Costa Rica national under-17 football team
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Nickname(s)Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
AssociationFederación Costarricense de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachCristian Salomón
| Nickname(s) | Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federación Costarricense de Fútbol | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach | Cristian Salomón | ||
| FIFA code | CRC | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
 Costa Rica 1 – 4  Saudi Arabia(Dammam, Saudi Arabia; February 17, 1985) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 British Virgin Islands
0–26 Costa Rica(Alajuela, Costa Rica; February 7, 2026) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Costa Rica 1 – 4  Turkey(Enugu, Nigeria; October 29, 2009) Records for competitive matches only. | |||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 12 (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 football team represents Costa Rica in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol.
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.
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 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 11/20 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 59 |
- * Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Schedule
Win Draw Loss
| 14 February 2011 | Haiti  | 1 – 3 | Costa Rica | Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay |
| 12:30 | Cherry  23' |
Report | Quiros 22' Leiva 43'Ruiz 47' |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra (Guatemala) |
| 18 February 2011 | Costa Rica | 3 – 2 |  El Salvador | Jarrett Park, Montego Bay |
| 12:30 | Ruiz 16', 45+2', 73' |
Report | Iraheta 32' Mejia 47' |
Referee: Kenville Holder (Cayman Islands) |
| 22 February 2011 | Costa Rica | 0 – 1 |  Panama | Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay |
| 12:00 | Report | Stephens 76' |
Attendance: 228 Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves (Mexico) |
Record versus other nations
| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
 Aruba |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
 Australia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
 Bahrain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
 Belgium |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
 Belize |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 |
 Bermuda |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 3 |
 Burkina Faso |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Canada |
11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 18 |
| China |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Colombia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
 Cuba |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
 Dominican Republic |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| El Salvador |
12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 34 |
 France |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
 Ghana |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Guatemala |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 13 |
 Guinea |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Haiti |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
 Honduras |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 17 |
 Iran |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
 Jamaica |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
 Mali |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Mexico |
12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 11 |
 Netherlands Antilles |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
| New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Nicaragua |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | +29 | 16 |
| Nigeria |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
 North Korea |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Panama |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 |
 Paraguay |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
 Peru |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
 Portugal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
 Russia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Saint Lucia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
 South Africa |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| South Korea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 |
 Suriname |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
 Togo |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 |
| Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
 United States |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 123 | 65 | 21 | 37 | 244 | 142 | +102 | 207 |