Mexico national under-17 football team explained

Mexico U-17
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Association:Mexican Football Federation
(Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
Confederation:CONCACAF (North America)
Coach:Carlos Cariño
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First Game: 0–0
(Shanghai, China; 31 July 1985)
Largest Win: 9-0
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 11 February 2023)
Largest Loss: 7–0
(St.John's, Canada; 14 July 1987)
2Ndregional Name:FIFA U-17 World Cup
2Ndregional Cup Apps:15
2Ndregional Cup First:1985
2Ndregional Cup Best:Champions (2005, 2011)
Regional Name:CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Regional Cup Apps:12
Regional Cup First:1983
Regional Cup Best:Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)

The Mexico national under-17 football team is one of the youth teams that represents Mexico in football at the under-17 level, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol). The team has reached the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup four times, and is a two-time winner, being crowned champions in 2005 and 2011.

History

2005

Mexico was placed in Group C along with Australia, Turkey and Uruguay in which Mexico came in second behind Turkey. In the knockout stage, an extra-time victory over zone rivals Costa Rica led to a then convincing victory over the Netherlands. Mexico ended up defeating Brazil 3–0 in the final.

2011

The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was held in home soil. Mexico was placed in Group A together with North Korea, Congo and the Netherlands. Mexico eventually finished first of their group after winning their three matches and advanced to the Round of 16 and the Quarter-Finals, where they won their matches against Panama and France respectively. In the semifinals, Mexico had to face Germany, the only other team in the competition who had not lost any of their matches. Germany had advantage during the first minutes of the second time, but Mexico came back to equalize the score after Jonathan Espericueta scored a second goal from a corner kick, where Julio Gómez was injured and left the field. However, Gómez came back in the dying minutes to score an overhead kick, the decisive goal in the final minute, the final score was 3-2 which translated into the first significant victory over Germany in history. Mexico faced Uruguay in the final, defeating them 2–0 in a very closed match where the balance could have tilted any way. Briseño scored the first goal in the first half when Uruguay was the dominating side. During the second half Uruguay kept pressing on and started to dominate again looking for the equalizer however, during the last advances their defense became disorganized and in a counterattack Giovani Casillas scored the finishing goal. With this result Mexico became champions without losing a single game in the tournament and also became the first host nation to win the U-17 World Cup.

2013

As defending champions, Mexico was defeated 6-1 by Nigeria in their first match of the group stage. Despite being defeated by a large number of goals, Mexico could still advance to the next round by defeating rivals Iraq and Sweden in the group stage. In their way to the final match, Mexico won their matches against favorites Italy, Brazil and Argentina. In the final round, Mexico faced Nigeria for a second time, but the team lost once again and was left in second place of the tournament.

2015

Mexico was lucky enough to make it to the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was held in Chile. They were placed in Group C along with Germany, Australia, Argentina and won two of their three matches of the group stage. Finishing number 1 on group stages they advanced to Round of 16. In order to make it to quarter finals, they had to defeat Chile and they dominated them by beating them 4–1. Mexico got the chance to go to semi-finals with a familiar rival from 2013, they went against Nigeria, unfortunately Nigeria defeated them in an intense game and they didn't make it to the Finals. Mexico had the chance on finishing strong with a Third Place title against Belgium in which they lost. The 17-year-old, Diego Cortés from the Mexico national football team finished the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup being known as making the best goal of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Results and fixtures

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

Legend

2023

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 27 February 2023, after the match against United States.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
1985Group stage10th311133
1987Group stage10th311139
1989Did not enter
1991Group stage11th310256
1993Group stage10th310247
1995Did not qualify
1997Group stage10th310286
1999Quarter-finals6th420277
2001Did not qualify
2003Quarter-finals6th412155
2005Champions1st6501163
2007Did not qualify
2009Round of 1610th421143
2011Champions1st7700177
2013Runners-up2nd74121111
2015Fourth Place4th7412149
2017Round of 1616th402246
2019Runners-up2nd7322145
2023Round of 1615th4112710
2025to be determined
Total2 Titles15/206934132212297

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
YearRoundPldWD*LGFGA
1983Third Place4310130
1985Champions7610371
1987Champions6600162
1988Did not enter
1991Champions633082
1992Runners-up6420216
1994Fourth Place6402174
1996Champions6600232
2009Cancelled due to the 2009 flu pandemic outbreak
2011did not participate/World Cup Host
2013Champions5500143
2015Champions6420163
2017Champions6411227
2019Champions7700213
2023Champions7610292
Total9 Titles725811323735

Honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-17 . 28 March 2023 . Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación . 20 March 2023 . Spanish.