Javier Lozano

El Tri: CONCACAF's most successful team and 1999 Confederations Cup champions.

The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in men's international football, governed by the Mexican Football Federation, founded in 1927. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1929 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of NAFU in the North American Zone.

Quick Facts

Status: Retired Legend

Lore & Background

Mexico has qualified for the FIFA World Cup eighteen times and has qualified consecutively since 1994. It is one of four CONCACAF teams to have advanced to the knockout stage, reaching the quarter-finals twice (1970 and 1986) both as hosts. Mexico played France in the first match in World Cup history in Uruguay 1930. It won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup as hosts, defeating Brazil 4–3. Mexico is the most successful team in CONCACAF, winning 15 continental titles. It has participated eleven times in the Copa América, finishing as runners-up twice (1993 and 2001).

Did You Know?

Mexico is the only CONCACAF team and the only non-European or South American team to have won a FIFA global competition, winning the 1999 Confederations Cup.
Goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal was the first player ever to appear in five consecutive World Cups.
Mexico was disqualified from the 1990 FIFA World Cup due to the 'Cachirules' scandal involving age-limit violations.