Mexico national under-23 football team facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Mexico Olympic

Nickname(s)	El Tri El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Ricardo Cadena
FIFA code	MEX
First colours Second colours
First international
Spain 7–1 Mexico (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 30 May 1928)
Biggest win
Mexico 7–1 Trinidad and Tobago  (Carson, United States; 23 March 2012)
Biggest defeat
East Germany 7–0 Mexico (Munich, West Germany; 5 September 1972) Records for competitive matches only
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (first in 1992)
Best result	Gold medalist (2012)
Pan American Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1999)
Best result	Gold medalist (1999, 2011)
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 2012 London Team Bronze 2020 Tokyo Team Pan American Games Gold 1999 Winnipeg Team Gold 2011 Guadalajara Team Silver 2015 Toronto Team Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Team Bronze 2019 Lima Team Bronze 2023 Santiago Team

The Mexico national under-23 football team (also known as Mexico Olympic football team) represents Mexico in under-23 international football competitions such as the Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for the Olympic Games which allows the men's team up to three overage players. The team is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body of football in Mexico.

Since 1992, the under-23 team has participated in six Olympic tournaments, winning the gold medal in 2012.

Results and fixtures

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

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixture

2023

2023 Maurice Revello Tournament 6 June	Mexico	2–1	U-21 Mediterranean	Aubagne, France
17:30	Monroy  48' Jurado  90+3'	https://www.tournoimauricerevello.com/festival/detail_rencontre.php?id=885	Lasne  57'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne Attendance: 800 Referee: Moatasem Al Mazyed (Qatar)

2023 Maurice Revello Tournament 9 June	Mexico	4–0	Qatar	Mallemort, France
17:30	Trigos  57' Juárez  68' L. Martínez  72', 74'	https://www.tournoimauricerevello.com/festival/detail_rencontre.php?id=891		Stadium: Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort Attendance: 500 Referee: Konstantinos Perrakis (Greece)

2023 Maurice Revello Tournament 12 June	Mexico	0–2	Australia	Aubagne, France
14:00		https://www.tournoimauricerevello.com/festival/detail_rencontre.php?id=896	Botic  50' Francois  87'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne Attendance: 500 Referee: Karim Abed (France)

2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Semi-finals 16 June	Mexico	2–2 (4–3 pen)	France	Salon-de-Provence, France
18:00	Robles  30' García  47'	https://www.tournoimauricerevello.com/festival/detail_rencontre.php?id=906	Ben Seghir  39' Tel  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
		Penalties
	*Martínez Juárez García Flores Pérez		*Jacquet Ben Seghir Aiki Housni Dacourt

2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Final 18 June	Mexico	1–4	Panama	Salon-de-Provence, France
18:00	Jurado  81'	https://www.tournoimauricerevello.com/festival/detail_rencontre.php?id=906	Hinds  40' (pen.) Bernal  52' Lenis  60' Orelien  75'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Referee: Karim Abed (France)

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 28 June	Mexico	2–0	Dominican Republic	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
20:00 CST (UTC−6)	J. Gómez  8' Ambríz  39'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 2 July	Mexico	1–1	El Salvador	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
20:00 CST (UTC−6)	Carrillo  64'	Report	Vásquez  46'	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Semi-finals 4 July	Mexico	3–0	Honduras	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
16:00 CST (UTC−6)	López  18' Ayón  45' Gómez  64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Final 6 July	Mexico	2–1	Costa Rica	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
19:30 CST (UTC−6)	Ayón  21', 53'	Report	Soto  62'	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

Friendly 11 October	Mexico	1-2	United States	Phoenix, Arizona
10:00 ET	Brigido  90+3'	https://www.ussoccer.com/competitions/2023-us-u23-mnt-friendlies/matches/united-states-u23-vs-mexico-u23-10-11-23	Bajraktarevic  45+1' Vargas  90'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium

Friendly 14 October	Mexico	1–4	Japan	Phoenix, Arizona
06:00 ET	Ávila  73'	http://jfa.jp/national_team/u22_2023/20231014/match_page/m1.html	Hosoya  14', 20' K. Suzuki  81' K. Uchino  82'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium

2023 Pan American Games 23 October	Mexico	0–1	Chile	Valparaíso, Chile
			Guerrero  28'	Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander

2023 Pan American Games 26 October	Mexico	0–0	Dominican Republic	Viña del Mar, Chile
				Stadium: Estadio Sausalito

2023 Pan American Games 29 October	Mexico	1–0	Uruguay	Viña del Mar, Chile
	Saldivia  28' (o.g.)			Stadium: Estadio Sausalito

2023 Pan American Games Semi-finals 1 November	Mexico	0–1	Brazil	Viña del Mar, Chile
			Leone  2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

2023 Pan American Games Bronze medal match 4 November	Mexico	4–1	United States	Viña del Mar, Chile
	Carrillo  42', 78' Fulgencio  50' Ávila  88'		Ikoba  20'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

2024

Friendly 22 March	Mexico	2–4	Argentina	Mazatlán, Mexico
	Ayón  32' Carrillo  45+2'		Almada  13' (pen.) Solari  25' Beltrán  49', 68'	Stadium: Estadio de Mazatlán

Friendly 25 March	Mexico	3–0	Argentina	Puebla, Mexico
	Muñoz  38' (pen.) Árciga  62', 90+2'			Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Ricardo Cadena
Assistant coaches	David Patiño
	Mario Arteaga
Fitness coach	Salvador Ureña
Doctor	Roberto Robles
Physiotherapist	Miguel Márquez
Kit man	Bernabe Zaragoza

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were called up for the 2023 Pan American Games.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Fernando Tapia	(2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Querétaro
12	1GK	Eduardo García	(2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	Tapatío
2	2DF	Pablo Monroy	(2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	UNAM
3	2DF	Emilio Lara	(2002-05-18)18 May 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	América
4	2DF	Rafael Fernández	(2000-08-05)5 August 2000 (aged 23)	0	0	Tijuana
5	2DF	Mauricio Isais	(2001-04-09)9 April 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Toluca
13	2DF	Jesús Garza	(2000-06-06)6 June 2000 (aged 23)	0	0	Tigres UANL
14	2DF	Antonio Leone	(2004-04-28)28 April 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Monterrey
6	3MF	Érik Lira (captain)	(2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 23)	0	0	Cruz Azul
7	3MF	Raymundo Fulgencio	(2000-02-12)12 February 2000 (aged 23)	0	0	Atlas
8	3MF	Fidel Ambríz	(2003-03-21)21 March 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	León
10	3MF	Jordan Carrillo	(2001-11-30)30 November 2001 (aged 21)	0	0	Santos Laguna
11	3MF	Bryan González	(2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Pachuca
15	3MF	Sebastián Pérez	(2003-06-22)22 June 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Juárez
17	3MF	Ramiro Arciga	(2004-08-30)30 August 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Mazatlán
9	4FW	Ettson Ayón	(2001-03-26)26 March 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Querétaro
16	4FW	Jesús Brigido	(2001-09-29)29 September 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Guadalajara
18	4FW	Alí Ávila	(2003-09-23)23 September 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	UNAM

Overage players in Olympic Games

Honours

Major competitions

• Summer Olympics
  • Gold medalists (1): 2012
  • Bronze medalists (1): 2020
• Pan American Games
  • Gold medalists (2): 1999, 2011
  • Silver medalists (1): 2015
  • Bronze medalists (3): 2003, 2019, 2023
• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • Winners (5): 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020
  • Runners-up (1): 1992
  • Third place (1): 2000

Other competitions

• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Gold medalists (2): 1990, 2023
• Toulon Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2012
  • Runners-up (1): 2023
  • Third place (2): 1976, 2019
• Summer Universiade
  • Winners (1): 1979

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Before 1984, the football tournament at the Olympic Games was played only by amateur athletes. In 1984, professionals were allowed to compete for the first time. Since 1992, the Olympic Games tournament has been an under-23 tournament, and since 1996, the squads were allowed to have a maximum of three over-aged players.

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1928–1988	See Mexico national football team
1992	Group stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3	Squad
1996	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	3	Squad
2000	did not qualify
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3	Squad
2008	did not qualify
2012	Gold medal	1st	6	5	1	0	12	4	Squad
2016	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	4	Squad
2020	Bronze medal	3rd	6	4	1	1	17	7	Squad
2024	did not qualify
2028	to be determined
2032
Total	1 gold medal		25	12	9	4	44	24

All-time matches at the Summer Olympics
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	City	Scorer(s)
1992	Group D	Denmark	1–1	D	La Romareda	Zaragoza	Rotllán
		Australia	1–1	D	Sarrià	Barcelona	Castañeda
		Ghana	1–1	D	Nova Creu Alta	Sabadell	Rotllán
1996	Group C	Italy	1–0	W	Legion Field	Birmingham	Palencia
		South Korea	0–0	D	Legion Field	Birmingham
		Ghana	1–1	D	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial	District of Columbia	Abundis
	Quarter-finals	Nigeria	0–2	L	Legion Field	Birmingham
2004	Group A	Mali	0–0	D	Panthessaliko	Volos
		South Korea	0–1	L	Karaiskakis	Athens
		Greece	3–2	W	Panthessaliko	Volos	Márquez ∙ Bravo (2)
2012	Group B	South Korea	0–0	D	St James'	Newcastle
		Gabon	2–0	W	City of Coventry	Coventry	Dos Santos (2)
		Switzerland	1–0	W	Millennium	Cardiff	Peralta
	Quarter-finals	Senegal	4–2 (aet)	W	Wembley	London	Enríquez ∙ Aquino ∙ Dos Santos ∙ Herrera
	Semi-finals	Japan	3–1	W	Wembley	London	Fabián ∙ Peralta ∙ Cortés
	Final	Brazil	2–1	W	Wembley	London	Peralta (2)
2016	Group C	Germany	2–2	D	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	Peralta ∙ Pizarro
		Fiji	5–1	W	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	Gutiérrez (4) ∙ Salcedo
		South Korea	0–1	L	Mané Garrincha	Brasília
2020	Group A	France	4–1	W	Tokyo	Tokyo	Vega ∙ Córdova ∙ Antuna ∙ Aguirre
		Japan	1–2	L	Saitama	Saitama	Alvarado
		South Africa	3–0	W	Sapporo Dome	Sapporo	Vega ∙ Romo ∙ Martín
	Quarter-finals	South Korea	6–3	W	Internantional Yokohama	Yokohama	Martín (2) ∙ Romo ∙ Córdova (2) ∙ Aguirre
	Semi-finals	Brazil	0–0 (1–4 p)	D	Kashima	Kashima
	Third place match	Japan	3–1	W	Saitama	Saitama	Córdova ∙ Vásquez ∙ Vega

Pre-Olympic Tournament

Pan American Games

Since 1999, the Pan American Games football tournament has been an under-23 tournament.

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1999	Gold medal	1st	6	4	2	0	14	5	Squad
2003	Bronze medal	3rd	5	1	2	1	7	7	Squad
2007	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	6	1	Squad
2011	Gold medal	1st	5	4	1	0	12	4	Squad
2015	Silver medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	8	5	Squad
2019	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	7	2	Squad
2023	Bronze medal	3rd	5	2	1	2	5	2	Squad
Total	2 Gold medals	N/A	36	20	11	4	59	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All-time matches at the Pan American Games
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	City	Scorer(s)
1999	Group A	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Guatemala	1–3	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Costa Rica	2–2	D	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Canada	0–0	D	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
	Semi-finals	United States	4–0	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
	Final	Honduras	1–3	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
2003	Group A	Guatemala	1–1	D	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
		Paraguay	1–3	W	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
		Argentina	3–4	L	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
	Semi-final	Brazil	1–0	L	Olímpico	Santo Domingo
	Third place	Colombia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.)	W	Olímpico	Santo Domingo

See also

In Spanish: Selección de fútbol sub-23 de México para niños

• Mexico national football team
• Mexico national under-20 football team
• Mexico national under-17 football team
• Mexico women's national football team
• Mexico national beach football team
• Mexico national futsal team