Mexican national soccer team / Olympic Games
OS record goal scorer: | Oribe Peralta (5) |
OS record players: | Jesús Corona (9) |
Rank: | 12 |
Balance sheet | |
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40 OS games 13 wins 12 draws 15 losses 52:68 goals |
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statistics | |
First OS game Mexico 1: 7 Spain Amsterdam ( NLD ); May 30, 1928 |
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Best OS victories Mexico 4: 0 Guinea Mexico City ( MEX ); October 17, 1968 Mexico 5-1 Fiji Salvador ( BRA ); 7th August 2016 |
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Biggest OS defeat Mexico 0: 7 GDR Ingolstadt ( FRG ); September 6, 1972 |
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successes | |
Olympic Games : | |
Participation in the finals | 10 ( first : 1928 ) |
Best results | Gold medal ( 2012 ) |
(As of August 21, 2016 ) |
The Mexican national soccer team first took part in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam , but failed in the first round. After not taking part in 1936, the end of the round of 16 against South Korea came in 1948 , for which this was the first international match. After that, the senior national team no longer took part. The Olympic team was able to qualify regularly from 1964 - but it was never enough to win a medal until 2012. In 1968 Mexico reached fourth place as the host, with 105,000 in the game for third place, the highest number of spectators at an Olympic football game. In 2012 the gold medal was won for the first time in the final against Brazil .
Results at Olympic Games
1928
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Olympic Games in Amsterdam :
- May 30, 1928: Round of 16: Spain 7-1 Mexico ( Olympic Stadium )
- June 5, 1928: Consolation round: Chile 3-1 Mexico (in Arnhem )
1936
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Olympic Games in Berlin :
- not participated
1948
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Olympic Games in London :
- August 2, 1948: Round of 16 South Korea 5-3 Mexico (in Dulwich )
1952
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Olympic Games in Helsinki :
- not participated
1956
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Olympic Games in Melbourne :
- withdrawn
1960
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- October 8, 1959 Mexico - USA 2-0 (in Mexico City )
- November 22, 1959 USA - Mexico 1-1 (in Los Angeles )
- 2nd round in Lima / Peru :
- April 16, 1960 Peru - Mexico 1-0
- April 19, 1960 Brazil 2-1 Mexico
- April 21, 1960 Mexico - Suriname 4-0
- April 27, 1960 Mexico 1-3 Argentina (Mexico eliminated fourth in the group)
- 1 round:
1964
- Olympic qualification:
- Mexico 5-1 Panama
- Mexico 6-0 Suriname
- Mexico - USA 2-1
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Olympic Games in Tokyo :
- Preliminary round:
- October 11, 1964 Romania 3-1 Mexico
- October 13, 1964 Iran 1-1 Mexico
- October 15, 1964 All-German team - Mexico 2-0 (in Yokohama ) - Mexico eliminated as third group
- Preliminary round:
1968
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Olympic Games in Mexico :
- Preliminary round:
- October 13, 1968 Mexico - Colombia 1-0
- October 15, 1968 France - Mexico 4-1
- October 17, 1968 Mexico 4-0 Guinea (Mexico qualified for the quarter-finals as runners-up)
- Knockout round:
- Quarter-finals, October 20, 1968 Mexico 2-0 Spain (in Puebla )
- Semi-finals, October 22, 1968 Mexico 2-3 Bulgaria (in Guadalajara )
- Bronze match, October 24, 1968 Japan 2-0 Mexico
- Preliminary round:
1972
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- Mexico 1-0 Canada
- Mexico 3-0 Bermuda
- Canada 1-0 Mexico
- Bermuda 0-2 Mexico
- 2nd round:
- Mexico 1-1 USA
- Mexico 3-1 Guatemala
- Mexico 4-0 Jamaica
- USA 2-2 Mexico
- Guatemala 1-2 Mexico
- Jamaica 1-0 Mexico
- 1 round:
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Olympic Games in Munich :
- Preliminary round:
- Intermediate round:
- September 3, 1972 Federal Republic of Germany - Mexico 1: 1 (in Nuremberg )
- September 6, 1972 GDR - Mexico 7-0 (in Ingolstadt )
- September 8, 1972 Hungary - Mexico 2-0 (in Regensburg ) Mexico eliminated as bottom group.
1976
- Olympic qualification:
- 1st round: BYE
- 2nd round:
- Mexico - USA 8-0
- USA 2-4 Mexico
- 3rd round:
- Mexico - Guatemala 4-1
- Guatemala 3-2 Mexico
- Mexico 4-2 Cuba
- Cuba 1-1 Mexico
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Olympic Games in Montreal :
- Preliminary round:
- July 19, 1976 France 4-1 Mexico (in Ottawa )
- July 21, 1976 Mexico 2-2 Israel
- 23 July 1976 Mexico - Guatemala 1-1 (in Sherbrooke ) (Mexico retired as third party)
- Preliminary round:
1980
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- Mexico 4-0 USA
- USA 0-2 Mexico - The USA protested that the Mexicans had used professional players. The protest was approved and Mexico was disqualified.
- 1 round:
1984
- Olympic qualification:
1988
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- 2nd round:
- December 2, 1987 Guyana 0: 9 Mexico (in Santa Ana / USA )
- December 9, 1987 Mexico - Guyana 2-0 for Mexico because Guyana did not play.
- February 3, 1988 Mexico 2-1 Guatemala (in Toluca )
- February 14, 1988 Guatemala - Mexico (in Guatemala City )
On June 30, 1988, Mexico was banned from all competitions organized by FIFA because Mexico had used four older players in the CONCACAF U-20 championship. The place won by Mexico was taken by Guatemala in Seoul.
1992
- Olympic qualification:
- Semi-final round:
- Suriname 1-1 Mexico
- Honduras 1-1 Mexico
- Mexico 0-1 Honduras
- Mexico 6-0 Suriname
- Final round:
- March 25, 1992 Mexico 1-2 USA (in Mexico City )
- April 26, 1992 USA - Mexico 3-0 (in Bethlehem )
- Mexico - Canada 4-1
- Mexico 5-1 Honduras
- Canada 1-1 Mexico
- Honduras 1-3 Mexico
- Semi-final round:
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Olympic Games in Barcelona :
- Preliminary round in Valencia :
- July 26, 1992 Denmark 1-1 Mexico (in Saragossa )
- July 28, 1992 Mexico 1-1 Australia (in Barcelona , Estadi Sarrià )
- July 30, 1992 Mexico 1-1 Ghana (in Sabadell ) (Mexico eliminated third in the group)
- Preliminary round in Valencia :
1996
- Olympic qualification:
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Olympic Games in Atlanta :
- Preliminary round in Orlando :
- July 21, 1996 Mexico 1-0 Italy (in Birmingham )
- 23 July 1996 Mexico 0-0 South Korea (in Birmingham )
- July 25, 1996 Mexico 1-1 Ghana ( Washington, DC )
- Quarter-finals, 28 July 1996 Mexico 0-2 Nigeria (in Birmingham )
- Preliminary round in Orlando :
2000
- Olympic qualification:
- 1st round in Guadalajara / Mexico :
- April 4, 2000 Mexico 2-2 Honduras
- April 6, 2000 Mexico 5-0 Jamaica
- April 8, 2000 Mexico 5-1 Costa Rica
- Final round in Hershey / USA :
- April 23, 2000 Mexico 1-1 Guatemala
- April 25, 2000 Mexico 3-0 Panama
- April 28, 2000, semi-finals: Mexico 0-0 Honduras, 4-5 i. E. - Mexico did not qualify
- April 30, 2000, game for 3rd place: Mexico 5-0 Guatemala
- 1st round in Guadalajara / Mexico :
2004
- Olympic qualification:
- Final round in Mexico, Estadio Jalisco:
- February 2, 2003 Mexico - Trinidad / Tobago 3-1
- February 4, 2003 Mexico - Jamaica 4-0
- February 6, 2003 Mexico 1-1 Costa Rica
- February 10, 2003, semi-finals USA 0-4 Mexico
- February 12, 2003, Final Costa Rica 0-1 Mexico aet
- Final round in Mexico, Estadio Jalisco:
2008
- Olympic qualification:
2012
- Olympic qualification:
- Final round:
- March 23, 2012: Trinidad and Tobago U23 - Mexico U23 1-7
- March 25, 2012: Mexico U23 - Honduras U23 3-0
- March 27, 2012: Mexico U23 - Panama U23 1-0
- March 31, 2012, semi-finals: Mexico U23 - Canada U23 3-1
- April 2, 2012, final: Honduras U23 - Mexico U23 1: 2 a.d.
- Final round:
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Olympic Games in London :
- July 26, 2012: Mexico 0-0 South Korea (in Newcastle , St. James' Park )
- July 29, 2012: Mexico 2-0 Gabon (in Coventry , City of Coventry Stadium )
- August 1, 2012: Mexico 1-0 Switzerland (in Cardiff , Millennium Stadium )
- 4th August 2012, quarter-finals: Mexico 4-2 Senegal aet (in London , Wembley Stadium )
- 7 August 2012, semi-finals: Mexico 3-1 Japan (in London , Wembley Stadium )
- 11 August 2012, final: Brazil 1-2 Mexico (in London , Wembley Stadium )
Squad for 2012
A U-23 team , in which up to three older players were allowed to participate, was eligible to start. This were Jose Corona , Oribe Peralta and Carlos Salcido of coach Luis Fernando Tena nominated. Eight players were previously in the squad for the 2011 Copa America . A year later, nine players from the Olympic squad were also part of the Confederations Cup , but Mexico were eliminated in the group stage.
No. | player | Date of birth | society | A country games |
A country goals |
OS games | ||||||
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goal | ||||||||||||
1 | Jesus Corona | 01/26/1981 | CD Cruz Azul | 48 | 0 | 3 (2004), 6 (2012) | ||||||
18th | José Rodríguez | 07/04/1992 | Deportivo Guadalajara | |||||||||
Defense | ||||||||||||
2 | Israel Jiménez | 08/13/1989 | UANL Tigres | 2 | 0 | 4 (2012) | ||||||
3 | Carlos Salcido | 04/02/1980 | UANL Tigres | 103 | 9 | 6 (2012) | ||||||
4th | Hiram Mier | 08/25/1989 | CF Monterrey | 3 | 0 | 6 (2012) | ||||||
5 | Dárvin Chavez | 11/21/1989 | CF Monterrey | 3 | 0 | 6 (2012) | ||||||
13 | Diego Reyes | 09/19/1992 | Club America | 3 | 0 | 6 (2012) | ||||||
15th | Néstor Vidrio | March 22, 1989 | CF Pachuca | 4 (2012) | ||||||||
midfield | ||||||||||||
6th | Hector Miguel Herrera | April 19, 1990 | CF Pachuca | 4 (2012) | ||||||||
7th | Javier Cortés | 07/20/1989 | UNAM Pumas | 1 | 0 | 2 (2012) | ||||||
11 | Javier Aquino | 02/11/1990 | CD Cruz Azul | 5 | 0 | 6 (2012) | ||||||
14th | Jorge Enríquez | 01/08/1991 | Deportivo Guadalajara | 3 | 0 | 6 (2012) | ||||||
16 | Miguel Ponce | 04/12/1989 | Deportivo Guadalajara | 2 | 0 | 5 (2012) | ||||||
attack | ||||||||||||
8th | Marco Fabián | 07/21/1989 | Deportivo Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 6 (2012) | ||||||
9 | Oribe Peralta | 01/12/1984 | Santos Laguna | 10 | 2 | 6 (2012) | ||||||
10 | Giovani dos Santos | 05/11/1989 | RCD Mallorca | 52 | 11 | 5 (2012) | ||||||
12 | Raúl Jiménez | 05/05/1991 | Club America | 5 (2012) |
Substitute player
No. | player | Date of birth | society | A country games |
A country goals |
World Cup games | ||||||
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goal | ||||||||||||
22nd | Liborio Sánchez | 09.10.1989 | Deportivo Guadalajara | |||||||||
midfield | ||||||||||||
20th | Cándido Ramírez | 06/05/1993 | Santos Laguna | |||||||||
21st | Jorge Hernández González | 06/10/1989 | CF Pachuca | 3 | 0 | |||||||
attack | ||||||||||||
19th | Alan Pulido | 03/08/1991 | UANL Tigres |
2016
- Olympic qualification:
- Final round:
- October 2nd, 2015: Mexico U23 - Costa Rica U23 4-0
- 4th October 2015: Haiti U23 0-1 Mexico U23
- October 7, 2015: Mexico U23 - Honduras U23 2-1
- October 10, 2015, semi-finals: Mexico U23 - Canada U23 2-0
- October 14, 2015, final: Honduras U23 - Mexico U23 0-2
- Final round:
Mexico qualifies for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .
Squad for 2016
A U-23 team , in which up to three older players may participate, is entitled to start. Coach Raúl Gutiérrez nominated his squad on July 7th. Goalkeepers Alfredo Talavera , Jorge Torres Nilo and Oribe Peralta are older players in the squad, which was already there when they won the gold medal in 2012. The positions correspond to the information provided by the Mexican Association and may in some cases differ from the information provided by FIFA.
No. | player | Date of birth | society | A country games |
A country goals |
OS games | ||||||
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goal | ||||||||||||
1 | Alfredo Talavera | 09/18/1982 | Deportivo Toluca | 21st | 0 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
12 | Gibrán Lajud | December 25, 1993 | Club Tijuana | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Defense | ||||||||||||
2 | José Abella | 02/10/1994 | Santos Laguna | 0 | 0 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
14th | Erick Aguirre | 02/23/1997 | CF Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 1 (2016) | ||||||
4th | César Montes | 02/24/1997 | CF Monterrey | 0 | 0 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
13 | Carlos Salcedo | 09/29/1993 | Deportivo Guadalajara | 5 | 0 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
3 | Jordan Silva | 07/30/1994 | Deportivo Toluca | 0 | 0 | |||||||
6th | Jorge Torres Nilo | January 16, 1988 | UANL Tigres | 45 | 1 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
midfield | ||||||||||||
16 | Carlos Cisneros | 08/30/1993 | Deportivo Guadalajara | 2 (2016) | ||||||||
7th | Rodolfo Pizarro | 02/15/1994 | CF Pachuca | 6th | 1 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
10 | Víctor Guzmán | 02/03/1995 | CF Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 1 (2016) | ||||||
15th | Erick Gutiérrez | 06/15/1995 | CF Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
5 | Michael Perez | 02/14/1993 | Deportivo Guadalajara | 0 | 0 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
8th | Hirving Lozano | 07/30/1995 | CF Pachuca | 6th | 1 | 2 (2016) | ||||||
17th | Alfonso González | 09/05/1994 | CF Monterrey | 3 | 0 | 1 (2016) | ||||||
attack | ||||||||||||
9 | Oribe Peralta | 01/12/1984 | Club America | 49 | 22nd | 6 (2012), 2 (2016) | ||||||
18th | Erick Torres Padilla | 01/19/1993 | Houston Dynamo | 4th | 1 | 1 (2016) | ||||||
11 | Marco Bueno | March 31, 1994 | Deportivo Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 2 (2016) |
Games
- August 4, 2016, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Salvador: Mexico - Germany 2: 2 (0: 0)
- August 7, 2016, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Salvador: Fiji - Mexico 1: 5 (1: 0)
- August 10, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Brasília, South Korea - Mexico 1: 0 (0: 0) - Mexico eliminated as third party
Trainer
- 1928: Alfonso de la Vega (national coach 1928)
- 1948: Abel Herrera (national coach 1948)
- 1964, 1968: Ignacio Trelles (national coach 1957, 1960–1962, 1965–1969, 1975–1976, 1990–1991)
- 1972, 1976: Diego Mercado
- 1992: Oscar Vicente Iparraguirre ( Argentina )
- 1996: Carlos de los Cobos
- 2004: Ricardo La Volpe ( Argentina ) (national coach 2003-2006)
- 2012: Luis Fernando Tena
- 2016: Raúl Gutiérrez
Best goal scorers
- 1. Oribe Peralta (2012, 2016) 5 goals
- 2. Erick Gutiérrez (2016) 4 goals
- 3. Vicente Pereda (1968), Héctor Pulido (1968), Víctor Rangel (1976) and Giovani dos Santos (2012) 3 goals each
- 7. Omar Bravo (2004), Leonardo Cuéllar (1972), Francisco Rotllán (1992) 2 goals each
Known players
- Juan Manuel Alejándrez 1968 ( World Cup participant 1970 )
- Juan Ignacio Basaguren 1968 (World Cup participant 1970)
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1996
- Ignacio Calderón 1964 (World Cup goalkeeper 1966 and 1970)
- Jorge Campos 1996
- Antonio Carbajal substitute goalkeeper 1948 (goalkeeper at 5 World Cup tournaments)
- Leonardo Cuéllar 1972 ( World Cup participant 1978, coach of the women's national team since 1998 )
- Javier Fragoso 1964 (World Cup participant 1970)
- Alberto García Aspe 1996
- Guillermo Hernández 1964 (World Cup participant 1970)
- Pável Pardo 1996
- Mario Pérez Guadarrama 1968 (World Cup participant 1970)
- Héctor Pulido 1968 (World Cup participant 1970)
- Hugo Sánchez 1976
- Oswaldo Sánchez 1996
- Claudio Suárez 1996 (record international)
Web links
- Football Tournament of the Olympic Games - Overview
- FIFA.com: London 2012 Olympic Football Tournaments Mexico profile
Records
- On July 26, 2012, the team played a draw for the 11th time. This means that Mexico has the most draw games at the Olympic Games.
Individual evidence
- ↑ FIFA.com: Statistics of the day (for the 2012 games with a score sheet for the South Korea v Mexico game)
- ↑ FIFA.com: Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012 Squad Mexico
- ↑ ca2011.com: Mexico squad
- ^ Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional Sub-23 de México
- ↑ Numbers according to the squad list
- ↑ FIFA.com: Statistics for the day July 27, 2012