Costa Rica national football team
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The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed La Sele, is the national team of Costa Rica
and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
. Costa Rica is the third most successful team in CONCACAF
after Mexico
and the United States
. They are clearly the most successful team in Central America having qualified for three World Cups, reaching the last sixteen on their debut in Italy 1990
and putting on a solid showing in 2002 where they were drawn in the same group as eventual champions Brazil
and third-place finishing Turkey
.
In 2006, Los Ticos qualified for the World Cup in Germany, with their worst World Cup to date, finishing 31st out of 32 teams. Costa Rica has qualified first in the CONCACAF
Final Round in both the 1990 World Cup qualification final round and 2002 World Cup qualification final round. The edge in both CONCACAF
and UNCAF Nations Cup
titles is also significant over regional national teams. Costa Rica have been CONCACAF champions three times (1963
, 1969
, 1989
) and have won the UNCAF Nations Cup
six times. The nation has also participated in four Copa América
tournaments, making the quarterfinals in *2001 and 2004.
The national team made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games
held in Guatemala City
in September 1921, winning their first game 7–0 against El Salvador
. In the final, Costa Rica defeated 6–0 Guatemala
to claim the trophy.
The football team Costa Rica has been characterized above all by its regularity over the years. Well remembered is the selection of the country formed in late 1940 and acquired the nickname of "The Gold Shorties". During the 1950, 1960 and most of the years 1970, the Costa Rican team went unnoticed, absent World Cups.
Throughout the 50s and 60s, and were very much the second strongest team in the CONCACAF zone behind Mexico, finishing runners-up in World Cup qualifying in the 1958, 1962 and 1966 qualifiers. Stars of the side in this period were Ruben Jimenez, Errol Daniels, Leonel Hernandez and Edgar Marin. Currently its topscorer is Rolando Fonseca
with 47 goals.
However, at the end of the 60s their fortunes would decline as other teams in the region such as Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago and Canada came to the fore. Although the majority of these participants have had short on points World cup performances. Only remember the participation of the selection of Costa Rica at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984, where his only win was against Italy 1:0 (goal of Henry Rivers). Costa Rica failed to make the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying until the 1986 qualifiers.
He played a round tie against Panama, to advance to the group stage, in the first game at Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium in Alajuela, Costa Rica suffered against the Panamanians and ended up taking a local one tie. In the second game at the stadium Revolution (now Rommel Fernandez), two goals from John Arnold Cayasso gave the victory to Costa Rica 2-0 and advanced to the group stage.
Costa Rica started the group stage with a defeat in Guatemala by 1 to 0, then beat the U.S. in San Jose by 1 to 0 with goals from Gilberto Rodden, then beat Trinidad and Tobago by the same score in San Jose with a goal by Enrique Diaz.
Then he lost to U.S. 1 to 0 in St. Louis - Missouri, Guatemala beat San Jose 1-0 with a goal by Evaristo Coronado, is tied in Trinidad and Tobago 1 to 1, beat El Salvador in the Cuzcatlán by 4 to 2, with goals from Carlos Mario Hidalgo, Enrique Diaz and Jose Flores Leony Jaikel.
Finally in the last game of the tie will be won over El Salvador in San Jose by 1 goal to 0 with Pastor Fernandez. Costa Rica finished first in the pentagonal with the United States with 10 points from 8 games. Mexico was disqualified from this tie for youth players ages adultery.
in 2002 held in South Korea and Japan after a brilliant campaign, in which came in first place, beating favorites Mexico and the United States. During the World Cup had a discreet way, losing to Brazil (tournament champion) 5:2 (only team to score 2 goals against Brazil in the world), tying with Turkey (third in the championship) 1:1 and overcoming selection China 2:0, so it was in 3rd place in the group behind Turkey on goal difference. The match against Brazil, is remembered as one of the most exciting matches of the Costa Rica and around the world.
Costa Rica started this tie ups and downs in command first Brazilian coach Gilson Nunes Sequeira and then with the Costa Rican Alexandre Guimaraes
in the first group stage, began with an unexpected defeat to visit Barbados for 1 to 2. Then beat the United States at the Ricardo Saprissa by 2 to 1, with goals from Rolando Fonseca
and Hernan Medford
.
They beat Guatemala in the Morera Soto Alajuela by 2 to 1, with two goals from Paulo Wanchope was thrashed at the Ricardo Saprissa Barbados for 3 to 0 with goals from Jafet Soto, Rolando Fonseca and Hernan Medford. He took a scoreless goals against the United States, then lost to Guatemala in Mazatenango for 1 to 2. This result forced to play a playoff against Guatemala in Miami, Florida.
In the playoffs, Costa Rica took a beating people's overwhelming advantage chapines by 5 to 2, with two goals from Rolando Fonseca, one of Paulo Wanchope
, Reynaldo Soto Parks and Japheth.
Already in the final round began with a draw against Honduras dying at the Ricardo Saprissa 2 to 2, with goals from Rolando Fonseca and Rodrigo Cordero, then thrashed Trinidad and Tobago for 3 to 0 at the Morera Soto, lost to U.S. 1 to 0, it beat Mexico in the famous "aztecaso" 2 to 1, with goals from Rolando Fonseca and Hernan Medford, he won Jamaica 2 to 1 in Alajuela, then beat Honduras in Tegucigalpa 3 to 2, with goals from Paulo Wanchope, Rolando Fonseca and Mauricio Solis. He won in Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago by 2 to 0 with two goals from Ronald Gomez, U.S. beat by 2 to 0 in the Saprissa with two goals from Rolando Fonseca, Mexico is tied to zero goals in the Saprissa and finally beat Jamaica in Kingston by 1 to 0 with goals from William Sunsing.
Costa Rica finished first in that hexagon with 23 points in 10 games over the United States and Mexico.
On June 9, 2006, Costa Rica made its debut in the opening match in Munich against the German squad, losing the match 4-2. However, the good performance in that game, just served to other games, where they fell 3-0 against Ecuador, and 2-1 against Poland.
This tie also started with ups and downs, first under the command of U.S. coach Steve Sampson, who was separated after qualifying so anxious to Cuba in the preliminary phase, where both games are tied for first in Havana 2 to 2, with goals Douglas Sequeira and Alvaro Saborio, and then in the second game in the Morera Soto Alajuela 1 to 1. Costa Rica advanced to the away goal.
The Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto took over in the group stage, began with a painful defeat against Honduras Residential 2 to 5. Then visit to Guatemala lost 1 to 2. He won Canada's Saprissa 1 to 0, with a goal from Paulo Wanchope.
He beat Saprissa in Guatemala for 5 to 0 with three goals from Paulo Wanchope, one of Carlos Hernandez and Rolando Fonseca one. Vancouver is Canada won 3 to 1 with goals from Paulo Wanchope, William Sunsing and Carlos Hernandez.
He pulled a goal goalless draw against Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Costa Rica advanced to the hexagonal and second in their group, behind Guatemala. In the final round, the road began with a defeat at the Saprissa against Mexico for 1 to 2, then beat Panama in the Saprissa by 2 to 1, with goals from Wayne Wilson and Roy Myrie. Port of Spain is tied to Trinidad and Tobago to zero goals. This result marked Pinto's dismissal and the arrival of Alexandre Guimaraes. He missed a visit to the United States by 0 to 3, Guatemala beat Saprissa in the 3 to 2, with goals from Carlos Hernandez, Ronald Gomez and Paulo Wanchope. Was lost in Mexico with 0 to 2, won Panama in the Rommel Fernandez 3 to 1, with goals from Alvaro Saborio, Ronald Gomez and Walter Centeno. He beat Trinidad and Tobago in the Saprissa by 2 to 0 with goals from Walter Centeno and Alvaro Saborio.
He won the United States in the Saprissa by 3 to 0 with goals from Paulo Wanchope and two goals from Carlos Hernandez. He missed the last game in Guatemala for 1 to 3. Costa Rica ranked third behind the United States and Mexico.
In the fourth phase, in the absence of two dates, Costa Rica had to win their last two games and hope that the selection of Honduras lost. And in the first instance, did well, Honduras lost at home 3-2 to the United States won 4-0 to Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago weak and then beat the Hondurans in the standings, however, still missing go to the United States and Honduras, meanwhile, closed the tie in El Salvador. All went well for the Ticos won it 2-0 at halftime in Washington DC. But after a minute the United States discounted '71 and '95 and also won the tie, Honduras, El Salvador 1-0 victory over Costa Ricans sending the playoff with CONMEBOL.
In the playoffs, Costa Rica faced Uruguay. In the first leg in San Jose, lost 1-0, with a goal from defender Diego Lugano sky. The second leg, played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, tied (with a goal from Uruguayan Abreu for the '70s and one of Centeno to '74), thus classifying charrúas to global.
Costa Rica was able to turn the result to the elongating end of the game to an extension, since there was a chance of scoring against goalkeeper Muslera at the feet of striker Alvaro Saborio, but ended it wasted.
(Uruguay
). Uruguay won the play-off and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 18 November 2009.
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, Keylor Navas
, Cristian Bolanos, Randall Azofeifa
, Michael Barrantes
. Ronald Gonzalez
was interim contract before hiring in September 2010 of Ricardo La Volpe, whose job lasted only 10 months to be replaced by the Colombian coach Jorge Luis Pinto
, in his second chance in front of the national team, who will be the destination to head for World Cup qualifying 2014 . This era is characterized by foguear the national team against the best teams in the world, including world champion Spain
, most of them through the construction of the new national stadium. Below a detail of those fancy parties:
.
see also 2011 Costa Rica national team results
see also 2012 Costa Rica national team results
against Panama
on 11 November 2011 and Spain
on 15 November 2011.
Not players who withdrew from the squad due to injury. Caps and goals updated as of 11 November 2011.
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Gold Cup
Copa America
Players with most appearances
Players with most goals
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach 2
Assistant Coach 3
Head Athletic Trainer
Goalkeeper's Coach
Medic
Massage Therapist
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
The Federación Costarricense de Fútbol is the official football organization in Costa Rica and is in charge of the Costa Rican national team.-History:...
. Costa Rica is the third most successful team in CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
after Mexico
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
and the United States
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
. They are clearly the most successful team in Central America having qualified for three World Cups, reaching the last sixteen on their debut in Italy 1990
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
and putting on a solid showing in 2002 where they were drawn in the same group as eventual champions Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
and third-place finishing Turkey
Turkey national football team
The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...
.
In 2006, Los Ticos qualified for the World Cup in Germany, with their worst World Cup to date, finishing 31st out of 32 teams. Costa Rica has qualified first in the CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
Final Round in both the 1990 World Cup qualification final round and 2002 World Cup qualification final round. The edge in both CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
and UNCAF Nations Cup
UNCAF Nations Cup
The Copa Centroamericana is a biennial association football tournament, held for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The tournament has been held since 1991 as the UNCAF Nations Cup and doubles as a...
titles is also significant over regional national teams. Costa Rica have been CONCACAF champions three times (1963
1963 CONCACAF Championship
-Group A:Results-----------------------------------------Group B:Results-------------------------Final round:-------------------------External links:*...
, 1969
1969 CONCACAF Championship
-Awards:-Scorers:3 Goals Víctor Ruiz César Melgar Marcio Fión2 goals Cascante Roy Sáenz J. Grant Regales Loefstok Martljin Adelbert Toppenberg Ulrich Haynes...
, 1989
1989 CONCACAF Championship
The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was the last edition of the CONCACAF Championship held under the format of serving as qualification to the 1990 FIFA World Cup and having no host nation for the final round....
) and have won the UNCAF Nations Cup
UNCAF Nations Cup
The Copa Centroamericana is a biennial association football tournament, held for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The tournament has been held since 1991 as the UNCAF Nations Cup and doubles as a...
six times. The nation has also participated in four Copa América
Copa América
The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...
tournaments, making the quarterfinals in *2001 and 2004.
History
Costa Rica has a long-standing football culture and tradition.The national team made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games
Independence Centenary Games
The Independence Centenary Games is a football tournament organized to celebrate 100 years of Central American Independence. The tournament was compromised where only Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador were able to participate. It was a single-elimination tournament, or round-robin...
held in Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
in September 1921, winning their first game 7–0 against El Salvador
El Salvador national football team
El Salvador's national football team represents El Salvador in international football and is sanctioned by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol . In 1899, Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first hosted football game in El Salvador...
. In the final, Costa Rica defeated 6–0 Guatemala
Guatemala national football team
The Guatemala national football team is the association football team representing the country of Guatemala and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it affiliated to FIFA in 1946, and it is a member of CONCACAF....
to claim the trophy.
The football team Costa Rica has been characterized above all by its regularity over the years. Well remembered is the selection of the country formed in late 1940 and acquired the nickname of "The Gold Shorties". During the 1950, 1960 and most of the years 1970, the Costa Rican team went unnoticed, absent World Cups.
Throughout the 50s and 60s, and were very much the second strongest team in the CONCACAF zone behind Mexico, finishing runners-up in World Cup qualifying in the 1958, 1962 and 1966 qualifiers. Stars of the side in this period were Ruben Jimenez, Errol Daniels, Leonel Hernandez and Edgar Marin. Currently its topscorer is Rolando Fonseca
Rolando Fonseca
Rolando Fonseca Jiménez is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League...
with 47 goals.
However, at the end of the 60s their fortunes would decline as other teams in the region such as Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago and Canada came to the fore. Although the majority of these participants have had short on points World cup performances. Only remember the participation of the selection of Costa Rica at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984, where his only win was against Italy 1:0 (goal of Henry Rivers). Costa Rica failed to make the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying until the 1986 qualifiers.
Qualifying to Italy 1990
After a great campaign in the CONCACAF Championship in 1989, Costa Rica gets its first ticket to the finals of a World Cup where he made a huge role in ranking the second round after beating Scotland and Sweden in the first round.He played a round tie against Panama, to advance to the group stage, in the first game at Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium in Alajuela, Costa Rica suffered against the Panamanians and ended up taking a local one tie. In the second game at the stadium Revolution (now Rommel Fernandez), two goals from John Arnold Cayasso gave the victory to Costa Rica 2-0 and advanced to the group stage.
Costa Rica started the group stage with a defeat in Guatemala by 1 to 0, then beat the U.S. in San Jose by 1 to 0 with goals from Gilberto Rodden, then beat Trinidad and Tobago by the same score in San Jose with a goal by Enrique Diaz.
Then he lost to U.S. 1 to 0 in St. Louis - Missouri, Guatemala beat San Jose 1-0 with a goal by Evaristo Coronado, is tied in Trinidad and Tobago 1 to 1, beat El Salvador in the Cuzcatlán by 4 to 2, with goals from Carlos Mario Hidalgo, Enrique Diaz and Jose Flores Leony Jaikel.
Finally in the last game of the tie will be won over El Salvador in San Jose by 1 goal to 0 with Pastor Fernandez. Costa Rica finished first in the pentagonal with the United States with 10 points from 8 games. Mexico was disqualified from this tie for youth players ages adultery.
| Qualifying | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 |
- In right, the team that played against Scotland in the World Cup Italy 1990.
1990s and early 2000s - The Wanchope years
After its brilliant performance in the Italian summer, the national team failed to qualify for World Cup USA 1994 and France 1998 due to lack of planning and poor results. It was an important and historical moment when, in 1997 Costa Rica was invited for the first time to the Copa America held in Bolivia, Costa Rica also played memorable friendlies including a 5-4 defeat against Uruguay in Estadio Centenario.| Qualifying | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Qualifying Korea / Japan 2002
After the resounding failures in qualifying for the World Cup 1994 and World Cup 1998, won the qualification for the World CupWorld Cup
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in 2002 held in South Korea and Japan after a brilliant campaign, in which came in first place, beating favorites Mexico and the United States. During the World Cup had a discreet way, losing to Brazil (tournament champion) 5:2 (only team to score 2 goals against Brazil in the world), tying with Turkey (third in the championship) 1:1 and overcoming selection China 2:0, so it was in 3rd place in the group behind Turkey on goal difference. The match against Brazil, is remembered as one of the most exciting matches of the Costa Rica and around the world.
Costa Rica started this tie ups and downs in command first Brazilian coach Gilson Nunes Sequeira and then with the Costa Rican Alexandre Guimaraes
Alexandre Guimarães
Alexandre Borges Guimarães is a Brazilian-born , Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer. He arrived at Costa Rica at the age of twelve As a player, Guimarães played for Durpanel San Blas, Municipal Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa and Turrialba FC...
in the first group stage, began with an unexpected defeat to visit Barbados for 1 to 2. Then beat the United States at the Ricardo Saprissa by 2 to 1, with goals from Rolando Fonseca
Rolando Fonseca
Rolando Fonseca Jiménez is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League...
and Hernan Medford
Hernán Medford
Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan is a Costa Rican football player and coach.Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy , the Yugoslav First League , the Austrian Bundesliga , La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the...
.
They beat Guatemala in the Morera Soto Alajuela by 2 to 1, with two goals from Paulo Wanchope was thrashed at the Ricardo Saprissa Barbados for 3 to 0 with goals from Jafet Soto, Rolando Fonseca and Hernan Medford. He took a scoreless goals against the United States, then lost to Guatemala in Mazatenango for 1 to 2. This result forced to play a playoff against Guatemala in Miami, Florida.
In the playoffs, Costa Rica took a beating people's overwhelming advantage chapines by 5 to 2, with two goals from Rolando Fonseca, one of Paulo Wanchope
Paulo Wanchope
Pablo César Wanchope Watson , more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. As of February 2009, Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international...
, Reynaldo Soto Parks and Japheth.
Already in the final round began with a draw against Honduras dying at the Ricardo Saprissa 2 to 2, with goals from Rolando Fonseca and Rodrigo Cordero, then thrashed Trinidad and Tobago for 3 to 0 at the Morera Soto, lost to U.S. 1 to 0, it beat Mexico in the famous "aztecaso" 2 to 1, with goals from Rolando Fonseca and Hernan Medford, he won Jamaica 2 to 1 in Alajuela, then beat Honduras in Tegucigalpa 3 to 2, with goals from Paulo Wanchope, Rolando Fonseca and Mauricio Solis. He won in Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago by 2 to 0 with two goals from Ronald Gomez, U.S. beat by 2 to 0 in the Saprissa with two goals from Rolando Fonseca, Mexico is tied to zero goals in the Saprissa and finally beat Jamaica in Kingston by 1 to 0 with goals from William Sunsing.
Costa Rica finished first in that hexagon with 23 points in 10 games over the United States and Mexico.
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 17 | |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 17 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 14 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 8 | ||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 5 |
- The best punctuation of the story so far in a hexagonal (23 pts).
Qualifying Germany 2006
Qualifying for the World Cup 2006, Costa Rica had an uneven season but managed to step to the final phase to reach the third round for defining.On June 9, 2006, Costa Rica made its debut in the opening match in Munich against the German squad, losing the match 4-2. However, the good performance in that game, just served to other games, where they fell 3-0 against Ecuador, and 2-1 against Poland.
This tie also started with ups and downs, first under the command of U.S. coach Steve Sampson, who was separated after qualifying so anxious to Cuba in the preliminary phase, where both games are tied for first in Havana 2 to 2, with goals Douglas Sequeira and Alvaro Saborio, and then in the second game in the Morera Soto Alajuela 1 to 1. Costa Rica advanced to the away goal.
The Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto took over in the group stage, began with a painful defeat against Honduras Residential 2 to 5. Then visit to Guatemala lost 1 to 2. He won Canada's Saprissa 1 to 0, with a goal from Paulo Wanchope.
He beat Saprissa in Guatemala for 5 to 0 with three goals from Paulo Wanchope, one of Carlos Hernandez and Rolando Fonseca one. Vancouver is Canada won 3 to 1 with goals from Paulo Wanchope, William Sunsing and Carlos Hernandez.
He pulled a goal goalless draw against Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Costa Rica advanced to the hexagonal and second in their group, behind Guatemala. In the final round, the road began with a defeat at the Saprissa against Mexico for 1 to 2, then beat Panama in the Saprissa by 2 to 1, with goals from Wayne Wilson and Roy Myrie. Port of Spain is tied to Trinidad and Tobago to zero goals. This result marked Pinto's dismissal and the arrival of Alexandre Guimaraes. He missed a visit to the United States by 0 to 3, Guatemala beat Saprissa in the 3 to 2, with goals from Carlos Hernandez, Ronald Gomez and Paulo Wanchope. Was lost in Mexico with 0 to 2, won Panama in the Rommel Fernandez 3 to 1, with goals from Alvaro Saborio, Ronald Gomez and Walter Centeno. He beat Trinidad and Tobago in the Saprissa by 2 to 0 with goals from Walter Centeno and Alvaro Saborio.
He won the United States in the Saprissa by 3 to 0 with goals from Paulo Wanchope and two goals from Carlos Hernandez. He missed the last game in Guatemala for 1 to 3. Costa Rica ranked third behind the United States and Mexico.
Qualifying South Africa 2010
At the start of the tie, the Ticos, faced Granada, who drew the first leg 2-2 (2-1) and won the return by 3-0 (2-0). In the third phase, forming the Group 3, won the six games played against teams of El Salvador (1-0 and 3-1), Haitian (3-1 and 2-0) and Surinamese (7-0 and 4 -1) in both outward and return.In the fourth phase, in the absence of two dates, Costa Rica had to win their last two games and hope that the selection of Honduras lost. And in the first instance, did well, Honduras lost at home 3-2 to the United States won 4-0 to Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago weak and then beat the Hondurans in the standings, however, still missing go to the United States and Honduras, meanwhile, closed the tie in El Salvador. All went well for the Ticos won it 2-0 at halftime in Washington DC. But after a minute the United States discounted '71 and '95 and also won the tie, Honduras, El Salvador 1-0 victory over Costa Ricans sending the playoff with CONMEBOL.
In the playoffs, Costa Rica faced Uruguay. In the first leg in San Jose, lost 1-0, with a goal from defender Diego Lugano sky. The second leg, played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, tied (with a goal from Uruguayan Abreu for the '70s and one of Centeno to '74), thus classifying charrúas to global.
Costa Rica was able to turn the result to the elongating end of the game to an extension, since there was a chance of scoring against goalkeeper Muslera at the feet of striker Alvaro Saborio, but ended it wasted.
CONCACAF 4th place v CONMEBOL 5th place
The fourth-place team in the CONCACAF qualifying fourth round (Costa Rica) played off against the fifth-place team in the CONMEBOL qualifying group2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
The South American zone of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw 10 teams competing for places in the finals which were held in South Africa. The format is identical to that used for the previous three World Cup qualification tournaments held by CONMEBOL...
(Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
). Uruguay won the play-off and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 18 November 2009.
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2010 to present
The Costa Rica national football team failing to qualify for 2010 World Cup in South Africa, began with the need to initiate a new era, based on the combined generational shift with young but experienced talent such as Bryan RuizBryan Ruiz
Bryan Ruiz González , commonly known as Bryan Ruiz is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League. He is an attacking all-rounder, with good ball control, heading and passing....
, Keylor Navas
Keylor Navas
Keylor Navas is a Costa Rican football goalkeeper who used to play for Saprissa. He is considered to be one of the most secure, quick and agile young goalkeepers in CONCACAF...
, Cristian Bolanos, Randall Azofeifa
Randall Azofeifa
Randall Azofeifa Corrales is a Costa Rican football midfielder who played for K.A.A. Gent in the Jupiler League. In January 2011 he was transferred to the Turkish team Gençlerbirligi at a transfer price of 1,6 million Euros....
, Michael Barrantes
Michael Barrantes
Michael Barrantes is a Costa Rican football midfielder. He currently plays for Aalesund. On November 6h 2011 he scored two goals for Aalesund in the 2011 Norwegian Cup Final, in a 2-1 win against Brann- Career statistics :...
. Ronald Gonzalez
Ronald González
Rónald Alfonso González Brenes is a Costa Rican footballer. He has mostly played for Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica, but has played internationally as well. In the early 90's, he played with Dinamo Zagreb in Yugoslavia and Vorwärts Steyr in Austria...
was interim contract before hiring in September 2010 of Ricardo La Volpe, whose job lasted only 10 months to be replaced by the Colombian coach Jorge Luis Pinto
Jorge Luis Pinto
Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador is a Colombian football coach, and current manager of the Costa Rica national football team....
, in his second chance in front of the national team, who will be the destination to head for World Cup qualifying 2014 . This era is characterized by foguear the national team against the best teams in the world, including world champion Spain
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
, most of them through the construction of the new national stadium. Below a detail of those fancy parties:
Historical and memorable games
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| 10 June 1960 | 3–0 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica | Panamerican Championship Panamerican Championship The Panamerican Championship was a football tournament held by the Panamerican Football Confederation every four years from 1952 through 1960. Since the Americas' premier tournament, Copa América, was restricted to South American teams, the Panamerican Championship was an attempt to create an... |
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| 11 June 1990 | 1–0 | Stadio Luigi Ferraris Stadio Luigi Ferraris Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the ward where is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. It opened in 1911 and is one of the first and oldest stadiums still in use for football and other sports in Italy.Hosts since its birth the inside of Genoa,... , Genoa Genoa Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria.... |
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| 16 June 1990 | 2–1 | Stadio Luigi Ferraris Stadio Luigi Ferraris Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the ward where is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. It opened in 1911 and is one of the first and oldest stadiums still in use for football and other sports in Italy.Hosts since its birth the inside of Genoa,... , Genoa Genoa Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria.... |
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| 16 June 2001 | 2–1 | Estadio Azteca Estadio Azteca Estadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics.... , Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... |
2002 FIFA World Cup 2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0... qualification FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. The FIFA World Cup is a global event, so qualification is required to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.Qualifying tournaments... |
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| 4 June 2002 | 2–0 | Gwangju World Cup Stadium Guus Hiddink Stadium Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a football stadium in the South Korean city of Gwangju. It is managed by the Sports Support Division of the Culture & Sports Policy Office of the Gwangju Metropolitan city. Initially the stadium was named Gwangju World Cup Stadium to host some matches of the 2002 FIFA... , Gwangju Gwangju Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister... |
2002 World Cup 2002 World Cup 2002 World Cup may refer to:*Alpine skiing – 2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup*Athletics – 2002 IAAF World Cup*Field Hockey:** 2002 Men's World Hockey Cup** 2002 Women's World Hockey Cup... |
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| 9 June 2002 | 1–1 | Incheon Munhak Stadium Incheon Munhak Stadium Incheon Munhak Stadium is a football stadium in the South Korean city of Incheon. The stadium's capacity is 50,256. It is the home stadium of the football club Incheon United F.C..Incheon Munhak Stadium, initially named Incheon World Cup Stadium, hosted some matches in the 2002 World Cup... , Incheon Incheon The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City... |
2002 World Cup 2002 World Cup 2002 World Cup may refer to:*Alpine skiing – 2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup*Athletics – 2002 IAAF World Cup*Field Hockey:** 2002 Men's World Hockey Cup** 2002 Women's World Hockey Cup... |
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| 15 November 2011 | 2–2 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (2011), Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east.... |
Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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World Cup record
| FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body... |
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 19301930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930... |
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 19341934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934.... |
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 19381938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4–2 in the final.-Host selection:... |
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 19501950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July, was the fourth FIFA World Cup. It was the first World Cup since 1938, the planned 1942 and 1946 competitions having been canceled owing to World War II... |
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 19541954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game... |
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 19581958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 June to 29 June. The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5–2 in the final for their first title. To date, this marks the only occasion that a World Cup staged in Europe was not won by a European... |
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 19621962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from 30 May to 17 June. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final... |
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 19661966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
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 19701970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by... |
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 19741974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded... |
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 19781978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth... |
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 19821982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July. The tournament was won by Italy, after defeating West Germany 3–1 in the final.-Host selection:... |
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| 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially... |
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 19901990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated... |
Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
 19941994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988... |
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| 1998 1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final... |
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  20022002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0... |
Group Stage | 19th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
 20062006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six... |
Group Stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
 20102010 FIFA World Cup The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010... |
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 20142014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014.... |
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 20182018 FIFA World Cup The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups was the process by which the locations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups were selected. The process began officially in March 2009; eleven bids from thirteen countries were received, including one which was withdrawn and one that was... |
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 20222022 FIFA World Cup The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be the 22nd FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that is scheduled to take place in 2022 in Qatar. The competition is scheduled to take place in June and July, although proposals have been made for a winter season. The tournament will involve... |
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| Total | Round of 16 | 3/19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
CONCACAF Championships record
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 19631963 CONCACAF Championship -Group A:Results-----------------------------------------Group B:Results-------------------------Final round:-------------------------External links:*... |
Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
 19651965 CONCACAF Championship -Qualifying Tournament:-------------Final tournament:-------------------------------------------------------------See also:... |
Third Place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
 19671967 CONCACAF Championship -Final tournament:-------------------------------------------------------------See also:... |
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 19691969 CONCACAF Championship -Awards:-Scorers:3 Goals Víctor Ruiz César Melgar Marcio Fión2 goals Cascante Roy Sáenz J. Grant Regales Loefstok Martljin Adelbert Toppenberg Ulrich Haynes... |
Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
 19711971 CONCACAF Championship -Final tournament:-------------------------------------------------------------Result:-External links:****... |
Third Place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 1973 1973 CONCACAF Championship The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the 6th staging of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from November 29 to December 18. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup. Haiti became winners for the... to 1981 1981 CONCACAF Championship -External links:*... |
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| 1985 1985 CONCACAF Championship -Group 2:Canada advanced to the second round.---------------------Group 3:Costa Rica advanced to the second round.---------------------Final round:Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.--------... |
Third Place | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 1989 1989 CONCACAF Championship The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was the last edition of the CONCACAF Championship held under the format of serving as qualification to the 1990 FIFA World Cup and having no host nation for the final round.... |
Champions | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 1991 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup -Group B:---------------------Bracket:-Semifinals:-----Third place match:-Final:-Top scorers:4 goals Benjamin Galindo3 goals Dale Mitchell Eduardo Bennet Luis Cálix Carlos Hermosillo... |
Fourth Place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 1993 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup -Group B:---------------------Bracket:-Semifinals:-----Third place match:-Final:-Top scorers:11 goals Zaguinho5 goals Luis Miguel Salvador4 goals Eduardo Bennett3 goals Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Octavio Mora... |
Semi-Finals | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 1996 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the third edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean .... |
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| 1998 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fourth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean .... |
Group Stage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| 2000 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fifth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean . It was held in the United States, in Los Angeles, Miami, and San Diego. The format of the tournament changed from 1998; it was expanded to twelve teams,... |
Quarter-Finals | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2002 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean .... |
Runners-Up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 2003 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean .... |
Fourth Place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
| 2005 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean . It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious in the final against an upstart Panama team led by tournament... |
Quarter-Finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2007 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean , and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from June 6 to June 24, 2007.This competition was the third... |
Quarter-Finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth association football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean . It was contested from 3 July to 26 July 2009 in the United States. This competition was the fourth tournament... |
Semi-Finals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| United States 2011 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and 21th CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence... |
Quarter-Finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Total | 3 Titles | 79 | 34 | 23 | 22 | 133 | 84 |
Copa América record
| CONMEBOL Copa América record Copa América The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body... |
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
 1997 |
Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
 2001 |
Quarter Final | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
 2004 |
Quarter Final | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América Argentina 2011, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America... |
Group Stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | Quarter Final | 4/43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
UNCAF Nations Cup record
| UNCAF Nations Cup record UNCAF Nations Cup The Copa Centroamericana is a biennial association football tournament, held for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The tournament has been held since 1991 as the UNCAF Nations Cup and doubles as a... |
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1991 |
Champions | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 1993 |
Quarter Final | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 1995 |
Quarter Final | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 1997 |
Champions | 1th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 1999 |
Champions | 1th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| 2001 |
Runners-up | 2th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
 2003 |
Champions | 1th | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2005 |
Champions | 1th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2007 |
Champions | 1th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 2009 |
Runners-Up | 2th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2011 |
Runners-Up | 2th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Total | 6 Titles | 4/43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 |
CCCF Championship results
- 19411941 CCCF ChampionshipThe Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol was a forerunner to the CONCACAF as the governing body of football in Central America and the nations in the Caribbean until 1963, when it merged with the North American Football Confederation ' to form CONCACAF.The CCCF Championship was a...
Champions - 19431943 CCCF ChampionshipThe Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol was a forerunner to the CONCACAF as the governing body of football in Central America and the nations in the Caribbean until 1963, when it merged with the North American Football Confederation ' to form CONCACAF.The CCCF Championship was a...
– 3rd Place - 1946 – Champions
- 1948 – Champions
- 1951 – Runner-up
- 1953 – Champions
- 19551955 CCCF ChampionshipThe CCCF was the Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol .Host: HondurasChampion: Costa Rica* Win=2 pts* Draw=1 pt* Loss=0 pts-Final round:--------------------...
– Champions - 1957 – Group Stage/Did not participate
- 1960 – Champions
- 19611961 CCCF ChampionshipThe 1961 CCCF Championship was played in March 1961 in San José, Costa Rica. Costa Rica emerged as champion.-Group 1:The 1961 CCCF Championship was played in March 1961 in San José, Costa Rica. Costa Rica emerged as champion.-Group 1:...
– Champions
Pan American Games record
- 1951Football at the 1951 Pan American GamesThe first edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 25 to March 8, 1951. Five teams did compete, after Brazil withdrew on February 16, 1951.-Matches:-External links:*...
– Second Place - 1955Football at the 1955 Pan American GamesThe second edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from March 13 to March 22, 1955. Four teams did compete, with Argentina defending the title.-Matches:-External links:*...
– Did not participate - 1959Football at the 1959 Pan American GamesThe third edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 21 to September 5, 1959. Seven teams did compete in a round-robin competition, with Argentina defending the title once again.-Matches:...
– Fifth place - 1963Football at the 1963 Pan American GamesThe fourth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil, from April 20 to May 4, 1963. Five teams did compete in a round-robin competition, with Argentina being the defending champions...
to 1971Football at the 1971 Pan American GamesThe sixth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in five cities in Colombia: Cali Cartago, Buga, Palmira and Tuluá, from July 31 to August 12, 1971. Twelve teams divided in three groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Mexico defending the title...
– Did not participate - 1975Football at the 1975 Pan American GamesThe seventh edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in four cities in Mexico: Mexico City , Guadalajara, Toluca, and Puebla, from October 13 to October 25, 1975. Thirteen teams competed in a round-robin competition, with Argentina defending the title...
– Fourth place - 1979Football at the 1979 Pan American GamesThe eighth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 2 to July 14, 1979. Nine teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title...
– Round 2 - 1983Football at the 1983 Pan American GamesThe ninth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 15 to August 27, 1983. Ten teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a final round.-Group A:-Group...
to 1991Football at the 1991 Pan American GamesThe eleventh edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from August 4 to August 13, 1991. Eight teams competed, with title holder Brazil missing...
– Did not participate 1995Football at the 1995 Pan American GamesThe twelfth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 10 to March 24, 1995. Twelve teams competed, with title defender USA being eliminated in the first round...
– Quarterfinals 1999Football at the 1999 Pan American GamesThe thirteenth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 23 to August 7, 1999. Ten U-23 teams competed, with title defender Argentina missing...
– Round 1 2003Football at the 2003 Pan American GamesThe fourteenth edition of the football at the Pan American Games was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 2 to August 15, 2003. Eight U-23 teams competed, with Mexico defending its title. The South American teams played with their U-20 teams...
– Did not participate 2007Football at the 2007 Pan American GamesThe football tournaments at the 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2007. The fifteenth edition of the men's competition was played by 12 teams, while the third edition of the women's tournament was played by 10 countries....
– Round 1 2011Football at the 2011 Pan American GamesFootball at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 18 to October 28. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-22 teams to participate...
- Semifinals
Panamerican Championship record
- 1952Panamerican Championship 1952The first edition of Panamerican Championship was played in Santiago, Chile, between March 16 and April 20 , in 1952; and was won by Brazil.-Results:March 16, 1952, Santiago, Chile - 6 - 1 March 23, 1952, Santiago, Chile - 7 - 1...
– Did not participate - 1956Panamerican Championship 1956The second edition of Panamerican Championship was played in Mexico City, Mexico, between February 26 and March 18, in 1956; and was won, for the second time, by Brazil.-Results:February 26, 1956, Mexico City, Mexico - 1 - 1...
– Third Place - 1960Panamerican Championship 1960The third, and last, edition of Panamerican Championship was played in San José, Costa Rica, between March 7 and March 20 , in 1960; and was won by Argentina.-Results:-External links:*...
– Fourth place
Results and Fixtures
see also 2010 Costa Rica national team resultsCosta Rica national football team 2010
The Costa Rica men's national football team results and fixtures for 2010.-Record:Updated as of 16 November 2010Updated as of 16 November 2010-Schedule:-Friendly matches:...
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see also 2011 Costa Rica national team results
Costa Rica national football team 2011
The Costa Rica men's national football team results and fixtures for 2011.-Record:Updated as of 15 November 2011Updated as of 29 March 2011-Schedule:-2011 Copa Centroamericana:-Friendlies:-2011 Gold Cup:-2011 Copa America:...
see also 2012 Costa Rica national team results
Costa Rica national football team 2012
The Costa Rica men's national football team results and fixtures for 2012.-Record:Updated as of 29 March 2011-References:*...
Current squad
The following 20 players was called up for the friendly matchExhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
against Panama
Panama national football team
The Panama national football team is the national team of Panama and is controlled by the Panamanian Football Federation. Panama reached the 2006 World Cup CONCACAF Final Round in the qualifiers and finished as runners-up at the final game of the 2005 Gold Cup...
on 11 November 2011 and Spain
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
on 15 November 2011.
Not players who withdrew from the squad due to injury. Caps and goals updated as of 11 November 2011.
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Previous squads
FIFA World Cup- 1990 FIFA World Cup squad
- 2002 FIFA World Cup squad
- 2006 FIFA World Cup squad
Gold Cup
- 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
Copa America
- 1997 Copa América squad
- 2001 Copa América squad
- 2004 Copa América squad
- 2011 Copa América squad
Player records
As of 12 October 2011. Bold indicates active players.Players with most appearances
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| 1 | Walter Centeno Walter Centeno Wálter Centeno Corea, is a Costa Rican midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Saprissa. He is one of Costa Rica's best players in the past decade. He has sublime vision and passing skills. He also has good dribbling abilities, great technique and a top eye for goal. He dictates play for the... |
137 | 1995–2009 |
| 2 | Luis Marín | 127 | 1993–2009 |
| 3 | Rolando Fonseca Rolando Fonseca Rolando Fonseca Jiménez is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League... |
112 | 1992–2011 |
| 4 | Mauricio Solís | 110 | 1993–2006 |
| 5 | Harold Wallace | 100 | 1995–2009 |
| 6 | Ronald Gomez | 91 | 1995–2008 |
| 7 | Hernán Medford Hernán Medford Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan is a Costa Rican football player and coach.Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy , the Yugoslav First League , the Austrian Bundesliga , La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the... |
89 | 1987–2002 |
| 8 | Erick Lonnis Erick Lonnis Erick Lonnis Bolaños is a former Costa Rican football goalkeeper during the late 1990s and early 2000s.-Club career:... |
76 | 1992–2002 |
| 9 | Wilmer López Wilmer López Wilmer López Arguedas is a retired Costa Rican footballer. He played for LD Alajuelense and is one of the club's biggest idols of all time.-Club career:... |
76 | 1995–2003 |
| 10 | Oscar Ramirez Oscar Ramírez Óscar Ramírez Hernández , nicknamed "El Machillo" , was a Costa Rican international footballer, whose great career is often considered as legendary in his native country. He played for the two most important teams in his country, LD Alajuelense and Deportivo Saprissa, becoming a star and an idol... |
75 | 1985–1997 |
Players with most goals
| Player | Goals | Career | |
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| 1 | Rolando Fonseca Rolando Fonseca Rolando Fonseca Jiménez is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League... |
47 | 1992–2009 |
| 2 | Paulo Wanchope Paulo Wanchope Pablo César Wanchope Watson , more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. As of February 2009, Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international... |
45 | 1996–2008 |
| 3 | Juan Ulloa | 27 | 1955–1970 |
| 4 | Ronald Gómez | 24 | 1993–2008 |
| 5 | Jorge Hernán Monge Jorge Hernan Monge Jorge Hernan Monge Mora is a former Costa Rican football player. He is still considered in his country as one of the top strikers ever to have played the game.Better known as "Cuty", he debuted with Saprissa at the young age of 15... |
23 | 1955–1961 |
| 6 | Walter Centeno Walter Centeno Wálter Centeno Corea, is a Costa Rican midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Saprissa. He is one of Costa Rica's best players in the past decade. He has sublime vision and passing skills. He also has good dribbling abilities, great technique and a top eye for goal. He dictates play for the... |
24 | 1995–2009 |
| 7 | Alvaro Saborio Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón is a Costa Rican footballer, who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer and the Costa Rica national football team.-Deportivo Saprissa:... |
23 | 2002– |
| 8 | Hernán Medford Hernán Medford Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan is a Costa Rican football player and coach.Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy , the Yugoslav First League , the Austrian Bundesliga , La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the... |
18 | 1987–2002 |
| 9 | Rafael Madrigal | 15 | |
| 10 | Rodolfo Herrera Rodolfo Herrera Rodolfo Herrero was a Mexican military officer, noteworthy for his participation in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920. He is generally believed to be the officer responsible for the death of President Venustiano Carranza.... |
14 |
In all times
| Name | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Randolph Galloway | 1946–1948 | |
| Vacant | 1948–1950 | |
| Otto Bumbel Otto Bumbel Pedro Otto Bumbel was a Brazilian professional football manager who coached a number of Spanish club sides, including Sabadell, Valencia, Racing de Santander, Elche, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid and Málaga... |
1950–1956 | |
| Luis Lucho Tirado | 1956–1958 | |
| Hugo Tassara Olivares | 1958–1960 | |
| Eduardo Toba Eduardo Toba Eduardo Toba Muíño was a Spanish football manager.Toba coached Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Oviedo, Costa Rica, CS Herediano, Tenerife, Córdoba, Hércules and Spain .-References:... |
1960–1961 | |
| Alfredo Piedra | 1961–1962 | |
| Mario Cordero Mario Cordero Mario Cordero Brenes is a former Costa Rican football player and coach; he is still considered in his country as one of the top defenders to have played the game.... |
1962–1965 | |
| Eduardo Viso Abella | 1965–1971 | |
| Humberto Maschio Humberto Maschio Humberto Dionisio Maschio is an Italian Argentine former football player.Maschio started playing at Arsenal of Lavallol to later move to Quilmes Atlético Club where he proved himself a prolific goal-scorer. He joined Racing Club in 1954, and transferred to Italy in 1957... |
1971–1975 | |
| José Etchegoyen | 1975–1980 | |
| Antonio Moyano Reyna | 1980–1985 | |
| Odir Jacques | 1985–1987 | |
| Gustavo de Simone Gustavo de Simone Gustavo Daniel de Simone Horn is an Uruguayan football coach.As a player he had a short stint in Argentina with Chacarita Juniors where he played 24 league games.-External links:... |
1987–1989 | |
| Marvin Rodríguez Marvin Rodríguez Marvin Rodríguez Ramírez is a Costa Rican football coach and former striker. He coached the Costa Rican national team to its first World Cup participation in 1990.-Career:... |
1989–1990 | |
| Bora Milutinovic | 1990 |  |
| Rolando Villalobos | 1991–1992 | |
| Héctor Núñez Héctor Núñez Héctor Núñez Bello is a former Uruguayan footballer and manager. He was manager of the Uruguay squad that won Copa América 1995.-Playing career:Núñez started his playing career at the age of 19 playing for Nacional... |
1992 | |
| Juan José Gamez | 1993 | |
| Toribio Rojas Toribio Rojas Toribio Rojas Gamboa is the former coach of the Puerto Rico Islanders, a USL First Division soccer team. He also has coached the Costa Rican National team from 1993 to 1995.-External links:*... |
1993–1995 | |
| Ignacio Núñez | 1995 | |
| Valdeir Viera | 1996 | |
| Horacio Cordero Horacio Cordero Horacio Raúl Cordero Vásquez is an Argentine football manager and former player.-Playing career:Cordero played for a number of clubs in Argentina including Argentinos Juniors, Racing Club, Unión de Santa Fe, Cipoletti, Deportivo Morón and Sarmiento de Junín.He also played in Colombia for... |
1997 | |
| Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes | 1997 | |
| Rolando Villalobos | 1998 | |
| Francisco Maturana Francisco Maturana Francisco Maturana, also known as Pacho is a Colombian ex-football player and later a successful football manager.-Player:... |
1999 | |
| Marvin Rodríguez Marvin Rodríguez Marvin Rodríguez Ramírez is a Costa Rican football coach and former striker. He coached the Costa Rican national team to its first World Cup participation in 1990.-Career:... |
1999–2000 | |
| Gilson Siqueira Nunes | 2000 | |
| Alexandre Guimarães Alexandre Guimarães Alexandre Borges Guimarães is a Brazilian-born , Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer. He arrived at Costa Rica at the age of twelve As a player, Guimarães played for Durpanel San Blas, Municipal Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa and Turrialba FC... |
2001–2002 | |
| Rodrigo Kenton Rodrigo Kenton Rodrigo Kenton Johnson is a Costa Rican football coach and former player. He is known as "La Bomba" Kenton .- Career :... |
2002 | |
| Steve Sampson Steve Sampson Steve Sampson is a soccer coach and the former head coach of the United States men's national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer... |
2002–2004 | |
| Jorge Luis Pinto Jorge Luis Pinto Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador is a Colombian football coach, and current manager of the Costa Rica national football team.... |
2004–2005 | |
| Alexandre Guimarães Alexandre Guimarães Alexandre Borges Guimarães is a Brazilian-born , Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer. He arrived at Costa Rica at the age of twelve As a player, Guimarães played for Durpanel San Blas, Municipal Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa and Turrialba FC... |
2005–2006 | |
| Hernán Medford Hernán Medford Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan is a Costa Rican football player and coach.Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy , the Yugoslav First League , the Austrian Bundesliga , La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the... |
2006–2008 | |
| Rodrigo Kenton Rodrigo Kenton Rodrigo Kenton Johnson is a Costa Rican football coach and former player. He is known as "La Bomba" Kenton .- Career :... |
2008–2009 | |
| René Simoes Renê Simões René Rodrigues Simões is a Brazilian football head coach and former footballer.- Coaching career :Born in Rio de Janeiro, he guided Jamaica to the World Cup in France in 1998... |
2009 | |
| Rónald González Brenes | 2009–2010 | |
| Ricardo La Volpe | 2010–2011 | |
| Rónald González Brenes | 2011 | |
| Jorge Luis Pinto Jorge Luis Pinto Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador is a Colombian football coach, and current manager of the Costa Rica national football team.... |
2011- | |
Current coaching staff
Manager- Jorge Luis PintoJorge Luis PintoJorge Luis Pinto Afanador is a Colombian football coach, and current manager of the Costa Rica national football team....
Assistant Coach
- Paulo WanchopePaulo WanchopePablo César Wanchope Watson , more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. As of February 2009, Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international...
Assistant Coach 2
Assistant Coach 3
- Vacant
Head Athletic Trainer
- Erick Sánchez
Goalkeeper's Coach
- Luis Gabelo ConejoLuis Gabelo ConejoLuis Gabelo Conejo Jiménez is a former Costa Rican footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...
Medic
- Alejandro Ramírez Elizondo
Massage Therapist
Record versus other nations
- As of 2011-03-25
| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 8 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 | |
| 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -13 | 6 | |
| 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 8 | +36 | ||
| 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 20 | +24 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 2 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 8 | |
| 53 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 87 | 53 | +34 | 70 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| 33 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 44 | |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 19 | |
| 52 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 97 | 69 | +28 | 46 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 24 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 | |
| 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 55 | -33 | 15 | |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 13 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 | |
| 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 6 | +40 | 23 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |
| 37 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 21 | +45 | 53 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 12 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | – | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 20 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 2 | |
| 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 31 | +4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 434 | 185 | 113 | 136 | 689 | 555 | +134 | 483 |
Facts
- Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
was the first Central American football team to win a game at a World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
tournament. - Costa Rica is the only Central American football team to to qualify for next round in FIFA World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
, U-20 World Cup, U-17 World Cup and Olympic GamesOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
. - Costa Rica finished in first place in the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification 1990 FIFA World Cup qualificationThe qualification competition for the 1990 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 24 places at the tournament...
and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationA total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
with the best punctuation of the story so far (23 pts). - Only Central American team to be in a World Cup semifinal (U-20 World Cup)
See also
- Costa Rica national under-23 football teamCosta Rica national under-23 football teamCosta Rica Olympic football team represents Costa Rica in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players...
- Costa Rica national under-20 football teamCosta Rica national under-20 football teamThe 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.-Individual awards:...
- Costa Rica national under-17 football teamCosta Rica national under-17 football teamThe Costa Rica national under-17 football team represents Costa Rica in international football at this age level and is controlled by Federación Costarricense de Fútbol.-CONCACAF U-17 Championship Record:*1984: First Place*1987: DNQ*1988: DNQ*1991: DNQ...
- Costa Rica at the FIFA World CupCosta Rica at the FIFA World CupThis is a record of Costa Rica's results at the FIFA World Cup.-Records:-1990:-------------2002:---------2006:---------Goalscorers:3 goals* Paulo Wanchope* Ronald Gomez1 goal* Juan Cayasso* Roger Flores...
- Costa Rica international footballers in all times
External links
- Costa Rican FA
- RICARDO GONZÁLEZ THIỀN DE COSTA RICA
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- 1921 to 2009 Costa Rica match results by Marcos Romero at RSSSFRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics FoundationThe Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international amateur organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football...