Costa Rica national under-17 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

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
China 1985 Group stage300319
Canada 1987 Did not qualify
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995 Group stage310225
Egypt 1997 300316
New Zealand 1999 Did not qualify
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Quarter-finals 420254
Finland 2003 411235
Peru 2005 412155
South Korea 2007 Round of 16 411234
Nigeria 2009 Group stage301239
Mexico 2011 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015 Quarter-finals 512245
India 2017 Group stage301237
Brazil 2019 Did not qualify
Indonesia 2023
Qatar 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

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record

  • 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.

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