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
Captain	Elías Montiel
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	28 (first in 1962)
Best result	Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2024)

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	Qualified
Total	17/24	—	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 (14): 1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2024
- 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, 2012, 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

2024

21 March Friendly	Mexico	6–0	Honduras	Toluca, Mexico
	Padilla 28' Medrano 43', 55' Morales 56', 82' Alcalá 73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Instalaciones de la Nueva Casa de Fútbol Referee: Iván Antonio López Sánchez (State of Mexico)

25 March Friendly	Mexico	4–1	Costa Rica	Toluca, Mexico
	Serrsto 8' Gigena 48' Domínguez 73' Villal 81'	Report	Morejón 38'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba Referee: Mario Terrazas Chávez (State of Mexico)

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 Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

24 July 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship GS	Guatemala	1–2	Mexico	Irapuato, Mexico
21:06 EDT	Sagastume 56' (pen.)	Report	Bolaños 29' (o.g.) Domínguez 45+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Referee: Victor Rivas (United States)

27 July 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship GS	Mexico	1–1	Panama	Irapuato, Mexico
22:06 EDT	Carrillo 90'	Report	Saldaña 16'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)

31 July 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship QF	Mexico	2–1	Costa Rica	Irapuato, Mexico
17:06 EDT	Sánchez 39' Morales 83'	Report	Montero 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Referee: Cristopher Corado (Guatemala)

2 August 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship SF	Cuba	0–2	Mexico	León, Mexico
20:06 EDT		Report	Levy 4' D. Ochoa 7'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Filip Dujic (Canada)

4 August 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Final	United States	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mexico	León, Mexico
15:06 EDT	Berchimas 52'	Report	Levy 90+7' Ochoa 120+1'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Emmanuel Ochoa	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19)	The Town FC
12	1GK	Pablo Lara	(2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 (age 19)	UNAM
21	1GK	Javier Orantes	(2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 19)	Necaxa

2	2DF	Francisco Méndez	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19)	Guadalajara
3	2DF	José Pachuca	(2005-07-24) 24 July 2005 (age 19)	Puebla
4	2DF	Diego Ochoa	(2005-04-20) 20 April 2005 (age 19)	Guadalajara
5	2DF	César Bustos	(2005-08-27) 27 August 2005 (age 19)	Monterrey
15	2DF	Ricardo Juárez	(2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 (age 19)	Juárez
18	2DF	Efraín Contreras	(2005-11-02) 2 November 2005 (age 19)	Pachuca

6	3MF	César Garza	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 19)	Monterrey
8	3MF	Elías Montiel (Captain)	(2005-10-07) 7 October 2005 (age 19)	Pachuca
10	3MF	Yael Padilla	(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 (age 19)	Guadalajara
11	3MF	Heriberto Jurado	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)	Necaxa
14	3MF	Amaury Morales	(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 19)	Cruz Azul
16	3MF	Brandon Tellez	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 19)	Tapatío
17	3MF	Diego Sánchez	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 19)	UANL
20	3MF	Xavier Biscayzacú	(2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 (age 19)	Defensor Sporting

7	4FW	Alexéi Domínguez [es]	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)	Pachuca
9	4FW	Stephano Carrillo	(2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 (age 18)	Santos Laguna
13	4FW	Jonantan Villal	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 19)	Atlético San Luis
19	4FW	Mateo Levy [es]	(2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 (age 18)	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	2022–2023
Eduardo Arce	2023–

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.
^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-20" (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[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.

[5] "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-20" (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

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