Mexico national under-17 football team

The Mexico under-17 national football team is one of the youth teams that represents Mexico in football at the under-17 level, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol). The team has reached the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup four times, and is a two-time winner, being crowned champions in 2005 and 2011. Mexico has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-16/U-17 World Cup events.

Mexico U-17
Nickname(s)El Tri (The Tri)
El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Los Niños Héroes (The Hero Boys)
AssociationMexican Football Federation
(Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachLuis Ernesto Pérez
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Hungary 0–0 Mexico 
(Shanghai, China; 31 July 1985)
Biggest win
 Mexico 8–0 Solomon Islands 
(Cariacica, Brazil; 3 November 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 7–0 Mexico 
(St.John's, Canada; 14 July 1987)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1983)
Best resultWinners : 1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1985))
Best resultWinners : 2005, 2011
Mexico national under-17 football team
Medal record
U-17 World Cup
2005 Peru Team
2011 Mexico Team
2013 UAE Team
2019 Brazil Team

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pts
1985Group Stage10th3111334
1987Group Stage10th3111394
1989Did not participate
1991Group Stage11th3102563
1993Group Stage10th3102473
1995Did Not Qualify
1997Group Stage10th3102863
1999Quarter-Finals6th4202776
2001Did Not Qualify
2003Quarter-Finals6th4121555
2005 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 16 3 15
2007Did Not Qualify
2009Round of 1610th4211437
2011Champions1st770017721
2013Runners-up2nd7412111113
2015Fourth Place4th741214913
2017Round of 1616th4022462
2019Runners-up2nd732214511
2023To be determined
Total2 Titles14/196533112111586110

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
1983Third place4310130
1985Champions7610371
1987Champions6600162
1988
Did not participate
1991Champions633082
1992Runners-up6420216
1994Fourth Place6402174
1996Champions6600232
2009
Cancelled due to the 2009 flu pandemic outbreak
2011
Did not participate/World Cup Host
2013Champions5500143
2015Champions6420163
2017Champions6411227
2019Champions7700213
Total8 Titles655210320833

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

Honours

FIFA U-17 World Cup
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship

History

2005

Mexico was placed in Group C along with Australia, Turkey and Uruguay in which Mexico came in second behind Turkey. In the knockout stage, an extra-time victory over zone rivals Costa Rica led to a then convincing victory over the Netherlands. Mexico ended up defeating Brazil 3–0 in the final.

2011

Mexico U-17 players of the 2011 generation

The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was held in home soil. Mexico was placed in Group A together with North Korea, Congo and the Netherlands. Mexico eventually finished first of their group after winning their three matches and advanced to the Round of 16 and the Quarter-Finals, where they won their matches against Panama and France respectively. In the semifinals, Mexico had to face Germany, the only other team in the competition who had not lost any of their matches. Germany had advantage during the first minutes of the second time, but Mexico came back to equalize the score after Jonathan Espericueta scored a second goal from a corner kick, where Julio Gómez was injured and left the field. However, Gómez came back in the dying minutes to score an overhead kick, the decisive goal in the final minute, the final score was 3-2 which translated into the first significant victory over Germany in history. Mexico faced Uruguay in the final, defeating them 2-0 in a very closed match where the balance could have tilted any way. Briseño scored the first goal in the first half when Uruguay was the dominating side. During the second half Uruguay kept pressing on and started to dominate again looking for the equalizer however, during the last advances their defense became disorganized and in a counterattack Giovani Casillas scored the finishing goal. With this result Mexico became champions without losing a single game in the tournament and also became the first host nation to win the U-17 World Cup.

2013

As defending champions, Mexico was defeated 6-1 by Nigeria in their first match of the group stage. Despite being defeated by a large number of goals, Mexico could still advance to the next round by defeating rivals Iraq and Sweden in the group stage. In their way to the final match, Mexico won their matches against favorites Italy, Brazil and Argentina. In the final round, Mexico faced Nigeria for a second time, but the team lost once again and was left in second place of the tournament.

2015

Mexico was lucky enough to make it to the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was held in Chile. They were placed in Group C along with Germany, Australia, Argentina and won two of their three matches of the group stage. Finishing number 1 on group stages they advanced to Round of 16. In order to make it to quarter finals, they had to defeat Chile and they dominated them by beating them 4-1. Mexico got the chance to go to semi-finals with a familiar rival from 2013, they went against Nigeria, unfortunately Nigeria defeated them in an intense game and they didn't make it to the Finals. Mexico had the chance on finishing strong with a Third Place title against Belgium in which they lost. The 17-year-old, Diego Cortés from the Mexico national football team finished the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup being known as making the best goal of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Current squad

Mexico named their squad on 8 October 2019.[1][2]

Head coach: Marco Antonio Ruiz

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Eduardo García (2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 17) Guadalajara
2 2DF Emilio Lara (2002-03-27)27 March 2002 (aged 17) América
3 2DF Víctor Guzmán (2002-03-07)7 March 2002 (aged 17) Tijuana
4 2DF Alejandro Gómez (2002-01-31)31 January 2002 (aged 17) Boavista
5 2DF Rafael Ortega (2002-10-12)12 October 2002 (aged 17) Atlas
6 3MF Eugenio Pizzuto (2002-05-13)13 May 2002 (aged 17) Lille
7 3MF Gustavo Armas (2002-06-01)1 June 2002 (aged 17) Atlas
8 3MF Josué Martínez (2002-03-28)28 March 2002 (aged 17) Monterrey
9 4FW Santiago Muñoz (2002-08-14)14 August 2002 (aged 17) Santos Laguna
10 4FW Israel Luna (2002-03-23)23 March 2002 (aged 17) Pachuca
11 3MF Bryan González (2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 16) Pachuca
12 1GK Arturo Delgado (2002-02-18)18 February 2002 (aged 17) UANL
13 2DF José Ruíz (2002-03-27)27 March 2002 (aged 17) Guadalajara
14 2DF Gabriel Martínez (2002-07-24)24 July 2002 (aged 17) Guadalajara
15 3MF Abraham Flores (2002-07-14)14 July 2002 (aged 17) Tijuana
16 3MF Joel Gómez (2002-02-14)14 February 2002 (aged 17) Querétaro
17 4FW Luis Puente (2003-03-23)23 March 2003 (aged 16) Guadalajara
18 4FW Efraín Álvarez (2002-06-19)19 June 2002 (aged 17) LA Galaxy
19 4FW Ali Ávila (2003-09-23)23 September 2003 (aged 16) Monterrey
20 3MF Bruce El-Mesmari (2002-04-23)23 April 2002 (aged 17) Pachuca
21 1GK Gerardo Magaña (2002-04-30)30 April 2002 (aged 17) Morelia

Recent fixtures and results

Date Tournament Location Home team Score Away team Scorers for Mexico
28 October 2019 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra, Gama Paraguay 0-0 Mexico
31 October 2019 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra, Gama Mexico 1–2 Italy E. Álvarez 90'
3 November 2019 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica Mexico 8–0 Solomon Islands E.Álvarez 2', 63'; A.Gómez 33', 88'; Puente 44'; Luna 58', 90'; Ávila 72'
6 November 2019 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup uuuu Japan 0–2 Mexico Pizutto 57'; Muñoz 74'

References

  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. "U-17 Roster". FIFA. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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