Mexico U-20

Nickname	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
Firstcolours Secondcolours
First international
Mexico 5–0Haiti  (Panama City,Panama; March 9, 1962)
Biggest win
Mexico 16–0Puerto Rico  (Rades,Tunisia; February 22, 1974)
Biggest defeat
Costa Rica 5–1Mexico  (San Pedro,Honduras; August 21, 1994) Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	16 (first in1977)
Best result	Runners-up (1977)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	28 (first in1962)
Best result	Champions (1962,1970,1973,1974,1976,1978,1980,1984,1990,1992,2011,2013,2015,2024)

TheMexico national under-20 football team representsMexico inassociation football at the under-20 age level, and is controlled by theMexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body offootball in Mexico.

The team has won theCONCACAF Under-20 Championship a record thirteen times across its various formats. Mexico's best finish came at the1977 FIFA World Youth Championship finishing as runners-up, the first edition of aFIFA-sanctioned youth tournament. They also managed a third-place finish at the2011 edition.

The following matches have been played within the past 12 months.

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

Croatia  v Mexico

9 OctoberFriendly	Croatia	1–1	Mexico	Poreč, Croatia
12:30	Migalic 13'	Report	Uribe 77'	Stadium:Zelena Laguna Sport Center

Greece  v Mexico

12 OctoberFriendly	Greece	3–3	Mexico	Poreč, Croatia
12:30	Bregou 44' Koupenos 64' Chatsidis 67'	Report	González 2' Jiménez 50' Parra 85'	Stadium:Zelena Laguna Sport Center

Mexico  v Republic of Ireland

15 OctoberFriendly	Mexico	0–2	Republic of Ireland	Poreč, Croatia
10:30		Report	Turley 56' Dillon 66' (pen.)	Stadium:Zelena Laguna Sport Center

Mexico  v Venezuela

13 NovemberFriendly	Mexico	0–0	Venezuela	Mexico City, Mexico
12:30CT		Report		Stadium:Centro de Alto Rendimiento

Mexico  v Japan

16 NovemberFriendly	Mexico	1–1	Japan	Mexico City, Mexico
10:00CT	Moreno 3'	Report	Yasuda 50'	Stadium:Centro de Alto Rendimiento

Benidorm v Mexico

19 MarchUnofficial friendly	Benidorm	0–3	Mexico	Alicante, Spain
09:00CT		Report	Chávez Morales Uribe	Stadium:Albir Garden Sports

United States  v Mexico

22 MarchFriendly	United States	3–0	Mexico	La Nucia, Spain
10:00CT	Brennan 3' Fletcher 63',80'	Report		Stadium:Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

France  v Mexico

24 MarchFriendly	France	1–0	Mexico	La Nucia, Spain
04:00CT	Michal 12'	Report		Stadium:Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

Mexico  v Denmark

4 June2025 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Mexico	3–3 (4–5p)	Denmark	Fos-sur-Mer, France
17:30UTC+2	Virgen 45+2' Uribe 83' Jiménez 90+7'	Report	Vester 11' Rohd 69',90+4'	Stadium:Stade Parsemain Referee:Ermis Çelaj (Albania)
	Penalties
	Jurado Carrillo Jiménez Padilla Uribe		Enggård Nielsen Beck Opoku Rohd

Japan  v Mexico

7 June2025 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Japan	1–1 (3–4p)	Mexico	Avignon, France
14:00UTC+2	Nishihara 32'		Camberos 71'	Stadium:Parc des Sports Referee:Alexandra Collin (France)
	Penalties
	Michiwaki Ozeki Hiraga Ishiwatari Ichihara		Padilla Jurado Virgen Jiménez Camberos

Mexico  v Congo

10 June2025 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Mexico	3–3 (3–5p)	Congo	Aubagne, France
17:30UTC+2	Virgen 21' Jiménez 30' Moreno 61'	Report	Fougeu 25' Nyindong Tsamouna 89' (pen.) Bemba 90+4'	Stadium:Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee:Joseph Scerri (Malta)
	Penalties
	Jiménez Jurado D. Ochoa Rico		Mantsounga Mazikou Dziki Loussilaho Nyindong Tsamouna Tchicamboud

France  v Mexico

13 June2025 Maurice Revello Tournament SF	France	3–1	Mexico	Salon-de-Provence, France
17:30UTC+2	Leroux 14' Ngoura 67' Tabibou 89'	Report	Mendoza 48'	Stadium:Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Referee:Sara Telek (Austria)

Denmark  v Mexico

15 June2025 Maurice Revello Tournament 3rd	Denmark	2–1	Mexico	Salon-de-Provence, France
14:30UTC+2	Lyng 40' Parra 83' (o.g.)	Report	Sánchez 44'	Stadium:Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)

Pachuca v Mexico

6 SeptemberUnofficial friendly	Pachuca	1–2	Mexico	Pachuca, Mexico
10:00UTC–6	Hernández	Report	Levy (pen.) Valle	Stadium:Estadio Hidalgo

Mexico  v Saudi Arabia

20 SeptemberFriendly	Mexico	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Ypané, Paraguay
16:20UTC–3	Mora 36' (pen.) Montiel 57'	Report	Al-Ghamdi 30'	Stadium:Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Fútbol Femenino

Mexico  v Colombia

23 SeptemberFriendly	Mexico	2–3	Colombia	Ypané, Paraguay
10:00UTC–3	Sánchez 60' Jiménez 83' (pen.)	Report	Rentería 40',52' Benítez 78'	Stadium:Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Fútbol Femenino

Brazil  v Mexico

28 September2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Brazil	2–2	Mexico	Santiago, Chile
20:00UTC–3	Coutinho 21' Luighi 76'	Report	Domínguez 10' D. Ochoa 86'	Stadium:Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 11,828 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Spain  v Mexico

1 October2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Spain	2–2	Mexico	Santiago, Chile
17:00UTC–3	García 42' Bravo 80' (pen.)	Report	Mora 32',87'	Stadium:Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Mexico  v Morocco

4 October2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Mexico	1–0	Morocco	Valparaíso, Chile
17:00UTC–3	Mora 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium:Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Attendance: 7,003 Referee:Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chile  v Mexico

7 October2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup R16	Chile	1–4	Mexico	Valparaíso, Chile
20:00UTC–3	Rossel 88'	Report	Jiménez 26' Fimbres 67' Camberos 80',86'	Stadium:Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Attendance: 18,118 Referee:João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Mexico  v Argentina

11 October2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup QF	Mexico	0–2	Argentina	Santiago, Chile
20:00UTC–3		Report	Carrizo 9' Silvetti 56'	Stadium:Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 25,232 Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

The following 21 players were called up for the2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Emmanuel Ochoa	(2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (age 20)	Cruz Azul
12	1GK	Pablo Lara	(2005-06-29)29 June 2005 (age 20)	UNAM
13	1GK	Juan Liceaga	(2007-04-11)11 April 2007 (age 18)	Guadalajara
2	2DF	Everardo del Villar	(2005-03-23)23 March 2005 (age 20)	Toluca
3	2DF	Rodrigo Pachuca	(2005-07-24)24 July 2005 (age 20)	Puebla
4	2DF	Diego Ochoa	(2005-04-20)20 April 2005 (age 20)	Juárez
15	2DF	César Bustos	(2005-08-27)27 August 2005 (age 20)	Monterrey
16	2DF	Jaziel Mendoza	(2005-05-20)20 May 2005 (age 20)	Cruz Azul
5	3MF	Iker Fimbres	(2005-06-02)2 June 2005 (age 20)	Monterrey
6	3MF	César Garza	(2005-07-01)1 July 2005 (age 20)	Dundee
7	3MF	Alexéi Domínguez	(2005-01-03)3 January 2005 (age 20)	Pachuca
8	3MF	Elías Montiel(Captain)	(2005-10-07)7 October 2005 (age 20)	Pachuca
14	3MF	Amaury Morales	(2005-12-03)3 December 2005 (age 19)	Cruz Azul
17	3MF	Diego Sánchez	(2005-04-12)12 April 2005 (age 20)	UANL
18	3MF	Obed Vargas	(2005-08-05)5 August 2005 (age 20)	Seattle Sounders
9	4FW	Oswaldo Virgen	(2005-04-07)7 April 2005 (age 20)	Toluca
10	4FW	Yael Padilla	(2005-12-19)19 December 2005 (age 19)	Guadalajara
11	4FW	Gilberto Mora	(2008-10-14)14 October 2008 (age 17)	Tijuana
19	4FW	Mateo Levy	(2006-10-22)22 October 2006 (age 19)	Cruz Azul
20	4FW	Hugo Camberos	(2007-01-21)21 January 2007 (age 18)	Guadalajara
21	4FW	Tahiel Jiménez	(2006-01-22)22 January 2006 (age 19)	Santos Laguna

The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Ángel Chávez	(2005-02-19)19 February 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Tepatitlán	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Omar Moreno	(2005-01-30)30 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Mazatlán	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Luis Navarrete	(2005-08-23)23 August 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Toluca	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Bernardo Parra	(2005-01-06)6 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	UANL	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Ángel Rico	(2005-01-12)12 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	UNAM	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Juan Pablo Uribe	(2006-06-27)27 June 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Tapatío	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
FW	Stephano Carrillo	(2006-03-07)7 March 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Dordrecht	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
FW	Heriberto Jurado	(2005-01-03)3 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Cercle Brugge	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament

Players in bold are still active with Mexico. Includes only statistics recognized by FIFA.

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–present

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		11th	3	0	2	1	4	5
1983		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		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
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	2	1	9	7
2027	To be determined
Total	17/25		69	24	20	25	99	77

The following table shows Mexico's head-to-head record in theFIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Algeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Argentina	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	033.33
Australia	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
Brazil	5	0	3	2	6	9	−3	000.00
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Chile	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
China	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Colombia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Congo	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Egypt	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
England	5	1	2	2	1	2	−1	020.00
France	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33
Gambia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Germany	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Greece	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Italy	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Japan	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	000.00
Mali	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Morocco	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Norway	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Portugal	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
Scotland	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Senegal	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Serbia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
South Korea	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Soviet Union	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Spain	5	0	3	2	6	8	−2	000.00
Sweden	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Vanuatu	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
West Germany	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	69	24	20	25	99	77	+22	034.78

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^[2]
• Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament
  • Runner-up (1):2012^[3]
• Milk Cup
  • Winners (3): 2001,2012,2013
• Lev Yashin Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012^[4]
• ADO Den Haag Tournament
  • Winners (1): 59th ADO Den Haag Tournament^[5]

• FIFA U-20 World Cup

• Mexico national football team
• Mexico national under-23 football team
• Mexico national under-17 football team
• Mexico women's national football team
• Mexico national beach football team
• Mexico national futsal team

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