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Revision as of 19:24, 10 July 2011

Costa Rica under-20
Nickname(s)Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
AssociationFederación Costarricense de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachRonald Gonzalez (2008–)
CaptainAriel Soto
FIFA codeCRC
First colours Second colours
First international
 Costa Rica 1 – 0  Colombia
(Dammam , Saudi Arabia; February 17, 1989)
Biggest win
 Costa Rica 3 – 0  Australia
(Cairo, Egypt; October 3, 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Costa Rica 2 – 6  Japan
(Kuantan, Malaysia; September 25, 1997)
Records for competitive
matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1989)
Best resultFourth Place (2009)

The Costa Rica national under-20 football team represents Costa Rica in international football at this age level and is controlled by Federación Costarricense de Fútbol.

Competitive Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

The FIFA Under-20 World Cup began in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Costa Rica first qualified for the tournament in 1989.

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Saudi Arabia 1989 First round 3 1 0 2 4 7
Portugal 1991 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 8 3
Australia 1993 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Qatar 1995 Fourth place 6 4 0 2 19 12
Malaysia 1997 Quarter-finals 5 4 0 1 10 3
Nigeria 1999 Champions 7 5 2 0 16 5
Argentina 2001 Did not qualify - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates 2003 Runners-up 7 5 0 2 8 4
Netherlands 2005 Quarter-finals 5 4 0 1 17 4
Canada 2007 Quarter-finals 5 3 2 0 13 8
Egypt 2009 Round of 16 4 3 0 1 14 3
Colombia 2011 Qualified
Total 9/18 62 36 11 15 128 69

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

  • Gold background color indicates first place finish. Silver background color indicates second place finish.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Costa Rican players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.

Year Golden Glove
Egypt 2009 Esteban Alvarado

Recent results

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Schedule

  Win   Draw   Loss

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

Costa Rica  v  Guadeloupe
30 March 2011 Costa Rica  3 – 0  Guadeloupe Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5 Campbell 57', 62'
D. Vega 74'
Report Attendance: 770
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Canada  v  Costa Rica
1 April 2011 Canada  0 – 3  Costa Rica Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5 Report Golobio 34'
Campbell 66'
Miller 90+1'
Attendance: 1,445
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Costa Rica  v  Cuba
5 April 2011 Costa Rica  6 – 1  Cuba Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:00 UTC-5 Campbell 29' (pen.), 58', 87'
Miller 32' (pen.)
B. Vega 51'
Diaz 75'
Report Lahera 3' Attendance: 179
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
Costa Rica  v  Guatemala
8 April 2011 Costa Rica  2 – 1  Guatemala Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:30 UTC-5 Miller 2'
B. Vega 48'
Report Vásquez 62' Attendance: 18,689
Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)
Mexico  v  Costa Rica
10 April 2011 Mexico  3 – 1  Costa Rica Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
17:00 UTC-5 Dávila 18', 52'
Orrantía 39'
Report Mora 17' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Forthcoming fixtures

Friendly Matches

Costa Rica  v  Cameroon
2011 Costa Rica   Cameroon
Costa Rica  v  Mali
2011 Costa Rica   Mali
Colombia Millonarios v  Costa Rica
17 July 2011 Colombia Millonarios  Costa Rica
Costa Rica  v  Saudi Arabia
20 July 2011 Costa Rica   Saudi Arabia

2011 World Cup

Costa Rica  v  Spain
31 July 2011 Costa Rica   Spain Estadio Palogrande, Manizales
19:00 UTC-5
Australia  v  Costa Rica
3 August 2011 Australia   Costa Rica Estadio Palogrande, Manizales
19:30 UTC-5
Ecuador  v  Costa Rica
6 August 2011 Ecuador   Costa Rica Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira
17:00 UTC-5

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mauricio Vargas (1991-02-27)February 27, 1991 (aged 20) Spain Albacete
2 2DF Jordan Smith (1992-01-31)January 31, 1992 (aged 19) France Le Havre
3 2DF Keiner Brown (1993-02-04)February 4, 1993 (aged 18) Costa Rica Brujas
4 2DF Ariel Contreras (1993-04-20)April 20, 1993 (aged 17) Costa Rica Saprissa
5 3MF Rafael Chávez (1992-02-29)February 29, 1992 (aged 19) Costa Rica
6 4FW John Jairo Ruiz (1992-09-09)September 9, 1992 (aged 18) Costa Rica Saprissa
7 4FW Mynor Escoe (1992-12-22)December 22, 1992 (aged 18) France Lorient
8 3MF Juan Bustos Golobio (1991-05-08)May 8, 1991 (aged 19) Costa Rica Saprissa
9 4FW Joshua Díaz (1991-04-12)April 12, 1991 (aged 19) Costa Rica Puntarenas
10 4FW Joel Campbell (1991-12-06)December 6, 1991 (aged 19) Costa Rica Saprissa
11 3MF Bryan Vega (1991-05-12)May 12, 1991 (aged 19) Costa Rica Brujas
12 3MF Diego Calvo (1992-01-23)January 23, 1992 (aged 19) Costa Rica Alajuelense
13 3MF Pablo Martínez (1992-10-13)October 13, 1992 (aged 18) Costa Rica Alajuelense
14 4FW Vianney Blanco (1992-02-10)February 10, 1992 (aged 19) Costa Rica Alajuelense
15 2DF Joseph Mora (1991-10-21)October 21, 1991 (aged 19) Costa Rica Alajuelense
16 2DF Ariel Soto (1991-12-19)December 19, 1991 (aged 19) Costa Rica Brujas
17 3MF Yelstin Tejeda (1992-12-28)December 28, 1992 (aged 18) Costa Rica Saprissa
18 1GK Kevin Briceño (1991-03-04)March 4, 1991 (aged 20) Costa Rica Brujas
19 4FW Deyver Vega (1992-01-14)January 14, 1992 (aged 19) Costa Rica Brujas
20 4FW E. López (1992-02-03)February 3, 1992 (aged 19) Costa Rica Brujas

Record versus other nations

As of 2011-03-25
Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 2 1 0 1 3 2 +2 3
 Brazil 2 0 0 1 6 0 -6 0
 Colombia 9 2 0 7 11 23 -12 6
 Cameroon 9 2 0 7 11 23 -12 6
 Ecuador 9 1 5 3 9 13 -4 8
 Egypt 9 2 0 7 11 23 -12 6
 United Arab Emirates 9 2 0 7 11 23 -12 6
 Ethiopia 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
 Germany 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
 Ghana 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
 Japan 2 0 1 1 7 8 -1 1
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
 Nigeria
 Paraguay 5 1 2 2 3 5 -2 4
 Syria 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
 Scotland 9 2 0 7 11 23 -12 6
 Spain 9 2 0 7 11 23 -12 6
 Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 2
 Soviet Union 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 6
Totals 124 185 113 136 689 555 +134 483

References

Costa Rica Football in Costa Rica
National teams
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Lists
National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America
Central America
Caribbean
Defunct
  • 1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
  • 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU.
  • 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.
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