Costa Rica under-17| Nickname(s) | Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección) |
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| Association | Federación Costarricense de Fútbol |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF |
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| Head coach | Cristian Salomón |
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| FIFA code | CRC |
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 Costa Rica 1 – 4  Saudi Arabia
(Dammam, China; February 17, 1985) |
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Costa Rica 3 – 0  Paraguay
(Malabar, Trinidad and Tobago; September 17, 2001) |
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Costa Rica 1 – 4  Turkey
(Enugu, Nigeria; October 29, 2009)
Records for competitive
matches only. |
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| Appearances | 10 (first in 1985) |
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| Best result | Quarter-finals (2001, 2003, 2005, 2015) |
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| Appearances | 18 (first in 1985) |
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| Best result | Champions (1994) |
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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
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Round
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GP
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W
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D*
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L
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GS
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GA
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 1985
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Group stage |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
9
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 1987
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Did not qualify
|
 1989
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 1991
|
 1993
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 1995
|
Group stage |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5
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 1997
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3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6
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 1999
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Did not qualify
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 2001
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Quarter-finals
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4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
4
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 2003
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4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5
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 2005
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4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5
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 2007
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Round of 16
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4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4
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 2009
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Group stage |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
9
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 2011
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Did not qualify
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 2013
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 2015
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Quarter-finals
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5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5
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 2017
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Group stage |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7
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 2019
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Did not qualify
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 2023
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 2025
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to be determined
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| Total
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10/20
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36
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7
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8
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21
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30
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59
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- * 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.
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