:Mexico at the FIFA World Cup
{{Short description|Participation of Mexico's national football team in the FIFA World Cup}}
{{For|the women's team|Mexico at the FIFA Women's World Cup}}
File:Ger-Mex (17).jpg in Russia]]
This is a record of the results of the Mexico national football team at the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is the premier competitive international football tournament, first played in 1930, and then every four years since, except 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
Mexico has competed in the tournament since the inaugural 1930 World Cup, and has entered ever since, for a total of 16 tournaments, although it has failed to qualify for the finals proper on 3 occasions: 1934 (Italy), 1974 (West Germany), and 1982 (Spain). In addition, it withdrew from the finals in 1938 (France), and was banned by FIFA from entering the 1990 World Cup (Italy) after fielding over-aged players during the 1988 Olympic Games qualifiers, which was a youth tournament.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614094554/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2007|title=2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|accessdate=6 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf|title=FIFA Facts|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|date=14 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614094554/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2007}}
Overall record
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| colspan=9|FIFA World Cup record |
|---|
| Year
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} 1930
|Group stage |13th |3 |0 |0 |3 |4 |13 |
| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} 1934
|colspan=8|Did not qualify |
| {{flagicon|France}} 1938
|colspan=8|Withdrew |
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} 1950
|rowspan=5|Group stage |12th |3 |0 |0 |3 |2 |10 |
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} 1954
|14th |2 |0 |0 |2 |2 |8 |
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} 1958
|16th |3 |0 |1 |2 |1 |8 |
| {{flagicon|Chile}} 1962
|11th |3 |1 |0 |2 |3 |4 |
| {{flagicon|England}} 1966
|12th |3 |0 |2 |1 |1 |3 |
| style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Mexico}} 1970
|Quarter-finals |6th |4 |2 |1 |1 |6 |4 |
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} 1974
|colspan=8|Did not qualify |
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} 1978
|Group stage |16th |3 |0 |0 |3 |2 |12 |
| {{flagicon|Spain}} 1982
|colspan=8|Did not qualify |
| style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Mexico}} 1986
|Quarter-finals |6th |5 |3 |2 |0 |6 |2 |
| {{flagicon|Italy}} 1990
|colspan=8|Banned |
| {{flagicon|United States}} 1994
|rowspan=7|Round of 16 |13th |4 |1 |2 |1 |4 |4 |
| {{flagicon|France|1974}} 1998
|13th |4 |1 |2 |1 |8 |7 |
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} {{flagicon|Japan}} 2002
|11th |4 |2 |1 |1 |4 |4 |
| {{flagicon|Germany}} 2006
|15th |4 |1 |1 |2 |5 |5 |
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} 2010
|14th |4 |1 |1 |2 |4 |5 |
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} 2014
|10th |4 |2 |1 |1 |5 |3 |
| {{flagicon|Russia}} 2018
|12th |4 |2 |0 |2 |3 |6 |
| {{flagicon|Qatar}} 2022
|Group stage |22nd |3 |1 |1 |1 |2 |3 |
| style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Canada}}{{flagicon|Mexico}}{{flagicon|United States}} 2026
|colspan=8|Qualified as co-hosts |
| {{flagicon|Morocco}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Spain}} 2030
|colspan=9 rowspan=2 |To be determined |
| {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} 2034 |
| style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|Total
| style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|Quarter-finals | style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|17/22 | style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|60 | style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|17 | style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|15 | style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|28 | style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|62 | style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|101 |
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:50%;text-align:center" |
| style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}" colspan=2|Mexico's World Cup record |
|---|
| style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|First Match
|{{flagicon|Mexico|1916}} Mexico 1–4 {{fb-rt|France|1794}} |
| style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|Biggest Win
|{{fb|Mexico}} 4–0 {{fb-rt|El Salvador}} |
| style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|Biggest Defeat
|{{fb|West Germany}} 6–0 {{fb-rt|Mexico}} |
| style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|Best Result |
| style="background:#016549; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#CE1126|1px}}"|Worst Result
|Group stage in 1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978 and 2022 |
By match
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" | ||||
| World Cup
!Round !Opponent !Score !Mexico scorers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} 1930 | rowspan="3"|Group 1 | {{fb|France}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–4 | Carreño |
| {{fb|Chile}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–3 | |||
| {{fb|Argentina}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|3–6 | Manuel Rosas (2), Gayón | ||
| rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} 1950 | rowspan="3"|Group 1 | {{fb|Brazil}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–4 | |
| {{fb|Yugoslavia}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–4 | Héctor Ortiz | ||
| {{fb|Switzerland}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2 | Casarín | ||
| rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} 1954 | rowspan="2"|Group 1 | {{fb|Brazil}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–5 | |
| {{fb|France|1949}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|2–3 | Lamadrid, Balcázar | ||
| rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|Sweden}} 1958 | rowspan="3"|Group 3 | {{fb|Sweden}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–3 | |
| {{fb|Wales}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | Belmonte | ||
| {{fb|Hungary}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–4 | |||
| rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|Chile}} 1962 | rowspan="3"|Group 3 | {{fb|Brazil}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2 | |
| {{fb|Spain|1945}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1 | |||
| {{fb|Czechoslovakia}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–1 | Díaz, del Águila, Hernández | ||
| rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|England}} 1966 | rowspan="3"|Group 1 | {{fb|France}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | Borja |
| {{fb|England}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2 | |||
| {{fb|Uruguay}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0 | |||
| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|Mexico}} 1970 | rowspan="3"|Group 1 | {{fb|Soviet Union}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0 | |
| {{fb|El Salvador}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|4–0 | Valdivia (2), Fragoso, Basaguren | ||
| {{fb|Belgium}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0 | Peña | ||
| Quarter-final | {{fb|Italy}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–4 | González | |
| rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|Argentina}} 1978 | rowspan="3"|Group 2 | {{fb|Tunisia}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–3 | Vázquez Ayala |
| {{fb|West Germany}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–6 | |||
| {{fb|Poland}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–3 | Rangel | ||
| rowspan="5"|{{flagicon|Mexico}} 1986 | rowspan="3"|Group B | {{fb|Belgium}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1 | Quirarte, Hugo Sánchez |
| {{fb|Paraguay}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | Luis Flores | ||
| {{fb|Iraq|1963}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0 | Quirarte | ||
| Round of 16 | {{fb|Bulgaria|1971}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–0 | Negrete, Servín | |
| Quarter-final | {{fb|West Germany}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0 {{aet}} {{pso|1–4}} | ||
| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|United States}} 1994 | rowspan="3"|Group E | {{fb|Norway}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1 | |
| {{fb|Republic of Ireland}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1 | García (2) | ||
| {{fb|Italy}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | Bernal | ||
| Round of 16 | {{fb|Bulgaria}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 {{aet}} {{pso|1–3}} | García Aspe | |
| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|France|1974}} 1998 | rowspan="3"|Group E | {{fb|South Korea|1997}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–1 | Peláez, Hernández (2) |
| {{fb|Belgium}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|2–2 | García Aspe, Blanco | ||
| {{fb|Netherlands}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|2–2 | Peláez, Hernández | ||
| Round of 16 | {{fb|Germany}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2 | Hernández | |
| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|South Korea}} {{flagicon|Japan}} 2002 | rowspan="3"|Group G | {{fb|Croatia}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0 | Blanco |
| {{fb|Ecuador}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1 | Borgetti, Torrado | ||
| {{fb|Italy}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | Borgetti | ||
| Round of 16 | {{fb|United States}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2 | ||
| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|Germany}} 2006 | rowspan="3"|Group D | {{fb|Iran}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–1 | Bravo (2), Zinha |
| {{fb|Angola}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0 | |||
| {{fb|Portugal}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2 | Fonseca | ||
| Round of 16 | {{fb|Argentina}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2 {{aet}} | Márquez | |
| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|South Africa}} 2010 | rowspan=3|Group A | {{fb|South Africa}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | Márquez |
| {{fb|France|1974}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–0 | Javier Hernández, Blanco | ||
| {{fb|Uruguay}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1 | |||
| Round of 16 | {{fb|Argentina}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–3 | Javier Hernández | |
| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} 2014 | rowspan="3"|Group A | {{fb|Cameroon}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0 | Peralta |
| {{fb|Brazil}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0 | |||
| {{fb|Croatia}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–1 | Márquez, Guardado, Javier Hernández | ||
| Round of 16 | {{fb|Netherlands}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2 | G. dos Santos | |
| rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|Russia}} 2018 | rowspan="3" |Group F | {{fb|Germany}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0 | Lozano |
| {{fb|South Korea}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1 | Vela, Javier Hernández | ||
| {{fb|Sweden}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–3 | |||
| Round of 16 | {{fb|Brazil}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2 | ||
| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|Qatar}} 2022 | rowspan="3" |Group C | {{fb|Poland}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0 | |
| {{fb|Argentina}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2 | |||
| {{fb|Saudi Arabia}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1 | Martín, Chávez |
Record players
File:Rafael_Márquez_2014.jpg is Mexico's record World Cup player and one of only three players with appearances in five tournaments.]]
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" | |||
| Rank
!Player !Matches !World Cups | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center|1 | Rafael Márquez | align=center|19 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 |
| align=center|2 | Andrés Guardado | align=center|13 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|3 | Javier Hernández | align=center|12 | 2010, 2014 and 2018 |
| Héctor Moreno | align=center|12 | 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 | |
| rowspan=4 align=center|5 | align=center|11 | 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966 | |
| Cuauhtémoc Blanco | align=center|11 | 1998, 2002 and 2010 | |
| Gerardo Torrado | align=center|11 | 2002, 2006 and 2010 | |
| Guillermo Ochoa | align=center|11 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 | |
| rowspan=2 align=center|9 | Carlos Salcido | align=center|10 | 2006, 2010 and 2014 |
| Héctor Herrera | align=center|10 | 2014, 2018 and 2022 | |
| rowspan=2 align=center|11 | align=center|9 | 1958, 1962 and 1966 | |
| Giovani dos Santos | align=center|9 | 2010, 2014 and 2018 |
Top goalscorers
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" | |||
| Rank
!Player !Goals !World Cups | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 align=center|1 | Luis Hernández | align=center|4 | 1998 |
| Javier Hernández | align=center|4 | 2010 (2), 2014 (1), and 2018 (1) | |
| rowspan=2 align=center|3 | align=center|3 | 1998, 2002 and 2010 | |
| Rafael Márquez | align=center|3 | 2006, 2010 and 2014 | |
| rowspan=8 align=center|5 | align=center|2 | 1930 | |
| Javier Valdivia | align=center|2 | 1970 | |
| Fernando Quirarte | align=center|2 | 1986 | |
| w | align=center|2 | 1994 | |
| Alberto García Aspe | align=center|2 | 1994 and 1998 | |
| Ricardo Peláez | align=center|2 | 1998 | |
| Jared Borgetti | align=center|2 | 2002 | |
| Omar Bravo | align=center|2 | 2006 |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070619075253/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/ FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181125074321/https://www.fifaworldcupwinners.com/2018/11/fifa-world-cup-history.html FIFA World Cup History]
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Head-to-head record
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |
| Opponent
!{{abbr|Pld|Played}} !{{abbr|W|Won}} !{{abbr|D|Drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Lost}} !{{abbr|GF|Goals for}} !{{abbr|GA|Goals against}} !{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}} !Win % |
|---|
| align="left"|{{fb|Angola}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Argentina}}
{{WDL|4|0|0|4|for=5|against=13|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Belgium}}
{{WDL|3|2|1|0|for=5|against=3|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Brazil}}
{{WDL|5|0|1|4|for=0|against=13|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Bulgaria}}
{{WDL|2|1|1|0|for=3|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Cameroon}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=1|against=0|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Chile}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=3|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Croatia}}
{{WDL|2|2|0|0|for=4|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Czechoslovakia}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Ecuador}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|El Salvador}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=4|against=0|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|England}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=2|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|France}}
{{WDL|4|1|1|2|for=6|against=8|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Germany}}
{{WDL|2|1|0|1|for=2|against=2|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Hungary}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=4|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Iran}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Iraq}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=1|against=0|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Italy}}
{{WDL|3|0|2|1|for=3|against=6|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Netherlands}}
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=3|against=4|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Norway}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Paraguay}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=1|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Poland}}
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=1|against=3|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Portugal}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Republic of Ireland}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|South Africa}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=1|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|South Korea}}
{{WDL|2|2|0|0|for=5|against=2|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Soviet Union}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Spain}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Sweden}}
{{WDL|2|0|0|2|for=0|against=6|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Switzerland}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Tunisia}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=3|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|United States}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=2|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Uruguay}}
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=0|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Yugoslavia}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=4|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|West Germany}}
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=0|against=6|diff=yes}} |
| align="left"|{{fb|Wales}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=1|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| class="sortbottom"
!Total {{WDLtot|60|17|15|28|for=62|against=101|diff=yes}} |