Costa Rica national under-20 football team

Costa Rica under-20
Nickname(s)	Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Breansse Camacho (2018–)
FIFA code	CRC
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Costa Rica 5 – 1 Nicaragua; (Panama City , Panama; March 5, 1962)
Biggest win
	Costa Rica 8 – 0 Puerto Rico; (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 22, 1984)
Biggest defeat
	Costa Rica 2 – 6 Japan; (Kuantan, Malaysia; June 20, 1997); Spain 4 – 0 Costa Rica; (Kuantan, Malaysia; June 23, 1997) Records for competitive; matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1989)
Best result	Fourth Place (2009)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1962)
Best result	Winner : 1988, 2009

The Costa Rica national under-20 football team represents Costa Rica in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Costa Rican Football Federation.

Competitive record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1977	Did Not Enter
1979	Did Not Enter
1981	Did Not Qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989	Group Stage	14th	3	1	0	2	2	4
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Did Not Qualify
1995	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	6
1997	Group Stage	21st	3	0	1	2	3	11
1999	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	4	7
2001	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	8	4
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005	Did Not Qualify
2007	Group Stage	17th	3	1	0	2	2	3
2009	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	1	3	10	11
2011	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	6	12
2013	Did Not Qualify
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined
Total	Fourth Place	9/23	35	12	4	19	41	62

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

In addition to team victories, Costa Rican players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.

Year	Golden Glove
2009	Esteban Alvarado

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Year	P	W	T	L	F	A	D	Pts	Finish
1962	7	3	1	3	19	10	+9	7	Fourth Place
1964	Did not qualify
1970	Did not qualify
1973	Did not qualify
1974	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	3	Group Phase
1976	Did not qualify
1978	7	4	1	2	13	10	+3	9	Semifinalist
1980	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	2	Group Phase
1982	7	4	2	1	17	10	+7	10	Third place
1984	6	2	2	2	13	7	+6	6	Second round
1986	Did not qualify
1988	9	8	1	0	24	6	+18	17	Champions
1990	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	6	Group Phase
1992	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	3	Group Phase
1994	6	4	1	1	18	7	+11	13	Runners-up
1996	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	12	Fourth Place
1998	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	2nd Group B
2001	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7	1st Group A
2003	Did not qualify
2005	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Group Phase
2007	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	2nd Group B
2009	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	11	Champions
2011	4	3	0	1	13	4	+9	9	Runners-up
2013	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1	3	Quarterfinalist
2015	Did not qualify
2017	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7	Fourth Place
2018	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13	Fifth Place
Totals	89	51	17	21	197	91	+106	143	—

Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6	0
Colombia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
Ecuador	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2	3
Egypt	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
England	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
Ethiopia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
Germany	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
Hungary	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Japan	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0
Iran	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
Nigeria	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1
Paraguay	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1
Portugal	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Syria	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
Scotland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Spain	2	0	0	2	1	8	-7	0
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	3	5	-2	0
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
Zambia	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Totals	35	12	3	19	41	62	-21	39

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v t e National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.