Costa Rica national under-17 football team

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
First colours Second colours
First international
Costa Rica 1 – 4 Saudi Arabia (Dammam, China; 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 team represents Costa Rica in youth international football team. They have appeared at the FIFA U-17 World Cup 10 times with their best placing quarter-final four times.

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.

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record

• 1983: Did not enter
• 1985: Runners-up
• 1987: Third place
• 1988: First stage
• 1991: Did not enter
• 1992: First stage
• 1994: Champions
• 1996: Third place
• 1999: Third place Group A
• 2001: First place Group B
• 2003: First place Group B
• 2005: Second place Group A (won qualifying playoff)•
• 2007: Second place Group B
• 2009: Second place Group B (tournament interrupted)
• 2011: Quarter-finals
• 2013: Group stage
• 2015: Final stage - Won qualifying playoff
• 2017: Classification stage - Second place Group E
• 2019: Quarter-finals
• 2023: Round of 16
• From 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.