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 Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Group stage 13th 3 0 0 3 4 13
Italy 1934 Did not qualify
France 1938 Withdrew
Brazil 1950 Group stage 12th 3 0 0 3 2 10
Switzerland 1954 14th 2 0 0 2 2 8
Sweden 1958 16th 3 0 1 2 1 8
Chile 1962 11th 3 1 0 2 3 4
England 1966 12th 3 0 2 1 1 3
Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 6 4
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify
Argentina 1978 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 2 12
Spain 1982 Did not qualify
Mexico 1986 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 2 0 6 2
Italy 1990 Banned
United States 1994 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 4 4
France 1998 13th 4 1 2 1 8 7
South Korea Japan 2002 11th 4 2 1 1 4 4
Germany 2006 15th 4 1 1 2 5 5
South Africa 2010 14th 4 1 1 2 4 5
Brazil 2014 10th 4 2 1 1 5 3
Russia 2018 12th 4 2 0 2 3 6
Qatar 2022 Group stage 22nd 3 1 1 1 2 3
CanadaMexicoUnited States 2026 Qualified as co-hosts
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 To be determined
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Quarter-finals 17/22 60 17 15 28 62 101

By match

World Cup Round Opponent Score Mexico scorers
1930Group stage France1–4Carreño
 Chile0–3
 Argentina3–6Manuel Rosas (2), Gayón
1950Group stage Brazil0–4
 Yugoslavia1–4Héctor Ortiz
  Switzerland1–2Casarín
1954Group stage Brazil0–5
 France2–3Lamadrid, Balcázar
1958Group stage Sweden0–3
 Wales1–1Belmonte
 Hungary0–4
1962Group stage Brazil0–2
 Spain0–1
 Czechoslovakia3–1Díaz, del Águila, Hernández
1966Group stage France1–1Borja
 England0–2
 Uruguay0–0
1970Group stage Soviet Union0–0
 El Salvador4–0Valdivia (2), Fragoso, Basaguren
 Belgium1–0Peña
Quarter-final Italy1–4González
1978Group stage Tunisia1–3Vázquez Ayala
 West Germany0–6
 Poland1–3Rangel
1986Group stage Belgium2–1Quirarte, Hugo Sánchez
 Paraguay1–1Luis Flores
 Iraq1–0Quirarte
Round of 16 Bulgaria2–0Negrete, Servín
Quarter-final West Germany0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)
1994Group stage Norway0–1
 Republic of Ireland2–1García (2)
 Italy1–1Bernal
Round of 16 Bulgaria1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)García Aspe
1998Group stage South Korea3–1Peláez, Hernández (2)
 Belgium2–2García Aspe, Blanco
 Netherlands2–2Peláez, Hernández
Round of 16 Germany1–2Hernández
2002Group stage Croatia1–0Blanco
 Ecuador2–1Borgetti, Torrado
 Italy1–1Borgetti
Round of 16 United States0–2
2006Group stage Iran3–1Bravo (2), Zinha
 Angola0–0
 Portugal1–2Fonseca
Round of 16 Argentina1–2 (a.e.t.)Márquez
2010Group stage South Africa1–1Márquez
 France2–0Javier Hernández, Blanco
 Uruguay0–1
Round of 16 Argentina1–3Javier Hernández
2014Group stage Cameroon1–0Peralta
 Brazil0–0
 Croatia3–1Márquez, Guardado, Javier Hernández
Round of 16 Netherlands1–2G. dos Santos
2018Group stage Germany1–0Lozano
 South Korea2–1Vela, Javier Hernández
 Sweden0–3
Round of 16 Brazil0–2
2022Group stage Poland0–0
 Argentina0–2
 Saudi Arabia2–1Martín, 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
1Rafael Márquez192002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
2Andrés Guardado132006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
3Javier Hernández122010, 2014 and 2018
Héctor Moreno122010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
5 Antonio Carbajal111950, 1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966
Cuauhtémoc Blanco111998, 2002 and 2010
Gerardo Torrado112002, 2006 and 2010
Guillermo Ochoa112006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
9Carlos Salcido102006, 2010 and 2014
Héctor Herrera102014, 2018 and 2022
11 Chava Reyes91958, 1962 and 1966
Giovani dos Santos92010, 2014 and 2018

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals World Cups
1Luis Hernández41998
Javier Hernández42010 (2), 2014 (1), and 2018 (1)
3 Cuauhtémoc Blanco31998, 2002 and 2010
Rafael Márquez32006, 2010 and 2014
5 Manuel Rosas21930
Javier Valdivia21970
Fernando Quirarte21986
Luis García21994
Alberto García Aspe21994 and 1998
Ricardo Peláez21998
Jared Borgetti22002
Omar Bravo22006

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Facts" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2007.
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