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Mexico
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)"El Tri"
AssociationFEMEXFUT
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachSweden Sven-Göran Eriksson
CaptainRafael Márquez
Most capsClaudio Suárez (178)
Top scorerJared Borgetti (46)
Home stadiumEstadio Azteca
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current32
Highest4 (May 1998, May 2006)
Lowest32 (August 2008)
First international
 Guatemala 2-3 Mexico Mexico
(Guatemala, Guatemala; 1 January, 1923)
Biggest win
Mexico Mexico 13-0 Bahamas 
(Toluca, Mexico; Apr 28 1987)
Biggest defeat
 England 8-0 Mexico Mexico
(London, England; May 10 1961)
World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1930)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 1970, 1986
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1965)
Best resultWinners, 1965, 1971,
1977, 1993, 1996,1998,
2003
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1995)
Best resultWinners, 1999

The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and represents Mexico in international football competition. The Mexican national football team is currently ranked 32nd in the FIFA World Rankings.[1] Mexico is also known as the "King of Concacaf" for being the biggest national team in the zone and in the last few years has feuded with USA to see who is the king.

Mexico has qualified for thirteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994. Mexico's best progression was reaching the Quarterfinals in both the 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, both of which were staged on Mexican soil. Mexico holds one FIFA U-17 World Cup, one FIFA Confederations Cup, four CONCACAF Gold Cups, three CONCACAF Championships, three Pan Am Games Gold Medals, and three NAFC Championships. Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF, the national football team has been regularly invited to compete in the CONMEBOL Copa América since Ecuador 1993.

History

Early Years

Competitive association football in Mexico was organized in the early 20th century by various European immigrant groups, notably English miners from Cornwall, England, and in later years, Spanish exiles fleeing the Spanish Civil War. Though organized football was disrupted from 1910 to 1919 as a result of the Mexican Revolution, a new football association had been established in Mexico City by 1922, and by the end of the year a national team had been organized from players in this league to represent Mexico in international friendlies. On January 1, 1923, Mexico played their first international friendly against Guatemala, which the Mexican team won 3–2.[2]

First International Friendlies at Home

A series of international friendlies were played against the national representation of Guatemala on December 9, 12, and 16 of 1923. The match on December 9 was played Parque España and was won by Mexico with a final score of 2-1. On December 12, the match ended in a 2-0 win for Mexico, and the final game of the series ended in a 3-3 draw.[3] The manager for this team was Rafael Garza Gutiérrez "Récord", and the assistant coach was Adolfo Frías.[4] The fourteen players selected for this friendly series include: Nacho de la Garza, Pedro "Perico" Legorreta, Manuel "Güero" Yáñez, Enrique "La Matona" Esquivel, Agustín Ojeda, Roberto Jardón, Carlos Garcés, Horacio Ortiz, Adeodato López, Mauro Guadarrama "La Venada" Alatorre, Cornelio Cuevas, and Alfredo "Fofo" García Besné.[5]

1924-1927

It would be another four years before the national team would be represented in international friendlies. In preparation for a friendly against Spain, the team played a friendly against their "B" squad on June 12, 1927, winning 4-2. On June 19, 1927, the Mexican squad faced a selection from Spain, drawing 3-3. During this series, the squad also played against the Uruguayan club Nacional de Montevideo, losing 1-3.[6]

Formation of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol

On August 23, 1927, the official governing body of the sport of football in Mexico was founded. From its inception, the federation has been the main body in charge of the promotion, administration, organization, management, and funding of the Mexican national football team as well as all football competition within Mexico. Club representatives from the federation's first division all vote on the direction, management, and coaching staff of the national football team.

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics were hosts to Mexico's first international tournament. Prior to the tournament, the Mexican squad held friendlies against a representative Asturias side as well as two friendlies against Spain. These matches resulted in two draws and one loss. At the Olympic tournament, Mexico faced Spain in the Round of 16 on May 30, 1928, resulting in Mexico's defeat of 1-7.[7]

World Cup Competition

1930 World Cup

Mexico participated in the 1930 FIFA World Cup, having been grouped together with Argentina, Chile, and France. Mexico's first match was played against France at Estadio Pocitos in Montevideo, Uruguay on July 13, 1930. The match ended in a 4–1 loss for Mexico, but witnessed Mexico's first World Cup goal by Juan Carreño.[8] This match occurred simultaneously with the USABelgium match. In their second match of the tournament, Mexico fell to Chile 3–0 at Montevideo's Estadio Gran Parque Central. Mexico's third match, against Argentina, featured the first penalty of the tournament, awarded in the 42' and scored by Mexico's Manuel Rosas. A total of five penalties were awarded during the match which was refereed by the Bolivian coach Ulises Saucedo, three of them controversial.[9]

1950 World Cup

Mexico did not appear again in a World Cup tournament until the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Before 1970, Mexico struggled to make much of an impact in the World Cup when competing against European and South American teams. However, goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal has the distinction of being the first player ever to appear in five consecutive FIFA World Cups.

1970 World Cup

In 1970, Mexico hosted the World Cup and kicked off their campaign with a scoreless draw against the Soviet Union. This was followed by a win over El Salvador (4–0). Mexico advanced to the next round with a victory against Belgium thanks to a penalty scored by Gustavo Peña in the 14th minute. At the quarter-finals stage, Mexico was eliminated by Italy in a 4–1 match despite Mexico taking an early lead.

1978 World Cup

Mexico failed to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and did not appear at the world stage until the Argentina '78. Mexico suffered an early exit after three defeats: 0-6 against West Germany, 1-3 against Tunisia, and 1-3 to Poland. Mexico failed to qualify for Spain 1982.

1986 World Cup

In 1986, Mexico again hosted the World Cup. Coached by Bora Milutinovic, Mexico was placed in Group B where they defeated Belgium 2-1, draw 1-1 with Paraguay, and defeated Iraq 1-0. With this performance, Mexico won the top spot in its group and advanced to the next round where Mexico faced Bulgaria in a 2-0 win. In the quarter-finals stage, Mexico lost to West Germany 0-0 (1-4 pens).

1990 World Cup

Mexico was disqualified from the 1990 FIFA World Cup (and any other international competition) after using players over the age limit allowed by FIFA in the qualifying round for the Olympic Games in Seoul 1988. The punishment originally was only going to be applied to the Olympic team and not the World Cup team, but the penalty was applied to all Mexican national representatives of all sports for two years.

1994 World Cup

In the 1990s, after hiring coach César Luis Menotti Mexican football began experiencing greater international success. An important turning point was its participation in the 1993 Copa America, where they finished second in the tournament, losing to Argentina 2-1 in the final. Mexico went on to win its group on tiebreakers in the 1994 World Cup, emerging from the tournament's "Group of death", composed of Mexico, Italy, Ireland, and Norway. However, Mexico eventually lost in the second round to Bulgaria on penalty kicks. Miguel Mejía Barón led this team into one of its most distinguished performances in a World Cup.

1998 World Cup

After its participation at King Fahd's Cup (which would eventually become the FIFA Confederation's Cup) and being coached again by Bora Milutinovic, the Mexican team was managed by coach Manuel Lapuente in a very good qualifying round for France 1998, in which they came in first place in the CONCACAF side. At the World Cup, Mexico was placed in Group E, with Holland, Korea Republic and Belgium. Mexico started against Korea Republic losing 0-1 but came back to win 3-1. Belgium had started beating Mexico 2-0 but came back to tie 2-2. The third game against Netherlands ended in another 2-2 result which resulted in qualification to the Round of 16. In the next round, Mexico faced Germany. Although having the lead Mexico did not manage to hold onto it and lost the game 2-1.

2002 World Cup

After a tough qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup, Mexico reached the finals and was placed in Group G alongside Italy, Croatia, Ecuador. Mexico opened its participation with a 1-0 win over Croatia. In the second match, Mexico earned a 2-1 win over Ecuador with goals from Jared Borgetti and Gerardo Torrado. Mexico then achieved a 1-1 draw against Italy thanks to a goal from Borgetti that was regarded as one of the best of the tournament. In the second round Mexico played continental rivals United States in a match that saw Mexican captain Rafael Marquez sent off for a deliberate headbutt on Cobi Jones. Mexico was defeated by the U.S. 2-0, therefore being eliminated from the tournament.

2006 World Cup

Additional information: 2006 FIFA World Cup - Group D
Mexican national team training in Germany.

Mexico played a series of friendlies in the United States of America in preparation for the World Cup, seeking to maximize revenue by appealing to Mexican Americans living in the USA.

Mexico was one of eight seeded teams in the first round at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The eight seeded teams consisted of Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. This was the second time a non-hosting CONCACAF nation was seeded. Mexico was put in Group D with Iran, Angola and Portugal.

Mexico won their opening match 3–1 against Iran, with two goals from Omar Bravo and one by Zinha. In their second match, Mexico played to a 0–0 draw against Angola. Mexico joined Portugal as a qualifier in the Round of 16, despite losing to the Portuguese 2–1. During the match, Bravo missed a penalty shot.

In the second round, Mexico played against Argentina. The Mexicans scored in the 5th minute with a goal by captain Rafael Márquez assisted by Pavel Pardo. Four minutes later, a goal by Hernán Crespo allowed Argentina to equalize (the goal was credited to Crespo, but was actually an own goal, which Jared Borgetti, the head scorer, ironically scored with his head). The score remained 1–1 after ninety minutes, and in extra time, an exceptional volley by Maxi Rodríguez in the second period of extra time brought about a 2–1 win for Argentina.

Argentine coach Ricardo Lavolpe stepped down as coach after the tournament, and was succeeded by Hugo Sánchez.

International Competitions

Since their second place finish in the 1993 Copa America, Mexico has been a regular participant in the South American tournament and has competed well. It earned third place in 1997, 1999 and 2007 and another second-place finish in 2001. Mexico has never failed to reach the quarter finals of the Copa America and twice has had the leading scorer in the tournament (Luis Garcia in 1995 (sharing the title with Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta) and Luis Hernández in 1997).

Mexico hosted and won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Mexico won its first official FIFA tournament trophy by beating Brazil with a final score of 4-3. Mexico's star, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, shared the tournament's Golden Shoe award as top scorer with Ronaldinho, he was also awarded the Silver Ball.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the United States proved a credible challenger to Mexico's dominance on the continental football scene, winning the 2002 Gold Cup and eliminating Mexico in the second round of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Mexico co-hosted (with the United States of America) the Gold Cup in 2003, winning it after a 1-0 victory in Mexico City over a mostly U-23 Brazilian squad which had eliminated the United States in Miami, Florida.

The parallel emergence of Mexico and the United States on the international stage has helped elevate the status of the CONCACAF region, and has provided a natural rivalry that has benefited the development of both national teams.

The growth experienced by the Mexican national team since the early 1990s was matched by the increased competitiveness of its domestic league, the Primera División de México. Due in large part to lucrative television contracts, Mexican football clubs are amongst the richest outside of Europe. The influx of high level foreign players, together with increased participation in international tournaments has helped compensate for the fact that, traditionally, relatively few Mexican players have sought opportunities in other countries. Hugo Sánchez (Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid), Luis Garcia (Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad), Rafael Márquez (AS Monaco and FC Barcelona), and Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Real Valladolid). Other European-based players that have managed to succeed thus far include Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven), Pavel Pardo (VfB Stuttgart),Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart), Aaron Galindo (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Nery Castillo (Manchester City) all of whom won championships with their clubs in this past 2006-2007 season.

After losing the final match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 1-2 against the United States, Mexico successfully rebounded with a remarkable first-round participation at CONMEBOL Copa America 2007. Beginning by beating the recent champions Brazil 2-0 (goals from: Nery Castillo 23' and Ramon Morales 28') in their first match, they then went on to defeat Ecuador 2-1 (goals from: Nery Castillo 21' and Omar Bravo 79'). For their final match they tied 0-0 with Chile. With those results Mexico came first in Group B with seven points.

In the quarterfinals, they beat Paraguay 6-0. In the semifinals, Argentina beat Mexico 0-3. With this defeat Mexico was left to fight for third place against Uruguay, winning 3-1.

Schedule and results

Date Location Opponent Score1 Competition Mexico scorers Opponent scorers
June 27, 2007 Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar  Brazil 2-0 W CAF Castillo 23', Morales 28' None
July 1, 2007 Maturín, Monagas  Ecuador 2-1 W CAF Castillo 21', Bravo 80' Edison Méndez 85'
July 4, 2007 Puerto la Cruz, Anzoátegui  Chile 0-0 D CAF None None
July 8, 2007 Maturín, Monagas  Paraguay 6-0 W CAF Castillo 4´ (pen), Torrado 26', Castillo 38', Arce 78', Blanco 86´(pen), Bravo 90´ None
July 11, 2007 Puerto Ordaz, Ciudad Guayana  Argentina 0-3 L CAF None Heinze 44', Messi 61', Riquelme 66' (pen)
July 14 , 2007 Caracas, D.C.  Uruguay 3-1 W CAF Blanco 37' (pen), Bravo 68', Guardado 75' Abreu 21'
August 22, 2007 Denver, Colorado  Colombia 0-1 L F None Jaime Castrillón 51'
September 9, 2007 Puebla, Puebla  Panama 1-0* W F Felipe Baloy 38' (OG) None
September 12, 2007 Boston, Massachusetts  Brazil 1-3 L F Juan Carlos Cacho 42' Kléber 44', Kaká 80', Afonso Alves 86'
October 14, 2007 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua  Nigeria 2-2 D F Juan Carlos Cacho 54', 68' Obafemi Martins 32', 52'
October 17, 2007 Los Angeles, California  Guatemala 2-3 L F Carlos Vela 30', César Villaluz 31' Rigoberto Gómez 5', Marvin Ávila 64', 73'
February 6, 2008 Houston, Texas  United States 2-2 D F Johny Magallón 34', 47' Oguchi Onyewu 29', Josmer Altidore 39'
March 26, 2008 London, England  Ghana 2-1 W F Carlos Salcido 77', Pável Pardo 86' Michael Essien 55'
April 16, 2008 Seattle, Washington  China 1-0 W F César Villaluz 14' None
June 4, 2008 San Diego, California  Argentina 1-4 L F Antônio "Zinha" Naelson Matias 62' Nicolás Burdisso 11', Lionel Messi 18', Maximiliano Rodríguez 29'. Sergio Agüero 71'
June 8, 2008 Chicago, Illinois  Peru 4-0 W F Fernando Arce 5', Andrés Guardado 8', Carlos Vela 20', Fernando Arce 28' None
June 15, 2008 Houston, Texas  Belize 2-0 W WCQ Round 2 Carlos Vela 66', Jared Borgetti 90+2'(Pen) None
June 21, 2008 Monterrey, Nuevo León  Belize 7-0 W WCQ Round 2 Carlos Vela 7', Andrés Guardado 33', Fernando Arce 45+', 48', Jared Borgetti 62', 90+4', Trevor Lennen 90+3' (Own Goal) None
August 20 , 2008 Mexico , D.F.  Honduras WCQ Round 3
September 6 , 2008 Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica WCQ Round 3
September 10 , 2008 Tuxtla , Chiapas  Canada WCQ Round 3
September 24, 2008 Los Angeles, California  Chile F
October 11 , 2008 Puebla, Puebla  Jamaica WCQ Round 3
October 15 , 2008 Edmonton, Alberta  Canada WCQ Round 3
November 19 , 2008 San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Honduras WCQ Round 3

1 - Mexico score always listed first

Key

2010 World Cup Qualifying

Round 2: Group 2

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Group 2
Belize  0–9  Mexico 0–21 0–7
Jamaica  13–0  Bahamas 7–0 6–02
Honduras  6–2  Puerto Rico 4–0 2–2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  1–7  Canada 0–33 1–4

1 Belize moved their home leg to the United States.[10]

2 The Bahamas elected to play their home leg in Jamaica.[11]

3 Order of legs reversed subsequent to original draw.[12]

Round 3: Group 2

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Current Squad

The following squad of players from Mexico's domestic league was selected for a brief preparation camp to be conducted prior to the World Cup Qualifier against Honduras on August 20, 2008. The squad will change one week prior to the match.[13] Caps and goals current as of the completion of the second leg match against Belize.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Oswaldo Sánchez (1973-09-21) September 21, 1973 (age 50) 91 0 Mexico Santos
2 1GK Francisco Guillermo Ochoa (1985-07-13) July 13, 1985 (age 38) 15 0 Mexico América
3 1GK José de Jesús Corona (1981-01-26) January 26, 1981 (age 43) 7 0 Mexico UAG
4 2DF Israel Castro (1980-12-20) December 20, 1980 (age 43) 10 0 Mexico UNAM
5 2DF Leobardo López (1983-09-04) September 4, 1983 (age 40) 1 0 Mexico Pachuca
6 2DF Julio César Domínguez (1987-08-11) August 11, 1987 (age 36) 3 0 Mexico Cruz Azul
7 2DF Diego Martínez (1981-02-15) February 15, 1981 (age 43) 9 3 Mexico UANL
8 2DF Fausto Pinto (1983-08-08) August 8, 1983 (age 40) 9 0 Mexico Pachuca
9 2DF Horacio Cervantes Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day 0 0 Mexico Morelia
10 2DF Edgar Castillo (1986-10-08) October 8, 1986 (age 37) 2 0 Mexico Santos
11 3MF Luis Pérez (1981-01-12) January 12, 1981 (age 43) 59 8 Mexico Monterrey
12 3MF Alejandro Argüello (1982-01-24) January 24, 1982 (age 42) 0 0 Mexico América
13 3MF Jaime Correa (1979-08-06) August 6, 1979 (age 44) 8 0 Mexico Pachuca
14 3MF Leandro Augusto (1977-08-05) August 5, 1977 (age 46) 0 0 Mexico UNAM
15 3MF Fernando Arce (1980-04-24) April 24, 1980 (age 44) 32 6 Mexico Santos
16 3MF Gerardo Torrado (1979-04-30) April 30, 1979 (age 45) 83 4 Mexico Cruz Azul
17 3MF Alan Zamora (1985-04-08) April 8, 1985 (age 39) 0 0 Mexico Atlante
18 3MF Francisco Torres (1983-05-12) May 12, 1983 (age 41) 0 0 Mexico Santos
19 4FW Adolfo Bautista (1979-05-15) May 15, 1979 (age 45) 31 9 Mexico Chiapas
20 4FW Cesar Villaluz (1988-07-18) July 18, 1988 (age 35) 9 2 Mexico Cruz Azul
21 4FW Francisco Fonseca (1979-10-09) October 9, 1979 (age 44) 41 21 Mexico UANL
22 4FW Luis Landín (1985-07-23) July 23, 1985 (age 38) 5 0 Mexico Morelia
23 4FW Matías Vuoso (1981-11-03) November 3, 1981 (age 42) 0 0 Mexico Santos
24 4FW Carlos Ochoa (1978-03-05) March 5, 1978 (age 46) 5 1 Mexico Monterrey
  • Óscar Rojas dropped from the squad due to an injury received during training.

Coaching Staff

Manager Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson
Assistant Manager Sweden Hans Backe
Assistant Manager Mexico Francisco "Paco" Ramírez
Youth Coach Mexico Jesús Ramírez
Coach Sweden Tord Grip
Fitness Coach Mexico Ariel González
Goalkeeping Coach Mexico Alberto Aguilar
Physiotherapist Argentina Eduardo Lovaglio
Team Doctor Mexico Dr. José Luis Serrano

Competitive record

Honours

Top 10 goalscorers

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico.

Rank Player No. of goals
1 Jared Borgetti 46
2 Luis Hernández 35
Carlos Hermosillo
4 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 34
5 Enrique Borja 31
6 Zague 30
7 Hugo Sánchez 29
Luis Flores
Luis García
10 Benjamín Galindo 28

Most appearances (caps)

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico.

Rank Player No. of caps
1 Claudio Suárez 178
2 Pavel Pardo 141
3 Jorge Campos 130
4 Ramón Ramírez 121
5 Alberto García Aspe 109
6 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 97
7 Oswaldo Sánchez 91
8 Carlos Hermosillo 90
9 Jared Borgetti 89
10 Luis Hernández 87

Notable Players

List of goalscorers in World Cups

Previous World Cup squads

     



Mexico managers

Manager Mexico career Games managed Won Drawn Lost Win %
Mexico Adolfo Frías Beltrán 1923 6 4 1 1 66.6
Mexico Alfonso Rojo de la V 1928 2 0 2 0 00.0
Spain Juan Luque de S. 1930 3 0 3 0 00.0
Mexico Rafael Garza G. 1934, 1937-1938, 1949 16 14 1 1 87.5
England Alfred C. Crowle 1935 5 5 0 0 100.0
Hungary Jorge Orth 1947 2 2 0 0 100.0
Mexico Abel Ramírez 1948 1 0 1 0 00.0
Mexico Octavio Vial 1950 5 0 4 1 00.0
Spain Antonio López H. 1950 22 9 10 3 40.9
Mexico Horacio Casarín 1953 1 1 0 0 100.0
Mexico Fernando Marcos 1959 3 3 0 0 100.0
Hungary Arpad Fekete 1963 3 1 1 1 33.3
Mexico Diego Mercado 1969 5 1 2 2 20.0
Mexico Javier de La Torre 1970 - 1973 38 20 7 11 52.6
Mexico Ignacio Juáregui 1974 3 2 1 0 66.6
Mexico Jose Antonio Roca 1977 - 1978 20 11 3 6 55.0
Mexico José Moncebáez 1979 3 1 1 1 33.3
Mexico Gustavo Peña 1979 1 1 0 0 100.0
Mexico Raúl Cardenas 1979 - 1981 59 25 20 14 42.3
Mexico Mario Velarde 1987-1989 15 13 0 2 86.6
Mexico Alberto Guerra 1989 3 3 0 0 100.0
Mexico Ignacio Trelles 1990-1991 106 50 27 29 47.1
Argentina César Luis Menotti 1991 - 1992 19 7 7 5 36.8
Mexico Cayetano Rodríguez 1992 1 1 0 0 100.0
Brazil Ricardo Ferretti 1993 1 1 0 0 100.0
Mexico Miguel Mejía Barón 1993 - 1995 54 25 17 12 46.2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović 1983-1986, 1995 - 1997 104 52 32 20 50.0
Mexico Mario Carrillo 1999 1 0 0 1 00.0
Mexico Gustavo Vargas 1999 2 1 1 0 50.0
Mexico Manuel Lapuente 1997 - 2000 67 33 18 16 49.2
Mexico Enrique Meza Enriquez 2000 - 2001 19 5 3 11 26.3
Mexico Javier Aguirre 2001 - 2002 27 17 4 6 62.9
Argentina Ricardo La Volpe 2002 - 2006 71 38 16 17 53.5
Mexico Hugo Sánchez 2006 - 2008 28 15 4 9 53.5
Mexico Jesús Ramírez 2008 5 4 0 1 80.0
Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson 2008 - 0 0 0 0 00.0

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Rankings - June 2008". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  2. ^ "The Start; El Comienzo". Televisa. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  3. ^ "History of the National football team". Femexfut. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  4. ^ "History of the National football team". Femexfut. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  5. ^ "History of the National football team". Femexfut. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  6. ^ "The Start; El Comienzo". Televisa. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  7. ^ "The First Olympics". Televisa. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  8. ^ Match report "Mexico-France Match Report". FIFA. Retrieved June 19. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Six countries entered bidding for first World Cup". India Times. Retrieved May 7. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Mexico-Belize World Cup qualifier moved to Houston, SI.com; 2008-04-15.
  11. ^ Jamaica to host both legs of WC Qualifier against The Bahamas, Jamaica Observer; 2008-04-11.
  12. ^ Opener Against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Moved, The Voyageurs; 2008-01-10.
  13. ^ Federacion, Mexicana (2008-04-12). "List of players to play in the game vs China". Retrieved 2008-04-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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Preceded by Confederations Cup Champions
1999 (First title)
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Preceded by North American Champions
1965 (First title)
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Preceded by North American Champions
1971 (Second title)
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Preceded by North American Champions
1977 (Third title)
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Preceded by North American Champions
1993 (Fourth title)
1996 (Fifth title)
1998 (Sixth title)
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2003 (Seventh title)
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