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 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 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
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^[1]

Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament
- Runner-up (1): 2012^[2]
Milk Cup
- Winners (3): 2001,
  2013
Lev Yashin Cup
- Winners (1): 2012^[3]
ADO Den Haag Tournament
- Winners (1): 59th ADO Den Haag Tournament^[4]

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

2022

19 June 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Mexico	8–0	Suriname	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
21:30	Lozano 13' Mariscal 23', 25', 87' Ambríz 33' González 45+1' Leone 90+3' Hernández 90+13'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Morazán Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

21 June 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Mexico	5–0	Trinidad and Tobago	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
21:30	Leone 28' González 45+2' Lozano 48', 80' Perez 53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Morazán Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

23 June 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Mexico	0–0	Haiti	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
21:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

26 June 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship R16	Mexico	6–0	Puerto Rico	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:30	Ambríz 24' Torres 33' Lozano 49' Mariscal 53' Violante 71' Hernández 79'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)

29 June 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship QF	Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p)	Guatemala	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:00	Lozano 74'	Report	Ordoñez 39'	Stadium: Said Martínez (Honduras)
	Penalties
	Hernández Violante Leone Alcántar González		Gaitán Cardoza Santos Bantes

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 (age 18)	San Jose Earthquakes
1	1GK	Pablo Lara	(2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 (age 18)	UNAM

22	2DF	Gael Delgado	(2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 (age 19)	América
3	2DF	Carlos Mendiola	(2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 19)	Puebla
	2DF	Ricardo Juárez	(2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 (age 18)	Juárez
4	3MF	Francisco Méndez	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 18)	Guadalajara
	2DF	Luis Carrillo	(2005-03-15) 15 March 2005 (age 19)	Mazatlán
2	2DF	Ángel Chávez	(2005-02-19) 19 February 2005 (age 19)	Necaxa
20	2DF	Ari Contreras	(2005-11-02) 2 November 2005 (age 18)	Pachuca
13	2DF	José Pachuca	(2005-07-24) 24 July 2005 (age 18)	Puebla

7	3MF	Anthony Ramírez	(2005-12-22) 22 December 2005 (age 18)	FC Dallas
8	3MF	Xavier Biscayzacú	(2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 (age 19)	Defensor Sporting
10	3MF	Ariel Castro	(2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 (age 19)	Guadalajara
6	2DF	Brandon Tellez (Captain)	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 19)	Guadalajara
15	3MF	Daniel Márquez	(2005-04-29) 29 April 2005 (age 18)	Necaxa
	2DF	Elías Montiel	(2005-10-07) 7 October 2005 (age 18)	Pachuca
19	3MF	Iker Fimbers	(2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 (age 18)	Monterrey
21	3MF	Antonio Herrera	(2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 (age 19)	Guadalajara
17	3MF	Marco Hernández	(2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 (age 19)	UNAM

9	4FW	Thiago Gigena	(2005-09-30) 30 September 2005 (age 18)	Newell's Old Boys
11	4FW	Stephano Carrillo	(2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 (age 18)	Santos Laguna
14	4FW	Ian Orozco	(2005-09-22) 22 September 2005 (age 18)	Juárez

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–

References

^ "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.
^ "Mostrando artículos por etiqueta: Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
^ "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".
^ "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.

[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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