Mexico national football team 2008
During 2008, the Mexico national football team, or el tricolor, played a total of 15 games, from which 8 were official 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification games for Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.
The Mexican team started its quest for one of the three berths given automatically to CONCACAF by FIFA, the team byes to Second Round and defeated Belize, winner of Group 2A from the First Round. Mexico, top seed of Group 3 of the Third Round, qualified as second place to the Fourth Round, after being defeated by Honduras in the last game played in San Pedro Sula. Honduras qualified as first place.
Record
Competition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
International Friendly |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, 2nd. round |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, 3rd. round |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
Total |
15 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
Effectiveness
Results |
% |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Won |
60.0% |
9 |
7 |
2 |
Drawn |
13.3% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Lost |
27.7% |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Total |
100% |
15 |
9 |
6 |
Goal Scorers
Player |
Goals |
|---|---|
Fernando Arce |
5 |
Carlos Vela |
3 |
Jared Borgetti |
3 |
Pável Pardo |
3 |
Andrés Guardado |
3 |
Jonny Magallón |
3 |
Carlos Salcido |
2 |
Vicente Matías Vuoso |
2 |
César Villaluz |
1 |
Antônio "Sinha" Naelson |
1 |
Omar Bravo |
1 |
Rafael Márquez |
1 |
Leobardo López |
1 |
Total |
29 |
Bookings
Player |
Total |
||
|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Salcido |
5 |
5 |
0 |
Gerardo Torrado |
4 |
3 |
1 |
Fernando Arce |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Rafael Márquez |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Andrés Guardado |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Carlos Vela |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Luis Ernesto Pérez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Jared Borgetti |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Jonny Magallón |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Cuauhtémoc Blanco |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Diego Martínez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Antônio "Sinha" Naelson |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Total |
25 |
23 |
2 |
Achievements
- 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round: Qualified.
Schedule
International friendlies
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (Second round)
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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (Third round)
|attendance = 96,000 |referee = Baldomero Toledo (United States) |result = W }}
See also
- FIFA World Cup
- Mexican Football Federation