Mexico at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

Scene from the 2009 semi-final against Costa Rica. Mexico went on to win the tournament, and their eighth of eleven continental championships.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Mexico are the most successful team in the history of CONCACAF continental championships. They have won the most titles, with 11 (8 in the Gold Cup era), and hold various records. They hosted the tournament once, in 1977, and were co-hosts with the United States in 1993 and 2003. On all three occasions, Mexico won the title on home soil.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
1963Group stage7th311192
1965Champions1st5410132
1967Runners-up2nd5401101
1969Fourth place4th512245
1971Champions1st541061
1973Third place3rd5221105
1977Champions1st5500205
1981Third place3rd513163
1985Withdrew to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup
1989Banned
CONCACAF Gold Cup
1991Third place3rd5311105
1993Champions1st5410282
1996Champions1st440090
1998Champions1st440082
2000Quarter-finals7th311163
2002Quarter-finals5th321041
2003Champions1st541090
2005Quarter-finals6th420274
2007Runners-up2nd640275
2009Champions1st6420152
2011Champions1st6600224
2013Semi-finals3rd530285
2015Champions1st6420156
2017Semi-finals3rd531162
2019Champions1st6510164
2021 Qualified
Total11 titles22/2411175211524869

Winning Finals

The CONCACAF Championships have been played in round-robins rather than knock-out matches. For the three titles in that era, the decisive matches are listed.

Year Opponent Result Manager Goal Scorer(s) Final Location
1965 Guatemala2–1 Ignacio TrellesE. Cisneros, J. Fragoso Guatemala City
1971 Honduras2–1 Javier de la TorreO. Muciño (2) Port-of-Spain
1977 Canada3–1 José Antonio RocaJ. Guzmán (2), H. Sánchez Monterrey
1993 United States4–0 Miguel Mejía BarónI. Ambriz, D. Armstrong (o.g.), Zague, G. Cantú Mexico City
1996 Brazil2–0 Bora MilutinovićL. García, C. Blanco Los Angeles
1998 United States1–0 Manuel LapuenteL. Hernández Los Angeles
2003 Brazil1–0
(asdet.)
Ricardo La VolpeD. Osorno Mexico City
2009 United States5–0 Javier AguirreG. Torrado, G. Dos Santos, C. Vela, J. Castro, G. Franco East Rutherford
2011 United States4–2 José Manuel de la TorreP. Barrera (2), A. Guardado, G. Dos Santos Pasadena
2015 Jamaica3–1 Miguel HerreraA. Guardado, J. Corona, O. Peralta Philadelphia
2019 United States1–0 Gerardo MartinoJ. Dos Santos Chicago

Record by Opponent

Mexico does not have a negative record against any team from CONCACAF. Panama is the only one with a balanced tally. However, due to losses against invitees, they have negative records against Colombia and South Africa. Notably, they were matched up with record World Champion Brazil three times, and won all three matches without conceding.

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Brazil300340
 Canada4116185
 Colombia001112
 Costa Rica64111146
 Cuba5005181
 Curaçao3115184
 El Salvador5016143
 Guadeloupe200230
 Guatemala73212167
 Haiti5207142
 Honduras54110115
 Jamaica81110304
 Martinique2002121
 Nicaragua200260
 Panama212566
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100150
 South Africa001112
 South Korea010100
 Suriname100181
 Trinidad and Tobago52181910
 United States4026166

Record Players

Gerardo Torrado as captain of the Mexico national football team.

Andrés Guardado is Mexico's record player at continental championships. He has won the title three times, twice as captain in 2015 and 2019. From the pre-Gold Cup era, the most fielded player is defender Jesús del Muro, with 13 matches from 1963 to 1967.

No. Name Matches Gold Cups
1Andrés Guardado242007, 2011, 2015 and 2019
2Gerardo Torrado202000, 2007, 2009 and 2011
3Guillermo Ochoa192007, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2019
4 Ramón Ramírez161993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Claudio Suárez161993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Carlos Salcido162005, 2007 and 2011
Francisco Rodríguez162005, 2007, 2011 and 2015
8 Giovani Dos Santos152009, 2011 and 2015
Alberto Medina152005, 2007 and 2009
10Ricardo Osorio142003, 2005 and 2007

Top Goalscorers

No. Name Goals Gold Cups
1Luís Roberto Alves121991 (1) and 1993 (11)
Andrés Guardado122007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (6) and 2019 (2)
3 Hugo Sánchez71977 (4) and 1981 (3)
Jared Borgetti72003 (3), 2005 (2) and 2007 (2)
Javier Hernández72011
Raúl Jiménez72013 (2) and 2019 (5)
7 Víctor Rangel61977
Giovani Dos Santos62009 (2), 2011 (3) and 2015 (1)
9 Ernesto Cisneros51965
Javier Fragoso51965
Luis Miguel Salvador51993
Cuauhtémoc Blanco51996 (2), 1998 (2) and 2007 (1)
Luis Hernández51998 (4) and 2000 (1)
Pablo Barrera52009 (2) and 2011 (3)

Awards and Records

Team Awards

Individual Awards

Team Records

  • Most titles (11)
  • Most titles in a row (3, 1993–1998)
  • Most tournament participations (22)
  • Most matches (111)
  • Most victories (75)
  • Most goals (248)
  • Most goals in a single tournament (28, 1993)
  • Only team to win a tournament without conceding (1996 and 2003)
  • Highest victory (9–0 over Martinique, 11 July 1993)
  • Highest victory in a final/Most goals in a final (5–0 over United States, 2009)

Individual Records

References

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