Mexico national football team facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Mexico
Nickname(s)	El Tri (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Gerardo Martino
Captain	Andrés Guardado
Most caps	Claudio Suárez (177)
Top scorer	Javier Hernández (51)
Home stadium	Estadio Azteca
FIFA code	MEX
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	17 (7 February 2019)
Highest	4 (February – June 1998, May – June 2006)
Lowest	40 (July 2015)
Elo ranking
Current	22 5 (3 March 2019)
Highest	4 (June 2016)
Lowest	47 (February 1979)
First international
	Guatemala 2–3 Mexico ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 1 January 1923)
Biggest win
	Mexico 13–0 Bahamas ; (Toluca, Mexico; 28 April 1987)
Biggest defeat
	England 8–0 Mexico ; (London, England; 10 May 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1930)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)
CONCACAF Championship; & Gold Cup
Appearances	23 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions (1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015)
Copa América
Appearances	10 (first in 1993)
Best result	Runners-up (1993, 2001)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (1999)
Men's Football
Olympic Games

Mexico national football team is the national football team of Mexico.

Player records

Claudio Suárez is the most capped player in the history of Mexico with 177 caps.

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. As of 19 June 2019.

#	Player	Period	Caps
1	Claudio Suárez	1992–2006	177
2	Andrés Guardado	2005–0000	157
3	Pável Pardo	1996–2009	146
	Gerardo Torrado	1999–2013
	Rafael Márquez	1997–2018
6	Jorge Campos	1991–2004	130
7	Carlos Salcido	2004–2014	124
8	Ramón Ramírez	1991–2000	121
9	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	1995–2014	120
10	Alberto García-Aspe	1988–2002	109

Javier Hernández is Mexico's top scorer.

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico. As of 27 March 2019.

Rank	Player	Period	Caps	Goals	Average
1	Javier Hernández	2009–0000	108	51	0.47
2	Jared Borgetti	1997–2008	89	46	0.52
3	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	1995–2014	120	39	0.33
4	Carlos Hermosillo	1984–1997	90	35	0.39
4	Luis Hernández	1995–2002	85	35	0.41
6	Enrique Borja	1966–1975	65	31	0.48
7	Luis Roberto Alves	1988–2001	84	30	0.36
8	Luis Flores	1983–1993	62	29	0.47
	Luis García	1991–1999	78	29	0.37
	Hugo Sánchez	1977–1998	58	29	0.50

Notes

The Mexico national team before the first ever World Cup game against France in 1930
Mexico v Argentina in Los Angeles, 1985
Mexico against Argentina at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Cuauhtémoc Blanco converting his penalty kick against France at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Mexico lining up prior to the group stage match against South Korea at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Azteca Stadium is the home of the Mexico national team.
Mexico's fans at 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia