The Mexico U-17 national football team is one of the younger teams that represents Mexico in football, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol). A two time FIFA U-17 World Cup champion, the team has enjoyed recent success as it was crowned in the 2005 and 2011 editions of the tournament. In 2011, Mexico hosted and subsequently won the tournament by defeating Uruguay, becoming the only time a host nation has ever won this tournament. Mexico has participated in 11 of 15 FIFA U-16/U-17 World Cup events.
Individual awards
In addition to team victories, Mexico players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup record
| FIFA U-17 World Cup record |
| Year |
Round |
Position |
Pld |
W |
D* |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
 1985 |
Group Stage |
10th |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
 1987 |
Group Stage |
10th |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
 1989 |
Banned |
 1991 |
Group Stage |
11th |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
 1993 |
Group Stage |
10th |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
 1995 |
Did Not Qualify |
 1997 |
Group Stage |
10th |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
 1999 |
Quarter-Finals |
6th |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
 2001 |
Did Not Qualify |
 2003 |
Quarter-Finals |
6th |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
 2005 |
Champions |
1st |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
3 |
15 |
 2007 |
Did Not Qualify |
 2009 |
Round of 16 |
10th |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
 2011 |
Champions |
1st |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
7 |
21 |
 2013 |
Runners-up |
2nd |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
 2015 |
Fourth Place |
4th |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
9 |
13 |
| Total |
2 Titles |
11/15 |
54 |
30 |
7 |
17 |
97 |
76 |
97 |
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
CONCACAF U-17 Championship
| CONCACAF U-17 Championship |
| 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 participate
|
| 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 |
| Total |
6 Titles |
52 |
41 |
9 |
2 |
165 |
23 |
Honours
- FIFA U-17 World Cup
- Winners (2): 2005, 2011
- Runners-up (1): 2013
- Fourth Place: 2015
- CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
- Winners (6): 1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015
- Runners-up (1): 1992
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 let 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 amount 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 winning 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 soccer 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 players were selected to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Caps and goals updated as of November 8, 2015 after the game against Belgium.
Head Coach: Mario Alberto Arteaga
| 0#0 |
Pos. |
Player |
Date of birth (age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
| 1 |
1GK |
Joel García |
(1998-04-12)April 12, 1998 (aged 17) |
0 |
0 |
Santos Laguna |
| 2 |
2DF |
Diego Cortés |
(1998-06-18)June 18, 1998 (aged 17) |
13 |
2 |
Guadalajara |
| 3 |
2DF |
Joaquín Esquivel |
(1998-01-07)January 7, 1998 (aged 17) |
13 |
0 |
Zacatecas |
| 4 |
2DF |
Francisco Venegas |
(1998-07-16)July 16, 1998 (aged 17) |
12 |
4 |
Pachuca |
| 5 |
2DF |
Ulises Torres |
(1998-02-17)February 17, 1998 (aged 17) |
12 |
4 |
América |
| 6 |
3MF |
Alan Cervantes |
(1998-01-17)January 17, 1998 (aged 17) |
13 |
0 |
Guadalajara |
| 7 |
2DF |
Edwin Lara |
(1999-09-08)September 8, 1999 (aged 16) |
1 |
0 |
Pachuca |
| 8 |
3MF |
Pablo López |
(1998-01-07)January 7, 1998 (aged 17) |
13 |
3 |
Pachuca |
| 9 |
4FW |
Eduardo Aguirre |
(1998-08-03)August 3, 1998 (aged 17) |
13 |
2 |
Santos Laguna |
| 10 |
4FW |
Claudio Zamudio |
(1998-03-30)March 30, 1998 (aged 17) |
12 |
5 |
Morelia |
| 11 |
3MF |
Kevin Magaña |
(1998-02-01)February 1, 1998 (aged 17) |
13 |
3 |
Guadalajara |
| 12 |
1GK |
Fernando Hernández |
(1998-01-02)January 2, 1998 (aged 17) |
0 |
0 |
Monterrey |
| 13 |
2DF |
Bryan Salazar |
(1998-02-25)February 25, 1998 (aged 17) |
2 |
1 |
Guadalajara |
| 14 |
2DF |
Brayton Vázquez |
(1998-05-05)May 5, 1998 (aged 17) |
0 |
0 |
Atlas |
| 15 |
3MF |
Kevin Lara |
(1998-04-18)April 18, 1998 (aged 17) |
11 |
2 |
Santos Laguna |
| 16 |
3MF |
Javier Ibarra |
(1998-02-06)February 6, 1998 (aged 17) |
5 |
0 |
Monterrey |
| 17 |
3MF |
Nahum Gómez |
(1998-01-19)January 19, 1998 (aged 17) |
6 |
0 |
Pachuca |
| 18 |
3MF |
Fernando Escalante |
(1998-01-06)January 6, 1998 (aged 17) |
2 |
0 |
Pachuca |
| 19 |
4FW |
Ricardo Marín |
(1998-03-18)March 18, 1998 (aged 17) |
3 |
1 |
América |
| 20 |
4FW |
José Gurrola |
(1998-04-15)April 15, 1998 (aged 17) |
13 |
2 |
Guadalajara |
| 21 |
1GK |
Abraham Romero |
(1998-02-18)February 18, 1998 (aged 17) |
13 |
0 |
 LA Galaxy |
|
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Mexico U-17 squad within last 12 months.
Players Record
Top appearances
Top goalscorers
2013 fixtures and results
2015 fixtures and results
References
The U-17 Mexico National Soccer Team made it to the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [1]
- ↑ FIFA, FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015, November 10, 2015
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