Mexican Football Federation Association

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Mikel Arriola	President Commissioner	[6][7]
Ivar Sisniega	Executive President
Lorena Mac Farland	Chief of Staff
Iñigo Riestra	Chief Legal Officer
Luis Palma	Chief Operations Officer	[8]
Leonardo Valdez	Director of Human Capital
Luis Cantú	Director of IT
Lucía Mijares	Technical Director	[9]
José Romano	Sales Manager
Duilio Davino	Sports Director of National Teams (men's)
Andrea Rodebaugh	Sports Director of National Team (women's)
Víctor Manuel Aguado	Director of Institutional Services
Andrés Lillini	Coordinator of Youth National Teams
Jorge Christian Tello	Scouting Coordinator
Martí Matabosch	Sports Science Coordinator
Javier Aguirre	Head coach (men's)	[10]
Pedro López	Head coach (women's)	[11]
Isidro Chávez Castillo	Director of Communications and Public Relations	[12]
Fernando Schwartz	Director of Strategic Communications
Salvador Aguilera Galicia	Press Officer
Juan Manuel Herrero	Director of the Referees Committee
Enrique Osses	Technical Director of the Referees Department	[13]
Benito Armando Archundia	Director of Referee Delegations and Mentoring	[14]

Source: FMF

Mexico national team

The first Mexico national team was established in 1923, the first match was that same year, defeating Guatemala 2–1 in Mexico City. Its first official international appearance was in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Mexico has qualified for the FIFA World Cup 17 times, the first appearance was in the first edition (1930), and also playing the opening match against France. The team's best performance was reaching the quarter-finals twice (1970 and 1986), both as hosts.

Mexico won its first senior titles in the Central American and Caribbean Games, winning two gold medals (1935 and 1938). Mexico won its first official senior titles in the NAFC Championship, winning both editions (1947 and 1949).

After the merger of NAFC and CCCF, Mexico was one of the founding members of CONCACAF in 1961, winning its first CONCACAF title in the 1965 CONCACAF Championship.

Mexico is the only non-UEFA or CONMEBOL national team to win an official global senior competition organized by FIFA, winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup as hosts, defeating Brazil 4–3.

Mexico has won 18 official senior titles: one FIFA Confederations Cup, 13 CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup titles, one CONCACAF Nations League, one CONCACAF Cup and two NAFC Championship titles.

Mexico women's national team

The first women's national team was originally established in 1963, but its first FIFA-recognized match was in 1991. The first match was in 1970, defeating Austria 9–0 in Italy, although its first FIFA-recognized match was in the 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship against United States. The women's national team has qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup three times, the first appearance was in 1999.

The women's national team won its first senior titles in the Central American and Caribbean Games, winning three gold medals (2014, 2018 and 2023). It also won the gold medal in the 2023 Pan American Games.

Mexico Olympic team

The under-23 team/Olympic team, is an intermediate category between the senior team and the youth teams. Implemented by FIFA since 1992 to participate in the Olympic Football Tournament to replace amateur teams.

The under-23 team have been Olympic medalists twice, winning the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, defeating 2–1 Brazil, and also winning the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, defeating the hosts Japan 3–1.

Men's youth teams

The under-20 team has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup seventeen times, finishing as runners-up in 1977, and also finishing in third place in 2011.

The under-17 team has qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup sixteen times, finishing as world champions twice (2005 and 2011), and also finishing as runners-up twice (2013 and 2019).

Women's youth teams

The women's under-20 team has qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup ten times, the team's best performance was reaching the quarter-finals three times (2010, 2012 and 2022).

The women's under-17 team has qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup seven times, finishing as runners-up in 2018.

Men's competitions

Women's competitions

• Liga MX Femenil
• Campeón de Campeonas
• Liga TDP Femenil
• Liga MX Femenil Sub-19

Discontinued competitions

• Copa MX (1942–1976, 1987–1992, 1994–1997, 2012–2020)
• Supercopa MX (2014–2019)
• Pre-Libertadores tournament⁶ (1998–2003)
• InterLiga⁶ (2004–2010)
• Ascenso MX (1994–2020)
• Campeón de Ascenso (1997–2019)
• Copa de la Liga Premier de Ascenso / Copa México de la Segunda División (1950–1972, 1995–96, 2013–2015)
• Campeón de Campeones de la Liga Premier / Segunda División (1952–1972, 1995–2018, 2021–2025)
• Copa de Campeones de la Segunda División (2014)
• Copa México de la Tercera División (1968–1976, 1980–81)
• Campeón de Campeones de la Tercera División (1969–1975)
• Copa MX Femenil (2017)
• Liga MX Sub-23 (2023–2025)
• Liga MX Sub-20 (2009–2023)
• Liga MX Sub-18 (2021–2024)
• Liga MX Sub-16 (2021–2024)
• Liga MX Sub-14 (2022–2024)
• Liga MX Sub-13 (2012–2019)

Notes

1. Trophy contested only when a club automatically wins the Campeón de Campeones for winning both tournaments of the season (Apertura and Clausura).
2. Tournament played by Liga Premier clubs and Liga MX under-19 teams.
3. Tournament played by Liga TDP clubs and Liga MX under-17 teams.
4. Reserve tournaments played by teams affiliated with clubs from the highest divisions, known as "filiales".
5. International academy tournament played by under-17 teams since 2022, previously played by under-15 teams (2014–2019).
6. Qualifying tournaments for the Copa Libertadores.

Multi-team ownership issue

The issue of multi-team ownership has been a highly debated one within the owners of the professional football clubs and the Femexfut. Of 33 clubs in the top two tiers, about a fifth of the teams are owned by three groups: Grupo Pachuca (Pachuca, León), Grupo Caliente (Tijuana, Dorados de Sinaloa) and Grupo Omnilife (C.D. Guadalajara, C.D. Tapatío). Of those groups that own more than one team, that ownership is usually split between the top two tiers of the league and act as a form of player development.^[15]

In May 2013, the Liga MX club owners approved banning a person or company from owning more than one team. The issue came to fore when rumor was that Carlos Slim, whose telecommunications company América Móvil owns a 30% stake in Grupo Pachuca,^[16] sought to acquire Guadalajara; he would refute the speculation. The ban applied to future acquisitions, not the then current team ownership, and did not require the sale of teams in excess of the one team limitation.^[17]

The issue reemerged in November 2013 when TV Azteca, owner of Monarcas Morelia, paid out 124 shareholders of Club Atlas US$50 million to acquire the club, which for years had been struggling financially.^[18]