Mexico national under-23 football team

The Mexico national under-23 football team (also known as Mexico Olympic football team) represents Mexico in under-23 international football competitions such as the Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for the Olympic Games which allows the men's team up to three overage players. The team is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body of football in Mexico.

Mexico Olympic
Nickname(s)El Tri
El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachRicardo Cadena
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Spain 7–1 Mexico Mexico
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 30 May 1928)
Biggest win
Mexico Mexico 7–1 Trinidad and Tobago 
(Carson, United States; 23 March 2012)
Biggest defeat
East Germany East Germany 7–0 Mexico Mexico
(Munich, West Germany; 5 September 1972)
Records for competitive matches only
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (first in 1992)
Best result Gold medalist (2012)
Pan American Games
Appearances6 (first in 1999)
Best result Gold medalist (1999, 2011)

Since 1992, the under-23 team has participated in six Olympic tournaments, winning the gold medal in 2012.[1]

Results and fixtures

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

6 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Mexico  2–1 U-21 Mediterranean Aubagne, France
17:30
  • Monroy 48'
  • Jurado 90+3'
Report Lasne 57' Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Attendance: 800
Referee: Moatasem Al Mazyed (Qatar)
9 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Mexico  4–0  Qatar Mallemort, France
17:30
  • Trigos 57'
  • Juárez 68'
  • L. Martínez 72', 74'
Report Stadium: Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort
Attendance: 500
Referee: Konstantinos Perrakis (Greece)
12 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Mexico  0–2  Australia Aubagne, France
14:00 Report
  • Botic 50'
  • Francois 87'
Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Attendance: 500
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
16 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Semi-finals Mexico  2–2
(4–3 p)
 France Salon-de-Provence, France
18:00
  • Robles 30'
  • García 47'
Report
  • Ben Seghir 39'
  • Tel 51' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
Penalties
  • Martínez soccer ball with check mark
  • Juárez soccer ball with check mark
  • García soccer ball with check mark
  • Flores soccer ball with red X
  • Pérez soccer ball with check mark
  • Jacquet soccer ball with red X
  • Ben Seghir soccer ball with check mark
  • Aiki soccer ball with check mark
  • Housni soccer ball with check mark
  • Dacourt soccer ball with red X
18 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Final Mexico  1–4  Panama Salon-de-Provence, France
18:00
  • Jurado 81'
Report
  • Hinds 40' (pen.)
  • Bernal 52'
  • Lenis 60'
  • Orelien 75'
Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
28 June 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico  2–0  Dominican Republic Santa Tecla, El Salvador
20:00 CST (UTC−6)
  • J. Gómez 8'
  • Ambríz 39'
Report Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
2 July 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico  1–1  El Salvador Santa Tecla, El Salvador
20:00 CST (UTC−6)
  • Carrillo 64'
Report
  • Vásquez 46'
Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)
4 July 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Semi-finals Mexico  3–0  Honduras Santa Tecla, El Salvador
16:00 CST (UTC−6)
  • López 18'
  • Ayón 45'
  • Gómez 64'
Report Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
6 July 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Final Mexico  2–1  Costa Rica Santa Tecla, El Salvador
19:30 CST (UTC−6) Ayón 21', 53' Report Soto 62' Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
11 October Friendly Mexico  1-2  United States Phoenix, Arizona
10:00 ET
  • Brigido 90+3'
Report
  • Bajraktarevic 45+1'
  • Vargas 90'
Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium
14 October Friendly Mexico  1–4  Japan Phoenix, Arizona
06:00 ET
  • Ávila 73'
Report
  • Hosoya 14', 20'
  • K. Suzuki 81'
  • K. Uchino 82'
Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium
23 October 2023 Pan American Games Mexico  0–1  Chile Valparaíso, Chile
  • Guerrero 28'
Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
26 October 2023 Pan American Games Mexico  0–0  Dominican Republic Viña del Mar, Chile
Stadium: Estadio Sausalito
29 October 2023 Pan American Games Mexico  1–0  Uruguay Viña del Mar, Chile
  • Saldivia 28' (o.g.)
Stadium: Estadio Sausalito
1 November 2023 Pan American Games Semi-finals Mexico  0–1  Brazil Viña del Mar, Chile
Stadium: Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
4 November 2023 Pan American Games Bronze medal match Mexico  4–1  United States Viña del Mar, Chile
  • Carrillo 42', 78'
  • Fulgencio 50'
  • Ávila 88'
  • Ikoba 20'
Stadium: Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

2024

22 March Friendly Mexico  2–4  Argentina Mazatlán, Mexico
  • Ayón 32'
  • Carrillo 45+2'
Stadium: Estadio de Mazatlán
25 March Friendly Mexico  3–0  Argentina Puebla, Mexico
  • Muñoz 38' (pen.)
  • Árciga 62', 90+2'
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Mexico Ricardo Cadena
Assistant coaches Mexico David Patiño
Mexico Mario Arteaga
Fitness coach Mexico Salvador Ureña
Doctor Mexico Roberto Robles
Physiotherapist Mexico Miguel Márquez
Kit man Mexico Bernabe Zaragoza

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were called up for the 2023 Pan American Games.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Fernando Tapia (2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Mexico Querétaro
12 1GK Eduardo García (2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 21) 0 0 Mexico Tapatío

2 2DF Pablo Monroy (2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 21) 0 0 Mexico UNAM
3 2DF Emilio Lara (2002-05-18)18 May 2002 (aged 21) 0 0 Mexico América
4 2DF Rafael Fernández (2000-08-05)5 August 2000 (aged 23) 0 0 Mexico Tijuana
5 2DF Mauricio Isais (2001-04-09)9 April 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Mexico Toluca
13 2DF Jesús Garza (2000-06-06)6 June 2000 (aged 23) 0 0 Mexico Tigres UANL
14 2DF Antonio Leone (2004-04-28)28 April 2004 (aged 19) 0 0 Mexico Monterrey

6 3MF Érik Lira (captain) (2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 23) 0 0 Mexico Cruz Azul
7 3MF Raymundo Fulgencio (2000-02-12)12 February 2000 (aged 23) 0 0 Mexico Atlas
8 3MF Fidel Ambríz (2003-03-21)21 March 2003 (aged 20) 0 0 Mexico León
10 3MF Jordan Carrillo (2001-11-30)30 November 2001 (aged 21) 0 0 Mexico Santos Laguna
11 3MF Bryan González (2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 20) 0 0 Mexico Pachuca
15 3MF Sebastián Pérez Bouquet (2003-06-22)22 June 2003 (aged 20) 0 0 Mexico Juárez
17 3MF Ramiro Arciga (2004-08-30)30 August 2004 (aged 19) 0 0 Mexico Mazatlán

9 4FW Ettson Ayón (2001-03-26)26 March 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Mexico Querétaro
16 4FW Jesús Brigido (2001-09-29)29 September 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Mexico Guadalajara
18 4FW Alí Ávila (2003-09-23)23 September 2003 (aged 20) 0 0 Mexico UNAM

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Jorge Campos (GK) Claudio Suárez (DF) Luis García (FW)
Israel López (MF) Antônio Naelson "Sinha" (MF) Omar Bravo (FW)
Jesús Corona (GK) Carlos Salcido (DF) Oribe Peralta (FW)
Alfredo Talavera (GK) Jorge Torres Nilo (DF) Oribe Peralta (FW)
Guillermo Ochoa (GK) Luis Romo (MF) Henry Martín (FW)

Honours

Major competitions

Other competitions

  • Central American and Caribbean Games
    • Gold medalists (2): 1990, 2023
  • Toulon Tournament
    • Winners (1): 2012
    • Runners-up (1): 2023
    • Third place (2): 1976, 2019
  • Summer Universiade
    • Winners (1): 1979

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Before 1984, the football tournament at the Olympic Games was played only by amateur athletes. In 1984, professionals were allowed to compete for the first time. Since 1992, the Olympic Games tournament has been an under-23 tournament, and since 1996, the squads were allowed to have a maximum of three over-aged players.

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
19281988 See Mexico national football team
Spain 1992Group stage10th303033Squad
United States 1996Quarter-finals7th412123Squad
Australia 2000did not qualify
Greece 2004Group stage10th311133Squad
China 2008did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012Gold medal1st6510124Squad
Brazil 2016Group stage9th311174Squad
Japan 2020Bronze medal3rd6411177Squad
France 2024 did not qualify
United States 2028 to be determined
Australia 2032
Total1 gold medal2512944424

Pre-Olympic Tournament

Pre-Olympic Tournament record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1964–1988 Mexico national football team

Pan American Games

Since 1999, the Pan American Games football tournament has been an under-23 tournament.

Pan American Games record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Canada 1999Gold medal1st6420145Squad
Dominican Republic 2003Bronze medal3rd512177Squad
Brazil 2007Bronze medal3rd532061Squad
Mexico 2011Gold medal1st5410124Squad
Canada 2015Silver medal2nd531185Squad
Peru 2019Bronze medal3rd532072Squad
Chile 2023Bronze medal 3rd 5 2 1 2 5 2 Squad
Total2 Gold medalsN/A36201145926

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

References

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