Mexico national football team records and statistics explained

This is a list of Mexico national football team's all kinds of competitive records.

Individual records

Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Mexico.

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Andrés Guardado	179	28
2	Claudio Suárez	177	7	1992–2006
3	Guillermo Ochoa	150	0	2005–present
4	Rafael Márquez	147	17	1997–2018
5	Pável Pardo	146	11	1996–2009
6	Gerardo Torrado	144	5	1999–2013
7	Héctor Moreno	132	5	2007–present
8	Jorge Campos	129	0	1991–2003
9	Carlos Salcido	123	10	2004–2014
10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	119	38	1995–2014
	Ramón Ramírez	119	15	1991–2000

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Average	Career
1	Javier Hernández (list)	52	109
2	Jared Borgetti (list)	46	89		1997–2008
3	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	38	119		1995–2014
4	Luis Hernández	35	85		1995–2002
5	Carlos Hermosillo	34	90		1984–1997
6	Raúl Jiménez	33	104		2013–present
7	Enrique Borja	31	65		1966–1975
8	Luís Roberto Alves	30	84		1988–2001
9	Hugo Sánchez	29	58		1977–1998
10	Luis García	28	77		1991–1999
	Andrés Guardado	28	179		2005–2022

Competition records

For the all-time record of the national team against opposing nations, see the team's all-time record page.

FIFA World Cup

See main article: Mexico at the FIFA World Cup.

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position							Squad
1930	Group stage	13th	3	0	0	3	4	13	Squad		Qualified as invitees
1934	Did not qualify										4	3	0	1	14	7
1938	Withdrew										Withdrew
1950	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	2	10	Squad		4	4	0	0	17	2
1954		13th	2	0	0	2	2	8	Squad		4	4	0	0	19	1
1958		16th	3	0	1	2	1	8	Squad		6	5	1	0	21	3
1962		11th	3	1	0	2	3	4	Squad		8	4	3	1	18	5
1966		12th	3	0	2	1	1	3	Squad		8	6	2	0	20	4
1970	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	4	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1974	Did not qualify										9	6	2	1	18	8
1978	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	12	Squad		9	6	2	1	23	6
1982	Did not qualify										9	2	5	2	14	8
1986	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	2	0	6	2	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1990	Banned										Disqualified
1994	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	4	4	Squad		12	9	1	2	39	8
1998		13th	4	1	2	1	8	7	Squad		16	8	6	2	37	13
2002		11th	4	2	1	1	4	4	Squad		16	9	3	4	33	11
2006		15th	4	1	1	2	5	5	Squad		18	15	1	2	67	10
2010		14th	4	1	1	2	4	5	Squad		18	11	2	5	36	18
2014		10th	4	2	1	1	5	3	Squad		18	10	5	3	31	14
2018		12th	4	2	0	2	3	6	Squad		16	11	4	1	29	8
2022	Group stage	22nd	3	1	1	1	2	3	Squad		14	8	4	2	17	8
2026	Qualified as co-hosts										Qualified as co-hosts[2]
Total	Quarter-finals	18/23	60	17	15	28	62	101	—		189	121	41	27	453	134

FIFA World Cup history
First Match	4–1 (13 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay)
Biggest Win	4–0 (7 June 1970; Mexico City, Mexico)
Biggest Defeat	6–0 (6 June 1978; Córdoba, Argentina)
Best Result	Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)
Worst Result	Group stage (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978, 2022)

CONCACAF Gold Cup

See main article: Mexico at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record										width=1% rowspan="30"		Qualification record
Year	Round	Position							Squad
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		1st	4	4	0	0	8	2	Squad	Qualified automatically
2000	Quarter-finals	7th	3	1	1	1	6	3	Squad	Qualified automatically
2002		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		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
2023	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	2	Squad	4	2	2	0	8	3
Total	12 Titles	25/27	123	85	21	17	271	73		24	15	6	3	50	17

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup history
First Match	2–1 (24 March 1963; Santa Ana, El Salvador)
Biggest Win	9–0 (11 July 1993; Mexico City, Mexico)
Biggest Defeat	4–0 (14 December 1973; Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Best Result	Champions (1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
Worst Result	7th (1963, Quarter-finals 2000)

CONCACAF Nations League

See main article: Mexico at the CONCACAF Nations League.

CONCACAF Nations League record
League phase												Knockout phase
Season												Finals
2019–20	A	1st		4	4	0	0	13	3	1st		2021	2nd	2	0	1	1	2	3
2022–23	A	1st		4	2	2	0	8	3	4th		2023	3rd	2	1	0	1	1	3
2023–24	Bye			N/A								2024	2nd	4	2	0	2	5	4
Total				8	6	2	0	21	6	—		Total	–	8	3	1	4	8	10

CONCACAF Nations League history
First Match	1–5 (11 October 2019; Hamilton, Bermuda)
Biggest Win	1–5 (11 October 2019; Hamilton, Bermuda)
Biggest Defeat	3–0 (15 June 2023; Paradise, United States)
Best Result	Runners-up (2019–20, 2023–24)
Worst Result	Third place (2022–23)

Copa América

See main article: Mexico at the Copa América.

Copa América record
Year	Round	Position							Squad
1993	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	8	7	Squad
1995	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	5	4	Squad
1997	Third place	3rd	6	2	2	2	8	9	Squad
1999	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	10	9	Squad
2001	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	7	5	Squad
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	5	7	Squad
2007	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	13	5	Squad
2011	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	4	Squad
2015		11th	3	0	2	1	4	5	Squad
2016	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	6	9	Squad
	Not invited
2021
2024	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	1	1	Squad
Total	Runners-up	11/13	51	20	14	17	67	63	—

Copa América history
First Match	2–1 (16 June 1993; Machala, Ecuador)
Biggest Win	6–0 (8 July 2007; Maturín, Venezuela)
Biggest Defeat	0–7 (18 June 2016; Santa Clara, United States)
Best Result	Runners-up (1993, 2001)
Worst Result	Group stage (2011, 2015, 2024)

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position							Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995	Third place	3rd	3	1	2	0	4	2	Squad
1997	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	8	6	Squad
1999	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	13	6	Squad
2001	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	8	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Fourth place	4th	5	2	2	1	7	6	Squad
2009	Did not qualify
2013	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
2017	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	8	10	Squad
Total	1 title	7/10	27	11	6	10	44	43	—

FIFA Confederations Cup history
First Match	2–1 (6 January 1995; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Biggest Win	0–5 (14 December 1997; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Biggest Defeat	4–0 (3 June 2001; Ulsan, South Korea)
Best Result	Champions (1999)
Worst Result	Group stage (1997, 2001, 2013)

Olympic Games

See also: Mexico national under-23 football team.

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position							Squad
1928	First round	14th	2	0	0	2	2	10	Squad
1936	Did not enter
1948	First round	11th	1	0	0	1	3	5	Squad
1952	Did not qualify
1956
1960
1964	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	2	6	Squad
1968	Fourth place	4th	5	3	0	2	10	7	Squad
1972	Second group stage	7th	6	2	1	3	4	14	Squad
1976	Group stage	9th	3	0	2	1	4	7	Squad
1980	Did not qualify
1984
1988	Banned
Since 1992	See Mexico national under-23 football team
Total	Fourth place	6/13	20	5	4	11	25	49	—

Head-to-head record

The list shown below shows the Mexico national football team's all-time international record against opposing nations. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup Qualifying, FIFA Confederations Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup (including CONCACAF Championship), CONCACAF Cup, Summer Olympics, Copa America, and CONCACAF Nations League matches, as well as international friendly matches.

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	Positive balance (More wins)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
	Negative balance (More losses)

After the match against the on 19 November 2024.^[3]

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Last meeting[4]
	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	13 March 2002 4-0
	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	13 October 2020 2-2
	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	13 May 2010 1-0
	32	4	12	16	28	53	-25	26 November 2022 0-2
	6	1	3	2	9	10	-1	9 September 2023 2-2
	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	18 November 2014 2-3
	7	3	2	2	9	11	-2	10 November 2017 3-3
	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	21 June 2008 7-0
	8	7	0	1	23	4	+19	19 November 2019 2-1
	13	10	2	1	21	5	+16	31 May 2024 1-0
	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	31 January 2018 1-0
	42	10	7	25	38	78	-40	8 June 2024 2–3
	13	4	6	3	16	14	+2	16 November 2005 0-3
	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	10 June 2023 2-2
	39	24	11	4	87	26	+61	10 September 2024 0-0
	33	15	6	12	37	42	-5	8 December 2021 2–2
	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	16 April 2008 1-0
	28	10	9	9	29	27	+2	16 December 2023 2-3
	58	32	20	6	88	34	+54	8 July 2023 2-0
	6	2	0	4	6	9	-3	27 March 2018 0-1
	13	13	0	0	51	6	+45	15 June 2019 7-0
	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	16 July 2017 2-0
	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	8 February 2000 1-2
	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	12 May 2006 2-1
	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	9 June 2018 0-2
	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18	27 June 2004 8-0
	27	16	6	5	43	26	+17	30 June 2024 0–0
	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	27 July 1999 2-2
	37	32	1	4	106	20	+86	30 March 2022 2-0
	10	2	1	7	4	27	-23	24 May 2010 1-3
	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	9 May 1998 6-0
	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	29 September 1968 3-0
	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	30 August 1980 2-0
	5	4	1	0	11	4	+7	30 October 2013 4-2
	7	1	1	5	6	15	-9	17 June 2010 2-0
	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	30 May 2010 5-1
	13	2	6	5	13	26	-13	17 October 2023 2-2
	4	4	0	0	6	1	+5	14 October 2023 2-0
	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	22 June 2005 0-0
	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	12 July 2009 2-0
	37	24	9	4	74	32	+42	7 June 2023 2-0
	1	0	0	0	4	0	+4	17 October 1968 4-0
	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	12 October 2012 5-0
	11	9	2	0	30	3	+27	29 June 2023 3-1
	50	30	10	10	91	39	+52	19 November 2024 4–0
	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	16 February 1999 0-0
	7	5	1	1	15	6	+9	14 December 2005 2-0
	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	29 May 2021 2–1
	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	2 June 2007 4-0
	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	9 November 2022 4-0
	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	28 May 2014 3-0
	12	1	4	7	10	28	-18	16 June 2013 1-2
	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	14 August 2013 4-1
	29	21	5	3	72	15	+57	22 June 2024 1-0
	7	6	0	1	15	6	+9	17 November 2020 2–0
	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	18 October 1985 0-0
	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	25 October 1985 0-0
	1	1	0	0	5	4	+1	23 August 2001 5-4
	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	11 October 1985 1-3
	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	10 April 1969 1-2
	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	23 June 2019 3-2
	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	30 August 1972 1-0
	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	11 September 1971 1-2
	9	4	1	4	16	15	+1	7 October 2020 1-0
	8	7	0	1	21	9	+12	7 September 2024 3-0
	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	5 July 2009 2-0
	7	3	4	0	13	7	+6	28 May 2022 2-1
	1	1	0	0	2	1		+1	17 March 2010 2-1
	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	11 June 1994 3-0
	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	25 January 2006 2-1
	27	19	6	2	49	15	+34	21 March 2024 3-0
	21	11	5	5	37	17	+20	31 August 2022 0-1
	28	13	6	9	38	32	+6	24 September 2022 1-0
	9	3	3	3	13	9	+4	22 November 2022 0-0
	5	0	2	3	4	7	-3	2 July 2017 1-2
	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	2 July 2023 0-1
	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	1 June 2017 3-1
	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	10 February 1993 2-0
	4	1	0	3	4	11	-7	24 June 2017 2-1
	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	17 November 2004 8-0
	7	7	0	0	36	1	+35	10 October 2004 1-0
	6	5	1	0	16	3	+13	30 November 2022 2-1
	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2 June 2018 1-0
	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	10 February 2016 2-0
	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	11 November 2011 2-0
	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	17 May 1996 5-2
	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	6 December 1995 1-2
	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5	11 June 2010 1-1
	14	8	2	4	29	18	+11	14 November 2020 3–2
	8	0	3	5	4	16	-12	11 August 2010 1-1
	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	23 March 2023 2-0
	11	2	3	6	6	13	-7	16 November 2022 1-2
	5	1	1	3	7	10	-3	26 January 1994 1-5
	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	28 August 1972 1-0
	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2 September 1980 1-0
	24	15	6	3	54	22	+32	10 July 2021 0-0
	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	2 June 1978 1-3
	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	20 October 1993 2-1
	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	22 October 1985 2-2
	78	37	17	24	147	92	+55	15 October 2024 2–0
	23	8	7	8	29	35	-6	5 June 2024 0-4
	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	12 September 2023 3-3
	14	10	3	1	30	11	+19	26 June 2024 0-1
	5	2	2	1	5	3	+2	27 March 2021 0-1
	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	15 October 1985 2-0

Record against former nations

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Latest meeting
	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	7 June 1962 3–1
	4	0	2	2	3	5	-2	15 February 1986 1–2
	6	3	2	1	23	4	+19	8 December 1973 8–0
	10	1	7	2	2	6	-4	19 February 1986 1–0
	7	1	1	5	8	16	-8	13 February 2002 1–2

Penalty shootouts

width=140	Team	Match score (PSO score)	Competition	Venue (Date)
	1–1 (5–6)	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	AWD-Arena, Hanover 26 June 2005
	1–1 (1–3)	1994 FIFA World Cup	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford 5 July 1994
	1–1 (5–3)	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup	Soldier Field, Chicago 23 July 2009
	1–1 (5–4)	2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup	NRG Stadium, Houston 29 June 2019
	0–0 (5–4)	2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals	Empower Field at Mile High, Denver 3 June 2021
	1–1 (2–4)	1995 King Fahd Cup	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 10 January 1995
	1–1 (4–3)	1997 Copa América	Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba 22 June 1997
	0–0 (1–4)	1986 FIFA World Cup	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza 21 June 1986
	2–0 (2-2) (4–2)	2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 21 November 2023
	0–0 (2–4)	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup	Rose Bowl, Pasadena 27 January 2002
	1–1 (5–4)	1995 King Fahd Cup	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 13 January 1995
	3–3 (4–2)	1999 Copa América	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 10 July 1999
	0–0 (1–4)	1995 Copa América	Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú 17 July 1995

FIFA World Ranking

See also: FIFA Men's World Ranking. Last update was on 21 December 2023.

Source:^[5]

Best Ranking   Worst Ranking   Best Mover   Worst Mover  

Mexico's History
Rank	Year	Best	Worst
Rank	Move	Rank	Move
15	2023	12	2	14	2
15	2022	9	3	15	3
14	2021	9	2	14	5
9	2020	9	2	11
11	2019	11	6	18	1
17	2018	10	5	17	1
16	2017	14	2	18	2
18	2016	14	6	23	2
22	2015	18	14	40	17
20	2014	16	2	21	3
21	2013	14	4	24	3
15	2012	14	5	22	3
21	2011	9	19	28	11
27	2010	15	2	28	7
17	2009	15	6	33	7
26	2008	14	8	32	13
15	2007	10	16	26	6
20	2006	4	2	20	14
5	2005	5	2	8	2
7	2004	4	2	10	2
7	2003	4	6	11	3
8	2002	6	1	9	1
9	2001	9	2	15	2
12	2000	8	2	14	5
10	1999	9	3	14	2
10	1998	4	2	12	8
5	1997	5	6	12	2
11	1996	8	4	15	2
12	1995	7	6	16	6
15	1994	13	4	19	3
16	1993	14	11	18	2

Notes

1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/mex-recintlp.html Appearances for Mexico National Team
2. News: Wait, so which of the 2026 World Cup's 3 hosts gets the automatic bid?. SB Nation. 14 June 2018.
3. Web site: worldfootball.net.
4. Mexico's score is listed first.
5. Web site: Mexico in the FIFA World Ranking . 25 August 2022 . 24 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124022931/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/MEX . live .