Mexico national under-23 football team

Mexico U-23

Nickname(s)	El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Mexican Football Federation (Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Raúl Gutiérrez
Top scorer	Marco Fabián (15)
FIFA code	MEX
First colours Second colours
First international
Spain 7–1 Mexico  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; May 30, 1928)
Biggest win
Mexico 7–1 Trinidad and Tobago  (Carson, United States; March 23, 2012)
Biggest defeat
East Germany 7–0 Mexico  (Bavaria, Germany; September 5, 1972) Records for Competitive matches only
Olympics
Appearances	10 (First in 1928)
Best result	Winners  : 2012

Olympic medal record
Men's football
	2012 London	Team

The Mexico national under-23 football team, is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation and represents Mexico in competitions like the Pan American Games and the Olympic Games, and their respective qualification phases.

The roster can be augmented with three "over-age" players, ostensibly possessing veteran experience, during Olympic competition, in accordance with FIFA regulations.

Mexico won the gold medal in 2012 Summer Olympics, their first Olympic medal in association football.^[1]

Olympic Football Tournament

Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Group Stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3
1996	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	3
2000	Did Not Qualify
2004	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012	Gold Medal	1st	6	5	1	0	12	4
2016	Qualified
Total	1 Medal	5/7	16	7	7	2	20	13

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

• From 1928-1988 Mexico was represented by its senior team

Honours

• Summer Olympics
  • Gold Medal (1): 2012
  • Fourth place (1): 1968
• Pan American Games
  • Gold Medal (4): 1967, 1975, 1999, 2011
  • Silver Medal (4): 1955, 1995, 1991, 2015
  • Bronze Medal (2): 2003, 2007
• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Gold Medal (6): 1935, 1938, 1959, 1966, 1990, 2014
  • Silver Medal (6): 1954, 1962, 1982, 1993, 1998, 2002
  • Bronze Medal (1): 1986
• CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • Winners (4): 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015
  • Runners-up (1): 1992
• Toulon Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2012
• Universiade
  • Winners (1): 1979

Schedule and results

Recent and upcoming games

Date	Location	Opponent	Score^1	Competition	Scorers for Mexico
March 29, 2015	São Luís, Brazil	Brazil	0-0	F
April 23, 2015	Carson, California, United States	United States	0-3	F
May 28, 2015	Toulon, France	Ivory Coast	1-1	T	Guzmán  46'
June 1, 2015	Salon-de-Provence, France	China PR	2-0	T	Cisneros  41'  59'
June 3, 2015	Aubagne, France	England	2-1	T	Bueno  44', Zúñiga  70'
June 5, 2015	Toulon, France	Morocco	1-2	T	Pérez  27'
July 13, 2015	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Paraguay	1-1	PA	Zúñiga  15'
July 17, 2015	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Uruguay	1-0	PA	Silva  90+1'
July 21, 2015	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Trinidad and Tobago	4-2	PA	Espericueta  60', López  68', Bueno  90', Zúñiga  90+3'
July 23, 2015	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Panama	2-1	PA	Zaldívar  2', Cisneros  61'
July 26, 2015	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Uruguay	0-1	PA
September 6, 2015	Mexico City, Mexico	Panama	5-0	F	Silva  7', Lozano  16', Salcedo  51', Wbias  78', Loroña  79'
October 2, 2015	Carson, California, United States	Costa Rica	4-0	OQ	Bueno  19', Fernández  45+3' (o.g.), Bueno  77', Torres  88'
October 4, 2015	Carson, California, United States	Haiti	1-0	OQ	López  73'
October 7, 2015	Commerce City, Colorado, United States	Honduras	2-1	OQ	López  4', Torres  65'
October 10, 2015	Sandy, Utah, United States	Canada	2-0	OQ	Torres  6', Lozano  57'
October 13, 2015	Sandy, Utah, United States	Honduras	2-0	OQ	Acosta  42' (o.g.), Guzmán  68'
March 25, 2016	Rio Maior, Portugal	Japan	1-2	F	Bueno  69'
March 28, 2016	Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal	Portugal	0-4	F

Key

• 1.^ Mexico's score is listed first
• F = Friendly
• T = Toulon Tournament
• PA = Pan American Games
• OQ = Olympic Qualifying

Mexico's Record Against Other Olympic Nations

As of 18 October 2015

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	% Won
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	8	0	100.0%
Argentina	13	2	4	7	13	33	15.4%
Australia	2	0	2	0	2	2	50.0%
Bahamas	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.0%
Belarus	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.0%
Bermuda	8	5	1	2	20	7	62.5%
Bolivia	2	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%
Brazil	7	1	2	4	6	12	14.3%
Bulgaria	1	0	0	1	1	2	00.0%
Canada	13	8	3	2	24	8	61.5%
Chile	2	1	1	0	4	2	50.0%
Colombia	12	6	3	3	20	11	50.0%
Costa Rica	17	12	3	2	42	12	70.6%
Cuba	15	10	3	2	36	11	66.7%
Curaçao	6	3	1	2	7	7	50.0%
Denmark	7	2	1	4	16	27	28.5%
Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.0%
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0%
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	5	0	100.0%
Finland	7	7	0	0	15	3	100.0%
France	4	0	1	3	2	8	0.0%
Gabon	10	5	2	3	13	13	50.0%
Germany	10	1	4	5	7	13	10.0%
Ghana	10	5	2	3	13	13	50.0%
Great Britain	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.0%
Greece	2	0	1	1	2	3	00.0%
Guatemala	8	6	1	1	23	7	75.0%
Guinea	22	8	2	12	31	47	36.4%
Haiti	23	9	2	12	32	47	39.1%
Honduras	24	10	2	12	35	48	41.7%
Hungary	9	2	2	5	31	47	22.2%
Iran	11	8	3	0	30	8	72.7%
Israel	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.0%
Italy	3	0	1	2	1	4	0.0%
Israel	9	4	4	1	15	6	44.4%
Jamaica	37	9	10	18	50	80	24.3%
Japan	6	4	1	1	14	5	66.7%
Mali	2	2	0	0	5	1	100.0%
Morocco	1	1	0	0	7	0	100.0%
Myanmar	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0%
Netherlands	4	2	1	1	5	2	50.0%
Nicaragua	4	4	0	0	5	0	100.0%
Nigeria	16	15	0	1	66	11	93.7%
Panama	7	5	1	1	15	6	71.4%
Paraguay	3	2	1	0	8	3	66.6%
Peru	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0%
Puerto Rico	16	8	5	3	27	16	50.0%
Romania	15	7	5	3	19	15	46.7%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	2	1	2	8	7	40.0%
Senegal	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0%
South Korea	1	1	0	0	4	0	100.0%
Soviet Union	12	2	6	4	13	18	16.7%
Spain	15	1	4	10	8	24	6.7%
Sudan	3	2	1	0	5	2	66.7%
Suriname	4	2	1	1	6	2	50.0%
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	10	2	100.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	4	2	1	1	6	3	50.0%
Turkey	3	2	1	0	9	3	66.7%
Uruguay	33	11	7	15	36	61	33.3%
United States	18	8	5	5	25	18	44.4%
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0%

Olympic Games History

Football at the Summer Olympics
Year	Round	Score	Result
1992	Round 1	Denmark 1 – 1 Mexico	Draw
	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 1  Australia	Draw
	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 1  Ghana	Draw
1996	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 0  Italy	Win
	Round 1	Mexico 0 – 0  South Korea	Draw
	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 1  Ghana	Draw
	Quarterfinals	Mexico 0 – 2  Nigeria	Loss
2004	Round 1	Mali 0 – 0 Mexico	Draw
	Round 1	South Korea 1 – 0 Mexico	Loss
	Round 1	Greece 2 – 3 Mexico	Win
2012	Round 1	Mexico 0 – 0  South Korea	Draw
	Round 1	Mexico 2 – 0  Gabon	Win
	Round 1	Mexico 1 – 0   Switzerland	Win
	Quarterfinals	Mexico 4 – 2  Senegal	Win
	Semifinals	Mexico 3 – 1  Japan	Win
	Gold Medal Match	Brazil 1 – 2 Mexico	Win

Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Raúl Gutiérrez
Assistant Manager	Marco Antonio Sánchez Yacuta
Assistant Manager	Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales
Fitness Coach	Vicente Salvador Espadas Cervantes
Goalkeeper Coach	José Rosario Piña Rivera
Doctor	Eduardo Guerrero Fuerte
Physiotherapist	Raúl Segundo Curiel Cervantes
Kit man	Gabriel Hernández Gallegos
Kit man	Luis Alberto Monroy Hernández
Video	José Carlos Quiroz Sánchez
Chief coordinator	Dennis Johannes Te Kloese
Technical and Tactical Coordinator	Juan Carlos Ortega
Logistics Coordinator	Luis Mario Torres Delgado

Current squad

The following 30 players were called up for a training camp.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	GK	Luis Cárdenas	September 15, 1993 (aged 22)	Monterrey
	GK	Jesse Gonzalez	May 26, 1995 (aged 20)	FC Dallas
	GK	Alejandro Peláez	February 04, 1994 (aged 22)	Cruz Azul
	GK	Gibran Lajud	December 25, 1993 (aged 22)	Tijuana
	DF	José Abella	February 10, 1994 (aged 22)	Santos Laguna
	DF	Érick Aguirre	February 23, 1997 (aged 19)	Morelia
	DF	Antonio Briseño	February 05, 1994 (aged 22)	UANL
	DF	Carlos Guzmán	May 19, 1994 (aged 21)	Tijuana
	DF	Kevin Gutiérrez	March 1, 1995 (aged 21)	Tijuana
	DF	Hedgardo Marín	February 21, 1993 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
	DF	Osvaldo Rodríguez	September 10, 1996 (aged 19)	Pachuca
	DF	César Montes	February 27, 1997 (aged 19)	Monterrey
	DF	Luis López	August 25, 1993 (aged 22)	Monterrey
	DF	Jordan Silva	July 30, 1994 (aged 21)	Toluca
	DF	Juan Carlos García Sancho	November 10, 1994 (aged 21)	Cruz Azul
	DF	Josecarlos Van Rankin	May 14, 1993 (aged 22)	UNAM
	DF	Raúl López	February 23, 1993 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
	MF	Daniel Álvarez	July 22, 1994 (aged 21)	Club Atlas
	MF	Jonathan Espericueta	August 09, 1994 (aged 21)	UANL
	MF	Alfonso González	September 5, 1994 (aged 21)	Club Atlas
	MF	Érick Gutiérrez	June 17, 1995 (aged 20)	Pachuca
	MF	Ulises Rivas	January 26, 1996 (aged 20)	Santos Laguna
	MF	Michael Pérez	February 14, 1993 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
	MF	Alonso Escoboza	January 22, 1993 (aged 23)	Tijuana
	MF	Carlos Fierro	July 24, 1994 (aged 21)	Querétaro
	FW	Marco Bueno	March 31, 1994 (aged 21)	León
	FW	Érick Torres	January 19, 1993 (aged 23)	Houston Dynamo
	FW	Martín Zúñiga	April 14, 1993 (aged 22)	Sinaloa
	FW	Luis Loroña	June 21, 1993 (aged 22)	Chiapas
	FW	Alejandro Díaz	January 27, 1996 (aged 20)	Club América

Recent Call-Ups

The following players have been called up in the last twelve months.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	GK	Raúl Gudiño	April 22, 1996	União da Madeira
	GK	Richard Sánchez	April 05, 1994 (aged 21)	UANL
	DF	Luis Solorio	August 01, 1994 (aged 21)	Coras FC
	DF	Carlos Salcedo	September 29, 1993 (aged 22)	Guadalajara
	MF	Carlos Cisneros	August 30, 1993 (aged 22)	Guadalajara
	MF	Kevin Escamilla	February 21, 1994 (aged 22)	UNAM
	MF	Omar Govea	January 18, 1996 (aged 20)	FC Porto B
	MF	Pedro Hernández	August 27, 1993 (aged 22)	Tijuana
	MF	Víctor Guzmán	February 03, 1995 (aged 21)	Pachuca
	MF	Rodolfo Pizarro	February 15, 1994 (aged 22)	Pachuca
	MF	Armando Zamorano	October 03, 1993 (aged 22)	Morelia
	FW	Daniel Hernández	February 16, 1994 (aged 22)	Club Atlas
	FW	Hirving Lozano	July 30, 1995 (aged 20)	Pachuca
	FW	Ulises Jaimes	April 20, 1996 (aged 19)	Morelia
	FW	Ángel Zaldívar	February 08, 1994 (aged 22)	Guadalajara

Players Record

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-23 Goals
1	Marco Fabián	2011-2012	15
2	Oribe Peralta	2011-2012	10
3	Erick Torres Padilla	2012-	7
4	Alan Pulido	2011-2012	6
4	Martín Eduardo Zúñiga	2014-	6
6	Marco Bueno	2013-	5
6	Enrique Esqueda	2007-2008	5
6	Diego Martínez	2003-2004	5
6	Rafael Marquez Lugo	2003-2004	5
10	Carlos Cisneros	2015-	3
10	Raúl López	2015-	3
10	Hedgardo Marín	2014-	3
10	Armando Zamorano	2013-	3
10	José Abella	2013-	3
10	Jerónimo Amione	2011	3
10	Giovani dos Santos	2011-2012	3
10	Miguel Ponce	2011-2012	3
10	Luis Ernesto Pérez	2003-2004	3

References

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