Costa Rica national under-20 football team

Individual awards

Results

Current squad

Competitive record

References

Recent and Forthcoming Matches

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Record versus other nations at U-20 World Cup

Costa Rica under-20

Nickname(s)

Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)

Association

Federación Costarricense de Fútbol

Confederation

CONCACAF

Head coach

Jafet Soto (2012–)

FIFA code

CRC

First colours

Second colours

First international

Costa Rica 1 – 0

Colombia
(Dammam , Saudi Arabia; February 17, 1989)

Biggest win

Costa Rica 5 – 1

Mexico
(San Pedro, Honduras; August 21, 1994)

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

8 (First in 1989)

Best result

Fourth Place (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.

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

Year	Golden Glove
2009	Esteban Alvarado

CONCACAF Youth Tournaments era
Year	Host	Champions	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
1962	Panama	Mexico	Guatemala	Netherlands Antilles	Costa Rica
1964	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Guatemala	Netherlands Antilles
1970	Cuba	Mexico	Cuba	Jamaica	El Salvador
1973	Mexico	Mexico	Guatemala	Cuba	Canada
1974	Canada	Mexico	Cuba	Canada	Bermuda
1976	Puerto Rico	Mexico	Honduras	United States	Guatemala
1978	Honduras	Mexico	Canada	Honduras	Costa Rica
1980	United States	Mexico	United States	Honduras	Canada
1982	Guatemala	United States	Honduras	Guatemala	Costa Rica
1984	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Canada	El Salvador	United States
1986	Trinidad and Tobago	Canada	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Cuba
1988	Guatemala	Costa Rica	United States	Mexico	Cuba
1990	Guatemala	Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	Guatemala
1993	Canada	Mexico	United States	Canada	Honduras
1995	Honduras	Honduras	Costa Rica	Canada	El Salvador
1997	Mexico	Canada	Costa Rica	Mexico	United States
FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament era
The format of the tournament was changed beginning with the 1998 tournament and ending with the 2007 tournament. In the five tournaments during that time the top eight teams in the region were divided into two groups of four, each group hosted by a separate nation, and the top two sides from each group were qualified to the FIFA U-20 World Cup. There was no championship round within the CONCACAF region. The tournament served solely to qualify the four allotments given to CONCACAF by FIFA for the U-20 World Cup.
Year	Host	Champions		Runner-up
1998	Guatemala (Group A)	United States		Costa Rica
1998	Trinidad (Group B)	Mexico		Honduras
2001	Canada (Group A)	Costa Rica		United States
2001	Trinidad (Group B)	Canada		Jamaica
2003	Panama (Group A)	Panama		Mexico
2003	United States (Group B)	Canada		United States
2005	Honduras (Group A)	United States		Panama
2005	United States (Group B)	Canada		Honduras
2007	Panama (Group A)	United States		Panama
2007	Mexico (Group B)	Mexico		Costa Rica
CONCACAF U-20 Championship era
Beginning with the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament, the CONCACAF region returned to a championship-style tournament in which all four semifinalists qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. ^[1] The reintroduction of a championship round was done to reinvigorate to competition.
Year	Host	Champions	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
2009	Trinidad and Tobago	Costa Rica	United States	Honduras	Trinidad and Tobago
2011	Guatemala	Mexico	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Panama

30 March 2011	Costa Rica	3 – 0	Guadeloupe	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5	Campbell 57', 62' D. Vega 74'	Report		Attendance: 770 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

1 April 2011	Canada	0 – 3	Costa Rica	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5		Report	Golobio 34' Campbell 66' Miller 90+1'	Attendance: 1,445 Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

5 April 2011	Costa Rica	6 – 1	Cuba	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:00 UTC-5	Campbell 29' (pen.), 58', 87' Miller 32' (pen.) B. Vega 51' Diaz 75'	Report	Lahera 3'	Attendance: 179 Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

8 April 2011	Costa Rica	2 – 1	Guatemala	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:30 UTC-5	Miller 2' B. Vega 48'	Report	Vásquez 62'	Attendance: 18,689 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

10 April 2011	Mexico	3 – 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
17:00 UTC-5	Dávila 18', 52' Orrantía 39'	Report	Mora 17'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Friendly 20 July 2011	Costa Rica	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5	Campbell 57', 62' D. Vega 74'	Report		Attendance: 770 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

31 July 2011	Costa Rica	1 – 4	Spain	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5	Campbell 57', 62' D. Vega 74'	Report		Attendance: 770 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

3 August 2011	Australia	2 – 3	Costa Rica	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5		Report	Golobio 34' Campbell 66' Miller 90+1'	Attendance: 1,445 Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

6 August 2011	Ecuador	3 – 0	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:00 UTC-5	Campbell 29' (pen.), 58', 87' Miller 32' (pen.) B. Vega 51' Diaz 75'	Report	Lahera 3'	Attendance: 179 Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

9 August 2011	Colombia	3 – 2	Costa Rica	Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá
20:00	Muriel 56' Franco 79' Rodriguez 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Ruíz 63' Escoe 65'	Attendance: 36,016 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Friendly April 2012	Colombia	0 – 0	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
17:00 UTC-5	Dávila 18', 52' Orrantía 39'	Report	Mora 17'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Friendly April 2012	Colombia	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5	Campbell 57', 62' D. Vega 74'	Report		Attendance: 770 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Friendly 1 April 2012	Peru	3 – 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5		Report	Golobio 34' Campbell 66' Miller 90+1'	Attendance: 1,445 Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

Friendly 5 April 2012	Peru	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC-5	Campbell 29' (pen.), 58', 87' Miller 32' (pen.) B. Vega 51' Diaz 75'	Report	Lahera 3'	Attendance: 179 Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Friendly July 2012	Guarana	3 - 3	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:00 UTC-5	Miller 2' B. Vega 48'	Report	Vásquez 62'	Attendance: 18,689 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

Friendly July 2012	Vasco Da Gama	0 - 0	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
17:00 UTC-5	Dávila 18', 52' Orrantía 39'	Report	Mora 17'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

July 2012	Costa Rica	3 - 2	Nicaragua	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:00 UTC-5	Miller 2' B. Vega 48'	Report	Vásquez 62'	Attendance: 18,689 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

July 2012	Honduras	0 - 0	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
17:00 UTC-5	Dávila 18', 52' Orrantía 39'	Report	Mora 17'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

CONCACAF U-20 Championship 20 February 2013	Costa Rica	1-0	Haiti	Puebla, México
17:30 CST	Ruiz 22'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Eligible players for the Elimination Qualifiers of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1GK	Bryan Morales		Santos de Guápiles
1GK	Jairo Monge	(1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 18)	Limón F.C.

2DF	Erick Cabalceta	(1993-01-09) 9 January 1993	Calcio Catania
2DF	Jean Carlo Aguero	(1993-12-10) 10 December 1993	Alajuelense
2DF	Joseph Mora	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993	Alajuelense
2DF	Jhamir Ordain	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993	Santos de Guápiles
2DF	Mauricio Nuñez	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993	Club Sport Herediano
2DF	Steven Garita	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993	Alajuelense
2DF	William Alban Fernandez	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993	USC Aiken

3MF	Dylan Flores	(1993-05-30) 30 May 1993	Saprissa
3MF	Gabriel Leiva	(1994-08-28) 28 August 1994	River Plate
3MF	Rodrigo Garita	(1993-12-23) 23 December 1993	Cartaginés

3MF	Cristhian Chavez	(1993-10-09) 9 October 1993	A.D. San Carlos
4FW	John Jairo Ruíz	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 17)	Mouscron-Péruwelz
4FW	Myron George	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 17)	Limón F.C.

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
Total	Fourth Place	8/19	31	11	3	17	38	58

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

As of 2011-08-09

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
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
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
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
Totals	31	11	3	17	37	57	-20	39

22 February 2013

United States

Costa Rica

Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

↑ CONCACAF.com – Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March – 2008-11-11

Football in Costa Rica

Fedefutbol
UNAFUT
LIFUSE
LINAFA
ADELIFFE
ADEFUPLA
LIFUTSAL

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Primera Ascenso Aficionado

Women	Costa Rican women's football championship

Domestic cups

Men	Cup Supercup

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

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.