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Mexico national under-17 football team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Mexico women's national under-17 football team.

Mexico U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)El Tri (The Tri)
El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Los Niños Héroes (The Hero Boys)
AssociationMexican Football Federation
(Federación Mexicana de Fútbol)
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachCarlos Cariño
FIFA codeMEX
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
Appearances12 (first in 1983)
Best resultChampions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (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

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2005

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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

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Mexico U-17 players of the 2011 generation

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

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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

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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

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

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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
Report Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship F Mexico  3–1  United States Guatemala City, Guatemala
 Report
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
March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25) Friendly Saudi Arabia  0–1  Mexico Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Report
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
Report
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
Report
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
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
Report Stadium: Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium
Attendance: 7,034
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Players

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Current squad

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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) Mexico América
2 2DF Jose Suárez (2006-05-04)4 May 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Cruz Azul
3 2DF Kevin García (2006-02-09)9 February 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Santos Laguna
4 2DF Luis Navarrete (2006-08-23)23 August 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Toluca
5 2DF Javen Romero (2006-04-21)21 April 2006 (aged 17) United States Los Angeles FC
6 3MF Isaac Martínez (2006-03-23)23 March 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Guadalajara
7 4FW Brandon Lomelí (2006-11-10)10 November 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Necaxa
8 3MF José Urías (2006-03-25)25 March 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Monterrey
9 4FW Stephano Carrillo (2006-03-07)7 March 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Santos Laguna
10 3MF Gael Álvarez (2006-03-09)9 March 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Pachuca
11 4FW Fidel Barajas (2006-04-05)5 April 2006 (aged 17) United States Charleston Battery
12 1GK Fernando Delgado (2006-07-25)25 July 2006 (aged 17) United States Real Salt Lake
13 2DF Adrian Pelayo (2006-05-16)16 May 2006 (aged 17) United States North Carolina FC
14 2DF Manuel Sánchez (2006-02-06)6 February 2006 (aged 17) Mexico UNAM
15 3MF Luis Ortiz (2006-07-09)9 July 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Monterrey
16 3MF Daniel Vázquez (2006-04-06)6 April 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Necaxa
17 3MF Adrián Fernández de Lara (2006-05-05)5 May 2006 (aged 17) Mexico América
18 4FW Tahiel Jiménez (2006-01-22)22 January 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Santos Laguna
19 4FW Mateo Levy (2006-10-22)22 October 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Cruz Azul
20 4FW Francisco Valenzuela (2007-04-13)13 April 2007 (aged 16) Mexico Monterrey
21 1GK Roberto Moreno (2006-02-26)26 February 2006 (aged 17) Mexico Cruz Azul

Competitive record

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FIFA U-17 World Cup

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FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
China 1985 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 3 3
Canada 1987 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 3 9
Scotland 1989 Did not enter
Italy 1991 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 5 6
Japan 1993 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 4 7
Ecuador 1995 Did not qualify
Egypt 1997 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 8 6
New Zealand 1999 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 7 7
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Did not qualify
Finland 2003 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 5 5
Peru 2005 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 16 3
South Korea 2007 Did not qualify
Nigeria 2009 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 4 3
Mexico 2011 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 17 7
United Arab Emirates 2013 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 1 2 11 11
Chile 2015 Fourth Place 4th 7 4 1 2 14 9
India 2017 Round of 16 16th 4 0 2 2 4 6
Brazil 2019 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 2 2 14 5
Indonesia 2023 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 7 10
Qatar 2025 to be determined
Total 2 Titles 15/20 69 34 13 22 122 97

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

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CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Trinidad and Tobago 1983 Third Place 4 3 1 0 13 0
Mexico 1985 Champions 7 6 1 0 37 1
Honduras 1987 Champions 6 6 0 0 16 2
Cuba 1988 Did not enter
Trinidad and Tobago 1991 Champions 6 3 3 0 8 2
Cuba 1992 Runners-up 6 4 2 0 21 6
El Salvador 1994 Fourth Place 6 4 0 2 17 4
Trinidad and Tobago 1996 Champions 6 6 0 0 23 2
Mexico 2009 Cancelled due to the 2009 flu pandemic outbreak
Jamaica 2011 did not participate/World Cup Host
Panama 2013 Champions 5 5 0 0 14 3
Honduras 2015 Champions 6 4 2 0 16 3
Panama 2017 Champions 6 4 1 1 22 7
United States 2019 Champions 7 7 0 0 21 3
Guatemala 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

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See also

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References

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