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.

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.

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 thirteen (ten 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.

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
El Salvador 1963 Group stage 7th 3 1 1 1 9 2 Squad Qualified automatically
Guatemala 1965 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 13 2 Squad Automatically entered
Honduras 1967 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 10 1 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Costa Rica 1969 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 4 5 Squad 2 1 0 1 4 2
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 6 1 Squad 2 2 0 0 6 0
Haiti 1973 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 10 5 Squad 4 4 0 0 8 3
Mexico 1977 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 20 5 Squad 4 1 2 1 3 1
Honduras 1981 Third place 3rd 5 1 3 1 6 3 Squad 4 1 2 1 8 5
1985Withdrew to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup Withdrew
1989Banned Banned
United States 1991 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 10 5 Squad Qualified automatically
Mexico United States 1993 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 28 2 Squad
United States 1996 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 9 0 Squad
United States 1998 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 8 2 Squad
United States 2000 Quarter-finals 7th 3 1 1 1 6 3 Squad
United States 2002 5th 3 2 1 0 4 1 Squad
Mexico United States 2003 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 9 0 Squad
United States 2005 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 7 4 Squad
United States 2007 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 7 5 Squad
United States 2009 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 15 2 Squad
United States 2011 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 22 4 Squad
United States 2013 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 0 2 8 5 Squad
Canada United States 2015 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 16 6 Squad
United States 2017 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 1 1 6 2 Squad
United States Costa Rica Jamaica 2019 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 16 4 Squad
United States 2021 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 9 2 Squad 4 4 0 0 13 3
Canada United States 2023 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 13 2 Squad 4 2 2 0 8 3
Canada United States 2025 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 10 3 Squad 4 3 0 1 8 3
Total13 Titles26/28129902217281762818645820

Match overview

Winning finals

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)
Opponent W D L Pld GF GA
 Brazil300340
 Canada6118237
 Colombia001112
 Costa Rica76114177
 Cuba6006251
 Dominican Republic100132
 El Salvador6017153
 Guadeloupe200230
 Guatemala83213197
 Haiti7209183
 Honduras84113195
 Jamaica91111334
 Martinique3003153
 Netherlands Antilles /  Curaçao3115184
 Nicaragua200260
 Panama312676
 Qatar001101
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100150
 Saudi Arabia100120
 South Africa001112
 South Korea010100
 Suriname2002101
 Trinidad and Tobago53191910
 United States6039188

Record players

Edson Álvarez has made the most appearances for Mexico at the Gold Cup.
Guillermo Ochoa has won a record six Gold Cup titles with Mexico.

Edson Álvarez is Mexico's record appearance holders at continental championships, with 28. Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa has won the title a record six times, in 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 and 2025. From the pre-Gold Cup era, the most fielded player is defender Jesús del Muro, with 13 matches from 1963 to 1967.

Rank Player Matches Gold Cups
1Edson Álvarez282017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025
2Jesús Gallardo272017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025
3Guillermo Ochoa252007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023
4Andrés Guardado242007, 2011, 2015 and 2019
5Orbelín Pineda222017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025
6Gerardo Torrado202000, 2007, 2009 and 2011
7Roberto Alvarado182019, 2023 and 2025
8Jonathan dos Santos172015, 2019 and 2021
Raúl Jiménez172013, 2019 and 2025
10Ramón Ramírez161993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Claudio Suárez161993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Carlos Salcido162005, 2007 and 2011
Francisco Rodríguez162005, 2007, 2011 and 2015

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Gold Cups
1Luís Roberto Alves121991 (1) and 1993 (11)
Andrés Guardado122007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (6) and 2019 (2)
3Raúl Jiménez102013 (2), 2019 (5) and 2025 (3)
4 Hugo Sánchez71977 (4) and 1981 (3)
Jared Borgetti72003 (3), 2005 (2) and 2007 (2)
Javier Hernández72011
7 Víctor Rangel61977
Giovani Dos Santos62009 (2), 2011 (3) and 2015 (1)
Orbelín Pineda62017 (1), 2021 (3) and 2023 (2)
10 Ernesto Cisneros51965
Javier Fragoso51965
Luis Miguel Salvador51993
Cuauhtémoc Blanco51996 (2), 1998 (2) and 2007 (1)
Luis Hernández51998 (4) and 2000 (1)
Pablo Barrera52009 (2) and 2011 (3)

Awards and records

Team awards

Individual awards

Team records

  • Most titles (13)
  • Most titles in a row (3, 1993–1998)
  • Most tournament participations (26)
  • Most matches (129)
  • Most victories (90)
  • Most goals (281)
  • Most goals in a single tournament (28, 1993)
  • Only team to win a tournament without conceding (1996 and 2003)
  • Highest victory (9–0 over Martinique, 11 July 1993)
  • Highest victory in a final/Most goals in a final (5–0 over United States, 2009)

Individual records

See also

References

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