Mexico national under-20 football team

Mexico U-20

Nickname(s)	El Tri (The Tri)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Eduardo Arce
Top scorer	José Juan Macías (11)
FIFA code	MEX
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
Appearances	16 (first in 1977)
Best result	Runners-up (1977)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	27 (first in 1962)
Best result	Champions (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 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
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	to be determined
Total	16/24	—	65	22	18	25	90	72

Honours

Major competitions

• FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1977
  • Third Place (1): 2011
• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
  • Winners (13): 1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015
  • Runners-up (3): 1988, 1996, 2018

Other competitions

• Pan American Games
  • Bronze medalists (1): 2007
• Revelations Cup
  • Winners (2): 2021, 2022
• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Gold medalists (1): 2014
  • Silver medalists (3): 1993, 1998, 2002
• Copa Presidente de la República
  • Winners (1): 2011
• Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament
  • Runner-up (1): 2012
• Milk Cup
  • Winners (3): 2001, 2012, 2013
• Lev Yashin Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012
• ADO Den Haag Tournament
  • Winners (1): 59th ADO Den Haag Tournament

Individual awards

• FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
2007			Giovani dos Santos
2011			Jorge Enríquez

Year	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
1977			Luis Placencia

Results and fixtures

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

Mexico v Haiti

21 July 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship GS	Mexico	4–0	Haiti	Irapuato, Mexico
21:06 EDT	Padilla 12' Jurado 72' Biscayzacú 78' Morales 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez (El Salvador) Referee: Filiberto Martínez

Guatemala v Mexico

Mexico v Panama

Players

Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Emmanuel Ochoa	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005	The Town FC
12	1GK	Pablo Lara	(2005-06-29) 29 June 2005	UNAM
21	1GK	Javier Orantes	(2005-06-22) 22 June 2005	Necaxa
2	2DF	Francisco Méndez	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005	Guadalajara
3	2DF	José Pachuca	(2005-07-24) 24 July 2005	Puebla
4	2DF	Diego Ochoa	(2005-04-20) 20 April 2005	Guadalajara
5	2DF	César Bustos	(2005-08-27) 27 August 2005	Monterrey
15	2DF	Ricardo Juárez	(2005-09-03) 3 September 2005	Juárez
18	2DF	Efraín Contreras	(2005-11-02) 2 November 2005	Pachuca
6	3MF	César Garza	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005	Monterrey
8	3MF	Elías Montiel	(2005-10-07) 7 October 2005	Pachuca
10	3MF	Yael Padilla	(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005	Guadalajara
11	3MF	Heriberto Jurado	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005	Necaxa
14	3MF	Amaury Morales	(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005	Cruz Azul
16	3MF	Brandon Tellez (Captain)	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005	Tapatío
17	3MF	Diego Sánchez	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005	UANL
20	3MF	Xavier Biscayzacú	(2005-03-28) 28 March 2005	Defensor Sporting
7	4FW	Alexéi Domínguez	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005	Pachuca
9	4FW	Stephano Carrillo	(2006-03-07) 7 March 2006	Santos Laguna
13	4FW	Jonantan Villal	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005	Atlético San Luis
19	4FW	Mateo Levy	(2006-10-22) 22 October 2006	Cruz Azul

Player records

Top goalscorers

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

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–

See also

• Mexico national football team
• Mexico national under-23 football team
• Mexico national under-17 football team
• Mexico women's national football team
• Mexico national beach football team
• Mexico national futsal team