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.
| 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) 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) | ||
CONCACAF U-17 Championship record edit
CONCACAF U-17 Championship record edit
- 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 edit
FIFA U-17 World Cup record edit
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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.
Schedule edit
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 edit
| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
 Aruba
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
 Australia
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
 Bahrain
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
 Belgium
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
 Belize
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 |
 Bermuda
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 3 |
 Burkina Faso
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Canada
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11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 18 |
| China
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Colombia
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
 Cuba
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
 Dominican Republic
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| El Salvador
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12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 34 |
 France
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
 Ghana
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Guatemala
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 13 |
 Guinea
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Haiti
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
 Honduras
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 17 |
 Iran
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| Italy
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
 Jamaica
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
 Mali
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Mexico
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12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 11 |
 Netherlands Antilles
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
| New Zealand
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Nicaragua
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | +29 | 16 |
| Nigeria
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
 North Korea
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Panama
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 |
 Paraguay
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
 Peru
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
 Portugal
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
 Russia
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Saint Lucia
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
 South Africa
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| South Korea
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 |
 Suriname
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
 Togo
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago
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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 |
Honours edit
Current squad edit
The following 21 players were called for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India from 6-28 of October 2017.