Costa Rica national under-17 football team
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.
| Nickname(s) | Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federación Costarricense de Fútbol | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach | Cristian Salomón | ||
| FIFA code | CRC | ||
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| 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) 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) | ||
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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 1985
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
 1987
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Did not qualify | ||||||
 1989
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 1991
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 1993
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 1995
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Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 1997
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
 1999
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Did not qualify | ||||||
 2001
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Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
 2003
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
 2005
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
 2007
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Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
 2009
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
 2011
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Did not qualify | ||||||
 2013
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 2015
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Quarter-finals | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
 2017
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
 2019
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Did not qualify | ||||||
 2023
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 2025
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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
- 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.
