FIFA code MEX Best result Winners : 2005, 2011 Head coach Mario Arteaga Confederation CONCACAF (North America) | Appearances 11 (First in 1985) Manager Mario Arteaga Location Mexico | |
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Nickname(s) El Tri (The Tri)
El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Los Niños Héroes (The Hero Boys) Association Mexican Football Federation | ||
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.
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FIFA U-17 World Cup
Gold Medal 2005 2011
Silver Medal 2013
Fourth Place. 2015
CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Gold Medal 1985 1987 1991 1996 2013 2015
Silver Medal 1992
Bronze Medal 1983
Fourth Place. 1994
Individual awards
2011 Golden Ball Julio Gómez
2005 Silver Ball Giovani Dos Santos
2011 Silver Ball Jonathan Espericueta
2011 Bronze Ball Carlos Fierro
2013 Bronze Ball Ivan Ochoa
2005 Golden Shoe Carlos Vela
FIFA World Cup record
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Honours
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 football 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 called up for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Mexico U-17 squad within last 12 months.