| Federation
founded: 1921 |
| FIFA
member since: 1921 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Did not participate |
| 1958 - Did not qualify |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - Second
round exit |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - Did not qualify |
| 2002 - First round exit |
| 2006 - First round exit |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
10
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| Won |
3
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| Drawn |
1
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| Lost |
6
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| Goals for |
12
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| Goals against |
21
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| Points |
10
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Costa
Rica are 38th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
2-0 vs China
in 2002.
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Biggest
defeat:
2-5 vs Brazil
in 2002.
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Overall
topscorers:
Paulo Wanchope and Ronald Gomez,
3 goals
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Most
appearances:
Luis Marin, Mauricio Solis, Walter Centeno,
Paulo Wanchope and Ronald Gomez, 6 matches
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Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Luis Gabelo Conejo |
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1930 to 1954
COSTA RICA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1958
(CONCACAF First round - Group B)
10.Feb 57 Guatemala 2-6 COSTA RICA
17.Feb 57 COSTA RICA 3-1 Guatemala
03.Mar 57 COSTA RICA 4-0 Curacao
04.Aug 57 Curacao 1-2 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.COSTA RICA 4 4 0 0 15- 4 8
2.Curacao 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
3.Guatemala 3 0 0 3 4-12 0
(CONCACAF Final round)
20.Oct 57 Mexico 2-0 COSTA RICA
27.Oct 57 COSTA RICA 1-1 Mexico
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.
1962
(CONCACAF First round - Group B)
21.Aug 60 COSTA RICA 3-2 Guatemala
28.Aug 60 Guatemala 4-4 COSTA RICA
04.Sep 60 Honduras 2-1 COSTA RICA
11.Sep 60 COSTA RICA 5-0 Honduras
P W D L Gls Pts
1.COSTA RICA 4 2 1 1 13- 8 5
Honduras 4 2 1 1 3- 7 5
3.Guatemala 4 0 2 2 7- 8 2
Play-off [in Guatemala]
14.Jan 61 COSTA RICA 1-0 Honduras
(CONCACAF Second round)
22.Mar 61 COSTA RICA 1-0 Mexico
29.Mar 61 COSTA RICA 6-0 Dutch Antilles
12.Apr 61 Mexico 4-1 COSTA RICA
23.Apr 61 Dutch Antilles 2-0 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 2 1 1 11- 2 5
2.COSTA RICA 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4
3.Dutch Antilles 4 1 1 2 2-13 3
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(CONCACAF First round - Group C)
12.Feb 65 COSTA RICA 1-0 Surinam
21.Feb 65 COSTA RICA 4-0 Trinidad/Tobago
28.Feb 65 Surinam 1-3 COSTA RICA
07.Mar 65 Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.COSTA RICA 4 4 0 0 9- 1 8
2.Surinam 4 1 0 3 8- 9 2
3.Trinidad/Tobago 4 1 0 3 5-12 2
(CONCACAF Final round)
24.Apr 65 COSTA RICA 0-0 Mexico
12.May 65 COSTA RICA 7-0 Jamaica
16.May 65 Mexico 1-0 COSTA RICA
22.May 65 Jamaica 1-1 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 3 1 0 12- 2 7
2.COSTA RICA 4 1 2 1 8- 2 4
3.Jamaica 4 0 1 3 3-19 1
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(CONCACAF First round - Group 3)
27.Nov 68 COSTA RICA 3-0 Jamaica
01.Dec 68 Jamaica 1-3 COSTA RICA
29.Dec 68 COSTA RICA 1-1 Honduras
22.Dec 68 Honduras 1-0 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Honduras 4 3 1 0 7- 2 7
2.COSTA RICA 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5
3.Jamaica 4 0 0 4 2-11 0
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(CONCACAF First round - Group C)
03.Dec 72 Honduras 2-1 COSTA RICA
10.Dec 72 COSTA RICA 3-3 Honduras
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(CONCACAF First round - Central American Zone)
04.Apr 76 Panama 3-2 COSTA RICA
11.Jul 76 COSTA RICA 3-0 Panama
01.Dec 76 El Salvador 1-1 COSTA RICA
05.Dec 76 COSTA RICA 0-0 Guatemala
12.Dec 76 Guatemala 1-1 COSTA RICA
15.Dec 76 COSTA RICA 1-1 El Salvador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Guatemala 6 3 2 1 15- 6 8
2.El Salvador 6 2 3 1 10- 7 7
3.COSTA RICA 6 1 4 1 8- 6 6
4.Panama 6 1 1 4 7-21 3
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(CONCACAF First round - Central American Zone)
10.Aug 80 Panama 1-1 COSTA RICA
01.Oct 80 COSTA RICA 2-3 Honduras
12.Oct 80 Guatemala 0-0 COSTA RICA
26.Oct 80 El Salvador 2-0 COSTA RICA
(COSTA RICA did not show up - given 2-0 by FIFA.)
05.Nov 80 COSTA RICA 2-0 Panama
16.Nov 80 Honduras 1-1 COSTA RICA
26.Nov 80 COSTA RICA 0-3 Guatemala
10.Dec 80 COSTA RICA 0-0 El Salvador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Honduras 8 5 2 1 15- 5 12
2.El Salvador 8 5 2 1 12- 5 12
3.Guatemala 8 3 3 2 10- 2 9
4.COSTA RICA 8 1 4 3 6-10 6
5.Panama 8 0 1 7 3-24 1
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
Barbados withdrew so COSTA RICA had
walkover to the second round.
(CONCACAF Second round - Group 3)
24.Apr 85 Trinidad/Tobago 0-3 COSTA RICA
28.Apr 85 COSTA RICA 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago
26.May 85 COSTA RICA 1-1 USA
31.May 85 USA 0-1 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.COSTA RICA 4 2 2 0 6- 2 6
2.USA 4 2 1 1 4- 3 5
3.Trinidad/Tobago 4 0 1 3 2- 7 1
(CONCACAF Final round)
11.Aug 85 COSTA RICA 2-2 Honduras
17.Aug 85 Canada 1-1 COSTA RICA
01.Sep 85 COSTA RICA 0-0 Canada
08.Sep 85 Honduras 3-1 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Canada 4 2 2 0 4- 2 6
2.Honduras 4 1 1 2 6- 6 3
3.COSTA RICA 4 0 3 1 4- 6 3
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
(CONCACAF First round)
17.Jul 88 COSTA RICA 1-1 Panama
31.Jul 88 Panama 0-2 COSTA RICA
(CONCACAF Second round)
Mexico disqualified for fielding overaged players
in a youth tournament. COSTA RICA had a walkover.
(CONCACAF Final round)
19.Mar 89 Guatemala 1-0 COSTA RICA
02.Apr 89 COSTA RICA 2-1 Guatemala
16.Apr 89 COSTA RICA 1-0 USA
30.Apr 89 USA 1-0 COSTA RICA
28.May 89 Trinidad/Tobago 1-1 COSTA RICA
11.Jun 89 COSTA RICA 1-0 Trinidad/Tobago
25.Jun 89 El Salvador 2-4 COSTA RICA
(Game stopped at 2-4, awarded 2-4 by FIFA.)
16.Jul 89 COSTA RICA 1-0 El Salvador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.COSTA RICA 8 5 1 2 10- 6 11
2.USA 8 4 3 1 6- 3 11
3.Trinidad/Tobago 8 3 3 2 7- 5 9
4.Guatemala 6 1 1 4 4- 7 3
5.El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2- 8 2
COSTA RICA qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(CONCACAF First round - Central American Zone)
16.Aug 92 Panama 1-0 COSTA RICA
23.Aug 92 COSTA RICA 5-1 Panama
(CONCACAF Second round - Group A)
08.Nov 92 COSTA RICA 2-3 Honduras
15.Nov 92 St Vincent 0-1 COSTA RICA
22.Nov 92 Mexico 4-0 COSTA RICA
29.Nov 92 COSTA RICA 2-0 Mexico
05.Dec 92 Honduras 2-1 COSTA RICA
13.Dec 92 COSTA RICA 5-0 St Vincent
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 6 4 1 1 22- 3 9
2.Honduras 6 4 1 1 14- 6 9
3.COSTA RICA 6 3 0 3 11- 9 6
4.Saint Vincent 6 0 0 6 0-29 0
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(CONCACAF semifinal groupstage - Group 1)
01.Sep 96 Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 COSTA RICA
17.Nov 96 COSTA RICA 3-0 Guatemala
24.Nov 96 Guatemala 1-0 COSTA RICA
01.Dec 96 COSTA RICA 2-1 USA
14.Dec 96 USA 2-1 COSTA RICA
21.Dec 96 COSTA RICA 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago
P W D L Gls Pts
1.USA 6 4 1 1 10- 5 13
2.COSTA RICA 6 4 0 2 9- 5 12
3.Guatemala 6 2 2 2 6- 9 8
4.Trinidad/Tobago 6 0 1 5 3- 9 1
(CONCACAF Final round)
16.Mar 97 COSTA RICA 0-0 Mexico
23.Mar 97 COSTA RICA 3-2 USA
04.May 97 El Salvador 2-1 COSTA RICA
11.May 97 COSTA RICA 3-1 Jamaica
01.Jun 97 Canada 1-0 COSTA RICA
10.Aug 97 COSTA RICA 0-0 El Salvador
07.Sep 97 USA 1-0 COSTA RICA
14.Sep 97 Jamaica 1-0 COSTA RICA
09.Nov 97 Mexico 3-3 COSTA RICA
16.Nov 97 COSTA RICA 3-1 Canada
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 10 4 6 0 23- 7 18
2.USA 10 4 5 1 17- 9 17
3.Jamaica 10 3 5 2 7-12 14
4.COSTA RICA 10 3 3 4 13-12 12
5.El Salvador 10 2 4 4 11-16 10
6.Canada 10 1 3 6 5-20 6
COSTA RICA failed to qualify for France 1998.
2002
(CONCACAF semifinal groupstage - Group 3)
16.Jul 00 Barbados 2-1 COSTA RICA
23.Jul 00 COSTA RICA 2-1 USA
15.Aug 00 COSTA RICA 2-1 Guatemala
03.Sep 00 COSTA RICA 3-0 Barbados
11.Oct 00 USA 0-0 COSTA RICA
15.Nov 00 Guatemala 2-1 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.United States 6 3 2 1 14- 3 11
2.COSTA RICA 6 3 1 2 9- 6 10
Guatemala 6 3 1 2 9- 6 10
4.Barbados 6 1 0 5 3-20 3
Play off [in Miami (USA)]
06.Jan 01 COSTA RICA 5-2 Guatemala
(CONCACAF Final round)
28.Feb 01 COSTA RICA 2-2 Honduras
28.Mar 01 COSTA RICA 3-0 Trinidad/Tobago
25.Apr 01 USA 1-0 COSTA RICA
16.Jun 01 Mexico 1-2 COSTA RICA
20.Jun 01 COSTA RICA 2-1 Jamaica
01.Jul 01 Honduras 2-3 COSTA RICA
01.Sep 01 Trinidad/Tobago 0-2 COSTA RICA
05.Sep 01 COSTA RICA 2-0 USA
07.Oct 01 COSTA RICA 0-0 Mexico
11.Nov 01 Jamaica 0-1 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.COSTA RICA 10 7 2 1 17- 7 23
2.Mexico 10 5 2 3 16- 9 17
3.United States 10 5 2 3 11- 8 17
4.Honduras 10 4 2 4 17-17 14
5.Jamaica 10 2 2 6 7-14 8
6.Trinidad/Tob. 10 1 2 7 5-18 5
COSTA RICA qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(CONCACAF preliminary round)
12.Jun 04 Cuba 2-2 COSTA RICA
20.Jun 04 COSTA RICA 1-1 Cuba
(CONCACAF semifinal groupstage - Group 2)
18.Aug 04 COSTA RICA 2-5 Honduras
05.Sep 04 Guatemala 2-1 COSTA RICA
08.Sep 04 COSTA RICA 1-0 Canada
09.Oct 04 COSTA RICA 5-0 Guatemala
13.Oct 04 Canada 1-3 COSTA RICA
17.Nov 04 Honduras 0-0 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.COSTA RICA 6 3 1 2 12- 8 10
2.Guatemala 6 3 1 2 7- 9 10
3.Honduras 6 1 4 1 9- 7 7
4.Canada 6 1 2 3 4- 8 5
(CONCACAF Final round)
09.Feb 05 COSTA RICA 1-2 Mexico
26.Mar 05 COSTA RICA 2-1 Panama
30.Mar 05 Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 COSTA RICA
04.Jun 05 USA 3-0 COSTA RICA
08.Jun 05 COSTA RICA 3-2 Guatemala
17.Aug 05 Mexico 2-0 COSTA RICA
03.Sep 05 Panama 1-3 COSTA RICA
07.Sep 05 COSTA RICA 2-0 Trinidad/Tobago
08.Oct 05 COSTA RICA 3-0 USA
12.Oct 05 Guatemala 3-1 COSTA RICA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.United States 10 7 1 2 16- 6 22
2.Mexico 10 7 1 2 22- 9 22
3.COSTA RICA 10 5 1 4 15-14 16
4.Trinidad/Tobago 10 4 1 5 10-15 13
5.Guatemala 10 3 2 5 16-18 11
6.Panama 10 0 2 8 4-21 2
COSTA RICA qualified for Germany 2006.
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