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
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 |