Costa Rica national under-23 football team

Costa Rica under-23

Nickname(s)	Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Rónald González (2010–)
FIFA code	CRC
First colours Second colours
First international
Costa Rica 0 – 3  Iraq (Kiev , USSR; February 17, 1980)
Biggest win
Costa Rica 4 – 2  Portugal (Athens, Greece; October 3, 2004)
Biggest defeat
Costa Rica 1 – 4  Egypt (Pasadena, California, USA; September 25, 1980) Records for competitive matches only.

Costa Rica Olympic football team represents Costa Rica in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol

Olympics Record

Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1900	Did Not Enter
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968	Did Not Qualify
1972
1976
1980	First Round	16	3	0	0	3	2	9
1984	First Round	13	3	1	0	2	2	7
1988	Did Not Qualify
1992
1996
2000
2004	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	4	8
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012
Total	Quarter-finals	3/25	10	2	1	7	8	24

Schedule

      Win       Draw       Loss

2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Sep 21, 2011	Costa Rica	v	Nicaragua	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:00 (UTC−05:00)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Sep 23, 2011	Honduras	v	Costa Rica	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:00 (UTC−05:00)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

Current squad

Players called up for the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament September 23 against Nicaragua and the September 25 against Honduras.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Leonel Moreira (1990-04-02) April 2, 1990 Herediano 1GK Danny Carvajal (1990-04-12) April 12, 1990 San Carlos 1GK Minor Alvarez (1989-11-14)November 14, 1989 (aged 21) A.D. Belén Siglo XXI 2DF José Salvatierra (1989-10-21)October 21, 1989 (aged 21) Alajuelense 2DF Ricardo Blanco Mora (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 Saprissa 2DF Óscar Duarte (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 Saprissa 2DF Roy Smith (1990-04-05)April 5, 1990 (aged 20) Gainare Tottori 1GK Kenner Gutiérrez (1990-04-12) April 12, 1990 Alajuelense 2DF Cristopher Meneses (1990-05-12)May 12, 1990 (aged 20) Alajuelense 2DF Kevin Fajardo (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 Santos de Guápiles 2DF Wylon Francis (1990-04-12)April 12, 1990 (aged 20) Limón F.C. 3MF David Guzmán (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 Saprissa 3MF Carlos Hernández (1989-08-19)August 19, 1989 (aged 21) CSH Herediano 3MF Diego Brenes (1990-04-12)April 12, 1990 (aged 20) Puntarenas F.C. 3MF Luis Miguel Valle (1989-05-09)May 9, 1989 (aged 21) Alajuelense 3MF Andres Lescano (1989-05-09)May 9, 1989 (aged 21) Alajuelense 3MF Marco Mena (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 Belén 4FW Josué Martínez (1990-03-25) 25 March 1990 Philadelphia Union 4FW Hanzell Aráuz (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 Santos de Guápiles 4FW Josué Mitchell (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 Santos de Guápiles 4FW Anllel Porras (1990-04-05)April 5, 1990 (aged 20) Orión F.C.

Players called up for the 2011 Pan American Games

Head coach: Carlos Watson

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Kevin Briceño (1991-10-21)October 21, 1991 (aged 19) 0 Orión F.C. 2 2DF Jordan Smith (1991-04-23)April 23, 1991 (aged 20) 0 Deportivo Saprissa 3 2DF Rudy Dawson (1988-08-05)August 5, 1988 (aged 23) 0 Uruguay de Coronado 4 2DF Derrick Johnson (1989-07-28)July 28, 1989 (aged 22) 0 Limón F.C. 5 3MF Gualberto Montenegro (1991-02-02)February 2, 1991 (aged 20) 0 Deportivo Saprissa 6 2DF Joseph Mora (1993-01-15)January 15, 1993 (aged 18) 0 Belén Bridgestone 7 3MF Danny Blanco (1992-01-09)January 9, 1992 (aged 19) 0 Alajuelense 8 3MF Jorge Davis (1985-08-11)August 11, 1985 (aged 26) 0 Alajuelense 9 4FW Jonathan McDonald (1987-10-28)October 28, 1987 (aged 23) 0 Alajuelense 10 3MF Dylan Flores (1993-05-30)May 30, 1993 (aged 18) 0 Deportivo Saprissa 11 4FW Bryan Vega (1991-05-27)May 27, 1991 (aged 20) 0 Belén Bridgestone 12 2DF Keyner Brown (1991-12-30)December 30, 1991 (aged 19) 0 Orión F.C. 13 2DF Jean Carlos Sanchez (1992-04-19)April 19, 1992 (aged 19) 0 Herediano 14 3MF Oscar Villalobos (1990-08-15)August 15, 1990 (aged 21) 0 Santos de Guápiles 15 3MF Carlos Ochoa (1992-02-10)February 10, 1992 (aged 19) 0 Uruguay de Coronado 16 3MF Carlos Viales (1991-11-07)November 7, 1991 (aged 19) 0 Municipal Liberia 17 3MF Deyver Vega (1992-09-19)September 19, 1992 (aged 19) 0 Deportivo Saprissa 18 1GK Ricardo Rojas (1992-03-01)March 1 , 1992 (aged 19) 0 Deportivo Saprissa

Eligible players

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 2DF Erick Cabalceta (1993-01-09) January 9, 1993 Cartaginés 2DF Joseph Mora (1993-01-15) January 15, 1993 Saprissa 2DF Randall Leal (1996-01-15) January 15, 1996 [[]] 7 4FW David Ramírez (1993-05-28) May 28, 1993 6 1 Évian 14 4FW John Jairo Ruiz (1994-01-10) January 10, 1994 3 1 Oostende 21 4FW Mayron George (1993-10-23) October 23, 1993 2 0 OFI Crete

Record versus other nations

As of 2011-03-25

Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0
Egypt	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0
Finland	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
Iraq	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0
Italy	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2
Morocco	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Portugal	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	3
United States	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0
Totals	10	2	1	7	8	24	-16	6

References