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Name | Mexico | Nickname | El Tricolor, El Tri (The Tricolor) | Association | Mexican Football Federation | Sub confederation | NAFU (North America) | Confederation | CONCACAF | Head coach | José Manuel de la Torre | Captain | Rafael Márquez | Most caps | Claudio Suárez (178) | Top scorer | Jared Borgetti (46) | Home stadium | Estadio Azteca | FIFA code | MEX | FIFA ranking | 20 | Highest FIFA ranking | 4 (May � June 2006,) | Lowest FIFA ranking | 33 (July 2009) | Elo ranking | 12 | Highest Elo ranking | 5 (July 2011) | Lowest Elo ranking | 47 (February 1979) | First international | Guatemala 2 � 3 Mexico Mexico (Guatemala, Guatemala; 1 January 1923) | Biggest win | Mexico Mexico 13 � 0 Bahamas (Toluca, Mexico; Apr 28, 1987) | Biggest defeat | England 8 � 0 Mexico Mexico (London, England; May 10, 1961) | Appearances | 14 | First World Cup | 1930 | Best result | Quarter-finals, 1970 and 1986 | CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup | Appearances | 18 | First apps. | 1963 | Best result | Winners, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011 | Copa América | Appearances | 7 | First apps. | 1993 | Best result | 2nd place, 1993 and 2001 | Appearances | 5 | First apps. | 1995 | Best result | Winners, 1999 |
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The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre. The team is currently ranked 20th in the FIFA World Rankings and 12th in the World Football Elo Ratings.
Mexico has qualified for fourteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994; Mexico played France in the very first match of the first World Cup on 13 July 1930. Mexico's best progression was reaching the Quarterfinals in both the 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, both of which were staged on Mexican soil.
Mexico is historically the most successful national team in the CONCACAF region, as they are the only team from the region to win an official FIFA recognized title. They hold one FIFA Confederations Cup, nine CONCACAF championships, including six CONCACAF Gold Cups, one North American Nations Cup and two NAFC Championships.
Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF, the national football team has been regularly invited to compete in the Copa América since Ecuador 1993 finishing as runner-up twice and obtaining the third place medal on three occasions.
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