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.
Nickname(s) | El Tri (The Tri) El Tricolor (The Tricolor) Los Niños Héroes (The Hero Boys) | ||
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Association | Mexican Football Federation (Federación Mexicana de Fútbol) | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
Head coach | Luis Ernesto Pérez | ||
FIFA code | MEX | ||
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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 | |||
Appearances | 17 (first in 1983) | ||
Best result | Winners : 1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 | ||
FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 14 (first in 1985)) | ||
Best result | Winners : 2005, 2011 |
Medal record | ||
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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 | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pts |
1985 | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
1987 | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
1989 | Did not participate | ||||||||
1991 | Group Stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
1993 | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
1995 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
1997 | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
1999 | Quarter-Finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
2001 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
2003 | Quarter-Finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
2005 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 15 |
2007 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
2009 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2011 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 21 |
2013 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
2015 | Fourth Place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 |
2017 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
2019 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 11 |
2023 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 2 Titles | 14/19 | 65 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 115 | 86 | 110 |
CONCACAF U-17 Championship
CONCACAF U-17 Championship | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||
1983 | Third place | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
1985 | Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
1987 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
1988 | |||||||||
1991 | Champions | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
1992 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | ||
1994 | Fourth Place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | ||
1996 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
2009 | |||||||||
2011 | |||||||||
2013 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
2015 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
2017 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | ||
2019 | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
Total | 8 Titles | 65 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 208 | 33 |
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Honours
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
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 |
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1 | GK | Eduardo García | 11 July 2002 (aged 17) | Guadalajara |
2 | DF | Emilio Lara | 27 March 2002 (aged 17) | América |
3 | DF | Víctor Guzmán | 7 March 2002 (aged 17) | Tijuana |
4 | DF | Alejandro Gómez | 31 January 2002 (aged 17) | Boavista |
5 | DF | Rafael Ortega | 12 October 2002 (aged 17) | Atlas |
6 | MF | Eugenio Pizzuto | 13 May 2002 (aged 17) | Lille |
7 | MF | Gustavo Armas | 1 June 2002 (aged 17) | Atlas |
8 | MF | Josué Martínez | 28 March 2002 (aged 17) | Monterrey |
9 | FW | Santiago Muñoz | 14 August 2002 (aged 17) | Santos Laguna |
10 | FW | Israel Luna | 23 March 2002 (aged 17) | Pachuca |
11 | MF | Bryan González | 10 April 2003 (aged 16) | Pachuca |
12 | GK | Arturo Delgado | 18 February 2002 (aged 17) | UANL |
13 | DF | José Ruíz | 27 March 2002 (aged 17) | Guadalajara |
14 | DF | Gabriel Martínez | 24 July 2002 (aged 17) | Guadalajara |
15 | MF | Abraham Flores | 14 July 2002 (aged 17) | Tijuana |
16 | MF | Joel Gómez | 14 February 2002 (aged 17) | Querétaro |
17 | FW | Luis Puente | 23 March 2003 (aged 16) | Guadalajara |
18 | FW | Efraín Álvarez | 19 June 2002 (aged 17) | LA Galaxy |
19 | FW | Ali Ávila | 23 September 2003 (aged 16) | Monterrey |
20 | MF | Bruce El-Mesmari | 23 April 2002 (aged 17) | Pachuca |
21 | GK | Gerardo Magaña | 30 April 2002 (aged 17) | Morelia |
Recent fixtures and results
Date | Tournament | Location | Home team | Score | Away team | Scorers for Mexico |
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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
- "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.
- "U-17 Roster". FIFA. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.