Mexico at the FIFA World Cup
Participation of Mexico's national football team in the FIFA World Cup
Mexico national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup 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 .[ 1] [ 2]
Overall record
FIFA World Cup record
Year
Round
Position
1930
Group stage
13th
3
0
0
3
4
13
1934
Did not qualify
1938
Withdrew
1950
Group stage
12th
3
0
0
3
2
10
1954
14th
2
0
0
2
2
8
1958
16th
3
0
1
2
1
8
1962
11th
3
1
0
2
3
4
1966
12th
3
0
2
1
1
3
1970
Quarter-finals
6th
4
2
1
1
6
4
1974
Did not qualify
1978
Group stage
16th
3
0
0
3
2
12
1982
Did not qualify
1986
Quarter-finals
6th
5
3
2
0
6
2
1990
Banned
1994
Round of 16
13th
4
1
2
1
4
4
1998
13th
4
1
2
1
8
7
2002
11th
4
2
1
1
4
4
2006
15th
4
1
1
2
5
5
2010
14th
4
1
1
2
4
5
2014
10th
4
2
1
1
5
3
2018
12th
4
2
0
2
3
6
2022
Group stage
22nd
3
1
1
1
2
3
2026
Qualified as co-hosts
2030
To be determined
2034
Total
Quarter-finals
17/22
60
17
15
28
62
101
By match
World Cup
Round
Opponent
Score
Mexico scorers
1930
Group 1
France
1–4
Carreño
Chile
0–3
Argentina
3–6
Manuel Rosas (2), Gayón
1950
Group 1
Brazil
0–4
Yugoslavia
1–4
Héctor Ortiz
Switzerland
1–2
Casarín
1954
Group 1
Brazil
0–5
France
2–3
Lamadrid , Balcázar
1958
Group 3
Sweden
0–3
Wales
1–1
Belmonte
Hungary
0–4
1962
Group 3
Brazil
0–2
Spain
0–1
Czechoslovakia
3–1
Díaz , del Águila , Hernández
1966
Group 1
France
1–1
Borja
England
0–2
Uruguay
0–0
1970
Group 1
Soviet Union
0–0
El Salvador
4–0
Valdivia (2), Fragoso , Basaguren
Belgium
1–0
Peña
Quarter-final
Italy
1–4
González
1978
Group 2
Tunisia
1–3
Vázquez Ayala
West Germany
0–6
Poland
1–3
Rangel
1986
Group B
Belgium
2–1
Quirarte , Hugo Sánchez
Paraguay
1–1
Luis Flores
Iraq
1–0
Quirarte
Round of 16
Bulgaria
2–0
Negrete , Servín
Quarter-final
West Germany
0–0 (a.e.t. ) (1–4 p )
1994
Group E
Norway
0–1
Republic of Ireland
2–1
García (2)
Italy
1–1
Bernal
Round of 16
Bulgaria
1–1 (a.e.t. ) (1–3 p )
García Aspe
1998
Group E
South Korea
3–1
Peláez , Hernández (2)
Belgium
2–2
García Aspe , Blanco
Netherlands
2–2
Peláez , Hernández
Round of 16
Germany
1–2
Hernández
2002
Group G
Croatia
1–0
Blanco
Ecuador
2–1
Borgetti , Torrado
Italy
1–1
Borgetti
Round of 16
United States
0–2
2006
Group D
Iran
3–1
Bravo (2), Zinha
Angola
0–0
Portugal
1–2
Fonseca
Round of 16
Argentina
1–2 (a.e.t. )
Márquez
2010
Group A
South Africa
1–1
Márquez
France
2–0
Javier Hernández , Blanco
Uruguay
0–1
Round of 16
Argentina
1–3
Javier Hernández
2014
Group A
Cameroon
1–0
Peralta
Brazil
0–0
Croatia
3–1
Márquez , Guardado , Javier Hernández
Round of 16
Netherlands
1–2
G. dos Santos
2018
Group F
Germany
1–0
Lozano
South Korea
2–1
Vela , Javier Hernández
Sweden
0–3
Round of 16
Brazil
0–2
2022
Group C
Poland
0–0
Argentina
0–2
Saudi Arabia
2–1
Martín , Chávez
Record players
Rafael Márquez is Mexico's record World Cup player and one of only three players with appearances in five tournaments.
Rank
Player
Matches
World Cups
1
Rafael Márquez
19
2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
2
Andrés Guardado
13
2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
3
Javier Hernández
12
2010, 2014 and 2018
Héctor Moreno
12
2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
5
Antonio Carbajal
11
1950, 1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
11
1998, 2002 and 2010
Gerardo Torrado
11
2002, 2006 and 2010
Guillermo Ochoa
11
2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
9
Carlos Salcido
10
2006, 2010 and 2014
Héctor Herrera
10
2014, 2018 and 2022
11
Chava Reyes
9
1958, 1962 and 1966
Giovani dos Santos
9
2010, 2014 and 2018
Top goalscorers
See also
References
External links
General Venues Statistics Players Goals Performances Rivalries Culture Other Mexican teams
AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA 1 Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). 2 Have been member of multiple confederations. 3 Team and national federation no longer exist.
Head-to-head record