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| Federation founded: 1921 |
| FIFA member since: 1921 |
| Confederation: CONCACAF |
| Colours: Red and blue |
| Nicknames: Los Ticos |
| World Cups qualified for: 5 (of 21) |
| Best results: Quarter-final 2014 |
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 WORLD CUP RANKING
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| P 18
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W 5
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D 5
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L 8
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GF 19
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GA 28
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Pts 20
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Costa Rica
is 31st on the all-time table.
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TEAM RECORDS
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| Champions |
- |
| Finalists |
- |
| Semi-finalists (or top 4) |
- |
| Quarter-finalists (or top 8) |
2014 |
| Biggest win |
3-1 vs Uruguay 2014 |
| Biggest loss |
2-5 vs Brazil 2002 |
| Most wins in a row |
2 |
| Most losses in a row |
4 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
5 |
| Longest run without win |
6 |
| Longest run qualifying |
2 (2002-06) & (2014- ) |
| Longest run not qualifying |
8 (1958-86) |
| Penalty shoot-outs |
1 win, 1 loss |
| CRC vs Europe |
W3 - D5 - L4 |
| CRC vs South America |
W1 - D0 - L4 |
| CRC vs Asia |
W1 - D0 - L0 |
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MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
|
| Christian Bolaņos |
9 |
2006-18 |
| Celso Borges |
8 |
2014-18 |
| Christian Gamboa |
8 |
2014-18 |
| Giancarlo Gonzalez |
8 |
2014-18 |
| Keylor Navas |
8 |
2014-18 |
| Bryan Ruiz |
8 |
2014-18 |
| Joel Campbell |
7 |
2014-18 |
| Michael Umaņa |
7 |
2006-14 |
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MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
|
| Ronald Gomez |
3 |
2002-06 |
| Paulo Wanchope |
3 |
2002-06 |
| Bryan Ruiz |
2 |
2014-18 |
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1990 1R Scotland W 1-0
1R Brazil L 0-1
1R Sweden W 2-1
2R Czechoslovakia L 1-4
2002 1R China W 2-0
1R Turkey D 1-1
1R Brazil L 2-5
2006 1R Germany L 2-4
1R Ecuador L 0-3
1R Poland L 1-2
2014 1R Uruguay W 3-1
1R Italy W 1-0
1R England D 0-0
2R Greece [5-3 ap] D 1-1
QF Netherlands [3-4 ap] D 0-0
2018 1R Serbia L 0-1
1R Brazil L 0-2
1R Switzerland D 2-2
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