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| Founded | 23 August 1927; 98 years ago (1927-08-23)[1] |
| Headquarters | Toluca |
| FIFA affiliation | 1929 |
| CONCACAF affiliation | 1961[2] |
| President | Mikel Arriola[3] |
| Website | fmf |
TheMexican Football Federation (Spanish:Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C.), abbreviated asFMF is the official governing body offootball in Mexico. It administers the men's and women's national teams with all its youth teams, the national teams offutsal andbeach soccer,Liga MX with all its professional divisions, all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, directing, expanding, and supervising competitive football in Mexico.
The FMF was established on 23 August 1927[4] to replace theFederación Central de Fútbol and its first president was Humberto Garza Ramos. It is an affiliate member ofFIFA since 1929 and one of the founding members ofCONCACAF since 1961. Subject to policies, statutes, objectives and ideals of those international governing bodies. Its headquarters are located inToluca,State of Mexico.
In 1919, the Mexican amateur league was divided into two leagues (Liga Mexicana and Liga Nacional). Due to the expulsion ofTigres México shortly before the start of the season,Real Club España andEspaña Veracruz withdrew in solidarity and founded their own league. The separation of the leagues took place in the 1920–21 season. After only two seasons, in 1922 under the president Ulises Garza Ramos, the two leagues were unified to found theFederación Mexicana de Football Asociación and creating theCampeonato de Primera Fuerza which was the highest level of Mexican football at that time.The following year it was renamedFederación Central de Fútbol due to its greater national influence, and it was its members who promoted the creation of Mexico's first national team.
Finally in 1927 the currentFederación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación was reorganized and established. The Federation was renewed by the clubs:Club México,RC España,Necaxa,América,Asturias,Aurrerá andGermania, with the president Humberto Garza Ramos, the general secretary Juan B. Orraca and the treasurer Manuel Alonso who registered and affiliated the FMF with FIFA in 1929.The first national championship endorsed and organized by the newFMF was held in the1927–28 season still in the considered league's amateur era until 1942.
The Federation has three operational centres: the Central Office, the High Performance Centre (Centro de Alto Rendimiento, CAR) and the Training Centre (Centro de Capacitación, CECAP).
The governing body of the Federation is the General Assembly that conforms with the participation of the Liga MX with 55% of the votes; Liga de Expansión MX with 5%; Liga Premier, with 18%; Liga TDP, with 13%, and the Amateur sector, with 9%. The executive and administrative body is the National Council, which comprises five members, one from each of the divisions mentioned, and are elected every four years.[5]
| Name | Position | Source |
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 Mikel Arriola | President Commissioner | [6][7] |
| Ivar Sisniega | Executive President | |
| Lorena Mac Farland | Chief of Staff | |
| Iñigo Riestra | Chief Legal Officer | |
| Luis Palma | Chief Operations Officer | [8] |
| Leonardo Valdez | Director of Human Capital | |
| Luis Cantú | Director of IT | |
| Lucía Mijares | Technical Director | [9] |
| José Romano | Sales Manager | |
| Duilio Davino | Sports Director of National Teams (men's) | |
| Andrea Rodebaugh | Sports Director of National Team (women's) | |
| Arturo Villanueva | Operational Director of National Teams | |
| Víctor Manuel Aguado | Director of Institutional Services | |
 Andrés Lillini | Coordinator of Youth National Teams | |
| Jorge Christian Tello | Scouting Coordinator | |
 Martí Matabosch | Sports Science Coordinator | |
| Javier Aguirre | Head coach (men's) | [10] |
| Pedro López | Head coach (women's) | [11] |
| Edgar Martínez | Media/communications Manager | [12] |
| Juan Manuel Herrero | Director of the Referees Committee | |
 Enrique Osses | Technical Director of the Referees Department | [13] |
| Benito Armando Archundia | Director of Referee Delegations and Mentoring | [14] |
Source:FMF
The first Mexican national team was established in 1923, its first match was that same year with a victory againstGuatemala and its first international participation was in the1928 Olympic Football Tournament in Amsterdam.The national team has participated in theFIFA World Cup 17 times, the first participation was in the first edition inUruguay 1930 playing the opening match againstFrance. The best participations are reaching the quarterfinals (1970 and 1986) both as hosts.
The first senior titles achieved by the national team were in the football tournament in themulti-sport event of theCentral American and Caribbean Games, winning two gold medals (1935 and1938).
The first official senior titles achieved by the national team were in theNAFC Championship, winning both editions (1947 and1949).
After the merger of theNAFC andCCCF, Mexico was one of the founding members ofCONCACAF in 1961, winning its first title in the new North American confederation in the1965 CONCACAF Championship.
Mexico is also the only non-UEFA or CONMEBOL member national team to win an official senior title organized by FIFA, winning the1999 FIFA Confederations Cup at home, after defeating Brazil 4–3 in the final.
The honours of the senior national team consists of 16 official titles: 1FIFA Confederations Cup, 12CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup, 1CONCACAF Cup and 2NAFC Championship.
The first women's national team was originally established in 1963, but its first FIFA-recognized match was in 1991. Its first match was in 1970 with a victory againstAustria, although its first FIFA-recognized match was in the1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship againstUSA.The women's national team has participated in theFIFA Women's World Cup 3 times, the first participation was inUSA 1999.
The first senior titles achieved by the women's national team were in the football tournament in theCentral American and Caribbean Games, winning three gold medals (2014, 2018 and 2023). They also won the gold medal in the2023 Pan American Games.
The under-23 team/olympic team, is an intermediate category between the senior team and the youth teams. Implemented by FIFA since 1992 to participate in the Olympic Football Tournament to replace amateur teams.
The under-23 team won the gold medal in the2012 Olympic Football Tournament in London and bronze medal in the2020 Olympic Football Tournament in Tokyo.
Theunder-20 team has participated in theFIFA U-20 World Cup 17 times and were world runners-up in1977 and third place in2011.
Theunder-17 team has participated in theFIFA U-17 World Cup 15 times and were two-time world champions (2005 and2011) and two-time world runners-up (2013 and2019).
Thewomen's under-20 team has participated in theFIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 10 times, the best participations are reaching the quarterfinals (2010, 2012 and 2022).
Thewomen's under-17 team has participated in theFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 7 times and were world runners-up in2018.
The Mexican football is composed of four men's professional divisions:
The first professional women's league in the country was the Liga MX Femenil, the top level of women's football in Mexico.
The issue of multi-team ownership has been a highly debated one within the owners of the professional football clubs and the Femexfut. Of 33 clubs in the top two tiers, about a fifth of the teams are owned by three groups: Grupo Pachuca (Pachuca,León),Grupo Caliente (Tijuana,Dorados de Sinaloa) and Grupo Orlegi (Santos Laguna,Atlas). Of those groups that own more than one team, that ownership is usually split between the top two tiers of the league and act as a form of player development.[15]
In May 2013, the Liga MX club owners approved banning a person or company from owning more than one team. The issue came to fore when rumor was thatCarlos Slim, whose telecommunications companyAmérica Móvil owns a 30% stake in Grupo Pachuca,[16] sought to acquireGuadalajara; he would refute the speculation. The ban applied to future acquisitions, not the then current team ownership, and did not require the sale of teams in excess of the one team limitation.[17]
The issue reemerged in November 2013 whenTV Azteca, owner of Monarcas Morelia, paid out 124 shareholders of Club Atlas US$50 million to acquire the club, which for years had been struggling financially.[18]
In September 2012, former Federación President Justino Compeán confirmed plans to bid.[19] On 4 March 2016, Federación President Decio De Maria announced continued interest after the newFIFA presidentGianni Infantino was elected in the wake of theGarcia Report corruption scandal.[20] In April 2017, the Federación, withCanada and theUnited States, announced a joint bid to host the World Cup. It was awarded on 13 June 2018; 134 votes versus theMorocco bid by theRoyal Moroccan Football Federation with 65 votes. Mexico will host 10 matches,Canada 3 matches, and the United States 60 matches in 10 cities including the final. The shortlist of match cities was selected in June 2022: Guadalajara,Mexico City, &Monterrey.
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