Mexico at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

Scene from the 2009 semi-final against Costa Rica. Mexico went on to win the tournament, and their eighth of eleven continental championships.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Mexico are the most successful team in the history of CONCACAF continental championships. They have won the most titles, with eleven (eight in the Gold Cup era), and hold various records. They hosted the tournament once, in 1977, and were co-hosts with the United States in 1993 and 2003. On all three occasions, Mexico won the title on home soil.

Overall record[]

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Group stage	7th	3	1	1	1	9	2	Squad	Qualified automatically
1965	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	13	2	Squad	Automatically entered
1967	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	1	Squad	Qualified as defending champions
1969	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	4	5	Squad	2	1	0	1	4	2
1971	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	6	1	Squad	2	2	0	0	6	0
1973	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	10	5	Squad	4	4	0	0	8	3
1977	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	20	5	Squad	4	1	2	1	3	1
1981	Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	6	3	Squad	4	1	2	1	8	5
1985	Withdrew to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup									Withdrew
1989	Banned									Banned
1991	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5	Squad	Qualified automatically
1993	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	28	2	Squad	Qualified automatically
1996	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	9	0	Squad	Qualified automatically
1998	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	8	2	Squad	Qualified automatically
2000	Quarter-finals	7th	3	1	1	1	6	3	Squad	Qualified automatically
2002	Quarter-finals	5th	3	2	1	0	4	1	Squad	Qualified automatically
2003	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	0	Squad	Qualified automatically
2005	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	7	4	Squad	Qualified automatically
2007	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	7	5	Squad	Qualified automatically
2009	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	15	2	Squad	Qualified automatically
2011	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	22	4	Squad	Qualified automatically
2013	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	0	2	8	5	Squad	Qualified automatically
2015	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	16	6	Squad	Qualified automatically
2017	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	1	1	6	2	Squad	Qualified automatically
2019	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	16	4	Squad	Qualified automatically
2021	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	9	2	Squad	4	4	0	0	13	3
Total	11 Titles	24/26	117	80	21	16	258	71	—	20	13	4	3	42	14

Match overview[]

All-time matches at the CONCACAF Championship
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	City	Scorer(s)
1963	Group A	Netherlands Antilles	2–1	L	Santaneco	Santa Ana
		Jamaica	8–0	W	Santaneco	Santa Ana
		Costa Rica	0–0	D	Santaneco	Santa Ana
1965	Final phase	El Salvador	2–0	W		Guatemala City
		Netherlands Antilles	5–0	W		Guatemala City
		Haiti	3–0	W		Guatemala City
		Costa Rica	1–1	D		Guatemala City
		Guatemala	1–2	W		Guatemala City
1967	Final phase	Nicaragua	4–0	W		Tegucigalpa
		Guatemala	1–0	L		Tegucigalpa
		Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	W		Tegucigalpa
		Haiti	1–0	W		Tegucigalpa
		Honduras	1–0	W		Tegucigalpa
1969	Final phase	Jamaica	2–0	W	Nacional	San José
		Costa Rica	2–0	L	Nacional	San José
		Guatemala	1–0	L	Nacional	San José
		Netherlands Antilles	2–2	D	Nacional	San José
		Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	D	Nacional	San José
1971	Final phase	Haiti	0–0	D		Port of Spain
		Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	W		Port of Spain
		Cuba	1–0	W		Port of Spain
		Costa Rica	1–0	W		Port of Spain
		Honduras	2–1	W		Port of Spain
1973	Final phase	Guatemala	0–0	D		Port-au-Prince
		Honduras	1–1	D		Port-au-Prince
		Netherlands Antilles	8–0	W		Port-au-Prince
		Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	L		Port-au-Prince
		Haiti	0–1	W		Port-au-Prince
1977	Final phase	Haiti	4–1	W	Azteca	Mexico City
		El Salvador	3–1	W	Azteca	Mexico City
		Suriname	8–1	W	Universitario	San Nicolás de los Garza
		Guatemala	2–1	W	Azteca	Mexico City
		Canada	3–1	W	Universitario	San Nicolás de los Garza
1981	Final phase	Cuba	4–0	W	Nacional	Tegucigalpa
		El Salvador	0–1	L	Nacional	Tegucigalpa
		Haiti	1–1	D	Nacional	Tegucigalpa
		Canada	1–1	D	Nacional	Tegucigalpa
		Honduras	0–0	D	Nacional	Tegucigalpa
All-time matches at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	City	Scorer(s)
1991	Group A	Jamaica	4–1	W	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles
		Canada	1–3	W	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles
		Honduras	1–1	D	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles
	Semi-final	United States	2–0	L	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles
	Third place	Costa Rica	2–0	W	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles
1993	Group B	Martinique	9–0	W	Azteca	Mexico City
		Costa Rica	1–1	D	Azteca	Mexico City
		Canada	8–0	W	Azteca	Mexico City
	Semi-final	Jamaica	6–1	W	Azteca	Mexico City
	Final	United States	4–0	W	Azteca	Mexico City
1996	Group A	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5–0	W	Jack Murphy	San Diego	L. García ∙ Peláez ∙ A. García
	Group A	Guatemala	1–0	W	Jack Murphy	San Diego	Rizo
	Semi-finals	Guatemala	1–0	W	Jack Murphy	San Diego	Blanco
	Final	Brazil	0–2	W	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles	L. García ∙ Blanco
1998	Group B	Trinidad and Tobago	4–2	W	Coliseum	Oakland
	Group B	Honduras	2–0	W	Coliseum	Oakland
	Semi-finals	Jamaica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	W	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles	Hernández
	Final	United States	1–0	W	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles	Hernández
2000	Group C	Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	W	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego	Márquez, Hernández, David (o.g.), Palencia
	Group C	Guatemala	1–1	D	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles	Mora
	Quarter-finals	Canada	1–2 (a.e.t.)	L	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego	Ramírez
2002	Group A	El Salvador	1–0	W	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	García
	Group A	Guatemala	3–1	W	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	Bautista, Garcés, Ochoa
	Quarter-finals	South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	D	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	—
2003	Group A	Brazil	1–0	W	Azteca	Mexico City	Borgetti
	Group A	Honduras	0–0	D	Azteca	Mexico City	—
	Quarter-finals	Jamaica	5–0	W	Azteca	Mexico City	Bravo, García, Osorno, Borgetti, Rodríguez
	Semi-finals	Costa Rica	2–0	W	Azteca	Mexico City	Márquez, Borgetti
	Final	Brazil	1–0 (a.e.t.)	W	Azteca	Mexico City	Osorno
2005	Group C	South Africa	1–2	L	Home Depot Center	Carson	Rodríguez
		Guatemala	4–0	W	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles	Borgetti (2), Galindo, Bravo
		Jamaica	1–0	W	Reliant	Houston	Medina
	Quarter-finals	Colombia	1–2	L	Reliant	Houston	Pineda
2007	Group C	Cuba	2–1	W	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford	Borgetti, Castillo
		Honduras	1–2	L	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford	Blanco
		Panama	1–0	W	Reliant Stadium	Houston	Salcido
	Quarter-finals	Costa Rica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	W	Reliant Stadium	Houston	Borgetti
	Semi-finals	Guadeloupe	1–0	W	Soldier Field	Chicago	Pardo
	Final	United States	1–2	L	Soldier Field	Chicago	Guardado
2009	Group C	Nicaragua	2–0	W	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	Oakland	Noriega, Barrera
		Panama	1–1	D	Reliant Stadium	Houston	Sabah
		Guadeloupe	2–0	W	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale	Torrado, Sabah
	Quarter-finals	Haiti	4–0	W	Cowboys Stadium	Arlington	Sabah (2), G. Dos Santos, Barrera
	Semi-finals	Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	D	Soldier Field	Chicago	Franco
	Final	United States	5–0	W	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford	Torrado, G. Dos Santos, Vela, Castro, Franco
2011	Group A	El Salvador	5–0	W	Cowboys Stadium	Arlington	Juárez, De Nigris, J. Hernández (3)
		Cuba	5–0	W	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte	J. Hernández (2), G. Dos Santos (2), De Nigris
		Costa Rica	4–1	W	Soldier Field	Chicago	Márquez, Guardado (2), Barrera
	Quarter-finals	Guatemala	2–1	W	New Meadowlands Stadium]	East Rutherford	De Nigris, J. Hernández
	Semi-finals	Honduras	2–0 (a.e.t.)	W	Reliant Stadium	Houston	De Nigris, J. Hernández
	Final	United States	4–2	W	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	Barrera (2), Guardado, G. Dos Santos
2013	Group A	Panama	1–2	L	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	Fabián
		Canada	2–0	W	CenturyLink Field	Seattle	Jiménez, Fabián
		Martinique	3–1	W	Sports Authority Field	Denver	Fabián, Montes, Ponce
	Quarter-finals	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	W	Georgia Dome	Atlanta	Jiménez
	Semi-finals	Panama	1–2	L	Cowboys Stadium	Arlington	Montes
2015	Group C	Cuba	6–0	W	Soldier Field	Chicago	Peralta (3), Vela, Guardado, G. Dos Santos
		Guatemala	0–0	D	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale	—
		Trinidad and Tobago	4–4	D	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte	Aguilar, Vela, Guardado, K. Jones
	Quarter-finals	Costa Rica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	W	MetLife Stadium	East Rutherford	Guardado
	Semi-finals	Panama	2–1 (a.e.t.)	W	Georgia Dome	Atlanta	Guardado (2)
	Final	Jamaica	3–1	W	Lincoln Financial Field	Philadelphia	Guardado, Corona, Peralta
2017	Group C	El Salvador	3–1	W	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego	Marín, E. Hernández, Pineda
		Jamaica	0–0	D	Sports Authority Field	Denver	—
		Curaçao	2–0	W	Alamodome	San Antonio	Sepúlveda, Álvarez
	Quarter-finals	Honduras	1–0	W	State Farm Stadium	Glendale	Pizarro
	Semi-finals	Jamaica	0–1	L	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	—
2019	Group A	Cuba	7–0	W	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	Antuna (3), Jiménez (2), Reyes, Vega
		Canada	3–1	W	Broncos Stadium at Mile High	Denver	Alvarado, Guardado (2)
		Martinique	3–2	W	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte	Antuna, Jiménez, Navarro
	Quarter-finals	Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	D	NRG Stadium	Houston	Jiménez
	Semi-finals	Haiti	1–0 (a.e.t.)	W	State Farm Stadium	Glendale	Jiménez
	Final	United States	1–0	W	Soldier Field	Chicago	J. Dos Santos
2021	Group A	Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	D	AT&T Stadium	Arlington	—
		Guatemala	3–0	W	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	Funes Mori (2), Pineda
		El Salvador	1–0	W	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	Rodríguez
	Quarter-finals	Honduras	3–0	W	State Farm Stadium	Glendale	Funes Mori, J. Dos Santos, Pineda
	Semi-finals	Canada	2–1	W	NRG Stadium	Houston	Pineda, Herrera
	Final	United States	0–1 (a.e.t.)	L	Allegiant Stadium	Paradise	—

Winning finals[]

The CONCACAF Championships have been played in round-robins rather than knock-out matches. For the three titles in that era, the decisive matches are listed.

Year	Opponent	Result	Manager	Goalscorer(s)	Final location
1965	Guatemala	2–1	Ignacio Trelles	E. Cisneros, J. Fragoso	Guatemala City
1971	Honduras	2–1	Javier de la Torre	O. Muciño (2)	Port-of-Spain
1977	Canada	3–1	José Antonio Roca	J. Guzmán (2), H. Sánchez	Monterrey
1993	United States	4–0	Miguel Mejía Barón	I. Ambriz, D. Armstrong (o.g.), Zague, G. Cantú	Mexico City
1996	Brazil	2–0	Bora Milutinović	L. García, C. Blanco	Los Angeles
1998	United States	1–0	Manuel Lapuente	L. Hernández	Los Angeles
2003	Brazil	1–0 (asdet.)	Ricardo La Volpe	D. Osorno	Mexico City
2009	United States	5–0	Javier Aguirre	G. Torrado, G. Dos Santos, C. Vela, J. Castro, G. Franco	East Rutherford
2011	United States	4–2	José Manuel de la Torre	P. Barrera (2), A. Guardado, G. Dos Santos	Pasadena
2015	Jamaica	3–1	Miguel Herrera	A. Guardado, J. Corona, O. Peralta	Philadelphia
2019	United States	1–0	Gerardo Martino	J. Dos Santos	Chicago

Record by opponent[]

Mexico does not have a negative record against any team from CONCACAF. Panama is the only one with a balanced tally. However, due to losses against invitees, they have negative records against Colombia and South Africa. Notably, they were matched up with record World Champion Brazil three times, and won all three matches without conceding.

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	W	D	L	Pld	GF	GA
Brazil	3	0	0	3	4	0
Canada	4	1	1	6	18	5
Colombia	0	0	1	1	1	2
Costa Rica	6	4	1	11	14	6
Cuba	5	0	0	5	18	1
Curaçao	3	1	1	5	18	4
El Salvador	5	0	1	6	14	3
Guadeloupe	2	0	0	2	3	0
Guatemala	7	3	2	12	16	7
Haiti	5	2	0	7	14	2
Honduras	5	4	1	10	11	5
Jamaica	8	1	1	10	30	4
Martinique	2	0	0	2	12	1
Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	6	0
Panama	2	1	2	5	6	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	0	0	1	5	0
South Africa	0	0	1	1	1	2
South Korea	0	1	0	1	0	0
Suriname	1	0	0	1	8	1
Trinidad and Tobago	5	2	1	8	19	10
United States	4	0	2	6	16	6

Record players[]

Andrés Guardado in 2018.

Gerardo Torrado as captain of the Mexico national football team.

Andrés Guardado is Mexico's record player at continental championships. He has won the title three times, twice as captain in 2015 and 2019. From the pre-Gold Cup era, the most fielded player is defender Jesús del Muro, with 13 matches from 1963 to 1967.

Rank	Player	Matches	Gold Cups
1	Andrés Guardado	24	2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019
2	Gerardo Torrado	20	2000, 2007, 2009 and 2011
3	Guillermo Ochoa	19	2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2019
4	Ramón Ramírez	16	1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
	Claudio Suárez	16	1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
	Carlos Salcido	16	2005, 2007 and 2011
	Francisco Rodríguez	16	2005, 2007, 2011 and 2015
8	Giovani Dos Santos	15	2009, 2011 and 2015
8	Alberto Medina	15	2005, 2007 and 2009
10	Ricardo Osorio	14	2003, 2005 and 2007

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Goals	Gold Cups
1	Luís Roberto Alves	12	1991 (1) and 1993 (11)
1	Andrés Guardado	12	2007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (6) and 2019 (2)
3	Hugo Sánchez	7	1977 (4) and 1981 (3)
	Jared Borgetti	7	2003 (3), 2005 (2) and 2007 (2)
	Javier Hernández	7	2011
	Raúl Jiménez	7	2013 (2) and 2019 (5)
7	Víctor Rangel	6	1977
7	Giovani Dos Santos	6	2009 (2), 2011 (3) and 2015 (1)
9	Ernesto Cisneros	5	1965
	Javier Fragoso	5	1965
	Luis Miguel Salvador	5	1993
	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	5	1996 (2), 1998 (2) and 2007 (1)
	Luis Hernández	5	1998 (4) and 2000 (1)
	Pablo Barrera	5	2009 (2) and 2011 (3)

Awards and records[]

Team awards

Winners (11): 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019
Runners-up (3): 1967, 2007, 2021
Third place (5): 1973, 1981, 1991, 2013, 2017
Fair play award: 2011

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Jorge Campos (1991)
- Ramón Ramírez (1993)
- Raúl Lara (1996)
- Jesús Arellano (2003)
- Giovani Dos Santos (2009)
- Javier Hernández (2011)
- Andrés Guardado (2015)
- Raúl Jiménez (2019)
- Héctor Herrera (2021)

Golden Boot:
- Ernesto Cisneros (1965, 5 goals)
- Víctor Rangel (1977, 6 goals)
- Hugo Sánchez (1981, 3 goals)
- Benjamín Galindo (1991, 4 goals)
- Luís Roberto Alves (1993, 11 goals)
- Luis Hernández (1998, 4 goals) (shared)
- Miguel Sabah (2009, 4 goals)
- Javier Hernández (2011, 7 goals)

Best Goalkeeper:
- Oswaldo Sánchez (2003)
- Guillermo Ochoa (2019)

Best Young Player:
- Jesús Corona (2015)

Team records

Most titles (11)
Most titles in a row (3, 1993–1998)
Most tournament participations (22)
Most matches (117)
Most victories (80)
Most goals (258)
Most goals in a single tournament (28, 1993)
Only team to win a tournament without conceding (1996 and 2003)
Highest victory (9–0 over Martinique, 11 July 1993)
Highest victory in a final/Most goals in a final (5–0 over United States, 2009)

Individual records

Most goals in one tournament: Luís Roberto Alves (11, 1993)
Most goals in one match: Luís Roberto Alves (7, against Martinique, 11 July 1993)

v t Mexico national football team
General	Mexican Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Estadio Azteca
Statistics	Results All-time record Honours
Players	Squad Previous squads Footballer records
Goals	Javier Hernández Jared Borgetti
Performances	FIFA World Cup CONCACAF Gold Cup CONCACAF Nations League Copa América Summer Olympics
Rivalries	Argentina Brazil Costa Rica Honduras United States
Culture	Cachirules Miracle of Kazan
Other Mexican teams	U23 U20 U17 Women's U20 U17 Futsal Beach soccer

v t Countries at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
CFU	Bermuda Cuba Curaçao French Guiana Grenada Guadeloupe Guyana Haiti Jamaica Martinique Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
NAFU	Canada Mexico United States
UNCAF	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Invitee	Brazil Colombia Ecuador Peru Qatar South Africa South Korea