Costa Rica under-17 Nickname(s) Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección) Association Federación Costarricense de Fútbol Confederation CONCACAF Head coach Cristian Salomón FIFA code CRC
Costa Rica 1 – 4 Saudi Arabia Dammam , Saudi Arabia ; February 17, 1985)Costa Rica 3 – 0 Paraguay Malabar, Trinidad and Tobago ; September 17, 2001)Costa Rica 1 – 4 Turkey Enugu , Nigeria ; October 29, 2009)Records for competitive
Appearances 10 (first in 1985 ) Best result Quarter-finals (2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2015 ) 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 .
CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
1983 : Did not enter1985 : Runners-up1987 : Third place1988 : First stage1991 : Did not enter1992 : First stage1994 : Champions 1996 : Third place1999 : Third place Group A2001 : First place Group B2003 : First place Group B2005 : Second place Group A (won qualifying playoff)•2007 : Second place Group B2009 : Second place Group B (tournament interrupted)2011 : Quarter-finals2013 : Group stage2015 : Final stage - Won qualifying playoff2017 : Classification stage - Second place Group E2019 : Quarter-finals2023 : Round of 16From 1983 until 1991, competition was U-16, not U-17
In 2009 the tournament was interrupted due to the swine flu, but Costa Rica obtained a spot for the U-17 World Cup. •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.
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year
Round
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
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
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks .
Schedule
Win Draw Loss
Record versus other nations
Honours
Current squad
The following 21 players were called for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India from 6-28 of October 2017.
North America Central America Caribbean
1: North American member but affiliated to CFU.2: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU.3 :Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.
See also
