MEXICO NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

The Mexico national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de México) represents Mexico in men’s international football and is governed by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (English: Mexican Football Federation). It has been a member of FIFA since 1929 and a founding member of CONCACAF since 1961. From 1946 to 1961, it was a member of NAFC, the former governing body of football in North America and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF, and also a member of PFC, which was a unified confederation of the Americas.

Mexico has qualified to seventeen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994, making it one of six countries to do so. Mexico played France in the first match of the first World Cup on 13 July 1930. Mexico’s best progression in World Cups has been reaching the quarter-finals in both the 1970 and 1986 World Cups, both times as host. They will play host for the third time in 2026.