Mexico

Nickname(s)	El Tri El Tricolor
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	NAFU (North America)
Head coach	Javier Aguirre
Captain	Edson Álvarez
Most caps	Andrés Guardado (180)
Top scorer	Javier Hernández (52)
Home stadium	Estadio Azteca
FIFA code	MEX
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	15 1 (1 April 2026)[1]
Highest	4 (February–June 1998, August 2003, April 2004, June 2004, May–June 2006)
Lowest	40 (July 2015)
First international
Mexico 2–1 Guatemala  (Mexico City, Mexico; 9 December 1923)
Biggest win
Mexico 13–0 Bahamas  (Toluca, Mexico; 28 April 1987)
Biggest defeat
England 8–0 Mexico  (London, England; 10 May 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1930)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
Appearances	26 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions (1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2025)
CONCACAF Nations League
Appearances	4 (first in 2019–20)
Best result	Champions (2025)
CONCACAF Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Champions (2015)
Copa América
Appearances	11 (first in 1993)
Best result	Runners-up (1993, 2001)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (1999)
Medal record FIFA Confederations Cup 1999 Mexico Team 1995 Saudi Arabia Team CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup 1965 Guatemala Team 1971 Trinidad and Tobago Team 1977 Mexico Team 1993 Mexico and United States Team 1996 United States Team 1998 United States Team 2003 Mexico and United States Team 2009 United States Team 2011 United States Team 2015 Canada and United States Team 2019 Costa Rica, Jamaica and United States Team 2023 Canada and United States Team 2025 Canada and United States Team 1967 Honduras Team 2007 United States Team 2021 United States Team 1973 Haiti Team 1981 Honduras Team 1991 United States Team CONCACAF Nations League 2025 United States Team 2020 United States Team 2024 United States Team 2023 United States Team CONCACAF Cup 2015 United States Team Copa América 1993 Ecuador Team 2001 Colombia Team 1997 Bolivia Team 1999 Paraguay Team 2007 Venezuela Team Panamerican Championship 1960 Costa Rica Team NAFC Championship 1947 Cuba Team 1949 Mexico Team North American Nations Cup 1991 United States Team 1990 Canada Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1935 El Salvador Team 1938 Panama Team
Website	miseleccion.mx

The Mexico national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de México) represents Mexico in men's international football, which is governed by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (English: Mexican Football Federation) founded in 1927. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1929 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of NAFU in the North American Zone. From 1946 to 1961, it was a member of NAFC, the former governing body of football in North America and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF, and also a member of PFC, the former unified confederation of the Americas.

Mexico has qualified for the FIFA World Cup seventeen times and has qualified consecutively since 1994, making it one of six countries to do so.^[3] It is one of four CONCACAF teams to have advanced to the knockout stage, reaching the quarter-finals twice (1970 and 1986) both as hosts, and also reaching the round of 16 in seven editions. On 13 July 1930, Mexico played with France in the first match in World Cup history in Uruguay 1930. In 2026, Mexico will host the World Cup for the third time. It has qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup seven times, being the only CONCACAF team and the only non-European or South American team to have won a FIFA global competition, winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup as hosts, defeating Brazil 4–3.

Mexico has participated twenty-six times in CONCACAF's premier continental competition, it is the most successful team in its confederation, winning 15 CONCACAF continental titles (10 CONCACAF Gold Cup titles, 3 CONCACAF Championship titles, one CONCACAF Nations League and one CONCACAF Cup). It has participated eleven times in the Copa América, finishing as runners-up twice (1993 and 2001) and finishing in third place three times. It also participated three times in the Panamerican Championship, finishing in third place in 1960.

Regionally, the team won two NAFC Championship titles, one North American Nations Cup, and two gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

It is one of eight nations^[a] to have won two of the three most important global football competitions that are recognized and endorsed by FIFA (World Cup, Confederations Cup, and Olympic football tournament), winning the 1999 Confederations Cup^[4] with the senior team and the 2012 Olympic football tournament^[5] with the under-23 team.

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