Costa Rica national under-20 football team

Costa Rica under-20
Nickname(s)	Ticos, La Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Marcelo Herrera (2014–)
FIFA code	CRC
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Costa Rica 5 – 1 Nicaragua; (Panama City , Panama; March 5, 1962)
Biggest win
	Costa Rica 8 – 0 Puerto Rico; (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 22, 1984)
Biggest defeat
	Costa Rica 2 – 6 Japan; (Kuantan, Malaysia; June 20, 1997); Spain 4 – 0 Costa Rica; (Kuantan, Malaysia; June 23, 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 the Costa Rican Football Federation.

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 Youth Tournaments era
Year	Host	Champions	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
1962	Panama	Mexico	Guatemala	Netherlands Antilles	Costa Rica
1964	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Guatemala	Netherlands Antilles
1970	Cuba	Mexico	Cuba	Jamaica	El Salvador
1973	Mexico	Mexico	Guatemala	Cuba	Canada
1974	Canada	Mexico	Cuba	Canada	Bermuda
1976	Puerto Rico	Mexico	Honduras	United States	Guatemala
1978	Honduras	Mexico	Canada	Honduras	Costa Rica
1980	United States	Mexico	United States	Honduras	Canada
1982	Guatemala	United States	Honduras	Guatemala	Costa Rica
1984	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Canada	El Salvador	United States
1986	Trinidad and Tobago	Canada	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Cuba
1988	Guatemala	Costa Rica	United States	Mexico	Cuba
1990	Guatemala	Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	Guatemala
1993	Canada	Mexico	United States	Canada	Honduras
1995	Honduras	Honduras	Costa Rica	Canada	El Salvador
1997	Mexico	Canada	Costa Rica	Mexico	United States
FIFA 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 qualified for 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 Rica
1998	Trinidad (Group B)	Mexico		Honduras
2001	Canada (Group A)	Costa Rica		United States
2001	Trinidad (Group B)	Canada		Jamaica
2003	Panama (Group A)	Panama		Mexico
2003	United States (Group B)	Canada		United States
2005	Honduras (Group A)	United States		Panama
2005	United States (Group B)	Canada		Honduras
2007	Panama (Group A)	United States		Panama
2007	Mexico (Group B)	Mexico		Costa Rica
CONCACAF 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 Tobago
2011	Guatemala	Mexico	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Panama

Recent and forthcoming matches

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)

20 July 2011 Friendly	Costa Rica	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5	Campbell 57', 62' D. Vega 74'	Report		Attendance: 770 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

31 July 2011	Costa Rica	1 – 4	Spain	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5	Campbell 57', 62' D. Vega 74'	Report		Attendance: 770 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

3 August 2011	Australia	2 – 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)

6 August 2011	Ecuador	3 – 0	Costa Rica	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)

9 August 2011	Colombia	3 – 2	Costa Rica	Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá
20:00	Muriel 56' Franco 79' Rodriguez 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Ruíz 63' Escoe 65'	Attendance: 36,016 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

April 2012 Friendly	Colombia	0 – 0	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)

April 2012 Friendly	Colombia	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
20:00 UTC-5	Campbell 57', 62' D. Vega 74'	Report		Attendance: 770 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

1 April 2012 Friendly	Peru	3 – 1	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 2012 Friendly	Peru	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Rio de Janeiro
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)

July 2012 Friendly	Guarana	3 - 3	Costa Rica	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:00 UTC-5	Miller 2' B. Vega 48'	Report	Vásquez 62'	Attendance: 18,689 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

July 2012 Friendly	Vasco Da Gama	0 - 0	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)

July 2012	Costa Rica	3 - 2	Nicaragua	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
19:00 UTC-5	Miller 2' B. Vega 48'	Report	Vásquez 62'	Attendance: 18,689 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

July 2012	Honduras	0 - 0	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)

20 February 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Costa Rica	1-0	Haiti	Puebla, México
17:30 CST	Ruiz 22'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

22 February 2013	United States	v	Costa Rica
17:00 UTC-5		Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Current squad

Number	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mario Sequeira	(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 20)	Saprissa
2	2DF	Diego Mesen	(1999-03-28)28 March 1999 (aged 18)	Alajuelense
3	2DF	Pablo Armoine	(1998-04-03)3 April 1998 (aged 19)	Santos de Guápiles
4	2DF	Ian Smith	(1998-03-06)6 March 1998 (aged 19)	IFK Norrköping
5	2DF	Esteban Gonzalez	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 19)	Saprissa
6	3MF	Luis Hernandez	(1998-02-07)7 February 1998 (aged 19)	Saprissa
7	4FW	Barlon Sequeira	(1998-05-25)25 May 1998 (aged 18)	Alajuelense
8	4FW	Jimmy Marin	(1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 19)	Herediano
9	4FW	Jostin Daly	(1998-04-23)23 April 1998 (aged 19)	Herediano
10	3MF	Jonathan Martinez	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 19)	Santos de Guápiles
11	4FW	Randall Leal	(1997-01-14)14 January 1997 (aged 20)	Mechelen
12	3MF	Pablo Arguedas	(1997-04-21)21 April 1997 (aged 20)	Carmelita
13	1GK	Erick Pineda	(1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (aged 20)	Alajuelense
14	3MF	Cristopher Nunez	(1997-12-08)8 December 1997 (aged 19)	Cartaginés
15	4FW	Bernald Alfaro	(1997-01-26)26 January 1997 (aged 20)	Carmelita
16	3MF	Suhander Zuniga	(1997-01-15)15 January 1997 (aged 20)	Carmelita
17	2DF	Esteban Espinoza	(1997-11-22)22 November 1997 (aged 19)	Belén
18	1GK	Bryan Segura	(1997-01-14)14 January 1997 (aged 20)	Pérez Zeledón
19	2DF	Yostin Salinas	(1998-09-14)14 September 1998 (aged 18)	Saprissa
20	3MF	Eduardo Juarez	(1998-09-22)22 September 1998 (aged 18)	Alajuelense
21	3MF	Gerson Torres	(1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 19)	América

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1977	Did Not Enter
1979	Did Not Enter
1981	Did Not Qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989	Group Stage	14th	3	1	0	2	2	4
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Did Not Qualify
1995	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	6
1997	Group Stage	21st	3	0	1	2	3	11
1999	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	4	7
2001	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	8	4
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005	Did Not Qualify
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	Did Not Qualify
2017	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2019	To be determined
Total	Fourth Place	9/20	35	12	4	19	41	62

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Record versus other nations at U-20 World Cup

As of 2011-08-09

Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
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
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
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
Totals	31	11	3	17	37	57	-20	39

References

↑ CONCACAF.com – Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March Archived January 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. – 2008-11-11

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[1] CONCACAF.com – Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March Archived January 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. – 2008-11-11

National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
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.