Mexico national under-23 football team

The Mexico national under-23 football team (also known as Mexico U-23 and Mexico Olympic) represents Mexico in international football competitions such as the Olympic Games, Pan American Games, the Toulon Tournament, and their respective qualification phases. 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 Under-23

Nickname(s)	El Tri El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Jaime Lozano
FIFA code	MEX
First colours Second colours
First international
Spain 7–1 Mexico  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 30 May 1928)
Biggest win
Mexico 7–1 Trinidad and Tobago  (Carson, United States; 23 March 2012)
Biggest defeat
East Germany 7–0 Mexico  (Bavaria, Germany; 5 September 1972) Records for competitive matches only
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (first in 1928)
Best result	Winners (2012)
Medal record 2012 London Team

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

Honours

• Summer Olympics
  • Gold medalists: 2012
• Pan American Games
  • Gold medalists: 1999, 2011
  • Silver medalists: 2015
  • Bronze medalists: 2003, 2007, 2019
• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Gold medalists: 1990
• CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • Winners: 1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015
  • Runners-up: 1992
• Toulon Tournament
  • Winners: 2012
  • Runners-up: 2018
  • Third place: 1976, 2019
• Universiade
  • Winners: 1979
  • Third place: 2017

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 Olympic Games Record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Group stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3
1996	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	3
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	12	4
2016	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	4
2020	To be determined
2024
2028
Total	1 gold medal	5/7	19	8	8	3	27	17

Olympic Games record

Football at the Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Score	Result
1992	Group stage	Denmark 1–1 Mexico	Draw
	Group stage	Mexico 1–1 Australia	Draw
	Group stage	Mexico 1–1 Ghana	Draw
1996	Group stage	Mexico 1–0  Italy	Win
	Group stage	Mexico 0–0 South Korea	Draw
	Group stage	Mexico 1–1 Ghana	Draw
	Quarter-finals	Mexico 0–2 Nigeria	Loss
2004	Group stage	Mali 0–0 Mexico	Draw
	Group stage	South Korea 1–0 Mexico	Loss
	Group stage	Greece 2–3 Mexico	Win
2012	Group stage	Mexico 0–0 South Korea	Draw
	Group stage	Mexico 2–0 Gabon	Win
	Group stage	Mexico 1–0 Switzerland	Win
	Quarter-finals	Mexico 4–2 Senegal	Win
	Semi-finals	Mexico 3–1 Japan	Win
	Gold medal match	Brazil 1–2 Mexico	Win
2016	Group stage	Mexico 2–2  Germany	Draw
	Group stage	Fiji 1–5 Mexico	Win
	Group stage	South Korea 1–0 Mexico	Loss

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
1999	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	14	5
2003	Third Place	3rd	5	1	2	1	7	7
2007	Third Place	3rd	5	3	2	0	6	1
2011	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	12	4
2015	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	8	5
2019	Third place	3rd	5	3	2	0	7	2
2023	To be determined
Total	2 Gold Medals	6/6	31	18	10	2	54	24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Head-to-head record

As of 10 August 2016

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	% Won
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	8	0	100.0%
Argentina	3	1	1	1	4	4	33.3%
Australia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Belarus	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.0%
Belgium	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Bolivia	2	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%
Brazil	3	1	0	2	2	3	33.3%
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.0%
Canada	1	0	1	0	0	0	50%
Chile	1	0	1	0	2	2	0.0%
China PR	3	3	0	0	5	1	100.0%
Colombia	6	3	2	1	10	3	50%
Costa Rica	7	4	1	2	11	7	57.14%
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.0%
Cuba	6	4	2	0	8	2	66.6%
Denmark	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	5	1	100.0%
Ecuador	2	2	0	0	6	3	100%
El Salvador	3	2	1	0	4	1	66.6%
England	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.0%
France	5	0	1	4	4	13	0.0%
Fiji	1	1	0	0	5	1	100%
Gabon	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0%
Germany	1	0	1	0	2	2	0.0%
Ghana	2	0	2	0	2	2	0%
Greece	1	1	0	0	3	2	100.0%
Guatemala	3	1	2	0	5	3	33.3%
Haiti	1	1	0	0	6	1	100%
Honduras	5	4	0	1	19	8	80%
Hungary	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0%
Italy	2	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Jamaica	3	1	2	0	6	1	33.3%
Japan	2	1	0	1	4	3	50%
Mali	2	0	2	0	3	3	0.0%
Morocco	2	1	0	1	5	5	100.0%
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	4	3	50.0%
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	6	0	100%
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	50.0%
Panama	2	2	0	0	4	1	100.0%
Paraguay	2	1	1	0	4	2	50.0%
Portugal	2	0	1	1	3	5	0.0%
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	4	1	100.0%
Senegal	1	1	0	0	4	2	100%
South Korea	3	0	1	2	0	2	0.0%
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	6	5	1	0	16	4	83.3
Turkey	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.0%
United States	3	2	0	1	7	1	66.6%
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	6	3	66.6%
Venezuela	5	3	0	2	10	5	60.0%

Includes results from:

• Men's Olympic 1992-2016
• Pan American Games 1991-2016
• Toulon Tournament 2006-2016
• CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
• Central American and Caribbean Games 1990-2014

Schedule and results

2021

18 March Olympic Qualifying	Mexico	v	Dominican Republic	Guadalajara, Mexico
17:30 (UTC−6)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

21 March Olympic Qualifying	Costa Rica	v	Mexico	Zapopan, Mexico
19:30 (UTC−6)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Akron

24 March Olympic Qualifying	Mexico	v	United States	Guadalajara, Mexico
19:30 (UTC−6)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

Team

Current squad

The following 20 players have been named in the squad for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	José Hernández	1 May 1997	0	0	Atlas
	GK	Luis Malagón	2 March 1997	0	0	Morelia
	GK	Sebastián Jurado	28 September 1997	0	0	Cruz Azul
	DF	Gerardo Arteaga	7 September 1998	0	0	Genk
	DF	César Montes	24 February 1997	6	0	Monterrey
	DF	Alan Mozo	5 April 1997	5	0	UNAM
	DF	Gilberto Sepúlveda	4 February 1999	0	0	Guadalajara
	DF	Jorge Sánchez	10 December 1997	0	0	América
	DF	Johan Vásquez	22 October 1998	0	0	UNAM
	MF	Érick Aguirre	23 February 1997	7	0	Pachuca
	MF	Roberto Alvarado	7 September 1998	0	0	Cruz Azul
	MF	Jesús Angulo	20 February 1997	0	0	Guadalajara
	MF	Uriel Antuna	21 August 1997	0	0	Guadalajara
	MF	Fernando Beltrán	8 May 1998	3	0	Guadalajara
	MF	Sebastián Córdova	12 June 1997	0	0	América
	MF	José Esquivel	7 January 1998	0	0	Juárez
	FW	Jesús Godínez	20 January 1997	0	0	León
	FW	José Juan Macías	22 September 1999	0	0	Guadalajara
	FW	Marcel Ruiz	26 October 2000	0	0	Tijuana
	FW	Alexis Vega	25 November 1997	0	0	Guadalajara

Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Jaime Lozano[3]
Assistant Manager	Miguel de Jesús Fuentes
Assistant Manager
Fitness Coach	Vicente Salvador Cervantes
Goalkeeper Coach	José Rosario Rivera
Doctor	Eduardo Guerrero Fuentes
Physiotherapist	Raúl Curiel Cervantes
Kit man	Gabriel Hernández Gallegos
Kit man	Luis Alberto Monroy Hernández
Video	José Carlos Quiroz Sánchez
Chief coordinator
Technical and Tactical Coordinator
Logistics Coordinator

References

1. Irvin, Duncan (11 August 2012). "Mexico Wins Soccer Gold Medal, 2-1". New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
2. "Convocatoria de la SNM Sub-23 para el Campeonato Preolímpico de Concacaf 2020". MiSeleccion.mx (in Spanish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
3. https://miseleccion.mx/noticias/1679/jaime-lozano-nombrado-director-tecnico-la-seleccion-nacional-sub-23