups

Player Number of Goals Edition Manuel Rosas 2 1930 Juan Carreño 1 Roberto Gayón Héctor Ortiz 1 1950 Horacio Casarín José Lamadrid 1 1954 Tomás Balcázar Jaime Belmonte 1 1958 Isidoro Díaz 1 1962 Alfredo del Águila Héctor Hernández Enrique Borja 1 1966 Javier Valdivia 2 1970 Javier Fragoso 1 Ignacio Basaguren Gustavo Peña José González

Player Number of Goals Edition Arturo Vázquez 1 1978 Víctor Rangel Fernando Quirarte 2 1986 Hugo Sánchez 1 Luis Flores Manuel Negrete Raúl Servín Luis García 2 1994 Marcelino Bernal 1 Alberto García Aspe 1 1 1998 Luis Hernández 4 Ricardo Peláez 2 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1 1 2002 Jared Borgetti 2 Gerardo Torrado 1

Player Number of Goals Edition Omar Bravo 2 2006 Sinha 1 Francisco Fonseca Rafael Márquez

[edit] Previous World Cup squads

2006 FIFA World Cup 2002 FIFA World Cup 1998 FIFA World Cup 1994 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup 1978 FIFA World Cup 1970 FIFA World Cup 1966 FIFA World Cup

1962 FIFA World Cup 1958 FIFA World Cup 1954 FIFA World Cup 1950 FIFA World Cup

1930 FIFA World Cup

[edit] Mexico managers

Manager	Mexico career	Games managed	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Adolfo Frías Beltrán	1923	6	4	1	1	66.6
Alfonso Rojo de la Vega	1928	2	0	2	0	00.0
Juan Luque de Serrallonga	1930	3	0	3	0	00.0
Rafael Garza G.	1934, 1937-1938, 1949	16	14	1	1	87.5
Alfred C. Crowle	1935	5	5	0	0	100.0
Jorge Orth	1947	2	2	0	0	100.0
Abel Ramírez	1948	1	0	1	0	00.0
Octavio Vial	1950	5	0	4	1	00.0
Antonio López H.	1950	22	9	10	3	40.9
Horacio Casarín	1953	1	1	0	0	100.0
Fernando Marcos	1959	3	3	0	0	100.0
Arpad Fekete	1963	3	1	1	1	33.3
Diego Mercado	1969	5	1	2	2	20.0
Javier de la Torre	1970 - 1973	38	20	7	11	52.6
Ignacio Juáregui	1974	3	2	1	0	66.6
José Antonio Roca	1977 - 1978	20	11	3	6	55.0
José Moncebáez	1979	3	1	1	1	33.3
Peña, GustavoGustavo Peña	1979	1	1	0	0	100.0
Raúl Cardenas	1979 - 1981	59	25	20	14	42.3
Mario Velarde	1987-1989	15	13	0	2	86.6
Alberto Guerra	1989	3	3	0	0	100.0
Trelles, IgnacioIgnacio Trelles	1990-1991	106	50	27	29	47.1
César Luis Menotti	1991 - 1992	19	7	7	5	36.8
Cayetano Rodríguez	1992	1	1	0	0	100.0
Ricardo Ferretti	1993	1	1	0	0	100.0
Miguel Mejía Barón	1993 - 1995	54	25	17	12	46.2
Bora Milutinović	1983-1986, 1995 - 1997	104	52	32	20	50.0
Carrillo, MarioMario Carrillo	1999	1	0	0	1	00.0
Gustavo Vargas	1999	2	1	1	0	50.0
Lapuente, ManuelManuel Lapuente	1997 - 2000	67	33	18	16	49.2
Enrique Meza Enriquez	2000 - 2001	19	5	3	11	26.3
Aguirre, JavierJavier Aguirre	2001 - 2002	27	17	4	6	62.9
la Volpe, RicardoRicardo la Volpe	2002 - 2006	71	38	16	17	53.5
Sánchez, HugoHugo Sánchez	2006 - 2008	26	13	4	9	50.0
Ramírez, JesúsJesús Ramírez	2008	5	4	0	1	80.0
Sven-Göran Eriksson	2008 - 2009	13	6	1	6	46.1
Aguirre, JavierJavier Aguirre	2009-	4	2	1	1	66.6

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
• 2008 Under-23 Pre-Olympic Mexican Squad
• Mexico national under-20 football team
• Mexico national under-17 football team
• United States and Mexico football rivalry
• Mexico national football team schedule and results
• Mexico national football team record
• Mexico national beach football team

[edit] External links

• Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Official Site
• El Tri Site
• RSSSF archive of results
• www.futbolmexicano.org

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v • d • e 1970 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Italy Third place West Germany Fourth place Uruguay Eliminated in quarter-finals England · Mexico · Peru · Soviet Union Eliminated in group stage Belgium · Bulgaria · Czechoslovakia · El Salvador · Israel · Morocco · Romania · Sweden

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v • d • e 2006 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Italy Runners-up France Third place Germany Fourth place Portugal Eliminated in quarter-finals Argentina · Brazil · England · Ukraine Eliminated in round of 16 Australia · Ecuador · Ghana · Mexico · Netherlands · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland Eliminated in group stage Angola · Costa Rica · Côte d'Ivoire · Croatia · Czech Republic · Iran · Japan · Korea Republic · Paraguay · Poland · Saudi Arabia · Serbia & Montenegro · Togo · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · United States

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