Costa Rica national under-20 football team
The Costa Rica national under-20 football team represents Costa Rica in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Costa Rican Football Federation.
| Nickname(s) | Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección) | ||
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| Association | Federación Costarricense de Fútbol | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach |  Breansse Camacho (2018–) | ||
| FIFA code | CRC | ||
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| First international | |||
Costa Rica 5 – 1 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nicaragua(Panama City , Panama; March 5, 1962) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Costa Rica 8 – 0 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Puerto Rico(Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 22, 1984) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Costa Rica 2 – 6 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Japan(Kuantan, Malaysia; June 20, 1997)  Spain 4 – 0 Costa Rica(Kuantan, Malaysia; June 23, 1997) matches only. | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1989) | ||
| Best result | Fourth Place (2009) | ||
| CONCACAF Under-20 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 19 (first in 1962) | ||
| Best result | Winner  : 1988, 2009 | ||
Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
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 1977 |
Did Not Enter | |||||||
 1979 | ||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1981 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1983 | ||||||||
 1985 | ||||||||
 1987 | ||||||||
 1989 |
Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 1991 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||
 1995 |
Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
 1997 |
21st | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
 1999 |
Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
 2001 |
9th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
 2003 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 2005 | ||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2007 |
Group Stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
 2009 |
Fourth Place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 |
 2011 |
Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
 2013 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 2015 | ||||||||
 2017 |
Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
 2019 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2021 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | Fourth Place | 9/23 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 41 | 62 |
- * Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Individual awards
In addition to team victories, Costa Rican players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.
| Year | Golden Glove |
|---|---|
| 2009 |
Esteban Alvarado |
Results
| CONCACAF Under-20 Championship | |||||||||
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| Year | P | W | T | L | F | A | D | Pts | Finish |
 1962 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 7 | Fourth Place |
 1964 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1970 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1973 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1974 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 | Group Phase |
 1976 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1978 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 9 | Semifinalist |
 1980 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 2 | Group Phase |
| 1982 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 10 | Third place |
 1984 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 6 | Second round |
| 1986 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1988 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 17 | Champions |
| 1990 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | Group Phase |
| 1992 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Group Phase |
| 1994 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 13 | Runners-up |
| 1996 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Fourth Place |
| 1998 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | 2nd Group B |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 7 | 1st Group A |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Group Phase |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | 2nd Group B |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 11 | Champions |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 9 | Runners-up |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 | Quarterfinalist |
 2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Fourth Place |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 13 | Fifth Place |
| Totals | 89 | 51 | 17 | 21 | 197 | 91 | +106 | 143 | — |
Record versus other nations at U-20 World Cup
| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
 Brazil |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Colombia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
 Cameroon |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
 Ecuador |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| Egypt |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| United Arab Emirates |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
 England |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
 Ethiopia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
 Germany |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
 Ghana |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
 Hungary |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
 Iran |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| Nigeria |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
 Paraguay |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| Portugal |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Syria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
 Scotland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 |
 Czech Republic |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| Soviet Union |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
 Zambia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 35 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 41 | 62 | -21 | 39 |
References
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