Mexico at the FIFA World Cup

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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.

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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
YearRoundPositionPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Uruguay.svg 1930 Group stage13th3003413
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg 1934 Did not qualify
Flag of France.svg 1938 Withdrew
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg 1950 Group stage12th3003210
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1954 14th200228
Flag of Sweden.svg 1958 16th301218
Flag of Chile.svg 1962 11th310234
Flag of England.svg 1966 12th302113
Flag of Mexico.svg 1970 Quarter-finals6th421164
Flag of Germany.svg 1974 Did not qualify
Flag of Argentina.svg 1978 Group stage16th3003212
Flag of Spain.svg 1982 Did not qualify
Flag of Mexico.svg 1986 Quarter-finals6th532062
Flag of Italy.svg 1990 Banned
Flag of the United States.svg 1994 Round of 1613th412144
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 1998 13th412187
Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of Japan.svg 2002 11th421144
Flag of Germany.svg 2006 15th411255
Flag of South Africa.svg 2010 14th411245
Flag of Brazil.svg 2014 10th421153
Flag of Russia.svg 2018 12th420236
Flag of Qatar.svg 2022 Group stage22nd311123
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg 2026 Qualified as co-hosts
Flag of Morocco.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Spain.svg 2030 To be determined
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2034
TotalQuarter-finals17/226017152862101

By match

World CupRoundOpponentScoreMexico scorers
Flag of Uruguay.svg 1930 Group 1 Flag of France.svg  France 1–4 Carreño
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0–3
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3–6 Manuel Rosas (2), Gayón
Flag of Brazil.svg 1950 Group 1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0–4
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1–4 Héctor Ortiz
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1–2 Casarín
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1954 Group 1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0–5
Flag of France.svg  France 2–3 Lamadrid, Balcázar
Flag of Sweden.svg 1958 Group 3 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0–3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1–1 Belmonte
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0–4
Flag of Chile.svg 1962 Group 3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0–2
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 0–1
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3–1 Díaz, del Águila, Hernández
Flag of England.svg 1966 Group 1 Flag of France.svg  France 1–1 Borja
Flag of England.svg  England 0–2
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0–0
Flag of Mexico.svg 1970 Group 1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0–0
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 4–0 Valdivia (2), Fragoso, Basaguren
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–0 Peña
Quarter-final Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–4 González
Flag of Argentina.svg 1978 Group 2 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–3 Vázquez Ayala
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0–6
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–3 Rangel
Flag of Mexico.svg 1986 Group B Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2–1 Quirarte, Hugo Sánchez
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1–1 Luis Flores
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg  Iraq 1–0 Quirarte
Round of 16 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2–0 Negrete, Servín
Quarter-final Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0–0 ( a.e.t. )(1–4 p)
Flag of the United States.svg 1994 Group E Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0–1
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 2–1 García (2)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–1 Bernal
Round of 16 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1–1 ( a.e.t. )(1–3 p) García Aspe
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 1998 Group E Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 3–1 Peláez, Hernández (2)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2–2 García Aspe, Blanco
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2–2 Peláez, Hernández
Round of 16 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–2 Hernández
Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of Japan.svg 2002 Group G Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1–0 Blanco
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2–1 Borgetti, Torrado
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–1 Borgetti
Round of 16 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0–2
Flag of Germany.svg 2006 Group D Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3–1 Bravo (2), Zinha
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 0–0
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–2 Fonseca
Round of 16 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1–2 ( a.e.t. ) Márquez
Flag of South Africa.svg 2010 Group A Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–1 Márquez
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2–0 Javier Hernández, Blanco
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0–1
Round of 16 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1–3 Javier Hernández
Flag of Brazil.svg 2014 Group A Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–0 Peralta
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0–0
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3–1 Márquez, Guardado, Javier Hernández
Round of 16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–2 G. dos Santos
Flag of Russia.svg 2018 Group F Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–0 Lozano
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2–1 Vela, Javier Hernández
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0–3
Round of 16 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0–2
Flag of Qatar.svg 2022 Group C Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0–0
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0–2
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2–1 Martín, Chávez

Record players

Rafael Marquez is Mexico's record World Cup player and one of only three players with appearances in five tournaments. Rafael Marquez 2014.jpg
Rafael Márquez is Mexico's record World Cup player and one of only three players with appearances in five tournaments.
RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups
1 Rafael Márquez 192002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
2 Andrés Guardado 132006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
3 Javier Hernández 122010, 2014 and 2018
Héctor Moreno 122010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
5 Antonio Carbajal 111950, 1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966
Cuauhtémoc Blanco 111998, 2002 and 2010
Gerardo Torrado 112002, 2006 and 2010
Guillermo Ochoa 112006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
9 Carlos Salcido 102006, 2010 and 2014
Héctor Herrera 102014, 2018 and 2022
11 Chava Reyes 91958, 1962 and 1966
Giovani dos Santos 92010, 2014 and 2018

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoalsWorld Cups
1 Luis Hernández 4 1998
Javier Hernández 4 2010 (2), 2014 (1), and 2018 (1)
3 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 3 1998, 2002 and 2010
Rafael Márquez 3 2006, 2010 and 2014
5 Manuel Rosas 2 1930
Javier Valdivia 2 1970
Fernando Quirarte 2 1986
Luis García 2 1994
Alberto García Aspe 2 1994 and 1998
Ricardo Peláez 2 1998
Jared Borgetti 2 2002
Omar Bravo 2 2006

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