- Costa Rica national under-20 football team
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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 Yeltsin Tejeda FIFA code CRC 
Home colours
Away coloursFirst 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 8 (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.
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Individual awards
In addition to team victories, Costa Rican players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.
Year Golden Glove 
2009Esteban Alvarado Results
CONCACAF Youth Tournaments era Year Host Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place 1962 Panama 
Mexico
Guatemala
Netherlands Antilles Costa Rica1964 Guatemala 
El Salvador
Honduras Guatemala Netherlands Antilles1970 Cuba Mexico
Cuba
Jamaica El Salvador1973 Mexico Mexico Guatemala Cuba
Canada1974 Canada Mexico Cuba Canada
Bermuda1976 Puerto Rico Mexico Honduras
United States Guatemala1978 Honduras Mexico Canada Honduras Costa Rica1980 United States Mexico United States Honduras Canada1982 Guatemala United States Honduras Guatemala Costa Rica1984 Trinidad and Tobago Mexico Canada El Salvador United States1986 Trinidad and Tobago Canada United States
Trinidad and Tobago Cuba1988 Guatemala Costa Rica United States Mexico Cuba1990 Guatemala Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States Guatemala1993 Canada Mexico United States Canada Honduras1995 Honduras Honduras Costa Rica Canada El Salvador1997 Mexico Canada Costa Rica Mexico United StatesFIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament era The format of the tournament was changed beginning with the 1998 tournament and ending with the 2007 tournament. In the five tournaments during that time the top eight teams in the region were divided into two groups of four, each group hosted by a separate nation, and the top two sides from each group were qualified to the FIFA U-20 World Cup. There was no championship round within the CONCACAF region. The tournament served solely to qualify the four allotments given to CONCACAF by FIFA for the U-20 World Cup. Year Host Champions Runner-up 1998 Guatemala (Group A) United States Costa RicaTrinidad (Group B) Mexico Honduras2001 Canada (Group A) Costa Rica United StatesTrinidad (Group B) Canada Jamaica2003 Panama (Group A) 
Panama MexicoUnited States (Group B) Canada United States2005 Honduras (Group A) United States PanamaUnited States (Group B) Canada Honduras2007 Panama (Group A) United States PanamaMexico (Group B) Mexico Costa RicaCONCACAF U-20 Championship era Beginning with the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament, the CONCACAF region returned to a championship-style tournament in which all four semifinalists qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. [1] The reintroduction of a championship round was done to reinvigorate to competition. Year Host Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Costa Rica United States Honduras Trinidad and Tobago2011 Guatemala Mexico Costa Rica Guatemala PanamaCONCACAF Under-20 Championship 2011
30 March 2011 Costa Rica 3 – 0 
GuadeloupeEstadio 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 RicaEstadio 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 CubaEstadio 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 GuatemalaEstadio 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 RicaEstadio 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
20 July 2011 Costa Rica 1– 1 
Saudi Arabia2011 World Cup
31 July 2011 Costa Rica 1– 4 
SpainEstadio Palogrande, Manizales 19:00 UTC-5 3 August 2011 Australia 2– 3 Costa RicaEstadio Palogrande, Manizales 19:30 UTC-5 6 August 2011 Ecuador 
3– 0 Costa RicaEstadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira 17:00 UTC-5 Round of 16
9 August 2011
20:00Colombia 3 – 2 Costa RicaEstadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá
Attendance: 36,016
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)Muriel 56'
Franco 79'
Rodriguez 90+3' (pen.)Report Ruiz 63'
Escoe 65'Current squad
# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Mauricio Vargas 10 August 1992 (aged 18) Albacete Balompié2 DF Jordan Smith 23 April 1991 (aged 20) Le Havre-Loan of Saprissa-3 DF Keyner Brown 30 December 1991 (aged 19) Orión4 DF Ariel Contreras 5 October 1991 (aged 19) Saprissa5 MF Rafael Chávez 15 January 1991 (aged 20) Saprissa6 FW John Jairo Ruíz 10 January 1994 (aged 17) Saprissa7 FW Minor Escoe 4 June 1991 (aged 20) Lorient-Loan of Saprissa-8 MF Juan Bustos Golobio 9 July 1992 (aged 19) Saprissa9 FW Joshua Díaz 14 February 1991 (aged 20) Puntarenas10 FW Joel Campbell 26 June 1992 (aged 19) Saprissa11 FW Bryan Vega 27 May 1991 (aged 20) Orión12 MF Diego Calvo 25 March 1991 (aged 20) Alajuelense13 GK Kevin Briceño 21 October 1991 (aged 19) Orión14 FW Vianney Blanco 1 September 1992 (aged 18) Alajuelense15 DF Joseph Mora 15 January 1993 (aged 18) Alajuelense16 DF Ariel Soto 14 May 1992 (aged 19) Orión17 MF Yeltsin Tejeda 17 March 1992 (aged 19) Saprissa18 GK Aaron Cruz 25 May 1991 (aged 20) San Carlos19 MF Deyver Vega 19 September 1992 (aged 18) Saprissa20 DF Francisco Calvo 8 July 1992 (aged 19) Unattached 21 MF Pablo Martínez 14 January 1992 (aged 19) AlajuelenseFIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA 
1977 –
1979DNP 1981DNQ 1983DNQ 
1985DNQ 
1987DNQ 1989Group 3 1 0 2 2 4 
1991DNQ 1993DNQ 
1995Group 3 1 0 2 3 6 
1997Group 3 0 1 2 3 11 
1999Round of 16 4 1 1 2 5 8 
2001[2]Round of 16 4 3 0 1 8 4 
2003DNQ 
2005DNQ 2007Group 3 1 0 2 2 3 2009[3]4th place 7 3 1* 3 10 11 2011Round of 16 4 1 0 3 6 12 Total 8/18 31 11 3 17 39 59 Record versus other nations at U-20 World Cup
- As of 2011-08-09
Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Australia3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 
Brazil2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 0 Colombia2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 
Cameroon1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 Ecuador2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 3 Egypt1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 United Arab Emirates1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 
Ethiopia1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 
Germany2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 
Ghana1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 
Hungary1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Japan2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 0 Netherlands1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 Nigeria2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 
Paraguay2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1 
Syria1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 
Scotland1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Spain2 0 0 2 1 8 -7 0 
Czech Republic2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0 Soviet Union1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 Totals 31 11 3 17 37 57 -20 39 References
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