This is a record of the results of the Mexico national football team at the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is the premier competitive international football tournament, first played in 1930, and then every four years since, except 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
Mexico has competed in the tournament since the inaugural 1930 World Cup, and has entered ever since, for a total of 18 tournaments, although they failed to qualify for the finals proper on three occasions: 1934 (Italy), 1974 (West Germany), and 1982 (Spain). In addition, it withdrew from the finals in 1938 (France), and was banned by FIFA from entering the 1990 World Cup (Italy) after fielding over-aged players during the 1988 Olympic Games qualifiers, which was a youth tournament.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World 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 48 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup final is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.
Since they finished in the quarter-finals in 1986, Mexico have failed to advance beyond the round of 16 in subsequent editions.
Overall record
FIFA World Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1930Group stage13th3003413 1934Did not qualify 1938Withdrew 1950Group stage12th3003210 195413th200228 195816th301218 196211th310234 196612th302113 1970Quarter-finals6th421164 1974Did not qualify 1978Group stage16th3003212 1982Did not qualify 1986Quarter-finals6th532062 1990Banned 1994Round of 1613th412144 199813th412187 200211th421144 200615th411255 201014th411245 201410th421153 201812th420236 2022Group stage22nd311123 2026 Round of 16 9th 5 4 0 1 10 3 2030 To be determined 2034TotalQuarter-finals6th6521152972104
Mexico's World Cup recordFirst Match Mexico 1–4 (13 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay)Biggest Win 4–0 (7 June 1970; Mexico City, Mexico)Biggest Defeat 6–0 (6 June 1978; Cordoba, Argentina)Best ResultQuarter-finals in 1970 and 1986Worst ResultGroup stage in 1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978 and 2022
List of matches World CupRoundOpponentScoreMexico scorers 1930Group 11–4Carreño0–33–6Manuel Rosas (2), Gayón 1950Group 10–41–4Héctor Ortiz1–2Casarín 1954Group 10–52–3Lamadrid, Balcázar 1958Group 30–31–1Belmonte0–4 1962Group 30–20–13–1Díaz, del Águila, Hernández 1966Group 11–1Borja0–20–0 1970Group 10–04–0Valdivia (2), Fragoso, Basaguren1–0PeñaQuarter-final1–4González 1978Group 21–3Vázquez Ayala0–61–3Rangel 1986Group B2–1Quirarte, Hugo Sánchez1–1Luis Flores1–0QuirarteRound of 162–0Negrete, ServínQuarter-final0–0 1994Group E0–12–1García (2)1–1BernalRound of 161–1 García Aspe 1998Group E3–1Peláez, Hernández (2)2–2García Aspe, Blanco2–2Peláez, HernándezRound of 161–2Hernández 2002Group G1–0Blanco2–1Borgetti, Torrado1–1BorgettiRound of 160–2 2006Group D3–1Bravo (2), Zinha0–01–2FonsecaRound of 161–2 Márquez 2010Group A1–1Márquez2–0Javier Hernández, Blanco0–1Round of 161–3Javier Hernández 2014Group A1–0Peralta0–03–1Márquez, Guardado, Javier HernándezRound of 161–2G. dos Santos 2018Group F1–0Lozano2–1Vela, Javier Hernández0–3Round of 160–2 2022Group C0–00–22–1Martín, Chávez 2026Group A2–0Quiñones, Jiménez1–0Romo3–0Chávez, Quiñones, FidalgoRound of 322–0Quiñones, JiménezRound of 16 2–3Quiñones, Jiménez
1930 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
1950 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
1954 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
1958 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
1962 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
1966 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
1970 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
1978 FIFA World Cup
First group stage
1986 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
1994 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
1998 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
2002 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
2006 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
2010 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
2014 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
2018 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
2022 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
2026 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
Round of 32
Round of 16
Player records Most appearances
RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups1Rafael Márquez192002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 20182Andrés Guardado132006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 20223Guillermo Ochoa122006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026Javier Hernández122010, 2014 and 2018Héctor Moreno122010, 2014, 2018 and 2022Jesús Gallardo122018, 2022 and 20267Antonio Carbajal111950, 1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966Cuauhtémoc Blanco111998, 2002 and 2010Gerardo Torrado112002, 2006 and 201010Carlos Salcido102006, 2010 and 2014Héctor Herrera102014, 2018 and 2022Raúl Jiménez102014, 2018, 2022 and 2026Edson Álvarez102018, 2022 and 2026
Top goalscorers
On July 13, 1930, Juan Carreño made history by scoring Mexico’s first-ever FIFA World Cup goal. It happened on their opening match against France in Montevideo.
RankPlayerGoalsWorld Cups1Luis Hernández41998Javier Hernández42010 (2), 2014 (1) and 2018 (1)Julián Quiñones420264Cuauhtémoc Blanco31998, 2002 and 2010Rafael Márquez32006, 2010 and 2014Raúl Jiménez320267Manuel Rosas21930Javier Valdivia21970Fernando Quirarte21986Luis García21994Alberto García Aspe21994 and 1998Ricardo Peláez21998Jared Borgetti22002Omar Bravo22006
Head-to-head record OpponentWin %Total
See also Mexico at the CONCACAF Gold Cup Mexico at the CONCACAF Nations League Mexico at the Copa América North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA World Cup
References
Reports
External links FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002 FIFA World Cup History