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Appearances
1930
First appearance
Kit colours
Green / White / Red
Mexico national football team
26 players called up for World Cup 2026.
Raul Rangel
Carlos Acevedo
Guillermo Ochoa
Jorge Sanchez
Cesar Montes
Edson Alvarez
Johan Vasquez
Israel Reyes
Mateo Chavez
Jesus Gallardo
Erik Lira
Luis Romo
Alvaro Fidalgo
Orbelin Pineda
Obed Vargas
Gilberto Mora
Luis Chavez
Brian Gutierrez
Raul Jimenez
Alexis Vega
Santiago Gimenez
Armando Gonzalez
Julian Quinones
Cesar Huerta
Guillermo Martinez
Roberto Alvarado
Announced: 2026-06-22
Sources: FIFA
Mexico arrive at World Cup 2026 in Group A, representing CONCACAF.
Javier Aguirre leads the tactical plan, with the group phase defining whether MEX can build momentum into the knockout rounds.
Group rivals include South Africa, South Korea, Czech Republic. Every result can shift the path to the round of 32.
Mexico national football team
The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in men's international football, which is governed by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol founded in 1927. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1929 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of NAFU in the North American Zone. 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, the former unified confederation of the Americas. Mexico has qualified for the FIFA World Cup eighteen times and has qualified consecutively since 1994, making it one of six countries to do so. It is one of four CONCACAF teams to have advanced to the knockout stage, reaching the quarter-finals twice both as hosts, and also reaching the round of 16 in seven editions. On 13 July 1930, Mexico played with France in the first match in World Cup history in Uruguay 1930. In 2026, Mexico will host the World Cup for the third time. It has qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup seven times, being the only CONCACAF team and the only non-European or South American team to have won a FIFA global competition, winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup as hosts, defeating Brazil 4–3. Mexico has participated twenty-six times in CONCACAF's premier continental competition, it is the most successful team in its confederation, winning 15 CONCACAF continental titles. It has participated eleven times in the Copa América, finishing as runners-up twice and finishing in third place three times. It also participated three times in the Panamerican Championship, finishing in third place in 1960. Regionally, the team won two NAFC Championship titles, one North American Nations Cup, and two gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games. It is one of eight nations to have won two of the three most important global football competitions that are recognized and endorsed by FIFA, winning the 1999 Confederations Cup with the senior team and the 2012 Olympic football tournament with the under-23 team.
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