The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Federation of Association Football (FMF), the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is Miguel Herrera. The team is currently ranked 20th in the FIFA World Ranking and 16th in the World Football Elo Ratings.

Mexico won only two of ten matches during the fourth round of 2014 World Cup qualifying, but qualified for an intercontinental play-off as the fourth-highest placed team in the CONCACAF region after the United States defeated Panama in the final round of matches. They defeated New Zealand 9–3 on aggregate to qualify for a sixth consecutive World Cup.