FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 / Mexico

This article covers the Mexican national football team at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup . Mexico was the first host to win the home tournament in 1999 and was the only 2017 participant to have won the trophy before. The Mexicans took part in the Confederations Cup for the seventh time, setting the record for Brazilians who were not qualified this time. Mexico qualified by winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 and winning a playoff against the USA, which won the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 . As in 2005, Mexico finished fourth after extra time.

Squad

Players marked with "*" also took part in the Confederation Cup in 2013 , Rafael Márquez even in 1999 and 2005. He is the only tournament participant who participated in 1999 and, along with Australian Tim Cahill, the only participant in the 2005 tournament in Germany participated. He is also the player with the most international appearances from the tournament participants , alongside the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo . At 38 years and 4 months, Márquez is also the oldest participant in the tournament.

On June 10th, Jesús Corona was replaced by Jürgen Damm .

No.	Surname	society	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	birthday	debut	Last use	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Rodolfo Cota	Deportivo Guadalajara	1	0	0Aug 3, 1987	2017	06/02/2017
12	Alfredo Talavera *	Deportivo Toluca	30th	0	Sep 18 1982	2011	03/29/2017	1
13	Guillermo Ochoa *	Granada CF.	82	0	July 13, 1985	2005	06/12/2017	4th
Defender
2	Néstor Araujo	Santos Laguna	15th	2	Aug 29, 1991	2011	03/29/2017	5	1
3	Carlos Salcedo	AC Florence	11	0	29 Sep 1993	2015	06/12/2017	2
4th	Rafael Marquez	CF Atlas	139	17th	Feb 13, 1979	1997	06/02/2017	3		1
5	Diego Reyes *	Espanyol Barcelona	45	1	19 Sep 1992	2011	06/12/2017	3
15th	Héctor Moreno *	PSV Eindhoven	80	2	Jan. 17, 1988	2007	06/12/2017	5	1	1
21st	Luis Ricardo Reyes	CF Atlas	4th	0	0Apr 3, 1991	2017	06/09/2017	2
midfield player
6th	Jonathan dos Santos	Villarreal CF	25th	0	Apr. 26, 1990	2009	06/12/2017	4th
7th	Miguel Layún	FC Porto	51	4th	June 25, 1988	2013	06/02/2017	4th
10	Giovani dos Santos *	LA Galaxy	96	18th	May 11, 1989	2007	06/09/2017	3
11	Carlos Vela	Real Sociedad	55	17th	01st Mar 1989	2007	06/12/2017	3
16	Héctor Herrera *	FC Porto	54	4th	Apr 19, 1990	2013	06/12/2017	5		1
17th	Jürgen Damm	UANL Tigres	6th	1	0Nov 7, 1992	2015	March 24, 2017	1
18th	Andrés Guardado *	PSV Eindhoven	136	24	28 Sep 1986	2005	05/28/2017	3		2
20th	Javier Aquino *	Tigres UANL	43	0	Feb 11, 1990	2011	06/12/2017	3
23	Oswaldo Alanís	Deportivo Guadalajara	16	2	18 Mar 1989	2011	06/12/2017	3		1
striker
8th	Marco Fabián	Eintracht Frankfurt	32	7th	July 21, 1989	2011	06/12/2017	3	1
9	Raúl Jiménez *	FC Porto	52	12	0May 5, 1991	2013	06/09/2017	4th	1	2	1
14th	Chicharito *	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	92	47	0June 1, 1988	2009	06/12/2017	4th	1
19th	Oribe Peralta	Club America	55	23	Jan. 12, 1984	2005	06/09/2017	3	1
22nd	Hirving Lozano	CF Pachuca	16	2	July 30, 1995	2016	06/12/2017	3	1
Coaching staff
	Juan Carlos Osorio	Trainer	0	00	0June 8, 1961	2015

Source: de.soccerway.com (appearances and goals as of June 12, 2017, after the last game before the tournament)

1. ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  

preparation

In preparation, the Mexicans played against Croatia in Los Angeles on May 28 and lost 2-1. The Croatians used nine newcomers and no player with more than ten international matches. On June 3, they won 3-1 against Ireland in East Rutherford . They also had a World Cup qualifier against Honduras on June 9 , which they won 3-0 at the Aztec Stadium . Shortly before the tournament, there was the World Cup qualifier against the USA on June 12 , which also took place in the Aztec Stadium and ended 1: 1.

Group stage

Kazan Sochi Moscow

Venues

In Group A Mexico met host Russia, European champions Portugal and Oceania champions New Zealand. They had previously lost two games against Russia. There were two defeats and one draw in three games against Portugal. Against the New Zealanders there were five wins in six games and only one defeat in the first game in 1980. The Mexicans were able to qualify with a draw against Portugal and wins against Russia and New Zealand as group runners-up for the semi-finals, where they meet world champions Germany against That there have been ten games so far, one of which was won, five ended in a draw - one of which was lost on penalties - and four were lost normally. The last time they met in the game for third place in the 2005 Confederation Cup, Mexico lost 4-3 after extra time.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	2	1	0	007: 200	+5	07th
2.	Mexico	3	2	1	0	006: 400	+2	07th
3.	Russia	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00

Sun., June 18, 2017, 6 p.m. (5 p.m. CEST) in Kazan
Portugal	-	Mexico	2: 2 (1: 1)
Wed, June 21, 2017, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Sochi
Mexico	-	New Zealand	2: 1 (0: 1)
Sat, June 24, 2017, 6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in Kazan
Mexico	-	Russia	2: 1 (1: 1)

Final round

Semifinals

Thursday, June 29, 2017, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Sochi
Germany	-	Mexico	4: 1 (2: 0)

Marco Fabián's goal for the interim 1: 3 was chosen as the goal of the tournament after the tournament.

3rd place match

Sun., July 2, 2017, 3:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Moscow
Portugal	-	Mexico	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)

Mexico's coach Juan Carlos Osorio was suspended by FIFA on July 7, 2017 for defamatory words and aggressive behavior towards the match officials in the match for third place for six competitive games, which he had to serve in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 and a qualifying game for the 2018 World Cup .

Individual references and notes

1. ↑ FIFA Confederations Cup - Players
2. ↑ Jesus Corona to miss Confederations Cup for personal reasons goal.com, June 10, 2017, accessed June 17, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status after the game against the USA on June 12, 2017 . FIFA sometimes gives different numbers in the player profiles for the tournament , as it does not include games against CONCACAF members Guadeloupe and Martinique.
4. ↑ From the 2017/18 season Eintracht Frankfurt
5. ↑ Mexico vs. United States . de.soccerway.com. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
6. ↑ fifa.com: "Fabián's fantastic long-range shot is the goal of the tournament"
7. ↑ fifa.com: "Juan Carlos Osorio suspended for six games"