
This is a record of the results of theMexico national football team at theFIFA World Cup. The World Cup is the premier competitive international football tournament, first played in1930, and then every four years since, except1942 and 1946, due toWorld War II.
Mexico has competed in the tournament since the inaugural 1930 World Cup, and has entered ever since, for a total of 16 tournaments, although it has failed to qualify for the finals proper on 3 occasions:1934 (Italy),1974 (West Germany), and1982 (Spain). In addition, it withdrew from the finals in1938 (France), and was banned by FIFA from entering the1990 World Cup (Italy) after fielding over-aged players during the1988 Olympic Games qualifiers, which was a youth tournament.
The tournament consists of two parts, thequalification phase and the final phase (officially called theWorld Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the2006 tournament final.[1][2]
| FIFA World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Withdrew | |||||||||
| Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 13th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 16th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Banned | |||||||||
| Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 13th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 11th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 12th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Qualified as co-hosts | |||||||||
| To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 17/22 | 60 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 62 | 101 | |
| Mexico's World Cup record | |
|---|---|
| First Match | (13 July 1930;Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Biggest Win | (7 June 1970;Mexico City, Mexico) |
| Biggest Defeat | (6 June 1978;Cordoba, Argentina) |
| Best Result | Quarter-finals in1970 and1986 |
| Worst Result | Group stage in1930,1950,1954,1958,1962,1966,1978 and2022 |

| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafael Márquez | 19 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 |
| 2 | Andrés Guardado | 13 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 |
| 3 | Javier Hernández | 12 | 2010, 2014 and 2018 |
| Héctor Moreno | 12 | 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 | |
| 5 | Antonio Carbajal | 11 | 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966 |
| Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 11 | 1998, 2002 and 2010 | |
| Gerardo Torrado | 11 | 2002, 2006 and 2010 | |
| Guillermo Ochoa | 11 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 | |
| 9 | Carlos Salcido | 10 | 2006, 2010 and 2014 |
| Héctor Herrera | 10 | 2014, 2018 and 2022 | |
| 11 | Chava Reyes | 9 | 1958, 1962 and 1966 |
| Giovani dos Santos | 9 | 2010, 2014 and 2018 |
| Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Hernández | 4 | 1998 |
| Javier Hernández | 4 | 2010 (2),2014 (1), and2018 (1) | |
| 3 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 3 | 1998,2002 and2010 |
| Rafael Márquez | 3 | 2006,2010 and2014 | |
| 5 | Manuel Rosas | 2 | 1930 |
| Javier Valdivia | 2 | 1970 | |
| Fernando Quirarte | 2 | 1986 | |
| Luis García | 2 | 1994 | |
| Alberto García Aspe | 2 | 1994 and1998 | |
| Ricardo Peláez | 2 | 1998 | |
| Jared Borgetti | 2 | 2002 | |
| Omar Bravo | 2 | 2006 |
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 000.00 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 000.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 025.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 000.00 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| Total | 60 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 62 | 101 | −39 | 028.33 |