Mexico national under-23 football team

Mexico Olympic
Nickname(s)	El Tri ; El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Vacant
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, 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	5 (first in 1999)
Best result	Gold medalist (1999, 2011)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Pan American Games

The Mexico national Olympic football team (also known as Mexico Olympic) represents Mexico in international football competitions such as the Olympic Games, Pan American Games, the Toulon Tournament, and their respective qualification phases. 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 five Olympic tournaments, winning the gold medal in 2012.^[1]

Results and fixtures[]

Legend

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2021[]

18 March Olympic Qualifying	Mexico	4–1	Dominican Republic	Guadalajara, Mexico
17:30 (UTC−6)	Rodríguez 22' Córdova 51', 69', 90+4'	Report (CONCACAF) Report (FMF)	Azcona 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: (Grenada)

21 March Olympic Qualifying	Costa Rica	0–3	Mexico	Zapopan, Mexico
19:30 (UTC−6)		Report (CONCACAF) Report (FMF)	Antuna 6' Vega 52' Córdova 69'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Referee: (El Salvador)

24 March Olympic Qualifying	Mexico	1–0	United States	Guadalajara, Mexico
19:30 (UTC−6)	Antuna 45'	Report (CONCACAF) Report (FMF)		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: (Jamaica)

28 March Olympic Qualifying SF	Mexico	2–0	Canada	Guadalajara, Mexico
19:00 (UTC−6)	Antuna 57' Vásquez 64'	Report (CONCACAF) Report (FMF)		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: (Costa Rica)

30 March Olympic Qualifying F	Honduras	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Mexico	Zapopan, Mexico
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Rodríguez 71'	Report (CONCACAF) Report (FMF)	Macías 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Akron Referee: (Jamaica)
	Penalties
	Obregón Jr. Rodríguez Rivas Meléndez Reyes		Vásquez Mozo Antuna Alberto Angulo Vega

5 June Friendly	Mexico	1–0	Romania	Marbella, Spain
13:00 (UTC−6)	Ricardo Angulo 75'	Report (FMF)		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

8 June Friendly	Mexico	1–1	Saudi Arabia	Marbella, Spain
13:00 (UTC−6)	Zendejas 69'	Report (FMF)	Yahya 92' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

12 June Friendly	Mexico	3–2	Australia	Marbella, Spain
13:00 (UTC−5)	Ricardo Angulo 33' Álvarez 59' Ed. Aguirre 78'	Report (FMF) Report (FA)	Arzani 32', 50'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

22 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	Mexico	4–1	France	Tokyo, Japan
17:00 (UTC+9)	Vega 47' Córdova 55' Antuna 80' Ed. Aguirre 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (FMF)	Gignac 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Tokyo Stadium

25 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	Japan	2–1	Mexico	Saitama, Japan
20:00 (UTC+9)	Kubo 6' Dōan 11' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (FMF)	Alvarado 85'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002

28 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	South Africa	0–3	Mexico	Sapporo, Japan
20:30 (UTC+9)		Report (FIFA) Report (FMF)	Vega 18' Romo 45+1' Martín 60'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

31 July 2020 Summer Olympics Quarterfinals	South Korea	3–6	Mexico	Yokohama, Japan
20:00 (UTC+9)	Lee Dong-gyeong 20', 51' Hwang Ui-jo 90+1'	Report	Martín 12', 54' Romo 30' Córdova 39' (pen.), 63' Aguirre 84'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

3 August 2021 2020 Olympics Semi-finals	Mexico	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Brazil	Kashima, Japan
17:00 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Kashima Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
	Penalties
	Aguirre Vásquez Rodríguez		Alves Martinelli Bruno Guimarães Reinier

6 August 2020 Summer Olympics 3rd	Mexico	3–1	Japan	Saitama, Japan
	Córdova 13' (pen.) Vásquez 22' Vega 58'	Report	Mitoma 78'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Official Mexico Results and Fixtures – FMF.mx

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Position	Name
Manager	Jaime Lozano^[2]
Head of Delegation	Javier Alejandro Mier Olvera
Assistant Manager	Miguel de Jesús Fuentes
Assistant Manager	Ryota Nishimura^[3]
Fitness Coach	Aníbal González
Goalkeeper Coach	Alejandro Arredondo
Doctor	Jorge Apolinar Guzman Valdés
Physiotherapist	Cuautli Emmanuel González Tec
Kinesiologist	Martín Ferrer
Nutritionist	María Teresa Martínez Vigil
Kit man	Luis Alberto Monroy Hernández
Kit man	Juan Carlos Rossello Rosales
Video	Manuel Eduardo Angulo Santacruz
Team Manager	Francisco Javier Serra Navarro
Press Officer	Ivan Alva Díaz

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 22 players were named to the final roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Luis Malagón	(1997-03-02)2 March 1997 (aged 24)	Necaxa
13	1GK	Guillermo Ochoa*	(1985-07-13)13 July 1985 (aged 35)	América
22	1GK	Sebastián Jurado	(1997-09-28)28 September 1997 (aged 23)	Cruz Azul

2	2DF	Jorge Sánchez	(1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 23)	América
3	2DF	César Montes	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 24)	Monterrey
4	2DF	Jesús Alberto Angulo	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 23)	Tigres UANL
5	2DF	Johan Vásquez	(1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 21)	Genoa
6	2DF	Vladimir Loroña	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 22)	Tijuana
12	2DF	Adrián Mora	(1997-08-15)15 August 1997 (aged 23)	Juárez
14	2DF	Érick Aguirre	(1997-02-23)23 February 1997 (aged 24)	Monterrey

7	3MF	Luis Romo*	(1995-06-05)5 June 1995 (aged 26)	Monterrey
8	3MF	Carlos Rodríguez	(1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 24)	Cruz Azul
10	3MF	Diego Lainez	(2000-06-09)9 June 2000 (aged 21)	Betis
15	3MF	Uriel Antuna	(1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 23)	Cruz Azul
16	3MF	José Joaquín Esquivel	(1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 23)	Juárez
17	3MF	Sebastián Córdova	(1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 24)	Tigres UANL
19	3MF	Jesús Ricardo Angulo	(1997-02-20)20 February 1997 (aged 24)	Guadalajara
20	3MF	Fernando Beltrán	(1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
21	3MF	Roberto Alvarado	(1998-09-07)7 September 1998 (aged 22)	Guadalajara

9	4FW	Henry Martín*	(1992-11-18)18 November 1992 (aged 28)	América
11	4FW	Alexis Vega	(1997-11-25)25 November 1997 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
18	4FW	Eduardo Aguirre	(1998-08-03)3 August 1998 (aged 22)	Santos Laguna
^* Over-aged player.

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 (2): 2003, 2019
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
- Winners (8): 1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020
- Runners-up (1): 1992

Other competitions

Central American and Caribbean Games
- Gold medalists (1): 1990
Toulon Tournament
- Winners (1): 2012
- Runners-up (1): 2018
- 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	To be determined
2028
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	1–0	L	Karaiskakis	Athens
		Greece	2–3	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 (a.e.t.)	W	Wembley	London	Enríquez ∙ Aquino ∙ Dos Santos ∙ Herrera
	Semi-finals	Japan	3–1	W	Wembley	London	Fabián ∙ Peralta ∙ Cortés
	Final	Brazil	1–2	W	Wembley	London	Peralta (2)
2016	Group C	Germany	2–2	D	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	Peralta ∙ Pizarro
		Fiji	1–5	W	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	Gutiérrez (4) ∙ Salcedo
		South Korea	1–0	L	Mané Garrincha	Brasília
2020	Group A	France	4–1	W	Tokyo	Tokyo	Vega ∙ Córdova ∙ Antuna ∙ Aguirre
		Japan	2–1	L	Saitama	Saitama	Alvarado
		South Africa	0–3	W	Sapporo Dome	Sapporo	Vega ∙ Romo ∙ Martín

Pre-Olympic Tournament[]

Pre-Olympic Tournament record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1964–1988	Mexico national football team
1992	Runners-up	2nd	10	4	3	22	12	3
1996	Winners	1st	5	5	0	0	12	1	Squad

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
2003	Bronze medal	3rd	5	1	2	1	7	7
2007	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	6	1
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	To be determined
Total	2 Gold Medals	6/6	31	18	10	2	54	24

*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
			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		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

References[]

^ Irvin, Duncan (11 August 2012). "Mexico Wins Soccer Gold Medal, 2-1". New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
^ https://miseleccion.mx/noticias/1679/jaime-lozano-nombrado-director-tecnico-la-seleccion-nacional-sub-23
^ https://www.tudn.mx/aqui-esta-el-tri/ryota-nishimura-el-japones-que-es-auxiliar-en-el-tri-sub-23
^ "Revelan lista oficial de la Selección Sub-23 que acudirá a Tokio 2020". ESPN (in Spanish). 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[1] Irvin, Duncan (11 August 2012). "Mexico Wins Soccer Gold Medal, 2-1". New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

[2] ttps://miseleccion.mx/noticias/1679/jaime-lozano-nombrado-director-tecnico-la-seleccion-nacional-sub-23

[3] ttps://www.tudn.mx/aqui-esta-el-tri/ryota-nishimura-el-japones-que-es-auxiliar-en-el-tri-sub-23

[4] "Revelan lista oficial de la Selección Sub-23 que acudirá a Tokio 2020". ESPN (in Spanish). 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

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