Mexico

Nickname(s)	El Tri (El Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Jose Luís Gonzalez China
FIFA code	MEX
Home colours Away colours
First international
Hungary 0-0  Mexico (Shangai, China; 31 July 1985)
Biggest win
Mexico 7-0  Trinidad and Tobago (Tijuana, Mexico; 22 April 2009)
Biggest defeat
USSR 7-0  Mexico (St.John's, Canada; 14 July 1987)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1985)
Best result	Winners, 2005

Medal record
U-17 World Cup
Gold	2005 Peru	Team

The Mexico National U-17 Football Team, is the youngest football national team of Mexico controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol. It gained national massive popularity in 2005 when they won the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Mexico has participated in 8 of 12 fifa u-17 world cup events. The U-17 World cup held in Peru in 2005 meant the first under 17 World Cup for Mexico. Mexico was placed in Group B along with Australia, Turkey and Uruguay in which Mexico came out on top. Mexico ended up defeating Brazil in a exciting final with a result of 3-0.

Giovani Dos Santos, Carlos Vela and Hector Moreno gained popularity throughout the course of the cup. All three have become very successful footballers, and currently play in highly-respected European football clubs.

Contents 1 Competitive Record 1.1 FIFA U-17 World Championship 1.2 Individual awards 1.3 Current Squad 2 Fixtures and Results 3 Former squads 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Competitive Record

[edit] FIFA U-17 World Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Round 1	3	1	1	1	3	3
1987	Round 1	3	1	1	1	3	9
1989	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Round 1	3	1	0	2	5	6
1993	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	7
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Round 1	3	1	0	2	8	6
1999	Quarter-Finals	4	2	0	2	7	7
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Quarter-Finals	4	1	2	1	5	5
2005	Champions	6	5	0	1	16	3
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	4	3
2011	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	9/13	33	15	4	14	55	49

[edit] Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Mexicans players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.

Year	Golden Boot	Silver Ball
2005	Carlos Vela	Giovani dos Santos

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were selected to play in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[1]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK José Antonio Rodríguez Romero 1 July 1992 (1992-07-01) (age 17) Guadalajara 2 DF César Alberto Ibáñez Jiménez 1 April 1992 (1992-04-01) (age 17) Atlas 3 DF Kristian Álvarez 20 April 1992 (1992-04-20) (age 17) Guadalajara 4 DF Jairo González Fajardo 27 February 1992 (1992-02-27) (age 17) Guadalajara 5 DF Diego Antonio Reyes Rosales 19 September 1992 (1992-09-19) (age 17) América 6 MF Abraham Coronado Tafoya 28 February 1992 (1992-02-28) (age 17) Guadalajara 7 FW Gil Cordero Burgos 13 April 1992 (1992-04-13) (age 17) Necaxa 8 MF Luis Fernando Telles González 9 March 1992 (1992-03-09) (age 17) Atlas 9 FW Víctor Omar Mañón Barrón 6 February 1992 (1992-02-06) (age 17) Pachuca 10 FW Christian Adán Ortega Ruiz 25 February 1992 (1992-02-25) (age 17) Real Leonés 11 FW Juan Miguel Basulto Medina 7 January 1992 (1992-01-07) (age 17) Guadalajara 12 GK Israel Cano Loredo 17 September 1992 (1992-09-17) (age 17) Monterrey 13 MF Erick Vera Franco 24 March 1992 (1992-03-24) (age 17) UNAM 14 FW Luis Guillermo Madrigal Gutiérrez 10 February 1993 (1993-02-10) (age 16) Monterrey 15 DF Oscar Sebastián García Carmona 8 February 1993 (1993-02-08) (age 16) Monterrey 16 FW Daniel Guzmán Miranda 28 June 1992 (1992-06-28) (age 17) UANL 17 GK José Alujas Arreaga 9 April 1992 (1992-04-09) (age 17) Atlas 18 FW Martín Aarón Ponce Camacho 30 June 1992 (1992-06-30) (age 17) América 19 MF Bryan Roberto Leyva Caro 8 February 1992 (1992-02-08) (age 17) F.C. Dallas 20 MF Carlos Andrei Parra Miranda 30 March 1992 (1992-03-30) (age 17) Santos Laguna 21 MF Carlos Alberto Campos Ávila 13 April 1992 (1992-04-13) (age 17) UNAM 22 FW Efren Mendoza Cuahutle 9 June 1992 (1992-06-09) (age 17) Atlas

[edit] Fixtures and Results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
October 13, 2009	Friendly		Mexico	1:1	United Arab Emirates	Víctor Omar Mañón Barrón  23'
October 15, 2009	Friendly		Valencia F.C.	1:2	Mexico	Daniel Guzman jr.  18' Gil Cordero  56'
October 17, 2009	Friendly		Mexico	2:0	Honduras	Gil Cordero  27' Víctor Omar Mañón Barrón  57'
October 24, 2009	2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup		Mexico	0:2	Switzerland
October 27, 2009	2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup		Brazil	0:1	Mexico	Juan Miguel Basulto Medina  70'
October 30, 2009	2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup		Japan	0:2	Mexico	Carlos Alberto Campos  65' Carlos Parra 79'

[edit] Former squads

• 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
• 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship
• 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship

[edit] See also

• 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
• Mexico national football team
• Mexico national under-20 football team

[edit] References

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