Mexico national football team records and statistics

This is a list of Mexico national football team's all kinds of competitive records.

As of 24 March 2024^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Mexico.

For the all-time record of the national team against opposing nations, see the team's all-time record page.

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Group stage	13th	3	0	0	3	4	13	Squad		Qualified as invitees
1934	Did not qualify										4	3	0	1	14	7
1938	Withdrew										Withdrew
1950	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	2	10	Squad		4	4	0	0	17	2
1954		13th	2	0	0	2	2	8	Squad		4	4	0	0	19	1
1958		16th	3	0	1	2	1	8	Squad		6	5	1	0	21	3
1962		11th	3	1	0	2	3	4	Squad		8	4	3	1	18	5
1966		12th	3	0	2	1	1	3	Squad		8	6	2	0	20	4
1970	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	4	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1974	Did not qualify										9	6	2	1	18	8
1978	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	12	Squad		9	6	2	1	23	6
1982	Did not qualify										9	2	5	2	14	8
1986	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	2	0	6	2	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1990	Banned										Disqualified
1994	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	4	4	Squad		12	9	1	2	39	8
1998		13th	4	1	2	1	8	7	Squad		16	8	6	2	37	13
2002		11th	4	2	1	1	4	4	Squad		16	9	3	4	33	11
2006		15th	4	1	1	2	5	5	Squad		18	15	1	2	67	10
2010		14th	4	1	1	2	4	5	Squad		18	11	2	5	36	18
2014		10th	4	2	1	1	5	3	Squad		18	10	5	3	31	14
2018		12th	4	2	0	2	3	6	Squad		16	11	4	1	29	8
2022	Group stage	22nd	3	1	1	1	2	3	Squad		14	8	4	2	17	8
2026	Qualified as co-hosts										Qualified as co-hosts[2]
Total	Quarter-finals	18/23	60	17	15	28	62	101	—		189	121	41	27	453	134

FIFA World Cup history
First Match	France 4–1 Mexico  (13 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay)
Biggest Win	Mexico 4–0 El Salvador  (7 June 1970; Mexico City, Mexico)
Biggest Defeat	West Germany 6–0 Mexico  (6 June 1978; Córdoba, Argentina)
Best Result	Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)
Worst Result	Group stage (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978, 2022)

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Group stage	7th	3	1	1	1	9	2	Squad		Qualified automatically
1965	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	13	2	Squad		Automatically entered
1967	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	1	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
1969	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	4	5	Squad		2	1	0	1	4	2
1971	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	6	1	Squad		2	2	0	0	6	0
1973	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	10	5	Squad		4	4	0	0	8	3
1977	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	20	5	Squad		4	1	2	1	3	1
1981	Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	6	3	Squad		4	1	2	1	8	5
1985	Withdrew to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup										Withdrew
1989	Banned										Banned
1991	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5	Squad		Qualified automatically
1993	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	28	2	Squad		Qualified automatically
1996	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	9	0	Squad		Qualified automatically
1998		1st	4	4	0	0	8	2	Squad		Qualified automatically
2000	Quarter-finals	7th	3	1	1	1	6	3	Squad		Qualified automatically
2002		5th	3	2	1	0	4	1	Squad		Qualified automatically
2003	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	0	Squad		Qualified automatically
2005	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	7	4	Squad		Qualified automatically
2007	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	7	5	Squad		Qualified automatically
2009	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	15	2	Squad		Qualified automatically
2011		1st	6	6	0	0	22	4	Squad		Qualified automatically
2013	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	0	2	8	5	Squad		Qualified automatically
2015	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	16	6	Squad		Qualified automatically
2017	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	1	1	6	2	Squad		Qualified automatically
2019	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	16	4	Squad		Qualified automatically
2021	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	9	2	Squad		4	4	0	0	13	3
2023	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	2	Squad		4	2	2	0	8	3
Total	12 Titles	25/27	123	85	21	17	271	73			24	15	6	3	50	17

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup history
First Match	Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Mexico  (24 March 1963; Santa Ana, El Salvador)
Biggest Win	Mexico 9–0 Martinique  (11 July 1993; Mexico City, Mexico)
Biggest Defeat	Trinidad and Tobago 4–0 Mexico  (14 December 1973; Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Best Result	Champions (1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
Worst Result	7th (1963, Quarter-finals 2000)

CONCACAF Nations League record
League phase												Knockout phase
Season	Div	Pos.	P/R	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Rank		Finals	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2019–20	A	1st		4	4	0	0	13	3	1st		2021	2nd	2	0	1	1	2	3
2022–23	A	1st		4	2	2	0	8	3	4th		2023	3rd	2	1	0	1	1	3
2023–24	Bye			N/A								2024	2nd	4	2	0	2	5	4
Total				8	6	2	0	21	6	—		Total	–	8	3	1	4	8	10

CONCACAF Nations League history
First Match	Bermuda 1–5 Mexico  (11 October 2019; Hamilton, Bermuda)
Biggest Win	Bermuda 1–5 Mexico  (11 October 2019; Hamilton, Bermuda)
Biggest Defeat	United States 3–0 Mexico  (15 June 2023; Paradise, United States)
Best Result	Runners-up (2019–20, 2023–24)
Worst Result	Third place (2022–23)

Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1993	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	8	7	Squad
1995	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	5	4	Squad
1997	Third place	3rd	6	2	2	2	8	9	Squad
1999	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	10	9	Squad
2001	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	7	5	Squad
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	5	7	Squad
2007	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	13	5	Squad
2011	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	4	Squad
2015		11th	3	0	2	1	4	5	Squad
2016	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	6	9	Squad
2019	Not invited
2021
2024	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	1	1	Squad
Total	Runners-up	11/13	51	20	14	17	67	63	—

Copa América history
First Match	Colombia 2–1 Mexico  (16 June 1993; Machala, Ecuador)
Biggest Win	Mexico 6–0 Paraguay  (8 July 2007; Maturín, Venezuela)
Biggest Defeat	Mexico 0–7 Chile  (18 June 2016; Santa Clara, United States)
Best Result	Runners-up (1993, 2001)
Worst Result	Group stage (2011, 2015, 2024)

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995	Third place	3rd	3	1	2	0	4	2	Squad
1997	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	8	6	Squad
1999	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	13	6	Squad
2001	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	8	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Fourth place	4th	5	2	2	1	7	6	Squad
2009	Did not qualify
2013	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
2017	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	8	10	Squad
Total	1 title	7/10	27	11	6	10	44	43	—

FIFA Confederations Cup history
First Match	Saudi Arabia 2–1 Mexico  (6 January 1995; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Biggest Win	Saudi Arabia 0–5 Mexico  (14 December 1997; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Biggest Defeat	France 4–0 Mexico  (3 June 2001; Ulsan, South Korea)
Best Result	Champions (1999)
Worst Result	Group stage (1997, 2001, 2013)

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1928	First round	14th	2	0	0	2	2	10	Squad
1936	Did not enter
1948	First round	11th	1	0	0	1	3	5	Squad
1952	Did not qualify
1956
1960
1964	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	2	6	Squad
1968	Fourth place	4th	5	3	0	2	10	7	Squad
1972	Second group stage	7th	6	2	1	3	4	14	Squad
1976	Group stage	9th	3	0	2	1	4	7	Squad
1980	Did not qualify
1984
1988	Banned
Since 1992	See Mexico national under-23 football team
Total	Fourth place	6/13	20	5	4	11	25	49	—

The list shown below shows the Mexico national football team's all-time international record against opposing nations. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup Qualifying, FIFA Confederations Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup (including CONCACAF Championship), CONCACAF Cup, Summer Olympics, Copa America, and CONCACAF Nations League matches, as well as international friendly matches.

After the match against the  Honduras on 15 November 2024.^[3]

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Last meeting[nb 1]
Albania	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	13 March 2002 4-0
Algeria	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	13 October 2020 2-2
Angola	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	13 May 2010 1-0
Argentina	32	4	12	16	28	53	-25	26 November 2022 0-2
Australia	6	1	3	2	9	10	-1	9 September 2023 2-2
Bahamas	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	28 April 1987 13-0
Belarus	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	18 November 2014 2-3
Belgium	7	3	2	2	9	11	-2	10 November 2017 3-3
Belize	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	21 June 2008 7-0
Bermuda	8	7	0	1	23	4	+19	19 November 2019 2-1
Bolivia	13	10	2	1	21	5	+16	31 May 2024 1-0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	31 January 2018 1-0
Brazil	42	10	7	25	38	78	-40	8 June 2024 2–3
Bulgaria	13	4	6	3	16	14	+2	16 November 2005 0-3
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	10 June 2023 2-2
Canada	39	24	11	4	87	26	+61	10 September 2024 0-0
Chile	33	15	6	12	37	42	-5	8 December 2021 2–2
China	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	16 April 2008 1-0
Colombia	28	10	9	9	29	27	+2	16 December 2023 2-3
Costa Rica	58	32	20	6	88	34	+54	8 July 2023 2-0
Croatia	6	2	0	4	6	9	-3	27 March 2018 0-1
Cuba	13	13	0	0	51	6	+45	15 June 2019 7-0
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	16 July 2017 2-0
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	8 February 2000 1-2
DR Congo	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	12 May 2006 2-1
Denmark	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	9 June 2018 0-2
Dominica	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18	27 June 2004 8-0
Ecuador	27	16	6	5	43	26	+17	30 June 2024 0–0
Egypt	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	27 July 1999 2-2
El Salvador	37	32	1	4	106	20	+86	30 March 2022 2-0
England	10	2	1	7	4	27	-23	24 May 2010 1-3
Estonia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	9 May 1998 6-0
Ethiopia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	29 September 1968 3-0
Fiji	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	30 August 1980 2-0
Finland	5	4	1	0	11	4	+7	30 October 2013 4-2
France	7	1	1	5	6	15	-9	17 June 2010 2-0
Gambia	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	30 May 2010 5-1
Germany	13	2	6	5	13	26	-13	17 October 2023 2-2
Ghana	4	4	0	0	6	1	+5	14 October 2023 2-0
Greece	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	22 June 2005 0-0
Guadeloupe	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	12 July 2009 2-0
Guatemala	37	24	9	4	74	32	+42	7 June 2023 2-0
Guinea	1	0	0	0	4	0	+4	17 October 1968 4-0
Guyana	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	12 October 2012 5-0
Haiti	11	9	2	0	30	3	+27	29 June 2023 3-1
Honduras	49	29	10	10	87	39	+48	15 November 2024 0–2
Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	16 February 1999 0-0
Hungary	7	5	1	1	15	6	+9	14 December 2005 2-0
Iceland	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	29 May 2021 2–1
Iran	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	2 June 2007 4-0
Iraq	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	9 November 2022 4-0
Israel	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	28 May 2014 3-0
Italy	12	1	4	7	10	28	-18	16 June 2013 1-2
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	14 August 2013 4-1
Jamaica	29	21	5	3	72	15	+57	22 June 2024 1-0
Japan	7	6	0	1	15	6	+9	17 November 2020 2–0
Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	18 October 1985 0-0
Kuwait	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	25 October 1985 0-0
Liberia	1	1	0	0	5	4	+1	23 August 2001 5-4
Libya	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	11 October 1985 1-3
Luxembourg	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	10 April 1969 1-2
Martinique	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	23 June 2019 3-2
Myanmar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	30 August 1972 1-0
Morocco	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	11 September 1971 1-2
Netherlands	9	4	1	4	16	15	+1	7 October 2020 1-0
New Zealand	8	7	0	1	21	9	+12	7 September 2024 3-0
Nicaragua	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	5 July 2009 2-0
Nigeria	7	3	4	0	13	7	+6	28 May 2022 2-1
North Korea	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	17 March 2010 2-1
Northern Ireland	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	11 June 1994 3-0
Norway	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	25 January 2006 2-1
Panama	27	19	6	2	49	15	+34	21 March 2024 3-0
Paraguay	21	11	5	5	37	17	+20	31 August 2022 0-1
Peru	28	13	6	9	38	32	+6	24 September 2022 1-0
Poland	9	3	3	3	13	9	+4	22 November 2022 0-0
Portugal	5	0	2	3	4	7	-3	2 July 2017 1-2
Qatar	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	2 July 2023 0-1
Republic of Ireland	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	1 June 2017 3-1
Romania	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	10 February 1993 2-0
Russia	4	1	0	3	4	11	-7	24 June 2017 2-1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	17 November 2004 8-0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7	7	0	0	36	1	+35	10 October 2004 1-0
Saudi Arabia	6	5	1	0	16	3	+13	30 November 2022 2-1
Scotland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2 June 2018 1-0
Senegal	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	10 February 2016 2-0
Serbia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	11 November 2011 2-0
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	17 May 1996 5-2
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	6 December 1995 1-2
South Africa	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5	11 June 2010 1-1
South Korea	14	8	2	4	29	18	+11	14 November 2020 3–2
Spain	8	0	3	5	4	16	-12	11 August 2010 1-1
Suriname	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	23 March 2023 2-0
Sweden	11	2	3	6	6	13	-7	16 November 2022 1-2
Switzerland	5	1	1	3	7	10	-3	26 January 1994 1-5
Sudan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	28 August 1972 1-0
Tahiti	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2 September 1980 1-0
Trinidad and Tobago	24	15	6	3	54	22	+32	10 July 2021 0-0
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	2 June 1978 1-3
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	20 October 1993 2-1
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	22 October 1985 2-2
United States	78	37	17	24	147	92	+55	15 October 2024 2–0
Uruguay	23	8	7	8	29	35	-6	5 June 2024 0-4
Uzbekistan	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	12 September 2023 3-3
Venezuela	14	10	3	1	30	11	+19	26 June 2024 0-1
Wales	5	2	2	1	5	3	+2	27 March 2021 0-1
Yemen	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	15 October 1985 2-0

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Latest meeting
Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	7 June 1962 3–1
East Germany	4	0	2	2	3	5	-2	15 February 1986 1–2
Netherlands Antilles	6	3	2	1	23	4	+19	8 December 1973 8–0
Soviet Union	10	1	7	2	2	6	-4	19 February 1986 1–0
Yugoslavia	7	1	1	5	8	16	-8	13 February 2002 1–2

Team	Match score (PSO score)	Competition	Venue (Date)
Argentina	1–1 (5–6)	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	AWD-Arena, Hanover 26 June 2005
Bulgaria	1–1 (1–3)	1994 FIFA World Cup	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford 5 July 1994
Costa Rica	1–1 (5–3)	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup	Soldier Field, Chicago 23 July 2009
Costa Rica	1–1 (5–4)	2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup	NRG Stadium, Houston 29 June 2019
Costa Rica	0–0 (5–4)	2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals	Empower Field at Mile High, Denver 3 June 2021
Denmark	1–1 (2–4)	1995 King Fahd Cup	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 10 January 1995
Ecuador	1–1 (4–3)	1997 Copa América	Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba 22 June 1997
Germany	0–0 (1–4)	1986 FIFA World Cup	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza 21 June 1986
Honduras	2–0 (2-2) (4–2)	2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 21 November 2023
South Korea	0–0 (2–4)	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup	Rose Bowl, Pasadena 27 January 2002
Nigeria	1–1 (5–4)	1995 King Fahd Cup	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 13 January 1995
Peru	3–3 (4–2)	1999 Copa América	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 10 July 1999
United States	0–0 (1–4)	1995 Copa América	Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú 17 July 1995

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A line chart depicting the history of the Mexico's year-end placements in the FIFA World Rankings.

Last update was on 21 December 2023.

Source:^[4]

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Mexico's FIFA World Ranking History
Rank	Year	Best		Worst
		Rank	Move	Rank	Move
15	2023	12	2	14	2
15	2022	9	3	15	3
14	2021	9	2	14	5
9	2020	9	2	11
11	2019	11	6	18	1
17	2018	10	5	17	1
16	2017	14	2	18	2
18	2016	14	6	23	2
22	2015	18	14	40	17
20	2014	16	2	21	3
21	2013	14	4	24	3
15	2012	14	5	22	3
21	2011	9	19	28	11
27	2010	15	2	28	7
17	2009	15	6	33	7
26	2008	14	8	32	13
15	2007	10	16	26	6
20	2006	4	2	20	14
5	2005	5	2	8	2
7	2004	4	2	10	2
7	2003	4	6	11	3
8	2002	6	1	9	1
9	2001	9	2	15	2
12	2000	8	2	14	5
10	1999	9	3	14	2
10	1998	4	2	12	8
5	1997	5	6	12	2
11	1996	8	4	15	2
12	1995	7	6	16	6
15	1994	13	4	19	3
16	1993	14	11	18	2