Costa Rica national under-20 football team

The Costa Rica national under-20 football team represents Costa Rica in under-20 international football. They have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup nine times with their best placing of fourth position coming in 2009.

Costa Rica under-20
Nickname(s)Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
AssociationFederación Costarricense de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachCosta Rica Vladimir Quesada
FIFA codeCRC
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Costa Rica 5–1 Nicaragua 
(Panama City , Panama; March 5, 1962)
Biggest win
 Costa Rica 8–0 Puerto Rico 
(Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 22, 1984)
 Belize 0–8 Costa Rica 
(Belmopan, Belize; unknown date 1990)
Biggest defeat
 Costa Rica 2–6 Japan 
(Kuantan, Malaysia; June 20, 1997)
 Spain 4–0 Costa Rica 
(Kuantan, Malaysia; June 23, 1997)
Records for competitive
matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1989)
Best resultFourth Place (2009)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances19 (first in 1962)
Best resultWinner (1988, 2009)

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Did Not Enter
Japan 1979
Australia 1981 Did not qualify
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989 Group Stage 14th 3 1 0 2 2 4
Portugal 1991 Did not qualify
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995 Group Stage 10th 3 1 0 2 3 6
Malaysia 1997 21st 3 0 1 2 3 11
Nigeria 1999 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 4 7
Argentina 2001 9th 4 3 0 1 8 4
United Arab Emirates 2003 Did not qualify
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007 Group Stage 17th 3 1 0 2 2 3
Egypt 2009 Fourth Place 4th 7 3 1 3 10 11
Colombia 2011 Round of 16 15th 4 1 0 3 6 12
Turkey 2013 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017 Round of 16 12th 4 1 1 2 3 4
Poland 2019 Did not qualify
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled
Argentina 2023 Did not qualify
Chile 2025 To be determined
Total Fourth Place 9/24 35 12 4 19 41 62
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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