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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 the youth teams, the national teams offutsal andbeach soccer, theLiga MX with all the professional promotion 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, the first president was Humberto Garza Ramos. It is an affiliate member ofFIFA since 1929, and an affiliate founding member 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.
The currentFederación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación was reorganized and officially established in 1927. The Federation was renewed by seven clubs:Club México,RC España,Necaxa,América,Asturias,Aurrerá andGermania. The president Humberto Garza Ramos, the general secretary Juan B. Orraca and the treasurer Manuel Alonso registered and affiliated the FMF with FIFA in 1929. The first national competition endorsed and organized by the new FMF was the1927–28 season of theCampeonato de Primera Fuerza, still in the 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) | |
| 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] |
| Isidro Chávez Castillo | Director of Communications and Public Relations | [12] |
| Fernando Schwartz | Director of Strategic Communications | |
| Salvador Aguilera Galicia | Press Officer | |
| 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, the first match was that same year, defeatingGuatemala 2–1 inMexico City. Its first official international appearance was in the1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Mexico has qualified for theFIFA World Cup 17 times, the first appearance was in the first edition (1930), and also playing the opening match againstFrance. The team's best performance was reaching the quarter-finals twice (1970 and1986), both as hosts.
Mexico won its first senior titles in theCentral American and Caribbean Games, winning two gold medals (1935 and1938). Mexico won its first official senior titles in theNAFC Championship, winning both editions (1947 and1949).
After the merger ofNAFC andCCCF, Mexico was one of the founding members ofCONCACAF in 1961, winning its first CONCACAF title in the1965 CONCACAF Championship.
Mexico is the only non-UEFA or CONMEBOL national team to win an official global senior competition organized by FIFA, winning the1999 FIFA Confederations Cup as hosts, defeating Brazil 4–3.
Mexico has won 18 official senior titles: oneFIFA Confederations Cup, 13CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup titles, oneCONCACAF Nations League, oneCONCACAF Cup and twoNAFC Championship titles.
The first women's national team was originally established in 1963, but its first FIFA-recognized match was in 1991. The first match was in 1970, defeatingAustria 9–0 inItaly, although its first FIFA-recognized match was in the1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship againstUnited States. The women's national team has qualified for theFIFA Women's World Cup three times, the first appearance was in1999.
The women's national team won its first senior titles in the Central American and Caribbean Games, winning three gold medals (2014, 2018 and 2023). It 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 have been Olympic medalists twice, winning the gold medal at the2012 Olympic Games in London, defeating 2–1 Brazil, and also winning the bronze medal at the2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, defeating the hosts Japan 3–1.
Theunder-20 team has qualified for theFIFA U-20 World Cup seventeen times, finishing as runners-up in1977, and also finishing in third place in2011.
Theunder-17 team has qualified for theFIFA U-17 World Cup sixteen times, finishing as world champions twice (2005 and2011), and also finishing as runners-up twice (2013 and2019).
Thewomen's under-20 team has qualified for theFIFA U-20 Women's World Cup ten times, the team's best performance was reaching the quarter-finals three times (2010, 2012 and 2022).
Thewomen's under-17 team has qualified for theFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup seven times, finishing as runners-up in2018.
Men's football is organized into four professional divisions:
Women's football is organized into two professional divisions:
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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