Mexico national under-20 football team

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.

2025

2026

Players Current squad The following 22 players were called up for the Friendlies in Spain.

Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months.

Player records Top goalscorers Players in bold are still active with Mexico. Includes only statistics recognized by FIFA. Rank Player Year(s) U-20 Goals1José Juan Macías2018–2019112Ronaldo Cisneros201783Tahiel Jiménez2024–present6Hirving Lozano201564Ulises Dávila20115Giovani dos Santos20075Esteban Lozano20225

Managers NameYears Horacio Casarín1977 Mario Velarde1983 Jesús del Muro1985, 1998–1999 Alfonso Portugal1991 Juan de Dios Castillo1992–1993 Juan Manuel Alvarez1994 José Luis Real1996–1997, 2001 Eduardo Rergis2002–2003 Humberto Grondona2005 Jesús Ramírez2007–2009 Juan Carlos Chávez2009–2011 Sergio Almaguer2013–2015 Marco Antonio Ruiz2016–2020 Raúl Chabrand2020–2021 Luis Ernesto Pérez2021–2022 Adrián Sánchez2022–2023 Eduardo Arce2023–2025 Alex Diego2026–present

Competitive record FIFA U-20 World Cup YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA 1977Runners-up2nd5140115 1979Group stage11th302134 198111th302145 198313th301224 1985Quarter-finals5th430173 1987Did not qualify 1989Banned 1991Quarter-finals7th412175 19935th421163 1995Did not qualify 1997Round of 1612th411263 1999Quarter-finals6th531195 2001Did not qualify 2003Group stage22nd301225 2005Did not qualify 2007Quarter-finals5th5401103 2009Did not qualify 2011Third place3rd7322106 2013Round of 1616th410366 2015Group stage17th310225 2017Quarter-finals8th521244 2019Group stage21st300316 2023Did not qualify 2025Quarter-finals6th522197 2027Qualified 2029To be determinedTotal17/25702420269979

CONCACAF U-20 Championship CONCACAF U-20 Championship recordYearResultPosition 1962Champions1st of 97430195 1964Group stage5th of 9311132 1970Champions1st of 54310132 1973Champions1st of 64400121 1974Champions1st of 125410210 1976Champions1st of 158710333 1978Champions1st of 138701224 1980Champions1st of 186420122 1982Did not enter 1984Champions1st of 168710193 1986Group stage5th of 10421144 1988Runners-up2nd of 107601196 1990Champions1st of 125500172 1992Champions1st of 116330112 1994Group stage6th of 12320186 1996Runners-up2nd of 125410113 19981st, Group A330092 20013rd, Group B311132 20032nd, Group A320173 20053rd, Group A310224 20071st, Group B321051 2009Group stage8th of 8301225 2011Champions1st of 124400141 2013Champions1st of 125500151 2015Champions1st of 126420194 2017Classification stage3rd of 125401152 2018Runners-up2nd of 348521346 2020Cancelled 2022Quarter-finals5th of 205320201 2024Champions1st of 126510134 2026Champions1st of 126600171Total 15 Titles 28/29 146 108 25 13 399 82

Head-to-head record The following table shows Mexico's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. OpponentWin %Total

Honours Major competitions

FIFA U-20 World Cup Runners-up (1): 1977 Third Place (1): 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Winners (15): 1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2024, 2026 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 Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament Runner-up (1): 2012 Milk Cup Winners (3): 2001, 2012, 2013 Lev Yashin Cup Winners (1): 2012 ADO Den Haag Tournament Winners (1): 59th ADO Den Haag Tournament

Individual awards FIFA U-20 World Cup

YearGolden BallSilver BallBronze Ball2007Giovani dos Santos2011Jorge Enríquez

YearGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe1977Luis Placencia

See also 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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