Costa Rican National Football Team (U-20 Men)
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
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not qualified |
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Preliminary round |
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Preliminary round |
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Preliminary round |
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Round of 16 |
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Round of 16 |
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Preliminary round |
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4th Place |
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Round of 16 |
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qualified |
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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 )
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4th Place |
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Preliminary round |
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not qualified |
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4th Place |
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Preliminary round |
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4th Place |
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2nd round |
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winner |
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Preliminary round |
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Preliminary round |
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2nd place |
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2nd place |
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Winner (Group A) |
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Winner (Group A) |
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3rd place (group A) |
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2nd place (group B) |
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winner |
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2nd place |
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Quarter finals |
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2nd place |
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3rd place |