Mexico women's national football team
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The Mexico women's national football team represents Mexico in international women's football
Women's football (soccer)
Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...
competition and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation
Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
The Mexican Federation of Football is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexican national team, the Mexican league and all affiliated amateur sectors, and is in charge of promoting, organizing, directing, spreading, and supervising competitive football in Mexico...
. In the 1970s, the team gained popularity, with Mexico finishing 3rd in a unofficial Women's World Cup held in Italy. Also, in 1971, the team hosted a unofficial women's World Cup reaching the final, only to lose to Denmark 3-0. A estimated 110,000 people attended the final at Estadio Azteca that day. The team again is re-gaining popularity, as the U-20 team finished in the quarter-finals in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Germany from July 13 to August 1. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, were taking part in the final competition, in which Germany had a guaranteed place as the host nation....
and a notable 1-0 win over England in which the game was broadcasted live in the country. The team was the host for the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
---------Group B:---------Knockout Map:-Semifinals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-External links:* *...
, finishing in Second Place after a shock 2-1 victory over The United States. The team has a professional league, the Super Liga Femenil de Futbol
Super Liga Femenil de Futbol
The Super Liga Femenil de Fútbol is the top level women's football league in the Mexican football league system. The league was made as an attempt to help women's football grow in Mexico. The first nationwide league was established in 2008...
, which was established partially to raise the popularity of women's football in Mexico.
Schedule and recent results
| Date | Competition | Location | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 28, 2010 | Friendly | Torero Stadium Torero Stadium The Torero Stadium is a 6,000-seat stadium in San Diego, California that is primarily used for soccer and American football. It was built in 1961... , San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round... |
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| March 31, 2010 | Friendly | Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah Sandy, Utah Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah.... |
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| May 8, 2010 | Friendly | Matsumoto Stadium Matsumoto Stadium , well known as is a multi-use stadium in Matsumoto, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.. The stadium has a capacity of 20,396 spectators. Its nickname Alwin is a blend of Alps and wind.-External links:*... , Matsumoto, Japan Matsumoto, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a Special City.-Outline:The new city of Matsumoto is the city comprising the mergers of the old city of Matsumoto and four villages. Matsumoto officially absorbed those villages without creating a new municipal... |
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| May 11, 2010 | Friendly | Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan Niigata, Niigata is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lies on the northwest coast of Honshu, the largest island of Japan, and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island.... |
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| October 17, 2010 | Friendly | Suwon World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium The Suwon World Cup Stadium, which seats 43,288, in the Korean city of Suwon, has been home to K-League football side Suwon Samsung Bluewings since 2001.- International Matches :The stadium is famous for hosting several international matches... , Suwon Suwon Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety".... |
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| October 21, 2010 | Friendly | Suwon World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium The Suwon World Cup Stadium, which seats 43,288, in the Korean city of Suwon, has been home to K-League football side Suwon Samsung Bluewings since 2001.- International Matches :The stadium is famous for hosting several international matches... , Suwon Suwon Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety".... |
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| October 29, 2010 | 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup ---------Group B:---------Knockout Map:-Semifinals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-External links:* *... |
Estadio De Béisbol Beto Ávila Estadio De Beisbol Beto Avila Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila is a stadium in Cancún, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Quintana Roo Tigres Mexican League baseball team. It holds 9,500 people... , Cancún Cancún Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of... |
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| October 31, 2010 | 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup ---------Group B:---------Knockout Map:-Semifinals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-External links:* *... |
Estadio De Béisbol Beto Ávila Estadio De Beisbol Beto Avila Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila is a stadium in Cancún, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Quintana Roo Tigres Mexican League baseball team. It holds 9,500 people... , Cancún Cancún Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of... |
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| November 2, 2010 | 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup ---------Group B:---------Knockout Map:-Semifinals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-External links:* *... |
Estadio De Béisbol Beto Ávila Estadio De Beisbol Beto Avila Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila is a stadium in Cancún, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Quintana Roo Tigres Mexican League baseball team. It holds 9,500 people... , Cancún Cancún Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of... |
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| November 5, 2010 | 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Semifinal | Estadio De Béisbol Beto Ávila Estadio De Beisbol Beto Avila Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila is a stadium in Cancún, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Quintana Roo Tigres Mexican League baseball team. It holds 9,500 people... , Cancún Cancún Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of... |
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| November 8, 2010 | 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Final | Estadio Quintana Roo Estadio Quintana Roo The Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo is a 20,000-seat stadium in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is the new home field of Primera División de México's Atlante F.C.. The stadium was inaugurated on August 11, 2007 in a game against Pumas UNAM. Atlante F.C. won in this stadium their 3rd league... , Cancún Cancún Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of... |
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| June 27, 2011 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Groupstage | Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Wolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG... |
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| July 1, 2011 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Groupstage | BayArena BayArena The BayArena is a football stadium in Leverkusen, Germany, which has been the home ground of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen since 1958.-History:... , Leverkusen Leverkusen Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf.... |
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| July 5, 2011 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Groupstage | Rhein-Neckar-Arena Rhein-Neckar-Arena The Rhein-Neckar Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of 1899 Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people... , Sinsheim Sinsheim Sinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 kilometers southeast of Heidelberg and about 28 kilometers northwest of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. It consists of a city center and 11 suburbs with a total population of 35,605... |
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World Cup record
| World Cup Finals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 1995 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 1999 |
Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 2003 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
| 2007 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 2011 |
Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
 20152015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament... |
To Be Determined | ||||||||
| Total | 2/6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 22 | ||
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicksPenalty shootout (football)A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
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U-20 World Cup record
- 20022002 FIFA U-19 Women's World ChampionshipThe 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held from August 17 to September 1. It was the first sanctioned youth tournament for women put together by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada. FIFA granted the tournament to Canada in March 2001. Three cities hosted the tournament,...
– group stage - 20042004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship-Group B:---------------------Group C:--------------------- Knockout Map :-Quarterfinals:-------------Semifinals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-Awards:-All star team:-Goalscorers:...
– Did not qualify - 20062006 FIFA U-20 Women's World ChampionshipThe 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Russia from 17 August to 3 September 2006. It was the officially recognized world championship for women's under-20 national football teams...
– group stage - 20082008 FIFA U-20 Women's World CupThe 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation....
– group stage - 20102010 FIFA U-20 Women's World CupThe 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Germany from July 13 to August 1. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, were taking part in the final competition, in which Germany had a guaranteed place as the host nation....
– Quarterfinals
U-17 World Cup record
- 20082008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup-Group B:---------------------Group C:---------------------Group D:---------------------Knockout stage:All times local -Quarterfinals:-----------------Semifinals:---------3rd Place Playoff:----...
– Did not qualify - 20102010 FIFA U-17 Women's World CupThe 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup women's football tournament is the second such tournament, and was held in Trinidad and Tobago from September 5–25, 2010...
– group stage
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup record
| Women's Gold Cup | ||||||||
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws* | Losses | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1991 |
Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | |
| 1993 1993 CONCACAF Women's Championship The 1993 CONCACAF Women's Championship determined the CONCACAF confederation champion. The tournament took place in Long Island, New York, United States from July 4-8, 1994, and consisted of 4 teams, one of whom, New Zealand, was an invited guest... |
Did Not Enter | |||||||
| 1994 |
Third Place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | |
| 1998 |
Runners Up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | |
| 2000 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup -Group B:---------------------Bracket:-Semifinals:-----3rd Place Match:-Final:-External links:*... |
Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
| 2002 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup The 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the second staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. It was held in Seattle, USA and Vancouver, Canada.Second-place team Canada qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. The winner USA qualified as host. The third-placed Mexico played against Japan in two... |
Third Place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |
| 2006 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the third edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament finals took place in the United States of America between 19 November and 27 November 2006... |
Third Place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
 20102010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup ---------Group B:---------Knockout Map:-Semifinals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-External links:* *... |
Runners Up | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |
| Total | 7/8 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 73 | 64 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicksPenalty shootout (football)A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
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Pan American Games record
- 1999Football at the 1999 Pan American GamesThe thirteenth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 23 to August 7, 1999. Ten U-23 teams competed, with title defender Argentina missing...
– Silver Medal - 2003Football at the 2003 Pan American GamesThe fourteenth edition of the football at the Pan American Games was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 2 to August 15, 2003. Eight U-23 teams competed, with Mexico defending its title. The South American teams played with their U-20 teams...
– Bronze Medal - 2011Football at the 2011 Pan American GamesFootball at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 18 to October 28. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-22 teams to participate...
– Bronze Medal