Mexico Olympic

Nickname(s)	El Tri El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Ricardo Cadena
FIFA code	MEX
First colours Second colours
First international
Spain 7–1 Mexico (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 30 May 1928)
Biggest win
Mexico 7–1 Trinidad and Tobago  (Carson, United States; 23 March 2012)
Biggest defeat
East Germany 7–0 Mexico (Munich, West Germany; 5 September 1972) Records for competitive matches only
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (first in 1992)
Best result	Gold medalist (2012)
Pan American Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1999)
Best result	Gold medalist (1999, 2011)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2020 Tokyo Team Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2019 Lima Team 2023 Santiago Team

The Mexico national under-23 football team (also known as Mexico Olympic football team) represents Mexico in under-23 international football competitions such as the Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for the Olympic Games which allows the men's team up to three overage players. The team is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body of football in Mexico.

Since 1992, the under-23 team has participated in six Olympic tournaments, winning the gold medal in 2012.^[1]

Results and fixtures

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

Mexico  v U-21 Mediterranean

6 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament	Mexico	2–1	U-21 Mediterranean	Aubagne, France
17:30	Monroy 48' Jurado 90+3'	Report	Lasne 57'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne Attendance: 800 Referee: Moatasem Al Mazyed (Qatar)

Mexico  v  Qatar

9 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament	Mexico	4–0	Qatar	Mallemort, France
17:30	Trigos 57' Juárez 68' L. Martínez 72', 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort Attendance: 500 Referee: Konstantinos Perrakis (Greece)

Mexico  v  Australia

12 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament	Mexico	0–2	Australia	Aubagne, France
14:00		Report	Botic 50' Francois 87'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne Attendance: 500 Referee: Karim Abed (France)

Mexico  v  France

16 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Semi-finals	Mexico	2–2 (4–3 p)	France	Salon-de-Provence, France
18:00	Robles 30' García 47'	Report	Ben Seghir 39' Tel 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
	Penalties
	Martínez Juárez García Flores Pérez		Jacquet Ben Seghir Aiki Housni Dacourt

Mexico  v  Panama

18 June 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament Final	Mexico	1–4	Panama	Salon-de-Provence, France
18:00	Jurado 81'	Report	Hinds 40' (pen.) Bernal 52' Lenis 60' Orelien 75'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Referee: Karim Abed (France)

Mexico  v  Dominican Republic

28 June 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico	2–0	Dominican Republic	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
20:00 CST (UTC−6)	J. Gómez 8' Ambríz 39'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

Mexico  v  El Salvador

2 July 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico	1–1	El Salvador	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
20:00 CST (UTC−6)	Carrillo 64'	Report	Vásquez 46'	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Mexico  v  Honduras

4 July 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Semi-finals	Mexico	3–0	Honduras	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
16:00 CST (UTC−6)	López 18' Ayón 45' Gómez 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Mexico  v  Costa Rica

6 July 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Final	Mexico	2–1	Costa Rica	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
19:30 CST (UTC−6)	Ayón 21', 53'	Report	Soto 62'	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

Mexico  v  United States

11 October Friendly	Mexico	1-2	United States	Phoenix, Arizona
10:00 ET	Brigido 90+3'	Report	Bajraktarevic 45+1' Vargas 90'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium

Mexico  v  Japan

14 October Friendly	Mexico	1–4	Japan	Phoenix, Arizona
06:00 ET	Ávila 73'	Report	Hosoya 14', 20' K. Suzuki 81' K. Uchino 82'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium

Mexico  v  Chile

23 October 2023 Pan American Games	Mexico	0–1	Chile	Valparaíso, Chile
			Guerrero 28'	Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander

Mexico  v  Dominican Republic

26 October 2023 Pan American Games	Mexico	0–0	Dominican Republic	Viña del Mar, Chile
				Stadium: Estadio Sausalito

Mexico  v  Uruguay

29 October 2023 Pan American Games	Mexico	1–0	Uruguay	Viña del Mar, Chile
	Saldivia 28' (o.g.)			Stadium: Estadio Sausalito

Mexico  v  Brazil

1 November 2023 Pan American Games Semi-finals	Mexico	0–1	Brazil	Viña del Mar, Chile
			Leone 2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Mexico  v  United States

4 November 2023 Pan American Games Bronze medal match	Mexico	4–1	United States	Viña del Mar, Chile
	Carrillo 42', 78' Fulgencio 50' Ávila 88'		Ikoba 20'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Ricardo Cadena
Assistant coaches	David Patiño
	Mario Arteaga
Fitness coach	Salvador Ureña
Doctor	Roberto Robles
Physiotherapist	Miguel Márquez
Kit man	Bernabe Zaragoza

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were called up for the 2023 Pan American Games.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Fernando Tapia	(2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Querétaro
12	1GK	Eduardo García	(2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	Tapatío
2	2DF	Pablo Monroy	(2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	UNAM
3	2DF	Emilio Lara	(2002-05-18)18 May 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	América
4	2DF	Rafael Fernández	(2000-08-05)5 August 2000 (aged 23)	0	0	Tijuana
5	2DF	Mauricio Isais	(2001-04-09)9 April 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Toluca
13	2DF	Jesús Garza	(2000-06-06)6 June 2000 (aged 23)	0	0	Tigres UANL
14	2DF	Antonio Leone	(2004-04-28)28 April 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Los Angeles FC
6	3MF	Érik Lira (captain)	(2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 23)	0	0	Cruz Azul
7	3MF	Raymundo Fulgencio	(2000-02-12)12 February 2000 (aged 23)	0	0	Tigres UANL
8	3MF	Fidel Ambríz	(2003-03-21)21 March 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	León
10	3MF	Jordan Carrillo	(2001-11-30)30 November 2001 (aged 21)	0	0	Sporting de Gijón
11	3MF	Bryan González	(2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Pachuca
15	3MF	Sebastián Pérez	(2003-06-22)22 June 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	FC Juárez
17	3MF	Ramiro Arciga	(2004-08-30)30 August 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Mazatlán
9	4FW	Ettson Ayón	(2001-03-26)26 March 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Querétaro
16	4FW	Jesús Brigido	(2001-09-29)29 September 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Tapatío
18	4FW	Ali Ávila	(2003-09-23)23 September 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Monterrey

Overage players in Olympic Games

Honours

Major competitions

• Summer Olympics
  • Gold medalists (1): 2012
  • Bronze medalists (1): 2020
• Pan American Games
  • Gold medalists (2): 1999, 2011
  • Silver medalists (1): 2015
  • Bronze medalists (3): 2003, 2019, 2023
• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • Winners (5): 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020
  • Runners-up (1): 1992
  • Third place (1): 2000

Other competitions

• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Gold medalists (2): 1990, 2023
• Toulon Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2012
  • Runners-up (1): 2023
  • Third place (2): 1976, 2019
• Summer Universiade
  • Winners (1): 1979

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Before 1984, the football tournament at the Olympic Games was played only by amateur athletes. In 1984, professionals were allowed to compete for the first time. Since 1992, the Olympic Games tournament has been an under-23 tournament, and since 1996, the squads were allowed to have a maximum of three over-aged players.

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1928–1988	See Mexico national football team
1992	Group stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3	Squad
1996	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	3	Squad
2000	did not qualify
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3	Squad
2008	did not qualify
2012	Gold medal	1st	6	5	1	0	12	4	Squad
2016	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	4	Squad
2020	Bronze medal	3rd	6	4	1	1	17	7	Squad
2024	did not qualify
2028	to be determined
2032
Total	1 gold medal		25	12	9	4	44	24

All-time matches at the Summer Olympics
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	City	Scorer(s)
1992	Group D	Denmark	1–1	D	La Romareda	Zaragoza	Rotllán
		Australia	1–1	D	Sarrià	Barcelona	Castañeda
		Ghana	1–1	D	Nova Creu Alta	Sabadell	Rotllán
1996	Group C	Italy	1–0	W	Legion Field	Birmingham	Palencia
		South Korea	0–0	D	Legion Field	Birmingham
		Ghana	1–1	D	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial	District of Columbia	Abundis
	Quarter-finals	Nigeria	0–2	L	Legion Field	Birmingham
2004	Group A	Mali	0–0	D	Panthessaliko	Volos
		South Korea	0–1	L	Karaiskakis	Athens
		Greece	3–2	W	Panthessaliko	Volos	Márquez ∙ Bravo (2)
2012	Group B	South Korea	0–0	D	St James'	Newcastle
		Gabon	2–0	W	City of Coventry	Coventry	Dos Santos (2)
		Switzerland	1–0	W	Millennium	Cardiff	Peralta
	Quarter-finals	Senegal	4–2 (a.e.t.)	W	Wembley	London	Enríquez ∙ Aquino ∙ Dos Santos ∙ Herrera
	Semi-finals	Japan	3–1	W	Wembley	London	Fabián ∙ Peralta ∙ Cortés
	Final	Brazil	2–1	W	Wembley	London	Peralta (2)
2016	Group C	Germany	2–2	D	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	Peralta ∙ Pizarro
		Fiji	5–1	W	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	Gutiérrez (4) ∙ Salcedo
		South Korea	0–1	L	Mané Garrincha	Brasília
2020	Group A	France	4–1	W	Tokyo	Tokyo	Vega ∙ Córdova ∙ Antuna ∙ Aguirre
		Japan	1–2	L	Saitama	Saitama	Alvarado
		South Africa	3–0	W	Sapporo Dome	Sapporo	Vega ∙ Romo ∙ Martín
	Quarter-finals	South Korea	6–3	W	Internantional Yokohama	Yokohama	Martín (2) ∙ Romo ∙ Córdova (2) ∙ Aguirre
	Semi-finals	Brazil	0–0 (1–4 p)	D	Kashima	Kashima
	Third place match	Japan	3–1	W	Saitama	Saitama	Córdova ∙ Vásquez ∙ Vega

Pre-Olympic Tournament

Pan American Games

Since 1999, the Pan American Games football tournament has been an under-23 tournament.

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1999	Gold medal	1st	6	4	2	0	14	5	Squad
2003	Bronze medal	3rd	5	1	2	1	7	7	Squad
2007	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	6	1	Squad
2011	Gold medal	1st	5	4	1	0	12	4	Squad
2015	Silver medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	8	5	Squad
2019	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	7	2	Squad
2023	Bronze medal	3rd	5	2	1	2	5	2	Squad
Total	2 Gold medals	N/A	36	20	11	4	59	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All-time matches at the Pan American Games
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	City	Scorer(s)
1999	Group A	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Guatemala	1–3	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Costa Rica	2–2	D	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
		Canada	0–0	D	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
	Semi-finals	United States	4–0	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
	Final	Honduras	1–3	W	Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Winnipeg
2003	Group A	Guatemala	1–1	D	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
		Paraguay	1–3	W	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
		Argentina	3–4	L	Mirador Este	Santo Domingo
	Semi-final	Brazil	1–0	L	Olímpico	Santo Domingo
	Third place	Colombia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.)	W	Olímpico	Santo Domingo