Mexico national under-17 football team

Mexico U-17
Nickname(s)	El Tri (The Tri) ; El Tricolor (The Tricolor) ; Los Niños Héroes (The Hero Boys)
Association	Mexican Football Federation ; (Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Carlos Cariño
FIFA code	MEX
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Hungary 0–0 Mexico ; (Shanghai, China; 31 July 1985)
Biggest win
	Mexico 9–0 Curaçao; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 11 February 2023)
Biggest defeat
	Soviet Union 7–0 Mexico ; (St.John's, Canada; 14 July 1987)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances	12 (first in 1983)
Best result	Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (2005, 2011)

The Mexico national under-17 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.

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.

Results and fixtures

The following matches have been played within the past 12 months.

Legend

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2023

February 11, 2023 (2023-02-11) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico	9–0	Curaçao	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST	Álvarez 2' Martínez 14' (pen.) Barajas 17' Carillo 23', 45' Valencia 72' Moxica 86' Urias 89' (pen.) Arroyo 90+2'	Report		Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

February 13, 2023 (2023-02-13) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico	2–0	Guatemala	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
7:00 pm CST	Carillo 25' Barajas 90+1'	Report		Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

February 15, 2023 (2023-02-15) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico	1–1	Panama	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST	Azcarate 34'	Report	Ryce 54'	Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)

February 18, 2023 (2023-02-18) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico	6–0	Nicaragua	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST	Barajas 19' García 24' Álvarez 30' Carrillo 60', 68' Urias 90+1'	Report		Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)

February 21, 2023 (2023-02-21) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico	3–0	El Salvador	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST	Carrillo 18' Urias 63', 71'	Report		Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Panama	0–5	Mexico	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
4:00 pm CST		Report	Carrillo 37' Krug 58' (o.g.) Urias 67' Lomelí 78' Suárez 90+1'	Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)

February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship F	Mexico	3–1	United States	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Carrillo 10' Navarrete 51' Martínez 90+2'	Report	Feree 8' 89' Soma 69'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

March 23, 2023 (2023-03-23) Friendly	United Arab Emirates	2–1	Mexico	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
		Report	Carrillo 17'

March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–1	Mexico	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
		Report	Carrillo 76'

March 28, 2023 (2023-03-28) Friendly	Mexico	1–4	Netherlands	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
		Report

April 2, 2023 (2023-04-02) Montaigu Tournament	Mexico	1–0	Morocco	Montaigu, France
		Report

November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12) 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup	Mexico	1–3	Germany	Bandung, Indonesia
19:00	Jiménez 75'	Report	Darvich 29' Moerstedt 38' Da Silva Moreira 53'	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium Attendance: 4,617 Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

November 15, 2023 (2023-11-15) 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup	Mexico	2–2	Venezuela	Bandung, Indonesia
16:00	Carrillo 62' Ortiz 62'	Report	Cichero 6' Profeta 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium Attendance: 2,460 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

November 18, 2023 (2023-11-18) 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup	New Zealand	0–4	Mexico	Bandung, Indonesia
16:45		Report	Barajas 42' Fernández 47' Carrillo 54', 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium Attendance: 6,136 Referee: Omar Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

November 21, 2023 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup R16	Mali	5–0	Mexico	Surabaya, Indonesia
15:30	Barry 9', 13' I. Diarra 15' Kanaté 37' (pen.) Tia 50'	Report		Stadium: Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 27 February 2023, after the match against United States.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Paolo Bedolla	(2006-01-01)1 January 2006 (aged 17)	América
2	2DF	Jose Suárez	(2006-05-04)4 May 2006 (aged 17)	Cruz Azul
3	2DF	Kevin García	(2006-02-09)9 February 2006 (aged 17)	Santos Laguna
4	2DF	Luis Navarrete	(2006-08-23)23 August 2006 (aged 17)	Toluca
5	2DF	Javen Romero	(2006-04-21)21 April 2006 (aged 17)	Los Angeles FC
6	3MF	Isaac Martínez	(2006-03-23)23 March 2006 (aged 17)	Guadalajara
7	4FW	Brandon Lomelí	(2006-11-10)10 November 2006 (aged 17)	Necaxa
8	3MF	José Urías	(2006-03-25)25 March 2006 (aged 17)	Monterrey
9	4FW	Stephano Carrillo	(2006-03-07)7 March 2006 (aged 17)	Santos Laguna
10	3MF	Gael Álvarez	(2006-03-09)9 March 2006 (aged 17)	Pachuca
11	4FW	Fidel Barajas	(2006-04-05)5 April 2006 (aged 17)	Charleston Battery
12	1GK	Fernando Delgado	(2006-07-25)25 July 2006 (aged 17)	Real Salt Lake
13	2DF	Adrian Pelayo	(2006-05-16)16 May 2006 (aged 17)	North Carolina FC
14	2DF	Manuel Sánchez	(2006-02-06)6 February 2006 (aged 17)	UNAM
15	3MF	Luis Ortiz	(2006-07-09)9 July 2006 (aged 17)	Monterrey
16	3MF	Daniel Vázquez	(2006-04-06)6 April 2006 (aged 17)	Necaxa
17	3MF	Adrián Fernández de Lara	(2006-05-05)5 May 2006 (aged 17)	América
18	4FW	Tahiel Jiménez	(2006-01-22)22 January 2006 (aged 17)	Santos Laguna
19	4FW	Mateo Levy	(2006-10-22)22 October 2006 (aged 17)	Cruz Azul
20	4FW	Francisco Valenzuela	(2007-04-13)13 April 2007 (aged 16)	Monterrey
21	1GK	Roberto Moreno	(2006-02-26)26 February 2006 (aged 17)	Cruz Azul

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3
1987	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	9
1989	Did not enter
1991	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	5	6
1993	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	4	7
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	8	6
1999	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	7	7
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	5	5
2005	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	16	3
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	4	3
2011	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	17	7
2013	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	1	2	11	11
2015	Fourth Place	4th	7	4	1	2	14	9
2017	Round of 16	16th	4	0	2	2	4	6
2019	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	14	5
2023	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	7	10
2025	to be determined
Total	2 Titles	15/20	69	34	12	23	122	97

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1983	Third Place	4	3	1	0	13	0
1985	Champions	7	6	1	0	37	1
1987	Champions	6	6	0	0	16	2
1988	Did not enter
1991	Champions	6	3	3	0	8	2
1992	Runners-up	6	4	2	0	21	6
1994	Fourth Place	6	4	0	2	17	4
1996	Champions	6	6	0	0	23	2
2009	Cancelled due to the 2009 flu pandemic outbreak
2011	did not participate/World Cup Host
2013	Champions	5	5	0	0	14	3
2015	Champions	6	4	2	0	16	3
2017	Champions	6	4	1	1	22	7
2019	Champions	7	7	0	0	21	3
2023	Champions	7	6	1	0	29	2
Total	9 Titles	72	58	11	3	237	35

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

Honours

FIFA U-17 World Cup
- Winners (2): 2005, 2011
- Runners-up (2): 2013, 2019
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
- Winners (9): 1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023
- Runners-up (1): 1992
- Third Place (1): 1983

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Mexico's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	066.67
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	033.33
Belgium	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Bolivia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Brazil	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	040.00
China	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Chile	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Congo	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
England	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Finland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
France	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Germany	3	2	0	1	6	6	+0	066.67
Ghana	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	000.00
Hungary	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Iran	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Iraq	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
Italy	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	066.67
Japan	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	066.67
Mali	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	000.00
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	066.67
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Nigeria	4	1	0	3	4	13	−9	025.00
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Panama	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Qatar	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Solomon Islands	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
South Korea	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	000.00
Spain	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Sweden	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Thailand	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Turkey	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
United States	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total	69	34	12	23	122	97	+25	049.28

References

^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-17" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.