Nickname(s) | Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección) | ||
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Association | Federación Costarricense de Fútbol | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
Head coach | Cristian Salomón | ||
FIFA code | CRC | ||
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First international | |||
Costa Rica 1 – 4 Saudi Arabia (Dammam, Saudi Arabia; February 17, 1985) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Costa Rica 3 – 0 Paraguay (Malabar, Trinidad and Tobago; September 17, 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Costa Rica 1 – 4 Turkey (Enugu, Nigeria; October 29, 2009) Records for competitive matches only. | |||
FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 10 (first in 1985) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (2001, 2003, 2005, 2015) | ||
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship | |||
Appearances | 18 (first in 1985) | ||
Best result | Champions (1994) |
The Costa Rica national under-17 football team represents Costa Rica in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol.
•Tournaments from 1999 to 2007 followed a two group format. No championship game took place and no standings were given. The top teams in their respective groups qualified and the second placed teams played in a playoff to decide the final seed.
Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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1985 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
1987 | Did not qualify | ||||||
1989 | |||||||
1991 | |||||||
1993 | |||||||
1995 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
1997 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||
2001 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
2003 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
2005 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
2007 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
2009 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
2011 | Did not qualify | ||||||
2013 | |||||||
2015 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||
2023 | |||||||
2025 | to be determined | ||||||
Total | 10/20 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 59 |
Win Draw Loss
14 February 2011 | Haiti | 1 – 3 | Costa Rica | Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay |
12:30 | Cherry 23' | Report | Quiros 22' Leiva 43' Ruiz 47' |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra (Guatemala) |
18 February 2011 | Costa Rica | 3 – 2 | El Salvador | Jarrett Park, Montego Bay |
12:30 | Ruiz 16', 45+2', 73' | Report | Iraheta 32' Mejia 47' |
Referee: Kenville Holder (Cayman Islands) |
22 February 2011 | Costa Rica | 0 – 1 | Panama | Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay |
12:00 | Report | Stephens 76' | Attendance: 228 Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves (Mexico) |
Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
Aruba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Belize | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 |
Bermuda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 3 |
Burkina Faso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
Canada | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 18 |
China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Cuba | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
El Salvador | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 34 |
France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
Ghana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Guatemala | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 13 |
Guinea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
Haiti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
Honduras | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 17 |
Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Jamaica | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Mexico | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 11 |
Netherlands Antilles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nicaragua | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | +29 | 16 |
Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
Panama | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 |
Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
Peru | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Saint Lucia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 |
Suriname | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
Togo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 |
Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
United States | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 8 |
TOTAL | 123 | 65 | 21 | 37 | 244 | 142 | +102 | 207 |
The following 21 players were called for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India from 6-28 of October 2017.