Mexico at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Scene from the 2009 semi-final against Costa Rica. Mexico went on to win the tournament, and their eighth of eleven continental championships. MexicovsCostaRica.JPG
Scene from the 2009 semi-final against Costa Rica. Mexico went on to win the tournament, and their eighth of eleven continental championships.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

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From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Mexico are the most successful team in the history of CONCACAF continental championships. They have won the most titles, with twelve (nine in the Gold Cup era), and hold various records. They hosted the tournament once, in 1977, and were co-hosts with the United States in 1993 and 2003. On all three occasions, Mexico won the title on home soil.

Overall record

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGASquadPldWDLGFGA
Flag of El Salvador.svg 1963 Group stage7th311192SquadQualified automatically
Flag of Guatemala.svg 1965 Champions1st5410132SquadAutomatically entered
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1967 Runners-up2nd5401101SquadQualified as defending champions
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 1969 Fourth place4th512245Squad210142
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1971 Champions1st541061Squad220060
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg 1973 Third place3rd5221105Squad440083
Flag of Mexico.svg 1977 Champions1st5500205Squad412131
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1981 Third place3rd513163Squad412185
1985 Withdrew to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup Withdrew
1989 Banned Banned
Flag of the United States.svg 1991 Third place3rd5311105 Squad Qualified automatically
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg 1993 Champions 1st5410282 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Champions 1st440090 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 1998 Champions 1st440082 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2000 Quarter-finals7th311163 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 5th321041 Squad
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg 2003 Champions 1st541090 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2005 Quarter-finals6th420274 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2007 Runners-up 2nd640275 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2009 Champions 1st6510152 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2011 Champions 1st6600224 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2013 Semi-finals3rd530285 Squad
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2015 Champions 1st6420166 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2017 Semi-finals3rd531162 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Costa Rica.svg Flag of Jamaica.svg 2019 Champions 1st6510164 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2021 Runners-up 2nd641192 Squad 4400133
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Champions 1st6501132 Squad 422083
Total12 Titles25/27123852117271732415635017

Match overview

Winning finals

The CONCACAF Championship was played in round-robins rather than knockout matches. For the three titles in that era, the decisive matches are listed.

YearOpponentResultManagerGoalscorer(s)Final location
1965 Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Ignacio Trelles E. Cisneros, J. Fragoso Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala City
1971 Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 2–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Javier de la Torre O. Muciño (2) Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Port-of-Spain
1977 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3–1 Flag of Mexico.svg José Antonio Roca J. Guzmán (2), H. Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey
1993 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Mejía Barón I. Ambriz, D. Armstrong (o.g.), Zague, G. Cantú Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City
1996 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2–0 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bora Milutinović L. García, C. Blanco Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles
1998 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Manuel Lapuente L. Hernández Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles
2003 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1–0
( a.s.d.e.t. )
Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo La Volpe D. Osorno Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City
2009 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Aguirre G. Torrado, G. Dos Santos, C. Vela, J. Castro, G. Franco Flag of the United States.svg East Rutherford
2011 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4–2 Flag of Mexico.svg José Manuel de la Torre P. Barrera (2), A. Guardado, G. Dos Santos Flag of the United States.svg Pasadena
2015 Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 3–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Herrera A. Guardado, J. Corona, O. Peralta Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia
2019 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1–0 Flag of Argentina.svg Gerardo Martino J. Dos Santos Flag of the United States.svg Chicago
2023 Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Jaime Lozano S. Giménez Flag of the United States.svg Inglewood

Record by opponent

Mexico have a positive record against every team they have played from CONCACAF. However, due to losses against invitees, they have negative records against Colombia, South Africa and Qatar. Notably, they were matched up with record world champions Brazil three times, and won all three matches without conceding.

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
OpponentWDLPldGFGA
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 300340
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6118237
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 001112
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 75113177
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6006251
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 6017153
Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe 200230
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 83213197
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 7209183
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 74112185
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 91111334
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique 3003153
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles / Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 3115184
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 200260
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 312676
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 001101
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100150
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 001112
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 010100
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 100181
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 53191910
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5038167

Record players

Andres Guardado in 2018. Mex-Kor (25) (cropped).jpg
Andrés Guardado in 2018.
Guillermo Ochoa has made the most appearances for Mexico at the Gold Cup. Mex-por-19 (cropped).jpg
Guillermo Ochoa has made the most appearances for Mexico at the Gold Cup.

Guillermo Ochoa is Mexico's record player at continental championships. He has won the title a record five times, in 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. From the pre-Gold Cup era, the most fielded player is defender Jesús del Muro, with 13 matches from 1963 to 1967.

RankPlayerMatchesGold Cups
1 Guillermo Ochoa 252007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023
2 Andrés Guardado 242007, 2011, 2015 and 2019
3 Gerardo Torrado 202000, 2007, 2009 and 2011
4 Orbelín Pineda 182017, 2019, 2021 and 2023
5 Ramón Ramírez 161993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Claudio Suárez 161993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Carlos Salcido 162005, 2007 and 2011
Francisco Rodríguez 162005, 2007, 2011 and 2015
9 Giovani Dos Santos 152009, 2011 and 2015
Alberto Medina 152005, 2007 and 2009

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoalsGold Cups
1 Luís Roberto Alves 121991 (1) and 1993 (11)
Andrés Guardado 122007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (6) and 2019 (2)
3 Hugo Sánchez 71977 (4) and 1981 (3)
Jared Borgetti 72003 (3), 2005 (2) and 2007 (2)
Javier Hernández 72011
Raúl Jiménez 72013 (2) and 2019 (5)
7 Víctor Rangel 61977
Giovani Dos Santos 62009 (2), 2011 (3) and 2015 (1)
Orbelín Pineda 62017 (1), 2021 (3) and 2023 (2)
10 Ernesto Cisneros 51965
Javier Fragoso 51965
Luis Miguel Salvador 51993
Cuauhtémoc Blanco 51996 (2), 1998 (2) and 2007 (1)
Luis Hernández 51998 (4) and 2000 (1)
Pablo Barrera 52009 (2) and 2011 (3)

Awards and records

Team awards

Individual awards

Team records

Individual records

See also

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