Mexico National Football Team

Mexico National Football Team

The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in international football competition and is managed by the Mexican Football Federation (FEMEXFUT), who also manages the women's national team. The team is currently ranked 17th in the FIFA World Rankings and 8th in the World Football Elo Ratings, making Mexico one of the strongest teams in the Americas.

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.

Nickname(s) : "El Tri"
Association : FEMEXFUT(Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación'')
Confederation : CONCACAF
Head coach :Javier Aguirre
Asst coach : Mario Carrillo
Manuel Vidrio
Captain : Rafael Márquez
Most caps : Claudio Suárez (178)
Top scorer :Jared Borgetti (46)
Home stadium : Estadio Azteca
FIFA code : MEX
FIFA ranking: 17
Highest FIFA ranking : 4 (February 1998, May-June 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking : 33 (July 2009)
Elo ranking : 8
Highest Elo ranking : 6 (June 2005)
Lowest Elo ranking

Source : Wikipedia.com