Mexico national under-20 football team

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

The Mexico national under-20 football team represents Mexico in association football at the under-20 age level, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body of football in Mexico.

The team has won the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship a record thirteen times across its various formats. Mexico's best finish came at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship finishing as runners-up, the first edition of a FIFA-sanctioned youth tournament. They also managed a third-place finish at the 2011 edition.

Results and fixtures

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

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2024

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

12 October Friendly	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

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

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

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

2025

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

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

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

4 June 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Mexico	3–3 (4–5 p)	Denmark	Fos-sur-Mer, France
17:30 UTC+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

7 June 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Japan	1–1 (3–4 p)	Mexico	Avignon, France
14:00 UTC+2	Nishihara 32'		Camberos 71'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)
	Penalties
	Michiwaki Ozeki Hiraga Ishiwatari Ichihara		Padilla Jurado Virgen Jiménez Camberos

10 June 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Mexico	3–3 (3–5 p)	Congo	Aubagne, France
17:30 UTC+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

13 June 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament SF	France	3–1	Mexico	Salon-de-Provence, France
17:30 UTC+2	Leroux 14' Ngoura 67' Tabibou 89'	Report	Mendoza 48'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Referee: Sara Telek (Austria)

15 June 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament 3rd	Denmark	2–1	Mexico	Salon-de-Provence, France
14:30 UTC+2	Lyng 40' Parra 83' (o.g.)	Report	Sánchez 44'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)

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

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

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

28 September 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Brazil	2–2	Mexico	Santiago, Chile
20:00 UTC–3	Coutinho 21' Luighi 76'	Report	Domínguez 10' D. Ochoa 86'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 11,828 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

1 October 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Spain	2–2	Mexico	Santiago, Chile
17:00 UTC–3	García 42' Bravo 80' (pen.)	Report	Mora 32', 87'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

4 October 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Mexico	1–0	Morocco	Valparaíso, Chile
17:00 UTC–3	Mora 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Attendance: 7,003 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina

7 October 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup R16	Chile	1–4	Mexico	Valparaíso, Chile
20:00 UTC–3	Rossel 88'	Report	Jiménez 26' Fimbres 67' Camberos 80', 86'	Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Attendance: 18,118 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

11 October 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup QF	Mexico	0–2	Argentina	Santiago, Chile
20:00 UTC–3		Report	Carrizo 9' Silvetti 56'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 25,232 Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Emmanuel Ochoa	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005	Cruz Azul
12	1GK	Pablo Lara	(2005-06-29) 29 June 2005	UNAM
13	1GK	Juan Liceaga	(2007-04-11) 11 April 2007	Guadalajara

2	2DF	Everardo del Villar	(2005-03-23) 23 March 2005	Toluca
3	2DF	Rodrigo Pachuca	(2005-07-24) 24 July 2005	Puebla
4	2DF	Diego Ochoa	(2005-04-20) 20 April 2005	Juárez
15	2DF	César Bustos	(2005-08-27) 27 August 2005	Monterrey
16	2DF	Jaziel Mendoza	(2005-05-20) 20 May 2005	Cruz Azul

5	3MF	Iker Fimbres	(2005-06-02) 2 June 2005	Monterrey
6	3MF	César Garza	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005	UNAM
7	3MF	Alexéi Domínguez	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005	Pachuca
8	3MF	Elías Montiel (Captain)	(2005-10-07) 7 October 2005	Pachuca
14	3MF	Amaury Morales	(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005	Cruz Azul
17	3MF	Diego Sánchez	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005	UANL
18	3MF	Obed Vargas	(2005-08-05) 5 August 2005	Seattle Sounders

9	4FW	Oswaldo Virgen	(2005-04-07) 7 April 2005	Toluca
10	4FW	Yael Padilla	(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005	Guadalajara
11	4FW	Gilberto Mora	(2008-10-14) 14 October 2008	Tijuana
19	4FW	Mateo Levy	(2006-10-22) 22 October 2006	Cruz Azul
20	4FW	Hugo Camberos	(2007-01-21) 21 January 2007	Guadalajara
21	4FW	Tahiel Jiménez	(2006-01-22) 22 January 2006	Santos Laguna

Recent call-ups

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	0	0	Tepatitlán	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament

MF	Omar Moreno	(2005-01-30) 30 January 2005	0	0	Mazatlán	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Luis Navarrete	(2005-08-23) 23 August 2005	0	0	Toluca	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Bernardo Parra	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005	0	0	UANL	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Ángel Rico	(2005-01-12) 12 January 2005	0	0	UNAM	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Juan Pablo Uribe	(2006-06-27) 27 June 2006	0	0	Tapatío	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament

FW	Stephano Carrillo	(2006-03-07) 7 March 2006	0	0	Dordrecht	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
FW	Heriberto Jurado	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005	0	0	Cercle Brugge	2025 Maurice Revello Tournament

Player records

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-20 Goals
1	José Juan Macías	2018–2019	11
2	Ronaldo Cisneros	2017	8
3	Tahiel Jiménez	2024–present	6
3	Hirving Lozano	2015	6
4	Ulises Dávila	2011	5
	Giovani dos Santos	2007	5
	Esteban Lozano	2022	5

Managers

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

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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	Quarter-finals	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	79

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Mexico's head-to-head record in the FIFA 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

Honours

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]

Individual awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
2007			Giovani dos Santos
2011			Jorge Enríquez

Year	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
1977			Luis Placencia

References

^ "Convocatoria Oficial de México Sub-20 para el Mundial de Chile" (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
^ "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.
^ "Mostrando artículos por etiqueta: Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
^ "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".
^ "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.

[1] "Convocatoria Oficial de México Sub-20 para el Mundial de Chile" (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.

[2] "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.

[3] "Mostrando artículos por etiqueta: Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.

[4] "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".

[5] "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.

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National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

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