Costa Rica under-17
Nickname(s)Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
AssociationFederación Costarricense de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachCristian Salomón
FIFA codeCRC
First colours
Second colours
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
Appearances10 (first in 1985)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2001, 2003, 2005, 2015)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances18 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (1994)

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 Round GP W D* L GS GA
China 1985 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 9
Canada 1987 Did not qualify
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 5
Egypt 1997 3 0 0 3 1 6
New Zealand 1999 Did not qualify
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 5 4
Finland 2003 4 1 1 2 3 5
Peru 2005 4 1 2 1 5 5
South Korea 2007 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 3 4
Nigeria 2009 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 9
Mexico 2011 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015 Quarter-finals 5 1 2 2 4 5
India 2017 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 7
Brazil 2019 Did not qualify
Indonesia 2023
Qatar 2025 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

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record

•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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