Mexico national under-17 football team
The Mexico under-17 national 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. Mexico has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-16/U-17 World Cup events.
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| Nickname(s) | El Tri (The Tri) El Tricolor (The Tricolor) Los Niños Héroes (The Hero Boys) | ||
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| Association | Mexican Football Federation (Federación Mexicana de Fútbol) | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach | Luis Ernesto Pérez | ||
| FIFA code | MEX | ||
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| First international | |||
  (Shanghai, China; 31 July 1985) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 (Cariacica, Brazil; 3 November 2019) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 (St.John's, Canada; 14 July 1987) | |||
| CONCACAF Under-17 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 17 (first in 1983) | ||
| Best result | Winners  | ||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1985)) | ||
| Best result | Winners | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| U-17 World Cup | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2005 Peru | Team |
| 2011 Mexico | Team |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2013 UAE | Team |
| 2019 Brazil | Team |
Competitive record
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pts |
 | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
 | Did not participate | ||||||||
 | Group Stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
 | Quarter-Finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 | Quarter-Finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 15 |
 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Champions | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 21 |
 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
 | Fourth Place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 |
 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 11 |
| To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 2 Titles | 14/19 | 65 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 115 | 86 | 110 |
CONCACAF U-17 Championship
| CONCACAF U-17 Championship | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||
| Third place | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
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| Champions | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | ||
 | Fourth Place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | ||
| Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
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 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
| Champions | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | ||
 | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Total | 8 Titles | 65 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 208 | 33 | ||
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Honours
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.
Current squad
The following 21 member squad was announced for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | César López | 10 June 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | GK | Andrés Alcaraz | 8 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | GK | César Ramos | 14 June 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Adrián Vázquez | 9 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Carlos Robles | 11 July 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Luis Olivas | 10 February 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Raúl Sandoval | 18 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | Sergio Villarreal | 10 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | Haret Ortega | 19 May 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Alan Maeda | 5 February 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Marco Ruíz | 14 March 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Alexis Gutiérrez | 26 February 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Andrés Pérez | 11 April 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Luis Gamíz | 4 April 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Carlos Guerrero | 14 February 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Deivoon Magaña | 20 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Diego Lainez | 9 June 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Jairo Torres | 5 July 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Daniel López | 14 March 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Roberto de la Rosa | 4 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | César Huerta | 3 December 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Mexico U-17 squad within last 12 months.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| DF | Andrés Catalán | August 20, 2000 (aged 17) | 0 | 0 | | |
Recent fixtures and results
| Date | Tournament | Location | Home team | Score | Away team | Scorers for Mexico |
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| 28 October 2019 | 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup | |
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0-0 | |
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| 31 October 2019 | 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup | |
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1–2 | |
E. Álvarez 90' |
| 3 November 2019 | 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup | |
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8–0 | |
E.Álvarez 2', 63'; A.Gómez 33', 88'; Puente 44'; Luna 58', 90'; Ávila 72' |
| 6 November 2019 | 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup | uuuu |  |
0–2 | |
Pizutto 57'; Muñoz 74' |
References
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