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Costa Rica
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ticos, Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
AssociationFederación Costarricense de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
CaptainBryan Ruiz
Most capsWalter Centeno (137)
Top scorerRolando Fonseca (47)
Home stadiumEstadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
FIFA codeCRC
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current49
Highest17 (May 2003)
Lowest93 (July 1996)
First international
Costa Rica Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921)
Biggest win
Costa Rica Costa Rica 12 - 0 Puerto Rico 
(Barranquilla, Colombia; December 10, 1946)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica Costa Rica
(Mexico City, Mexico; August 17, 1975)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1990)
Best resultRound 2, 1990
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1963)
Best resultWinners, 1963, 1969,
1989
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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, and 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 up a solid showing in 2002 where they had the misfortune to be 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 finish ever, finishing 31st out of 32 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 three Copa América tournaments, making the quarterfinals on their last two visits.

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.

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.

Coaching staff

Manager

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach 2

Head Athletic Trainer

Goalkeeper's Coach

  • TBA

Medic

  • TBA

Massage Therapist

  • TBA

Competitive record


2010 World Cup qualifying

Round 4: Hexagonal

Template:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Fourth Round

Current Squad

Recent call-ups

Overseas players

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Keylor Navas (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 38) 20 0 Spain Albacete
1GK Mauricio Vargas Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day 0 0 Spain Albacete Junior
1GK Esteban Alvarado (1989-04-28) 28 April 1989 (age 35) 1 0 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
2DF Gilberto Martínez (1979-10-01) 1 October 1979 (age 45) 59 0 Italy Brescia
2DF Júnior Díaz (1983-09-12) 12 September 1983 (age 41) 40 0 Belgium Club Brugge
2DF Roy Myrie (1982-08-12) 12 August 1982 (age 42) 22 6 Belgium Gent
2DF Carlos Johnson (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 (age 40) 8 0 Colombia Once Caldas
2DF Dennis Marshall (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 (age 39) 8 0 Denmark Aalborg
2DF Cristian Gamboa (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 34) 4 0 Norway Fredrikstad
2DF Pablo Chinchilla (1978-12-21) 21 December 1978 (age 46) 39 1 Austria LASK Linz
2DF Roy Miller (1984-11-24) 24 November 1984 (age 40) 15 0 United States New York Red Bulls
2DF Gonzalo Segares (1982-10-13) 13 October 1982 (age 42) 17 0 United States Chicago Fire
2DF Leonardo González (1980-11-21) 21 November 1980 (age 44) 60 1 United States Seattle Sounders
2DF Michael Umaña (1982-07-16) 16 July 1982 (age 42) 41 0 United States Chivas USA
2DF Darío Delgado (1985-12-14) 14 December 1985 (age 39) 5 0 United States Chivas USA
2DF Rodney Wallace (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 36) 0 0 United States D.C. United
2DF Porfirio López Meza (1985-09-10) 10 September 1985 (age 39) 0 0 China Dalian Shide
2DF Felicio Brown Forbes (1991-08-28) 28 August 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Germany Nürnberg
2DF Jordan Smith Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day 0 0 France Le Havre AC Junior
3MF Randall Azofeifa (1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 (age 40) 25 1 Belgium Gent
3MF Celso Borges (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 36) 23 7 Norway Fredrikstad
3MF Michael Barrantes (1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 41) 20 1 Norway Aalesund
3MF Pablo Herrera (1987-02-14) 14 February 1987 (age 37) 23 3 Norway Aalesund
3MF Bryan Oviedo (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Denmark FC Copenhagen
3MF Carlos Hernández (1982-04-09) 9 April 1982 (age 42) 33 7 Australia Melbourne Victory
3MF Marvin Angulo (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38) 2 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
3MF Óscar Rojas (1978-03-27) 27 March 1978 (age 46) 19 1 Mexico Indios
3MF Rodolfo Rodríguez (1980-02-27) 27 February 1980 (age 44) 9 0 China Tianjin Teda F.C.
3MF Kurt Morsink (1984-06-27) 27 June 1984 (age 40) 0 0 United States D.C. United
4FW Bryan Ruiz (1985-08-18) 18 August 1985 (age 39) 36 9 Netherlands Twente
4FW Christian Bolaños (1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 40) 33 1 Denmark FC Copenhagen
4FW Álvaro Saborío (1982-05-25) 25 May 1982 (age 42) 60 19 United States Real Salt Lake
4FW Rolando Fonseca (1974-01-03) 3 January 1974 (age 51) 46 Guatemala Comunicaciones
4FW Winston Parks (1981-10-12) 12 October 1981 (age 43) 28 6 Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran
4FW Andy Herron (1978-03-02) 2 March 1978 (age 46) 17 8 Guatemala USAC
4FW Jean Carlos Solórzano (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 37) 1 0 Australia Brisbane Roar
4FW Mynor Escoe (1991-04-06) 6 April 1991 (age 33) 0 0 France Lorient Junior
4FW Jonathan McDonald (1987-10-28) 28 October 1987 (age 37) 0 0 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
4FW Johnny Woodly Lambert (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980 (age 44) 0 0 China Chongqing Lifan

Managers

Name Period Country
Randolph Galloway 1946-1948 England
Vacant 1948-1950
Otto Bumbel 1950-1956 Brazil
Luis Lucho Tirado 1956-1958 Chile
Hugo Tassara Olivares 1958-1960 Chile
Eduardo Toba 1960-1961 Spain
Alfredo Piedra 1961-1962 Costa Rica
Mario Cordero 1962-1965 Costa Rica
Eduardo Viso Abella 1965-1971 Spain
Humberto Maschio 1971-1975 Argentina
José Etchegoyen 1975-1980 Uruguay
Antonio Moyano Reyna 1980-1985 Spain
Odir Jacques 1985-1987 Brazil
Gustavo de Simone 1987-1989 Uruguay
Marvin Rodríguez 1989-1990 Costa Rica
Bora Milutinovic 1990 Serbia
Rolando Villalobos 1991-1992 Costa Rica
Héctor Núñez 1992 Uruguay
Juan José Gamez 1993 Costa Rica
Toribio Rojas 1993-1995 Costa Rica
Ignacio Núñez 1995 Costa Rica
Valdeir Viera 1996 Brazil
Horacio Cordero 1997 Argentina
Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes 1997 Costa Rica
Rolando Villalobos 1998 Costa Rica
Francisco Maturana 1999 Colombia
Marvin Rodríguez 1999-2000 Costa Rica
Gilson Siqueira Nunes 2000 Brazil
Alexandre Guimaraes 2001-2002 Brazil Costa Rica
Rodrigo Kenton 2002 Costa Rica
Steve Sampson 2002-2004 United States
Jorge Luis Pinto 2004-2005 Colombia
Alexandre Guimaraes 2005-2006 Brazil Costa Rica
Hernán Medford 2006-2008 Costa Rica
Rodrigo Kenton 2008-2009 Costa Rica
René Simoes 2009 Brazil
Rónald González Brenes 2009-2010 Costa Rica
Ricardo Lavolpe 2010 Argentina

References

Preceded by
Inaugural Champion
 CONCACAF Champions
1963 (First title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by CONCACAF Champions
1969 (Second title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by CONCACAF Champions
1989 (Third title) 		Succeeded by
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