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Mexico
Image:Mexico Fútbol federation.gif
Nickname(s)	El Tri (El Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Hugo Sánchez
Captain	Rafael Márquez
Most caps	Claudio Suárez (178)
Top scorer	Jared Borgetti (43)
Home stadium	Estadio Azteca
FIFA code	MEX
FIFA ranking	15
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (March 1998,May 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	26 (June 2007)
Elo ranking	12
Highest Elo ranking	6 (June 2005)
Lowest Elo ranking	47 (February 1979)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First international
Guatemala 2-3 Mexico (Guatemala, Guatemala; 1 January 1923)
Biggest win
Mexico 13-0 Bahamas  (Toluca, Mexico; Apr 28, 1987)
Biggest defeat
England 8-0 Mexico (London,England; May 10, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	13 (First in 1930)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 1970, 1986
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	16 (First in 1965)
Best result	Winners, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996,1998, 2003
Confederations Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1995)
Best result	Winners, 1999

The Mexico national football team – El Tri – is the national football team of Mexico, and is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol.

Mexico has qualified for thirteen World Cups, including the last four. It has reached the second round on all four without managing any further progress. Their best result was reaching the Quarterfinals in both the 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, both hosted by Mexico. They have also had strong showings in the Copa America from the first time they were invited by the CONMEBOL in 1993 held in Ecuador being runner-up in the competition (although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF).

Contents 1 History 1.1 2006 World Cup 2 International tournaments 3 Current squad 4 Competitive record 4.1 World Cup record 4.2 Confederations Cup record 4.3 CONCACAF Championships record 4.4 Pan American Games record 4.5 Copa América record 4.6 NAFC Championship results 5 Honours 6 Top 11 goalscorers 7 Most appearances (caps) 8 List of goalscorers in World Cups 9 Previous World Cup squads 10 Notable players 11 Notable coaches 12 Schedule and recent results 13 External links

Mexico participated in the first World Cup in 1930 – and did not appear again in the tournament until the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Before 1970, Mexico struggled to make much impact in the World Cup when competing against European and South American teams and won only once in five tournaments (in 1962, a 3–1 win over Czechoslovakia). However, Goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal had the distinction of being the first player ever to appear in five consecutive FIFA World Cups.

In 1970, Mexico, hosts for the World Cup, kicked off their campaign with a scoreless draw against the Soviet Union, followed by a controversial win over El Salvador (4–0). They only made it to the next round with victory against Belgium due to a penalty scored by Gustavo Peña in the 14th minute. Against Italy in the quarter-finals, Mexico took the lead before losing 4–1.

After failing to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Mexico qualified for Argentina '78 but suffered another early exit after a 0-6 defeat to West Germany and a 1-3 defeat to outsiders Tunisia before losing, once again, 1-3, this time to Poland. Mexico, once again, failed to qualify for a World Cup in Spain 1982 after being defeated by El Salvador.

Once again, Mexico were host for the World Cup in 1986. Led by Bora Milutinovic, Mexico was placed in Group B where they defeated Belgium 2-1. But Mexico was held to a 1-1 tie with Paraguay and only manage to defeat Iraq 1-0. Despite these poor performances, Mexico won top spot in the group to reach the round of sixteen where Mexico faced against Bulgaria easily defeating them 2-0. In the next round, Mexico lost to West Germany 0-0 (1-4 pens).

Mexico was disqualified from the 1990 FIFA World Cup (and any other international competition) for two years for using players over the age limit allowed by FIFA in the qualifying round for the Olympic Games in Seoul 1988. The punishment originally was only going to be applied to the Olympic team and not the World Cup team, but the penalty was applied to all Mexican national representatives of all sports for two years.

In the 1990s, Mexican football began experiencing more consistent international success. An important turning point was its participation in the 1993 Copa America, where they finished second in the tournament, losing to Argentina 2-1 in the final. Mexico went on to win its group on tiebreakers in the 1994 World Cup, emerging from the tournament's "Group of death", composed of Mexico, Italy, Ireland, and Norway. However, Mexico eventually lost in the second round to Bulgaria on penalties.

The Mexican team was managed by coach Manuel Lapuente in a very good qualifying round in which they came in first place in the CONCACAF side. Mexico was placed in Group E, with Holland, Korea Republic and Belgium. Mexico started against Korea Republic losing 0-1 but came back to win 3-1. Belgium had started beating Mexico 2-0 but came back to tie 2-2. The third game against Netherlands ended in another 2-2 result which resulted in qualification to the Round of 16. In the next round, Mexico faced Germany. Although having the lead Mexico did not manage to hold onto it and lost the game 2-1.

After a mediocre qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup, Mexico qualified and was put in Group G alongside Italy, Croatia, Ecuador. Mexico opened play in the 2002 FIFA World Cup with a 1-0 win over Croatia, with Cuauhtémoc Blanco scoring a penalty kick. In the second match, Mexico earned a 2-1 win over Ecuador with goals from Jared Borgetti and Gerardo Torrado. Mexico then played to a 1-1 draw against Italy thanks to a goal from Borgetti that was regarded as one of the best of the tournament. In the second round Mexico played continental rivals the United States in a match that saw Mexican captain Rafael Marquez sent off for a deliberate headbutt on Cobi Jones. Mexico was defeated by the U.S. 2-0, eliminating them from the tournament.

Additional information: 2006 FIFA World Cup - Group D

Mexico played a series of friendlies in preparation for the World Cup in the United States of America, seeking to maximize revenue by appealing to Mexican Americans living in the USA.

Mexico was one of eight seeded teams in the first round at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The eight seeded teams consisted of Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. This was the second time a non-hosting CONCACAF nation was seeded. Mexico was put in Group D with Iran, Angola and Portugal.

Mexico won their opening match 3–1 against Iran, with two goals from Omar Bravo and one by Zinha. In their second match, Mexico played to a 0–0 draw against Angola. Mexico joined Portugal as a qualifier in the Round of 16, despite losing to the Portuguese 2–1. During the match, Bravo missed a penalty shot.

In the second round, Mexico played against Argentina. The Mexicans scored in the 5th minute with a goal by captain Rafael Márquez assisted by Jared Borgetti. Four minutes later, a goal by Hernán Crespo allowed Argentina to equalize (the goal was credited to Crespo, but was actually an own goal, which Jared Borgetti ironically scored with his head). The score remained 1–1 after ninety minutes, and in extra time, an exceptional volley by Maxi Rodríguez in the second period of extra time brought about a 2–1 win for Argentina.

Argentine-Mexican coach Ricardo Lavolpe stepped down as coach after the tournament, and was succeeded by Hugo Sánchez.

Since their second place finish in the 1993 Copa America, Mexico has been a regular participant in the South American tournament and has competed well. It earned third place in 1997, 1999 and 2007 and another second-place finish in 2001. Mexico has never failed to reach the quarter finals of the Copa America and twice has had the leading scorer in the tournament (Luis Garcia in 1995 (sharing the title with Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta) and Luis Hernández in 1997).

Mexico hosted and won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Mexico won its first official FIFA tournament trophy by beating Brazil with a final score of 4-3. Mexico's star, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, shared the tournament's Golden Shoe award as top scorer with Ronaldinho, he was also awarded the Silver Ball.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the United States proved a credible challenger to Mexico's dominance on the continental football scene, winning the 2002 Gold Cup and eliminating Mexico in the second round of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Mexico again hosted the Gold Cup in 2003 winning it after a 1-0 victory over the U-23 Brazilian squad.

The parallel emergence of Mexico and the United States on the international stage has helped elevate the status of the CONCACAF region, and has provided a natural rivalry that has benefited the development of both national teams.

The growth experienced by the Mexican national team since the early 1990s was matched by the increased competitiveness of its domestic league, the Primera División de México. Due in large part to lucrative television contracts, Mexican football clubs are amongst the richest outside of Europe. The influx of high level foreign players, together with increased participation in international tournaments has helped compensate for the fact that, traditionally, relatively few Mexican players have sought opportunities in other countries.

Among those that have had successful careers in European leagues are Hugo Sánchez (Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid), Luis Garcia (Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad), and Rafael Márquez (AS Monaco and FC Barcelona). Other European-based players that have managed to succeed thus far include Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven), Pavel Pardo (VfB Stuttgart), Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart), and Nery Castillo (Olympiacos) all of whom won championships with their clubs in this past 2006-2007 season.

The U-17 World cup held in Peru in 2005 meant the first under 17 World Cup for Mexico. Mexico was placed in Group B along with Australia, Turkey and Uruguay in which Mexico came out on top. Mexico then went on to face Costa Rica in the quarterfinals which resulted in a 3–1 victory for Mexico thus, allowing them to advanced to the semifinals and face the Netherlands who they beat 4–0. This victory meant Mexico would proceed to play the final against Brazil. Mexico won 3–0.

After losing the final match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 1-2 against the United States, Mexico successfully rebounded with a remarkable first round participation at CONMEBOL Copa America 2007. Beginning by beating the recent champions Brazil 2-0 (goals from: Nery Castillo 23' and Ramon Morales 28')in their first match. They then went on to defeat Ecuador 2-1(goals from: Nery Castillo 21' and Omar Bravo 79'). For their final match they tied 0-0 with Chile. With those results Mexico came first in Group B with seven points.

In the quater-finals, they beat Paraguay 6-0. In the semifinals, Argentina beat Mexico 0-3. With this defeat Mexico was left to fight for third place against Uruguay, winning 3-1.

The following squad was selected for the past friendly against Guatemala on October 17, 2007: Caps and goals as of October 17, 2007 against Guatemala.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Guillermo Ochoa July 13, 1985 (1985-07-13) (age 22) 14 0 America 2 GK Alfonso Blanco July 31, 1987 (1987-07-31) (age 20) 0 0 Ciudad Juarez 3 GK Jonathan Orozco May 12, 1986 (1986-05-12) (age 21) 0 0 Monterrey 4 DF Edgar Mejia July 27, 1988 (1988-07-27) (age 19) 0 0 Guadalajara 5 DF Héctor Moreno January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 19) 1 0 AZ 6 DF Jonny Magallón November 21, 1981 (1981-11-21) (age 26) 22 0 Guadalajara 7 DF Julio César Domínguez November 8, 1987 (1987-11-08) (age 20) 3 0 Cruz Azul 8 DF Carlos Salcido April 02, 1980 (1980-04-02) (age 27) 49 3 PSV Eindhoven 9 DF Omar Esparza May 21, 1988 (1988-05-21) (age 19) 3 0 Guadalajara 10 DF Efraín Velarde April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18) (age 21) 1 0 UNAM 11 MF Emmanuel Cerda January 27, 1987 (1987-01-27) (age 20) 1 0 Tigres 12 MF Gerardo Rodríguez April 16, 1985 (1985-04-16) (age 22) 1 0 Pachuca 13 MF Patricio Araujo January 30, 1988 (1988-01-30) (age 19) 2 0 Guadalajara 14 MF Gonzalo Pineda October 19, 1982 (1982-10-19) (age 25) 41 1 Guadalajara 16 MF Pablo Barrera June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21) (age 20) 1 0 UNAM 17 MF Andrés Guardado September 28, 1986 (1986-09-28) (age 21) 28 3 Deportivo La Coruña 18 MF Edgar Castillo October 8, 1986 (1986-10-08) (age 21) 2 0 Santos 19 FW Giovani dos Santos May 11, 1989 (1989-05-11) (age 18) 4 0 Barcelona 20 FW Omar Arellano June 18, 1987 (1987-06-18) (age 20) 1 0 Guadalajara 21 FW Carlos Vela March 01, 1989 (1989-03-01) (age 18) 2 1 CA Osasuna* 22 FW Ismael Valadez September 14, 1985 (1985-09-14) (age 22) 1 0 Toluca 23 FW César Villaluz July 18, 1988 (1988-07-18) (age 19) 3 1 Cruz Azul

^* Carlos Vela is currently on loan to Osasuna until June 2008 from the English club, Arsenal F.C..

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Round 1 3 0 0 3 4 13 1934 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1938 Withdrew - - - - - - 1950 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 1954 Round 1 2 0 0 2 2 8 1958 Round 1 3 0 1 2 1 8 1962 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 1966 Round 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 1970 Quarter-Finals 4 2 1 1 6 4 1974 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1978 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 12 1982 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1986 Quarter-Finals 5 3 2 0 6 2 1990 Banned - - - - - - 1994 Round 2 4 1 2 1 4 4 1998 Round 2 4 1 2 1 8 7 2002 Round 2 4 2 1 1 4 4 2006 Round 2 4 1 1 2 5 5 Total 13/18 45 11 12 22 48 84 Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1992 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1995 Third Place 3 1 2 0 4 2 1997 Round 1 3 1 0 2 8 6 1999 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 6 2001 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 8 2003 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 2005 Fourth Place 5 2 2 1 7 6 2009 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - Total 5/8 19 8 5 5 33 28

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1963 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1965 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 2 1967 Second place 5 4 0 1 10 1 1969 Fourth place 5 1 2 2 4 5 1971 Champions 5 4 1 0 6 1 1973 Third place 5 2 2 1 10 5 1977 Champions 5 5 0 0 20 5 1981 Third place 5 1 3 1 6 3 1985 Did Not Enter - - - - - - 1989 Banned - - - - - - 1991 Third place 5 3 1 1 10 5 1993 Champions 5 4 1 0 28 2 1996 Champions 4 4 0 0 9 0 1998 Champions 4 4 0 0 8 2 2000 Quarter-Finals 3 1 1 1 6 3 2002 Quarter-Finals 3 2 1 0 4 1 2003 Champions 5 4 1 0 9 0 2005 Quarter-Finals 4 2 0 2 7 4 2007 Final 6 4 0 2 7 5 Total 7 Titles 74 49 14 11 157 44 *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

1951 - Did not enter 1955 - Second place 1959 - Sixth place 1963 - Did not enter 1967 - Champions 1971 - Round 1 1975 - Champions 1979 - Did not enter 1983 - Round 1 1987 - Fourth place 1991 - Second place 1995 - Second place 1999 - Champions 2003 - Third place 2007 - Second place

1993 - Second Place 1995 - Quarter Finals 1997 - Third Place 1999 - Third Place 2001 - Second Place 2004 - Quarter Finals 2007 - Third Place 1947 - Champions 1949 - Champions 1990 - Second place 1991 - Champions

• CONCACAF Championship: 3
  

1965 1971 1967

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 4
  

1993 1996 1998 2003

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1
  

1999

• NAFC Championship: 3
  

1947, 1949, 1991

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico.

Players in bold text are still active with Mexico.

Player	No. of goals
2. Jared Borgetti	43
3. Luis Hernández	35
4. Carlos Hermosillo	35
5. Cuauhtémoc Blanco	34
6. Enrique Borja	31
7. Zague	30
8. Hugo Sánchez	29
9. Luis Flores	29
10. Luis Garcia	29
Player	No. of caps
1. Claudio Suarez	178
2. Pavel Pardo	139
3. Jorge Campos	130
4. Ramon Ramirez	121
5. Alberto Garcia Aspe	109
6. Cuauhtémoc Blanco	97
7. Carlos Hermosillo	90
8. Luis Hernández	87
9. Jared Borgetti	87
10T. Oswaldo Sanchez	85
10T. Salvador Carmona	85

Player	Goals	Year
Juan Carreño	1	1930
Manuel Rosas	2	1930
Roberto Gayón	1	1930
Héctor Ortíz	1	1950
Horacio Casarín	1	1950
José Lamadrid	1	1954
Tomás Balcázar	1	1954
Jaime Belmonte	1	1958
Isidoro Díaz	1	1962
Amador Torres	1	1962
Héctor Hernández	1	1962
Enrique Borja	1	1966
Javier Valdivia	2	1970
Javier Fragoso	1	1970
Ignacio Basaguren	1	1970
Gustavo Peña	1	1970
José González	1	1970
Arturo Vázquez	1	1978
Víctor Rangel	1	1978
Fernando Quirarte	2	1986
Hugo Sánchez	1	1986
Luis Flores	1	1986
Manuel Negrete	1	1986
Raúl Servín	1	1986
Luis García	2	1994
Marcelino Bernal	1	1994
Alberto García Aspe	2	1994-1998
Luis Hernández	4	1998
Ricardo Peláez	2	1998
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	2	1998-2002
Jared Borgetti	2	2002
Gerardo Torrado	1	2002
Omar Bravo	2	2006
Zinha	1	2006
Francisco Fonseca	1	2006
Rafael Márquez	1	2006

2006 FIFA World Cup 2002 FIFA World Cup 1998 FIFA World Cup 1994 FIFA World Cup 1986 FIFA World Cup 1978 FIFA World Cup 1970 FIFA World Cup

1966 FIFA World Cup 1962 FIFA World Cup 1958 FIFA World Cup 1954 FIFA World Cup 1950 FIFA World Cup 1930 FIFA World Cup

Horacio Casarín Antonio Carbajal Juan Carreño José Luis Borbolla Salvador Reyes Manuel Rosas Raúl Cárdenas Amador Torres Enrique Borja Javier Aguirre Javier Fragoso Manuel Negrete Cristóbal Ortega Pablo Larios Hugo Sánchez Alfredo Tena Fernando Quirarte Luis Flores Javier Valdivia Carlos de los Cobos Luis García Francisco Javier Cruz Missael Espinosa Miguel España Carlos Hermosillo Luis Miguel Salvador Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" Jorge Campos Luis Hernández Cuauhtémoc Blanco Francisco Palencia

Rafael Márquez Jared Borgetti Óscar Pérez Pavel Pardo Joaquin del Olmo Ignacio Ambriz Marcelino Bernal Ramón Ramírez Alberto García Aspe Claudio Suarez Gerardo Torrado Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Jesus Arellano Ramón Morales Salvador Carmona Oswaldo Sánchez Guillermo Ochoa Ricardo Osorio Carlos Salcido Adolfo Bautista Omar Bravo Alberto Medina Andrés Guardado Nery Castillo Juan Carlos Cacho Giovani Dos Santos Carlos Vela

Rafael Garza Gutiérrez José Rojo de la Vega Juan Luque de Serrallonga Alfred C. Crowle Jorge Orth Octavio Vial Antonio López Herranz Horacio Casarín Ignacio Trelles

Arpad Fékete Jose Luis Trejo Raúl Cárdenas Javier de la Torre Ignacio Jáuregui José Antonio Roca José Moncebáez Gustavo Peña Bora Milutinovic

Mario Velarde Alberto Guerra César Luis Menotti Miguel Mejía Barón Manuel Lapuente Enrique Meza Javier Aguirre Ricardo Lavolpe Hugo Sanchez

Date	Location	Opponent	Score1	Competition	Mexico scorers	Opponent scorers
February 7, 2007	Glendale, Arizona	USA	0-2	F	None	Conrad 52', Donovan 91+'
February 28, 2007	San Diego, California	Venezuela	3-1	F	Guardado 25', Arce 34' , Blanco 47' (pen)	Arizmendi 82'
March 25, 2007	San Nicolás, Nuevo León	Paraguay	2-1	F	Borgetti 78', 82'	Santa Cruz 88'
March 28, 2007	Oakland, California	Ecuador	4-2	F	Palencia 1', Marquez 73', Bravo 84', Bautista 87'	Tenorio 44', Espionza 55'
June 2, 2007	San Luis, San Luis Potosi	Iran	4-0	F	Borgetti 2', Lozano 27', Fonseca 80', Torrado 85'	None
June 5, 2007	Mexico City	Paraguay	0-1	F	None	Cardozo 89'
June 8, 2007	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Cuba	2-1	GCF	Borgetti 38', Castillo 56'	Alcántara 23'
June 10, 2007	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Honduras	1-2	GCF	Blanco 29' (pen)	Costly 57', 90'
June 13, 2007	Houston, Texas	Panama	1-0	GCF	Salcido 60'	None
June 17, 2007	Houston, Texas	Costa Rica	1-0	GCF	Borgetti 97'	None
June 21, 2007	Chicago, Illinois	Guadeloupe	1-0	GCF	Pardo 70'	None
June 24, 2007	Chicago, Illinois	USA	1-2	GCF	Guardado 44'	Donovan 62' (pen), Feilhaber 73'
June 27, 2007	Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar	Brazil	2-0	CAF	Castillo 23', Morales 28'	None
July 1, 2007	Maturín, Monagas	Ecuador	2-1	CAF	Castillo 21', Bravo 80'	Edison Mendez 85'
July 4, 2007	Puerto la Cruz, Anzoátegui	Chile	0-0	CAF	None	None
July 8, 2007	Maturín, Monagas	Paraguay	6-0	CAF	Castillo 4´ (pen), Torrado 26', Castillo 38', Arce 78', Blanco 86´(pen), Bravo 90´	None
July 11, 2007	Puerto Ordaz, Ciudad Guayana	Argentina	0-3	CAF	None	Heinze 44', Messi 61', Riquelme 66' (pen)
July 14, 2007	Caracas, Venezuela	Uruguay	3-1	CAF	Blanco 37' (pen), Bravo 68', Guardado 75'	Abreu 21'
August 22, 2007	Commerce City, Colorado	Colombia	0-1	F	None	Jaime Castrillón 51'
September 9, 2007	Puebla, Puebla	Panama	1-0*	F	Felipe Baloy 38' (OG)	None
September 12, 2007	Boston, Massachusetts	Brazil	1-3	F	Juan Carlos Cacho 42'	Kleber 44', Kaká 80', Afonso Alves 86'
October 14, 2007	Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua	Nigeria	2-2	F	Juan Carlos Cacho 54', 68'	Obafemi Martins 32', 52'
October 17, 2007	Los Angeles, California	Guatemala	2-3	F	Carlos Vela 30', César Villaluz 31'	Rigoberto Gomez 5', Marvin Ávila 64', 73'
February 6, 2008	Houston, Texas	USA		F
March 26, 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Spain		F

¹ - Mexico score always listed first

Key

• F = Friendly
• GCF = Gold Cup Finals
• CAF = Copa America Finals
• * Game was suspended after first half due to rain.

• Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Official Site
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• RSSSF archive of results
• www.futbolmexicano.org

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2006 FIFA World Cup finalists v • d • e
Champions: Italy  Runners-up: France  Third place: Germany  Fourth place: Portugal  Eliminated in Quarter-finals: Argentina • Brazil • England • Ukraine Eliminated in Round of 16 Australia • Ecuador • Ghana • Mexico • Netherlands • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland Eliminated in Group Stage Angola • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Croatia • Czech Republic • Iran • Japan • Korea Republic • Paraguay • Poland • Saudi Arabia • Serbia & Montenegro • Togo • Trinidad and Tobago • Tunisia • United States

Preceded by 1997 Brazil	Confederations Cup Champions 1999 (First title)	Succeeded by 2001 France
Preceded by 1963 Costa Rica	North American Champions 1965 (First title)	Succeeded by 1967 Guatemala
Preceded by 1969 Costa Rica	North American Champions 1971 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1973 Haiti
Preceded by 1973 Haiti	North American Champions 1977 (Third title)	Succeeded by 1981 Honduras
Preceded by 1991 USA	North American Champions 1993 (Fourth title) 1996 (Fifth title) 1998 (Sixth title)	Succeeded by 2000 Canada
Preceded by 2002 USA	North American Champions 2003 (Seventh title)	Succeeded by 2005 USA