Costa Rican National Football Team (U-20 Men)

Costa Rica

Nickname (s)	Ticos La Tricolor La Sele
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
confederacy	CONCACAF
Head coach	Jafet Soto
FIFA code	CRC
(Status: unknown)

The Costa Rican U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of Costa Rican soccer players. It is subject to the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol and represents them internationally at U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations or at the U-20 World Cup and the CONCACAF U-20 Championship .

The team achieved the best result at a world championship when they finished fourth in 2009 in Egypt .

The team became CONCACAF champions in 1988 and 2009 and won one of the two CONCACAF groups in qualifying for the World Cup in 1998 and 2001 .

Participation in U-20 world championships

1977	not participated
1979
1981	not qualified
1983
1985
1987
1989	Preliminary round
1991	not qualified
1993
1995	Preliminary round
1997	Preliminary round
1999	Round of 16
2001	Round of 16
2003	not qualified
2005
2007	Preliminary round
2009	4th Place
2011	Round of 16
2013	not qualified
2015	qualified
2017

Participation in the CONCACAF U-20 championship

(1962 to 1997 CONCACAF youth tournament , 1998 to 2007 in two groups qualification for the U-20 World Cup, since 2009 CONCACAF U-20 championship )

1962	4th Place
1964	not qualified
1970
1973
1974	Preliminary round
1976	not qualified
1978	4th Place
1980	Preliminary round
1982	4th Place
1984	2nd round
1986	not qualified
1988	winner
1990	Preliminary round
1992	Preliminary round
1994	2nd place
1996	2nd place
1998	Winner (Group A)
2001	Winner (Group A)
2003	not qualified
2005	3rd place (group A)
2007	2nd place (group B)
2009	winner
2011	2nd place
2013	Quarter finals
2015	2nd place
2017	3rd place

See also

• Costa Rican national soccer team
• Costa Rican National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)