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Costa Rica under-20

Nickname(s)	Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Ronald Gonzalez (2008–)
Captain	Ariel Soto
FIFA code	CRC
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
Appearances	9 (first in 1989)
Best result	Fourth 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
1989	First round	3	1	0	2	4	7
1991	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	8	3
1993	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	19	12
1997	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	10	3
1999	Champions	7	5	2	0	16	5
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Runners-up	7	5	0	2	8	4
2005	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	17	4
2007	Quarter-finals	5	3	2	0	13	8
2009	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	14	3
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
2009	Esteban Alvarado

Recent results

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Schedule

  Win   Draw   Loss

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

2011

Costa Rica

–

Cameroon

2011

Costa Rica

–

Mali

20 July 2011

Costa Rica

–

Saudi Arabia

2011 World Cup

31 July 2011	Costa Rica	–	Spain	Estadio Palogrande, Manizales
19:00 UTC-5

3 August 2011	Australia	–	Costa Rica	Estadio Palogrande, Manizales
19:30 UTC-5

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)			Albacete
2	2DF	Jordan Smith	(1992-01-31)January 31, 1992 (aged 19)			Le Havre
3	2DF	Keiner Brown	(1993-02-04)February 4, 1993 (aged 18)			Brujas
4	2DF	Ariel Contreras	(1993-04-20)April 20, 1993 (aged 17)			Saprissa
5	3MF	Rafael Chávez	(1992-02-29)February 29, 1992 (aged 19)
6	4FW	John Jairo Ruiz	(1992-09-09)September 9, 1992 (aged 18)			Saprissa
7	4FW	Mynor Escoe	(1992-12-22)December 22, 1992 (aged 18)			Lorient
8	3MF	Juan Bustos Golobio	(1991-05-08)May 8, 1991 (aged 19)			Saprissa
9	4FW	Joshua Díaz	(1991-04-12)April 12, 1991 (aged 19)			Puntarenas
10	4FW	Joel Campbell	(1991-12-06)December 6, 1991 (aged 19)			Saprissa
11	3MF	Bryan Vega	(1991-05-12)May 12, 1991 (aged 19)			Brujas
12	3MF	Diego Calvo	(1992-01-23)January 23, 1992 (aged 19)			Alajuelense
13	3MF	Pablo Martínez	(1992-10-13)October 13, 1992 (aged 18)			Alajuelense
14	4FW	Vianney Blanco	(1992-02-10)February 10, 1992 (aged 19)			Alajuelense
15	2DF	Joseph Mora	(1991-10-21)October 21, 1991 (aged 19)			Alajuelense
16	2DF	Ariel Soto	(1991-12-19)December 19, 1991 (aged 19)			Brujas
17	3MF	Yelstin Tejeda	(1992-12-28)December 28, 1992 (aged 18)			Saprissa
18	1GK	Kevin Briceño	(1991-03-04)March 4, 1991 (aged 20)			Brujas
19	4FW	Deyver Vega	(1992-01-14)January 14, 1992 (aged 19)			Brujas
20	4FW	E. López	(1992-02-03)February 3, 1992 (aged 19)			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

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Domestic cups	Men Costa Rican Cup Supercup
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Lists	All-time Table Champions Clubs International competitions International footballers Foreign players Venues
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