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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.

Results and fixtures

The following matches have been played within the past 12 months.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2025

6 September Unofficial friendly	Pachuca	1–2	Mexico	Pachuca, Mexico
10:00 UTC–6	Hernández	Report	Levy (pen.) Valle	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo

20 September Friendly	Mexico	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Ypané, Paraguay
16:20 UTC–3	Mora 36' (pen.) Montiel 57'	Report	Al-Ghamdi 30'	Stadium: Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Fútbol Femenino

23 September Friendly	Mexico	2–3	Colombia	Ypané, Paraguay
10:00 UTC–3	Sánchez 60' Jiménez 83' (pen.)	Report	Rentería 40', 52' Benítez 78'	Stadium: Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Fútbol Femenino

28 September 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Brazil	2–2	Mexico	Santiago, Chile
20:00 UTC–3	Coutinho 21' Luighi 76'	Report	Domínguez 10' D. Ochoa 86'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 11,828 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

1 October 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Spain	2–2	Mexico	Santiago, Chile
17:00 UTC–3	García 42' Bravo 80' (pen.)	Report	Mora 32', 87'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

4 October 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup GS	Mexico	1–0	Morocco	Valparaíso, Chile
17:00 UTC–3	Mora 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Attendance: 7,003 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina

7 October 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup R16	Chile	1–4	Mexico	Valparaíso, Chile
20:00 UTC–3	Rossel 88'	Report	Jiménez 26' Fimbres 67' Camberos 80', 86'	Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Attendance: 18,118 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

11 October 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup QF	Mexico	0–2	Argentina	Santiago, Chile
20:00 UTC–3		Report	Carrizo 9' Silvetti 56'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 25,232 Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

2026

27 March Friendly	Mexico	1–0	Costa Rica	Toluca, Mexico
10:00 UTC–6	Sigala 2'	Report		Stadium: Instalaciones de la Federación Mexicana de Futbol

30 March Friendly	Mexico	1–0	Costa Rica	Toluca, Mexico
10:00 UTC–6	Sigala 83'	Report		Stadium: Instalaciones de la Federación Mexicana de Futbol

5 June 2026 Revelations Cup	Mexico	1–3	Japan	Boca del Rio, Mexico
21:00 UTC–6	Camberos 75'	Report	Chinedu 23' Himeno 40' Yamamoto 45+2'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente

8 June 2026 Revelations Cup	Piratas	0–0	Mexico	Boca del Rio, Mexico
20:30 UTC–6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente

24 July 2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship GS	Mexico	v	Antigua and Barbuda	Puebla, Mexico
17:00 UTC–6				Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

27 July 2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship GS	Costa Rica	v	Mexico	Puebla, Mexico
20:00 UTC–6				Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

30 July 2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship GS	Mexico	v	Guatemala	Puebla, Mexico
19:00 UTC–6				Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
12	1GK	Cristo Navarrete	(2007-01-14) 14 January 2007 (age 19)	Guadalajara
	1GK	Artemio Olvera	(2007-04-28) 28 April 2007 (age 19)	Atlético San Luis
	1GK	Sebastián Liceaga	(2007-04-11) 11 April 2007 (age 19)	Guadalajara

2	2DF	Juan Echilvestre	(2007-04-07) 7 April 2007 (age 19)	Santos Laguna
3	2DF	Cristóbal Alfaro	(2007-05-23) 23 May 2007 (age 19)	Atlante
4	2DF	Carlos Hernández	(2007-04-01) 1 April 2007 (age 19)	Guadalajara
5	2DF	Edwin Soto	(2007-01-29) 29 January 2007 (age 19)	Pachuca
14	2DF	Yohan Orozco	(2007-03-11) 11 March 2007 (age 19)	Guadalajara
15	2DF	Luis Carmona	(2007-01-17) 17 January 2007 (age 19)	Juárez

7	3MF	Luis Gómez	(2007-01-02) 2 January 2007 (age 19)	Santos Laguna
8	3MF	Juan Sigala	(2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 (age 19)	Juárez
10	3MF	Santiago Sandoval	(2007-08-07) 7 August 2007 (age 18)	Guadalajara
16	3MF	Nelson Cedillo	(2007-03-21) 21 March 2007 (age 19)	Santos Laguna
18	3MF	Samir Inda	(2007-10-07) 7 October 2007 (age 18)	Guadalajara
	3MF	Diego Covarrubias	(2007-02-08) 8 February 2007 (age 19)	Guadalajara
	3MF	Henrique Simeone	(2007-06-12) 12 June 2007 (age 19)	UANL

11	4FW	Hugo Camberos	(2007-01-21) 21 January 2007 (age 19)	Guadalajara
17	4FW	Luis Gamboa	(2008-10-25) 25 October 2008 (age 17)	Atlas
19	4FW	Diego Reyes	(2007-09-03) 3 September 2007 (age 18)	Flamengo
	4FW	Diego Ramírez	(2007-01-15) 15 January 2007 (age 19)	UANL
	4FW	Aldahir Valenzuela	(2007-04-13) 13 April 2007 (age 19)	Monterrey

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	Rodrigo Parra	(2007-11-28) 28 November 2007 (age 18)	0	0	UNAM	2026 Revelations Cup
GK	Emmanuel Ochoa	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Cruz Azul	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
GK	Pablo Lara	(2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 (age 21)	0	0	UNAM	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

DF	Ricardo Alonso	(2007-04-15) 15 April 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Necaxa	2026 Revelations Cup
DF	Diego García	(2007-03-10) 10 March 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Monterrey	2026 Revelations Cup
DF	Diego Chavira	(2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Monterrey	v. Costa Rica, 30 March 2026
DF	Miguel Nuño	(2008-09-25) 25 September 2008 (age 17)	0	0	UdeG	v. Costa Rica, 30 March 2026
DF	Anthony Bautista	(2007-06-02) 2 June 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Atlas	January 2026 training camp
DF	Mahonry Cárdenas	(2007-01-26) 26 January 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Monterrey	January 2026 training camp
DF	Emiliano Villaseñor	(2007-11-09) 9 November 2007 (age 18)	0	0	UNAM	January 2026 training camp
DF	César Bustos	(2005-08-27) 27 August 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Monterrey	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Everardo López	(2005-03-23) 23 March 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Toluca	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Jaziel Mendoza	(2005-05-20) 20 May 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Cruz Azul	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Diego Ochoa	(2005-04-20) 20 April 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Necaxa	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Rodrigo Pachuca	(2005-07-24) 24 July 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Puebla	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

MF	Sebastián Rodríguez	(2007-09-13) 13 September 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Monterrey	2026 Revelations Cup
MF	Joshua Palacios	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Necaxa	2026 Revelations Cup
MF	Jeremy Sepúlveda	(2007-05-20) 20 May 2007 (age 19)	0	0	UdeG	v. Costa Rica, 30 March 2026
MF	Neo Lima Stacziwa	(2007-12-07) 7 December 2007 (age 18)	0	0	SC Paderborn	v. Costa Rica, 30 March 2026
MF	Derek Jiménez	(2007-05-27) 27 May 2007 (age 19)	0	0	América	January 2026 training camp
MF	Alexéi Domínguez	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Pachuca	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Iker Fimbres	(2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Monterrey	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	César Garza	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 21)	0	0	UNAM	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Elías Montiel (Captain)	(2005-10-07) 7 October 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Pachuca	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Gilberto Mora	(2008-10-14) 14 October 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Tijuana	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Amaury Morales	(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Cruz Azul	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Diego Sánchez	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 21)	0	0	UANL	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Obed Vargas	(2005-08-05) 5 August 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Atlético Madrid	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

FW	Aldo de Nigris	(2008-04-12) 12 April 2008 (age 18)	0	0	Monterrey	2026 Revelations Cup
FW	Jonatan Ramírez	(2007-01-08) 8 January 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Pachuca	2026 Revelations Cup
FW	José Martín	(2007-05-19) 19 May 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Atlas	v. Costa Rica, 30 March 2026
FW	Willian Gabriel	(2007-12-19) 19 December 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Toluca	January 2026 training camp
FW	Santiago López	(2007-01-28) 28 January 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Pachuca	January 2026 training camp
FW	Tahiel Jiménez	(2006-01-22) 22 January 2006 (age 20)	0	0	Santos Laguna	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Mateo Levy	(2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Cruz Azul	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Yael Padilla	(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Guadalajara	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Oswaldo Virgen	(2005-04-07) 7 April 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Toluca	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Player records

Top goalscorers

Players in bold are still active with Mexico. Includes only statistics recognized by FIFA.

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-20 Goals
1	José Juan Macías	2018–2019	11
2	Ronaldo Cisneros	2017	8
3	Tahiel Jiménez	2024–present	6
3	Hirving Lozano	2015	6
4	Ulises Dávila	2011	5
	Giovani dos Santos	2007	5
	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	2023–2025
Alex Diego	2026–present

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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		11th	3	0	2	1	4	5
1983		13th	3	0	1	2	2	4
1985	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	0	1	7	3
1987	Did not qualify
1989	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
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
2003	Group stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	2	5
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	3
2009	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
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	2	1	9	7
2027	To be determined
Total	17/25		70	24	20	26	99	79

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

CONCACAF U-20 Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1962	Champions	1st of 9	7	4	3	0	19	5
1964	Group stage	5th of 9	3	1	1	1	3	2
1970	Champions	1st of 5	4	3	1	0	13	2
1973	Champions	1st of 6	4	4	0	0	12	1
1974	Champions	1st of 12	5	4	1	0	21	0
1976	Champions	1st of 15	8	7	1	0	33	3
1978	Champions	1st of 13	8	7	0	1	22	4
1980	Champions	1st of 18	6	4	2	0	12	2
1982	Did not enter
1984	Champions	1st of 16	8	7	1	0	19	3
1986	Group stage	5th of 10	4	2	1	1	4	4
1988	Runners-up	2nd of 10	7	6	0	1	19	6
1990	Champions	1st of 12	5	5	0	0	17	2
1992	Champions	1st of 11	6	3	3	0	11	2
1994	Group stage	6th of 12	3	2	0	1	8	6
1996	Runners-up	2nd of 12	5	4	1	0	11	3
1998	1st, Group A		3	3	0	0	9	2
2001	3rd, Group B		3	1	1	1	3	2
2003	2nd, Group A		3	2	0	1	7	3
2005	3rd, Group A		3	1	0	2	2	4
2007	1st, Group B		3	2	1	0	5	1
2009	Group stage	8th of 8	3	0	1	2	2	5
2011	Champions	1st of 12	4	4	0	0	14	1
2013	Champions	1st of 12	5	5	0	0	15	1
2015	Champions	1st of 12	6	4	2	0	19	4
2017	Classification stage	3rd of 12	5	4	0	1	15	2
2018	Runners-up	2nd of 34	8	5	2	1	34	6
2020	Cancelled
2022	Quarter-finals	5th of 20	5	3	2	0	20	1
2024	Champions	1st of 12	6	5	1	0	13	4
2026	Qualified as hosts
Total	14 Titles	28/29	140	102	25	13	382	81

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Mexico's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Algeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Argentina	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	033.33
Australia	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
Brazil	5	0	3	2	6	9	−3	000.00
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Chile	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
China	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Colombia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Congo	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Egypt	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
England	5	1	2	2	1	2	−1	020.00
France	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33
Gambia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Germany	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Greece	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Italy	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Japan	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	000.00
Mali	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Morocco	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Norway	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Portugal	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
Scotland	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Senegal	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Serbia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
South Korea	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Soviet Union	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Spain	5	0	3	2	6	8	−2	000.00
Sweden	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Vanuatu	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
West Germany	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	69	24	20	25	99	77	+22	034.78

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^[2]
Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament
- Runner-up (1): 2012^[3]
Milk Cup
- Winners (3): 2001, 2012, 2013
Lev Yashin Cup
- Winners (1): 2012^[4]
ADO Den Haag Tournament
- Winners (1): 59th ADO Den Haag Tournament^[5]

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

References

↑ "Sub-20 Convocatoria lista para el torneo de la Concacaf" (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 13 July 2026.
↑ "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.
↑ "Mostrando artículos por etiqueta: Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament 2012". Retrieved 2013-06-28.^{[dead link]}
↑ "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".
↑ "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.

External links

[1] "Sub-20 Convocatoria lista para el torneo de la Concacaf" (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 13 July 2026.

[2] "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.

[3] "Mostrando artículos por etiqueta: Beijing Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament 2012". Retrieved 2013-06-28.^{[dead link]}

[4] "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".

[5] "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.

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Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

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