Mexico national under-23 football team

Mexico Olympic
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Nickname(s)	El Tri ; El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Ricardo Cadena
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 ; (Munich, West Germany; 5 September 1972); Records for competitive matches only
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (first in 1992)
Best result	Gold medalist (2012)
Pan American Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1999)
Best result	Gold medalist (1999, 2011)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Pan American Games

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.

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

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
			Leone 2' (o.g.)	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'		Almada 13' (pen.) Solari 25' Beltrán 49', 68'	Stadium: Estadio de Mazatlán

25 March Friendly	Mexico	3–0	Argentina	Puebla, Mexico
	Muñoz 38' (pen.) Árciga 62', 90+2'			Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

5 June 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Mexico	2–2 (4–3 p)	France	Fos-sur-Mer, France
17:30 UTC+1	Ayón 58' Huescas 86'	Report	Michut 63' Abline 77'	Stadium: Stade Parsemain Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)
	Penalties
	Martínez Huescas J. Gómez D. García Bautista		Abline Michut Camara Virginius Mikelbrencis

7 June 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Mexico	3–2	Saudi Arabia	Aubagne, France
14:00 UTC+1	Bautista 34' Martínez 57' (pen.) M. Rodríguez 71'	Report	Haji 41' (pen.) Alcántar 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru)

9 June 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	Ivory Coast	4–1	Mexico	Aubagne, France
14:00 UTC+1	V. Kpmaté 23' Ouotro 51' Bandama 78' O. Konaté 86'	Report	Monreal 70'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

11 June 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament GS	South Korea	0–0 (3–5 p)	Mexico	Fos-sur-Mer, France
14:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Parsemain Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
	Penalties
	Jung Sung-woo Jo Jin-ho Moon Seong-woo Ahn Jae-min		Alcántar Ambríz Monroy J. Rodríguez Álvarez

14 June 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament 5th	Mexico	1–3	Japan	Mallemort, France
17:00 UTC+1	Árciga 84'	Report	S. Kanda 21' Shiogai 66' Ishii 90+7'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

6 September Friendly	Mexico	4–1	Panama	Toluca, Mexico
15:00 CT	Castillo 7' A. Herrera 66', 82' Muñoz 69'	Report	G. Herrera 13'	Stadium: instalaciones de la Federación Mexicana

9 September Friendly	Mexico	2–1	Panama	Mexico City, Mexico
10:00 CT	Ácriga 75' Castillo 90+2'	Report	Mosquera 34'	Stadium: centro de alto rendimiento

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were called up for friendlies against Panama on 6 and 9 September 2024, respectively.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Fernando Tapia	(2001-06-17) 17 June 2001 (age 23)	0	0	UANL
	1GK	Héctor Holguín	(2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Santos Laguna

2	2DF	Pablo Monroy (vice-captain)	(2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	UNAM
3	2DF	Jorge Berlanga	(2003-07-18) 18 July 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Pachuca
5	2DF	Jorge Rodríguez	(2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Puebla
15	2DF	Jesús Gómez	(2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Tijuana
16	2DF	Omar Campos	(2002-07-20) 20 July 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Los Angeles FC
	2DF	Diego Campillo	(2001-10-19) 19 October 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Juárez
	2DF	José Castillo	(2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Guadalajara
	2DF	Ramón Juárez	(2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 23)	0	0	América

10	3MF	Efraín Álvarez	(2002-06-19) 19 June 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Tijuana
17	3MF	Diego Gómez	(2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Necaxa
18	3MF	Rodrigo López	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 22)	0	0	UNAM
22	3MF	Emilio Rodríguez	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Celta Fortuna
	3MF	Jordan Carrillo	(2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Santos Laguna
	3MF	Sebastián Fierro	(2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 23)	0	0	UANL
	3MF	Andrés Montaño	(2002-05-22) 22 May 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Cruz Azul
	3MF	Obed Vargas	(2005-08-05) 5 August 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Seattle Sounders

19	4FW	Ramiro Arciga	(2004-08-30) 30 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Mazatlán
23	4FW	Ricardo Monreal	(2001-02-10) 10 February 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Necaxa
24	4FW	Luca Martínez	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Rosario Central
	4FW	Heriberto Jurado	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Necaxa
	4FW	Santiago Muñoz	(2002-08-14) 14 August 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Santos Laguna
	4FW	Jorge Ruvalcaba	(2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 (age 23)	0	0	UNAM

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Álex Padilla	(2003-09-01) 1 September 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Athletic Bilbao	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament

DF	Jesús Alcántar	(2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Necaxa	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament
DF	Rodrigo Huescas	(2003-09-18) 18 September 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Copenhagen	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament
DF	Antonio Leone	(2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Monterrey	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament

MF	Fidel Ambríz (captain)	(2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Monterrey	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Diego Medina	(2001-03-12) 12 March 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Santos Laguna	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Denzell García	(2003-08-15) 15 August 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Juárez	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Alberto Herrera	(2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Puebla	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament
MF	Alán Bautista	(2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Pachuca	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament

FW	Ettson Ayón	(2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23)	0	0	León	2024 Maurice Revello Tournament

Honours

Major competitions

Summer Olympics
- Gold medalists (1): 2012
- Bronze medalists (1): 2020
Pan American Games
- Gold medalists (2): 1999, 2011
- Silver medalists (1): 2015
- Bronze medalists (3): 2003, 2019, 2023
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- Winners (5): 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020
- Runners-up (1): 1992
- Third place (1): 2000

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
1928–1988	See Mexico national football team
1992	Group stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3	Squad
1996	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	3	Squad
2000	did not qualify
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3	Squad
2008	did not qualify
2012	Gold medal	1st	6	5	1	0	12	4	Squad
2016	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	4	Squad
2020	Bronze medal	3rd	6	4	1	1	17	7	Squad
2024	did not qualify
2028	to be determined
2032	to be determined
Total	1 gold medal	6/9	25	12	9	4	44	24

All-time matches at the Summer Olympics
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	City	Scorer(s)
1992	Group D	Denmark	1–1	D	La Romareda	Zaragoza	Rotllán
		Australia	1–1	D	Sarrià	Barcelona	Castañeda
		Ghana	1–1	D	Nova Creu Alta	Sabadell	Rotllán
1996	Group C	Italy	1–0	W	Legion Field	Birmingham	Palencia
		South Korea	0–0	D	Legion Field	Birmingham
		Ghana	1–1	D	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial	District of Columbia	Abundis
	Quarter-finals	Nigeria	0–2	L	Legion Field	Birmingham
2004	Group A	Mali	0–0	D	Panthessaliko	Volos
		South Korea	0–1	L	Karaiskakis	Athens
		Greece	3–2	W	Panthessaliko	Volos	Márquez ∙ Bravo (2)
2012	Group B	South Korea	0–0	D	St James'	Newcastle
		Gabon	2–0	W	City of Coventry	Coventry	Dos Santos (2)
		Switzerland	1–0	W	Millennium	Cardiff	Peralta
	Quarter-finals	Senegal	4–2 (a.e.t.)	W	Wembley	London	Enríquez ∙ Aquino ∙ Dos Santos ∙ Herrera
	Semi-finals	Japan	3–1	W	Wembley	London	Fabián ∙ Peralta ∙ Cortés
	Final	Brazil	2–1	W	Wembley	London	Peralta (2)
2016	Group C	Germany	2–2	D	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	Peralta ∙ Pizarro
		Fiji	5–1	W	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	Gutiérrez (4) ∙ Salcedo
		South Korea	0–1	L	Mané Garrincha	Brasília
2020	Group A	France	4–1	W	Tokyo	Tokyo	Vega ∙ Córdova ∙ Antuna ∙ Aguirre
		Japan	1–2	L	Saitama	Saitama	Alvarado
		South Africa	3–0	W	Sapporo Dome	Sapporo	Vega ∙ Romo ∙ Martín
	Quarter-finals	South Korea	6–3	W	Internantional Yokohama	Yokohama	Martín (2) ∙ Romo ∙ Córdova (2) ∙ Aguirre
	Semi-finals	Brazil	0–0 (1–4 p)	D	Kashima	Kashima
	Third place match	Japan	3–1	W	Saitama	Saitama	Córdova ∙ Vásquez ∙ Vega

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
1999	Gold medal	1st	6	4	2	0	14	5	Squad
2003	Bronze medal	3rd	5	1	2	1	7	7	Squad
2007	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	6	1	Squad
2011	Gold medal	1st	5	4	1	0	12	4	Squad
2015	Silver medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	8	5	Squad
2019	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	7	2	Squad
2023	Bronze medal	3rd	5	2	1	2	5	2	Squad
Total	2 Gold medals	N/A	36	20	11	4	59	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All-time matches at the Pan American Games
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	City	Scorer(s)
1999	Group A	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Guatemala	1–3	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Costa Rica	2–2	D	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Canada	0–0	D	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
	Semi-finals	United States	4–0	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
	Final	Honduras	1–3	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
2003	Group A	Guatemala	1–1	D	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
		Paraguay	1–3	W	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
		Argentina	3–4	L	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
	Semi-final	Brazil	1–0	L	Olímpico	Santo Domingo
	Third place	Colombia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.)	W	Olímpico	Santo Domingo