Costa Rica national under-17 football team

national association football team

The Costa Rica national under-17 team represents Costa Rica in youth international football team. They have appeared at the FIFA U-17 World Cup 10 times with their best placing quarter-final four times.

Costa Rica under-17
Nickname(s)Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
AssociationFederación Costarricense de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachCristian Salomón
FIFA codeCRC
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Costa Rica 1 – 4  Saudi Arabia
(Dammam, China; February 17, 1985)
Biggest win
 Costa Rica 3 – 0  Paraguay
(Malabar, Trinidad and Tobago; September 17, 2001)
Biggest defeat
 Costa Rica 1 – 4  Turkey
(Enugu, Nigeria; October 29, 2009)
Records for competitive
matches only.
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1985)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2001, 2003, 2005, 2015)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances18 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (1994)

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

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FIFA U-17 World Cup record

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Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
  1985 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 9
  1987 Did not qualify
  1989
  1991
  1993
  1995 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 5
  1997 3 0 0 3 1 6
  1999 Did not qualify
  2001 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 5 4
  2003 4 1 1 2 3 5
  2005 4 1 2 1 5 5
  2007 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 3 4
  2009 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 9
  2011 Did not qualify
  2013
  2015 Quarter-finals 5 1 2 2 4 5
  2017 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 7
  2019 Did not qualify
  2023
  2025 to be determined
Total 10/20 36 7 8 21 30 59
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record

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CONCACAF U-17 Championship record

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  • 1983: Did not enter
  • 1985: Runners-up
  • 1987: Third place
  • 1988: First stage
  • 1991: Did not enter
  • 1992: First stage
  • 1994: Champions
  • 1996: Third place
  • 1999: Third place Group A
  • 2001: First place Group B
  • 2003: First place Group B
  • 2005: Second place Group A (won qualifying playoff)•
  • 2007: Second place Group B
  • 2009: Second place Group B (tournament interrupted)
  • 2011: Quarter-finals
  • 2013: Group stage
  • 2015: Final stage - Won qualifying playoff
  • 2017: Classification stage - Second place Group E
  • 2019: Quarter-finals
  • 2023: Round of 16
  • From 1983 until 1991, competition was U-16, not U-17
  • In 2009 the tournament was interrupted due to the swine flu, but Costa Rica obtained a spot for the U-17 World Cup.

•Tournaments from 1999 to 2007 followed a two group format. No championship game took place and no standings were given. The top teams in their respective groups qualified and the second placed teams played in a playoff to decide the final seed.

References

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