Costa Rica
Image:Costa Rica football association.gif
Nickname(s)	Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Hernan Medford
Captain	José Francisco Porras
Most caps	Luis Marín (123)
Top scorer	Rolando Fonseca (47)
Home stadium	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
FIFA code	CRC
FIFA ranking	77
Highest FIFA ranking	13 (1990)
Lowest FIFA ranking	93 (July 1996)
Elo ranking	52
Highest Elo ranking	14 (March 1960)
Lowest Elo ranking	81 (March 1983)
First kit Second kit
First international
Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921)
Biggest win
Costa Rica 12 - 0 Puerto Rico  (Barranquilla, Colombia; December 10, 1946)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica (Mexico City, Mexico; August 17, 1975)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1990)
Best result	Round 2, 1990
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	14 (First in 1963)
Best result	Winners, 1963, 1969, 1989

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History

Costa Rica has a long-standing football culture and tradition. 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 Ruben Jimenez, Errol Daniels, Leonel Hernandez and Edgar Marin. Currently its topscorer is Rolando Fonseca with 47 goals. Rolando Fonseca Jiménez (born June 6, 1974 in San Jose, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays striker for CSD Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan first division. ...

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. Costa Rica failed to make the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying until the 1986 qualifiers.

The 1990 World Cup qualifiers represented a breakthrough. The expulsion of regional powerhouse Mexico from qualifying after they fielded overage players in a youth tournament resulted in a very open field. Costa Rica topped the final qualifying group to qualify for the World Cup for the first time. In the 1990 World Cup they would defeat Sweden and Scotland to reach the second round.

Once again, Costa Rica would reach the final stages of qualifying in the 1998 series, but fell short of qualification for the 1998 World Cup. They have since qualified for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. In 2002 they were drawn in Group C, with Brazil, Turkey and China. They came 3rd in the group, only losing out to Turkey on goal difference, both on 4 points. In 2006 they were drawn into Group A, with Germany, Poland and Ecuador. Costa Rica played Germany in the opening match of the 2006 Fifa world cup, but they lost 4-2. Their second match, against Ecuador, was a 3-0 defeat. With Poland defeated by Ecuador and Germany and eliminated, Costa Rica played them for the fight for 3rd place. Costa Rica opened the scoring on 25 minutes, but two headers from Poland gave them the 2-1 win. Costa Rica were one of the teams who finished the group stages with zero points. 2002 World Cup redirects here. ... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...

Coaching Staff

Head Coach

• Hernan Medford

Assistant Coaches Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica. ... Hernan Medford Bryan is a legendarian Costa Rican soccer player. ...

• Oscar Ramírez

Head Athletic Trainer Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica. ... Oscar Ramírez, nicknamed El Machillo (The Blondie) was a Costa Rican international soccer player, whose career is often considered as epical in his native country. ...

• Marcelo Tulbovitz

Goalkeeper's Coach Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... Marcelo Tulbovitz Dembovich is an Uruguayan soccer head athletic trainer. ...

• Luis Gabelo Conejo

Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica. ... Luis Gabelo Conejo (born 1 January 1960) is a former Costarican football goalkeeper. ...

Competitive Record

World Cup Record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Did not Enter - - - - - - 1934 Did Not Enter - - - - - - 1938 Withdrew - - - - - - 1950 Did Not Enter - - - - - - 1954 Entry not accepted by FIFA - - - - - - 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 Round 2 4 2 0 2 4 6 1994 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1998 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 2002 Round 1 3 1 1 1 5 6 2006 Round 1 3 0 0 3 3 9 Total 3/18 10 3 1 6 12 21 *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

CONCACAF Championships Record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1963 Champions 3 3 0 0 7 2 1965 Third Place 5 2 2 1 11 4 1967 Withdrew - - - - - - 1969 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 2 1971 Third Place 5 2 1 2 6 4 1973 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1977 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1981 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1985 Third Place 4 0 3 1 4 6 1989 Champions 8 5 1 2 10 6 1991 Fourth place 5 1 0 4 5 9 1993 Semi-Final 5 1 3 1 6 5 1996 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1998 Round 1 2 1 0 1 8 4 2000 Quarter-Final 3 0 2 1 5 6 2002 Final 5 3 1 1 8 5 2003 Fourth place 5 2 0 3 10 8 2005 Quarter-Final 4 2 1 1 6 4 2007 Quarter-Final 4 1 1 2 3 4 Total 3 Titles 63 27 16 20 102 69

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This was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Championship November 23, 1969, San José, Costa Rica -  Costa Rica 2 - 1  Netherlands Antilles November 24, 1969, San José, Costa Rica -  Guatemala 0 - 0  Jamaica November 27, 1969, San José, Costa Rica -  Costa Rica 1 - 1  Guatemala November 28, 1969, San Jos... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... This was the 5th CONCACAF Championship // Main article: 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification November 20, 1971, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago - Costa Rica 3 - 0 Cuba November 21, 1971, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago - Mexico 0 - 0 Haiti November 21, 1971, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 1 - 1 Honduras... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti_(1964-1986). ... The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the 6th staging of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from November 29 to December 18. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... 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Trivia

• Costa Rica is the only CONCACAF team to ever beat Mexico in the Azteca Stadium and the first team to do so in 27 years, during the World Cup qualifying round ("Aztecazo": 1-2, June 16, 2001)
• Costa Rica is the only Central American team to qualify to the World Cup tournament consecutively, in 2002 and 2006;
• Costa Rica holds the record for most participations to World Cup tournaments of a Central American team, with three appearances Italy 1990, Japan&Korea 2002 and Germany 2006;
• Costa Rica is the first (and so far the only one) Central American team to beat a European team in the World Cup (Costa Rica - Scotland 1-0, Sweden -Costa Rica 1-2, Italy '90) and the only Central American team to win at least one World Cup game.
• Costa Rica is the only Central American team to ever reach the knock-out stage of a World Cup achieved after eliminating Sweden. They are one of the four teams ever from CONCACAF to reach the second round (after United States, Cuba, and Mexico).
• In 2002 World Cup, Costa Rica was placed in the initial group of the 1st place (Brazil) and 3rd place (Turkey) at 2002 World Cup. The team tied against Turkey and lost 2-5 against Brazil, however, was the only team in the World Cup to score more than once against Brazil and has been the only team to score more than one against Brazil since Brazil lost to France 0-3 in the 1998 final.
• Costa Rica achieved their historic 1000th career goal (Rolando Fonseca) in the 1:1 draw against Chile, in an international friendly, at the Fiscal Stadium in Talca sharing the record only with México on the region.

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Current Squad

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Keylor Navas December 15, 1986 - - Deportivo Saprissa 13 GK Wardy Alfaro December 31, 1977 3 - 23LD Alajuelense GK Ricardo Gonzalez March 3, 1974 - - CS Herediano DF Andrés Núñez July 27, 1976 ? 0 Deportivo Saprissa DF Roy Myrie August 21, 1982 12 4 LD Alajuelense DF Júnior Díaz September 12, 1983 16 1 Wisła Kraków DF Harold Wallace September 7, 1975 89 3 LD Alajuelense DF Michael Umaña July 16, 1982 29 0 Municipal Liberia DF Luis Marín August 10, 1974 123 5 Maccabi Netanya DF Gonzalo Segares October 13, 1982 3 0 Chicago Fire DF Víctor Cordero November 9, 1973 44 0 Deportivo Saprissa DF Gabriel Badilla June 30, 1984 12 0 Deportivo Saprissa MF Rodolfo Rodríguez August 23, 1977 ? 0 Brujas F.C. MF José Luis López Ramírez March 31, 1981 ? 0 Deportivo Saprissa MF Walter Centeno October 6, 1974 111 19 Deportivo Saprissa MF Randall Azofeifa December 30, 1984 15 0 K.A.A. Gent MF Oscar Emilio Rojas April 27, 1979 ? ? Jaguares de Chiapas MF Carlos Hernández April 9, 1982 19 6 Melbourne Victory FW Alonso Solís October 14, 1978 ? ? Necaxa FW Rónald Gómez January 24, 1975 86 24 Deportivo Saprissa FW Victor Núñez April 15, 1980 11 4 LD Alajuelense FW Álvaro Saborío March 25, 1982 38 11 FC Sion FW Bryan Ruiz August 18, 1985 8 3 K.A.A. Gent

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