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Mexico


Federation founded: 1927
FIFA member since: 1929

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - First round exit
1934 - Did not qualify
1938 - Did not participate
1950 - First round exit
1954 - First round exit
1958 - First round exit
1962 - First round exit
1966 - First round exit
1970 - Quarterfinal exit
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - First round exit
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Quarterfinal exit
1990 - Did not participate
1994 - Second round exit
1998 - Second round exit
2002 - Second round exit
2006 - Second round exit

 
STATISTICS
Played
45
Won
11
Drawn
12
Lost
22
Goals for
48
Goals against
84
Points
45
Mexico are 15th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
4-0 vs El Salvador in 1970.
Biggest defeat:
0-6 vs West Germany in 1978.
Overall topscorer:
Luis Hernandez, 4 goals.
Most appearances:
Antonio Carbajal, 11 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
1970 and 1986

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Antonio Carbajal
Hugo Sanchez

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part and MEXICO
chose to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 11)

First round
04.Mar 34 MEXICO 3-2 Cuba 11.Mar 34 MEXICO 5-0 Cuba 18.Mar 34 MEXICO 4-1 Cuba
Final round [in Rome (ITA)]
24.May 34 USA 4-2 MEXICO
MEXICO failed to qualify for Italy 1934.

1938

MEXICO did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1950

(WCQ Group 9)
04.Sep 49 USA 0-6 MEXICO 11.Sep 49 MEXICO 2-0 Cuba 18.Sep 49 MEXICO 6-2 USA 25.Sep 49 Cuba 0-3 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 4 4 0 0 17- 2 8 2.USA 4 1 1 2 8-15 3 3.Cuba 4 0 1 3 3-11 1 MEXICO qualified for Brazil 1950.

1954

(WCQ Group 12)
19.Jul 53 MEXICO 8-0 Haiti 27.Dec 53 Haiti 0-4 MEXICO 10.Jan 54 MEXICO 4-0 USA 14.Jan 54 MEXICO 3-1 USA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 4 4 0 0 19- 1 8 2.USA 4 2 0 2 7- 9 4 3.Haiti 4 0 0 4 2-18 0 MEXICO qualified for Switzerland 1954.

1958

(CONCACAF First round - Group A)
07.Apr 57 MEXICO 6-0 USA 28.Apr 57 USA 2-7 MEXICO 30.Jun 57 MEXICO 3-0 Canada 03.Jul 57 Canada 0-2 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 4 4 0 0 18- 2 8 2.Canada 4 2 0 2 8- 8 4 3.USA 4 0 0 4 5-21 0 (CONCACAF Final round)
20.Oct 57 MEXICO 2-0 Costa Rica 27.Oct 57 Costa Rica 1-1 MEXICO
MEXICO qualified for Sweden 1958.

1962

(CONCACAF First round - Group A)
06.Nov 60 USA 3-3 MEXICO 13.Nov 60 MEXICO 3-0 USA
(CONCACAF Second round)
22.Mar 61 Costa Rica 1-0 MEXICO 05.Apr 61 MEXICO 7-0 Dutch Antilles 12.Apr 61 MEXICO 4-1 Costa Rica 21.May 61 Dutch Antilles 0-0 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 4 2 1 1 11- 2 5 2.Costa Rica 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4 3.Dutch Antilles 4 1 1 2 2-13 3 MEXICO required to play off against Paraguay for one spot in the World Cup.
29.Oct 61 MEXICO 1-0 Paraguay 05.Nov 61 Paraguay 0-0 MEXICO
MEXICO qualified for Chile 1962

1966

(CONCACAF First round - Group A)
28.Feb 65 Honduras 0-1 MEXICO 04.Mar 65 MEXICO 3-0 Honduras 07.Mar 65 USA 2-2 MEXICO 12.Mar 65 MEXICO 2-0 USA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 4 3 1 0 8- 2 7 2.USA 4 1 2 1 4- 5 4 3.Honduras 4 0 1 3 1- 6 1 (CONCACAF Final round)
24.Apr 65 Costa Rica 0-0 MEXICO 03.May 65 Jamaica 2-3 MEXICO 07.May 65 MEXICO 8-0 Jamaica 16.May 65 MEXICO 1-0 Costa Rica
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 4 3 1 0 12- 2 7 2.Costa Rica 4 1 2 1 8- 2 4 3.Jamaica 4 0 1 3 3-19 1 MEXICO qualified for England 1966.

1970

MEXICO qualified automatically
as host nation.

1974

(CONCACAF First round - Group A)
24.Aug 72 Canada 0-1 MEXICO 03.Sep 72 MEXICO 3-1 USA 06.Sep 72 MEXICO 2-1 Canada 10.Sep 72 USA 1-2 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 4 4 0 0 8- 3 8 2.Canada 4 1 1 2 6- 7 3 3.USA 4 0 1 3 6-10 1 (CONCACAF Final round [in Port-au-Prince (HAI)])
30.Nov 73 MEXICO 0-0 Guatemala 03.Dec 73 Honduras 1-1 MEXICO 08.Dec 73 MEXICO 8-0 Dutch Antilles 14.Dec 73 Trinidad/Tobago 4-0 MEXICO 18.Dec 73 Haiti 0-1 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Haiti 5 4 0 1 8- 3 8 2.Trinidad/Tobago 5 3 0 2 11- 4 6 3.MEXICO 5 2 2 1 10- 5 6 4.Honduras 5 1 3 1 6- 6 5 5.Guatemala 5 0 3 2 4- 6 3 6.Dutch Antilles 5 0 2 3 4-19 2 MEXICO failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.

1978

(CONCACAF First round - North American zone)
03.Oct 76 USA 0-0 MEXICO 10.Oct 76 Canada 1-0 MEXICO 15.Oct 76 MEXICO 3-0 USA 27.Oct 76 MEXICO 0-0 Canada
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 4 1 2 1 3- 1 4 2.USA 4 1 2 1 3- 4 4 Canada 4 1 2 1 2- 3 4 (CONCACAF Final round [in Monterrey/MEXICO City])
09.Oct 77 MEXICO 4-1 Haiti 12.Oct 77 MEXICO 3-1 El Salvador 15.Oct 77 MEXICO 8-1 Surinam 19.Oct 77 MEXICO 2-1 Guatemala 22.Oct 77 MEXICO 3-1 Canada
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 5 5 0 0 20- 5 10 2.Haiti 5 3 1 1 6- 6 7 3.El Salvador 5 2 1 2 8- 9 5 4.Canada 5 2 1 2 7- 8 5 5.Guatemala 5 1 1 3 8-10 3 6.Surinam 5 0 0 5 6-17 0 MEXICO qualified for Argentina 1978.

1982

(CONCACAF First round - North American zone)
18.Oct 80 Canada 1-1 MEXICO 09.Nov 80 MEXICO 5-1 USA 16.Nov 80 MEXICO 1-1 Canada 23.Nov 80 USA 2-1 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Canada 4 1 3 0 4- 3 5 2.MEXICO 4 1 2 1 8- 5 4 3.USA 4 1 1 2 4- 8 3 (CONCACAF Final round [in Tegucigalpa (HON)])
01.Nov 81 MEXICO 4-0 Cuba 06.Nov 81 MEXICO 0-1 El Salvador 11.Nov 81 MEXICO 1-1 Haiti 15.Nov 81 MEXICO 1-1 Canada 22.Nov 81 Honduras 0-0 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Honduras 5 3 2 0 8- 1 8 2.El Salvador 5 2 2 1 2- 1 6 3.MEXICO 5 1 3 1 6- 3 5 4.Canada 5 1 3 1 6- 6 5 5.Cuba 5 1 2 2 4- 8 4 6.Haiti 5 0 2 3 2- 9 2 MEXICO failed to qualify for Spain 1982.

1986

MEXICO qualified automatically
as host nation.

1990

MEXICO banned from participating
because of fielding overaged players in a FIFA
youth tournament prior to the qualification
rounds for Italy 1990.

1994

(CONCACAF Second round - Group A)
08.Nov 92 St Vincent 0-4 MEXICO 15.Nov 92 MEXICO 2-0 Honduras 22.Nov 92 MEXICO 4-0 Costa Rica 29.Nov 92 Costa Rica 2-0 MEXICO 06.Dec 92 MEXICO 11-0 St Vincent 13.Dec 92 Honduras 1-1 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 6 4 1 1 22- 3 9 2.Honduras 6 4 1 1 14- 6 9 3.Costa Rica 6 3 0 3 11- 9 6 4.Saint Vincent 6 0 0 6 0-29 0 (CONCACAF Final round)
04.Apr 93 El Salvador 2-1 MEXICO 11.Apr 93 MEXICO 3-0 Honduras 18.Apr 93 MEXICO 3-1 El Salvador 25.Apr 93 MEXICO 4-0 Canada 02.May 93 Honduras 1-4 MEXICO 09.May 93 Canada 1-2 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 6 5 0 1 17- 5 10 2.Canada 6 3 1 2 10-10 7 3.El Salvador 6 2 0 4 6-11 4 4.Honduras 6 1 1 4 7-14 3 MEXICO qualified for USA 1994.

1998

(CONCACAF Semifinal groupstage - Group 3)
15.Sep 96 St Vincent 0-3 MEXICO 21.Sep 96 Honduras 2-1 MEXICO 16.Oct 96 MEXICO 2-1 Jamaica 30.Oct 96 MEXICO 5-1 St Vincent 06.Nov 96 MEXICO 3-1 Honduras 17.Nov 96 Jamaica 1-0 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Jamaica 6 4 1 1 12- 3 13 2.MEXICO 6 4 0 2 14- 6 12 3.Honduras 6 3 1 2 18-11 10 4.Saint Vincent 6 0 0 6 6-30 0 (CONCACAF Final round)
02.Mar 97 MEXICO 4-0 Canada 16.Mar 97 Costa Rica 0-0 MEXICO 13.Apr 97 MEXICO 6-0 Jamaica 20.Apr 97 USA 2-2 MEXICO 08.Jun 97 El Salvador 0-1 MEXICO 05.Oct 97 MEXICO 5-0 El Salvador 12.Oct 97 Canada 2-2 MEXICO 02.Nov 97 MEXICO 0-0 USA 09.Nov 97 MEXICO 3-3 Costa Rica 16.Nov 97 Jamaica 0-0 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 10 4 6 0 23- 7 18 2.USA 10 4 5 1 17- 9 17 3.Jamaica 10 3 5 2 7-12 14 4.Costa Rica 10 3 3 4 13-12 12 5.El Salvador 10 2 4 4 11-16 10 6.Canada 10 1 3 6 5-20 6 MEXICO qualified for France 1998.

2002

(CONCACAF Semifinal groupstage - Group 1)
16.Jul 00 Panama 0-1 MEXICO 23.Jul 00 Trinidad/Tobago 1-0 MEXICO 15.Aug 00 MEXICO 2-0 Canada 03.Sep 00 MEXICO 7-1 Panama 08.Oct 00 MEXICO 7-0 Trinidad/Tobago 15.Nov 00 Canada 0-0 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Trinidad/Tob. 6 5 0 1 14- 7 15 2.MEXICO 6 4 1 1 17- 2 13 3.Canada 6 1 2 3 1- 8 5 4.Panama 6 0 1 5 1-16 1 (CONCACAF Final round)
28.Feb 01 USA 2-0 MEXICO 25.Mar 01 MEXICO 4-0 Jamaica 25.Apr 01 Trinidad/Tobago 1-1 MEXICO 16.Jun 01 MEXICO 1-2 Costa Rica 20.Jun 01 Honduras 3-1 MEXICO 01.Jul 01 MEXICO 1-0 USA 02.Sep 01 Jamaica 1-2 MEXICO 05.Sep 01 MEXICO 3-0 Trinidad/Tobago 07.Oct 01 Costa Rica 0-0 MEXICO 11.Nov 01 MEXICO 3-0 Honduras
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Costa Rica 10 7 2 1 17- 7 23 2.MEXICO 10 5 2 3 16- 9 17 3.United States 10 5 2 3 11- 8 17 4.Honduras 10 4 2 4 17-17 14 5.Jamaica 10 2 2 6 7-14 8 6.Trinidad/Tob. 10 1 2 7 5-18 5 MEXICO qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(CONCACAF preliminary round)
19.Jun 04 Dominica 0-10 MEXICO 27.Jun 04 MEXICO 8-0 Dominica
(CONCACAF Semifinal groupstage - Group 3)
08.Sep 04 Trinidad/Tobago 1-3 MEXICO 06.Oct 04 MEXICO 7-0 St.Vincent & G. 10.Oct 04 St.Vincent & G. 0-1 MEXICO 13.Oct 04 MEXICO 3-0 Trinidad/Tobago 13.Nov 04 St.Kitts & Nevis 0-5 MEXICO 17.Nov 04 MEXICO 8-0 St.Kitts & Nevis
P W D L Gls Pts 1.MEXICO 6 6 0 0 27- 1 18 2.Trinidad/Tobago 6 4 0 2 12- 9 12 3.St.Vincent & Gre 6 2 0 4 5-12 6 4.St.Kitts & Nevis 6 0 0 6 2-24 0 (CONCACAF Final round)
09.Feb 05 Costa Rica 1-2 MEXICO 27.Mar 05 MEXICO 2-1 USA 30.Mar 05 Panama 1-1 MEXICO 04.Jun 05 Guatemala 0-2 MEXICO 08.Jun 05 MEXICO 2-0 Trinidad/Tobago 17.Aug 05 MEXICO 2-0 Costa Rica 03.Sep 05 USA 2-0 MEXICO 07.Sep 05 MEXICO 5-0 Panama 08.Oct 05 MEXICO 5-2 Guatemala 12.Oct 05 Trinidad/Tobago 2-1 MEXICO
P W D L Gls Pts 1.United States 10 7 1 2 16- 6 22 2.MEXICO 10 7 1 2 22- 9 22 3.Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15-14 16 4.Trinidad/Tobago 10 4 1 5 10-15 13 5.Guatemala 10 3 2 5 16-18 11 6.Panama 10 0 2 8 4-21 2 MEXICO qualified for Germany 2006.

 
 

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