Mexico national football team profile

The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in international football competition. It is managed by the Mexican Football Federation.The team is currently ranked 17th in the FIFA World Rankings.Mexico has qualified for thirteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994. Mexico's best progression was reaching the Quarterfinals in both the 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, both of which were staged on Mexican soil. Mexico holds one FIFA Confederations Cup, five CONCACAF Gold Cups, three CONCACAF Championships, one North American Nations Cup and two NAFC Championships. Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF, the national football team has been regularly invited to compete in the CONMEBOL Copa América since Ecuador 1993 finishing as runner-up twice and obtaining the third place medal on three occasions.Mexico did not appear again in a World Cup tournament until the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Before 1970, Mexico struggled to make much of an impact in the World Cup when competing against European and South American teams. However, goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal has the distinction of being the first player ever to appear in five consecutive FIFA World Cups.Mexico failed to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and did not appear at the world stage until the Argentina '78. Mexico suffered an early exit after three defeats: 0-6 against West Germany, 1-3 against Tunisia, and 1-3 to Poland. Mexico failed to qualify for Spain 1982.In 1986, Mexico again hosted the World Cup. Coached by Bora Milutinović, Mexico was placed in Group B where they defeated Belgium 2-1, draw 1-1 with Paraguay, and defeated Iraq 1-0. With this performance, Mexico won the top spot in its group and advanced to the next round where Mexico faced Bulgaria in a 2-0 win. In the quarter-finals stage, Mexico lost to West Germany 0-0 (1-4 pens). They won the first championship game.Mexico was disqualified from the 1990 FIFA World Cup (and any other international competition) after using players over the age limit allowed by FIFA in the qualifying round for the Olympic Games in Seoul 1988.Mexico hosted and won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Mexico won its first official FIFA tournament trophy by beating Brazil with a final score of 4-3. Mexico's star, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, shared the tournament's Golden Shoe award as top scorer with Ronaldinho, he was also awarded the Silver Ball.
Provisional squad list:
GK Luis MICHEL
GK Guillermo OCHOA
GK Oscar PEREZ
Paul AGUILAR
Adrian ALDRETE
Pablo BARRERA
Adolfo BAUTISTA
Cuauhtemoc BLANCO
Israel CASTRO
Giovani DOS SANTOS
Jonathan DOS SANTOS
Guillermo FRANCO
Andres GUARDADO
Javier HERNANDEZ
Efrain JUAREZ
Jonny MAGALLON
Rafael MARQUEZ
Alberto MEDINA
Hector MORENO
Ricardo OSORIO
Francisco RODRIGUEZ
Carlos SALCIDO
Gerardo TORRADO
Jorge TORRES
Juan Carlos VALENZUELA
Carlos VELA

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