# 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.

## Competitive record
### FIFA World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record :
| 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 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1983 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1985 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 1987 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1989 | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| Total | 17/24 | — | 65 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 90 | 72 |

## 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
* 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
| Year | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| 2007 | | | Giovani dos Santos |
| 2011 | | | Jorge Enríquez |
| Year | Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| 1977 | | | Luis Placencia |

## Results and fixtures

The following matches have been played within the past 12 months.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

### 2024
## Players
### Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Emmanuel Ochoa | (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19) | Cruz Azul |
| 12 | 1GK | Pablo Lara | (2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 (age 19) | UNAM |
| 21 | 1GK | Javier Orantes | (2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 19) | Necaxa |
| 2 | 2DF | Francisco Méndez | (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19) | Guadalajara |
| 3 | 2DF | José Pachuca | (2005-07-24) 24 July 2005 (age 19) | Puebla |
| 4 | 2DF | Diego Ochoa | (2005-04-20) 20 April 2005 (age 19) | Guadalajara |
| 5 | 2DF | César Bustos | (2005-08-27) 27 August 2005 (age 19) | Monterrey |
| 15 | 2DF | Ricardo Juárez | (2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 (age 19) | Juárez |
| 18 | 2DF | Efraín Contreras | (2005-11-02) 2 November 2005 (age 19) | Pachuca |
| 6 | 3MF | César Garza | (2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 19) | Dundee FC |
| 8 | 3MF | Elías Montiel (Captain) | (2005-10-07) 7 October 2005 (age 19) | Pachuca |
| 10 | 3MF | Yael Padilla | (2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 (age 19) | Guadalajara |
| 11 | 3MF | Heriberto Jurado | (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 20) | Cercle Brugge |
| 14 | 3MF | Amaury Morales | (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 19) | Cruz Azul |
| 16 | 3MF | Brandon Tellez | (2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 20) | Tapatío |
| 17 | 3MF | Diego Sánchez | (2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 19) | UANL |
| 20 | 3MF | Xavier Biscayzacú | (2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 (age 19) | Defensor Sporting |
| 7 | 4FW | Alexéi Domínguez | (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 20) | Pachuca |
| 9 | 4FW | Stephano Carrillo | (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 (age 18) | Feyenoord |
| 13 | 4FW | Jonantan Villal | (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 20) | Atlético San Luis |
| 19 | 4FW | Mateo Levy | (2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 (age 18) | Cruz Azul |

## Player records
### Top goalscorers

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