The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in international football competition and is managed by the Mexican Football Federation (FEMEXFUT), which also manages the women's national team. The team is currently ranked 17th in the FIFA World Rankings and 11th in the World Football Elo Ratings, making Mexico one of the strongest teams in North America and Central America, along with the United States.
  Mexico has qualified for fourteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994. 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 holds one FIFA Confederations Cup, one FIFA U-17 World Cup, five CONCACAF Gold Cups, three CONCACAF Championships, 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 CONMEBOL Copa Am¨¦rica since Ecuador 1993 finishing as runner-up twice and obtaining the third place medal on three occasions.