Costa Rican National Football Team (U-20 Men)

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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

TunisiaTunisia 1977 not participated
JapanJapan 1979
AustraliaAustralia 1981 not qualified
MexicoMexico 1983
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1985
ChileChile 1987
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 1989 Preliminary round
PortugalPortugal 1991 not qualified
AustraliaAustralia 1993
QatarQatar 1995 Preliminary round
MalaysiaMalaysia 1997 Preliminary round
NigeriaNigeria 1999 Round of 16
ArgentinaArgentina 2001 Round of 16
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 2003 not qualified
NetherlandsNetherlands 2005
CanadaCanada 2007 Preliminary round
EgyptEgypt 2009 4th Place
ColombiaColombia 2011 Round of 16
TurkeyTurkey 2013 not qualified
New ZealandNew Zealand 2015 qualified
Korea SouthSouth Korea 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 )

PanamaPanama 1962 4th Place
GuatemalaGuatemala 1964 not qualified
CubaCuba 1970
MexicoMexico 1973
CanadaCanada 1974 Preliminary round
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico 1976 not qualified
HondurasHonduras 1978 4th Place
United StatesUnited States 1980 Preliminary round
GuatemalaGuatemala 1982 4th Place
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago 1984 2nd round
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago 1986 not qualified
GuatemalaGuatemala 1988 winner
GuatemalaGuatemala 1990 Preliminary round
CanadaCanada 1992 Preliminary round
HondurasHonduras 1994 2nd place
MexicoMexico 1996 2nd place
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago GuatemalaGuatemala 1998 Winner (Group A)
CanadaCanada Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago 2001 Winner (Group A)
PanamaPanama United StatesUnited States 2003 not qualified
United StatesUnited States HondurasHonduras 2005 3rd place (group A)
PanamaPanama MexicoMexico 2007 2nd place (group B)
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago 2009 winner
GuatemalaGuatemala 2011 2nd place
MexicoMexico 2013 Quarter finals
JamaicaJamaica 2015 2nd place
Costa RicaCosta Rica 2017 3rd place

See also