Costa Rica national football team

Costa Rica

Nickname(s)	Ticos La Sele (The Selection)
Association	Costa Rican Football Federation
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Jorge Luis Pinto[1]
Captain	Bryan Ruiz
Most caps	Walter Centeno (137)
Top scorer	Rolando Fonseca (47)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
FIFA code	CRC
FIFA ranking	62
Highest FIFA ranking	17 (May 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking	93 (July 1996)
Elo ranking	43
Highest Elo ranking	14 (March 1960)
Lowest Elo ranking	81 (March 1983)
Home colours Away colours
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 of 16, 1990
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	15 (First in 1963)
Best result	Winners, 1963, 1969, 1989
Copa América
Appearances	3 (First in 1997)
Best result	Quarter-Finals, 2001 and 2004

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.

History

Costa Rica has a long-standing football culture and tradition.

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.^[2]

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.

1980s and early 1990s

Qualifying Italy 1990

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup

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.

Main article: 1989 CONCACAF Championship Qualifying Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Costa Rica 8 5 1 2 10 6 +4 11  United States 8 4 3 1 6 3 +3 11  Trinidad and Tobago 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 9  Guatemala 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 3  El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 In right, the team that played against Scotland in the World Cup Italy 1990.

Gabelo Conejo Chavarria Flores (C) Montero edit] 1990s and early 2000s After his brilliant performance in the Italian summer, the national team failed to qualify for World Cup USA 1994 and France 1998 for lack of planning and poor results. It was important and historical moment when, in 1997 was invited to Costa Rica's national selection for the first time America's Cup, in this occasion to that of Bolivia 1997, which opened the doors to the South American zone. Main article: 1997 Copa America Qualifying Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9  Mexico 3 1 1 1 5 5 - 4  Colombia 3 1 0 2 5 5 - 3  Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 2 10 +8 1 Qualifying Korea / Japan 2002 Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup After the resounding failures in qualifying for the World Cup 1994 and World Cup 1998, won the qualification for the World Cup 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. Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF final round Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Costa Rica 10 7 2 1 17 7 10 23  Mexico 10 5 2 3 16 9 7 17  United States 10 5 2 3 11 8 3 17  Honduras 10 4 2 4 17 17 0 14  Jamaica 10 2 2 6 7 14 -7 8  Trinidad and Tobago 10 1 2 7 5 18 -13 5 The best punctuation of the story so far in a hexagonal (23 pts). Lonnis (C) Wallace Marín Martínez Castro Parks Centeno Solís López Wanchope Gómez Qualifying Germany 2006 Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup 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 group (Uruguay). Uruguay won the play-off and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 18 November 2009. Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg   Costa Rica  1–2  Uruguay 0–1 1–1 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 Ruiz, 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: Friendly 26 January, 2010 Argentina  3 – 2  Costa Rica San Juan, Argentina   20:15 UTC-8 Jose Sosa  12' Guillermo Burdisso  38' Franco Jara  79' (Report) Michael Barrantes  20' Diego Madrigal  76' Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Attendance: 19,626 Referee: () Friendly 3 March 2010 France  2 – 1  Costa Rica Lens, France   20:00 UTC+2 Sequeira  22' (o.g.) Valbuena 83' Report Hernández  12' Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia) Friendly 29 March 2011 Costa Rica  0 – 0  Argentina San José, Costa Rica   19:30 (UTC+08:00) Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Referee: () 2011 Copa America July 12, 2011 Argentina  3 – 0  Costa Rica Córdoba, Argentina   18:30 Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 25,000 Friendly 7 October 2011 Costa Rica  0 – 1  Brazil San José, Costa Rica   20:00 (UTC-6) Neymar  57' Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 25,000 Friendly 15 November 2011 Costa Rica  2 - 2  Spain San José, Costa Rica   15:00 (UTC-6) Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica World Cup qualifying 2014 Historical and memorable games Main article: Costa Rica national football team Historical and memorables games Date Home team Away team Score Venue Competition 10 June 1960  Costa Rica  Brazil 3–0 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Panamerican Championship 11 June 1990  Costa Rica  Scotland 1–0 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa 1990 World Cup 16 June 1990  Costa Rica  Sweden 2–1 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa 1990 World Cup 16 June 2001  Costa Rica  Mexico 2–1 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 June 2002  Costa Rica  China PR 2–0 Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju 2002 World Cup 9 June 2002  Costa Rica  Turkey 1–1 Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon 2002 World Cup 15 November 2011  Costa Rica  Spain 2–2 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (2011), Costa Rica Friendly Competitive record World Cup record FIFA World Cup record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Did Not Enter 1934 1938 Withdrew 1950 Did Not Enter 1954 1958 Did Not Qualify 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 Round of 16 16th 4 2 0 2 4 6 1994 Did Not Qualify 1998 2002 Group Stage 19th 3 1 1 1 5 6 2006 Group Stage 31st 3 0 0 3 3 9 2010 Did Not Qualify 2014 To Be Determined 2018 2022 Total Round of 16 3/19 10 3 1 6 12 21 CONCACAF Championships record Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1963 Champions 6 5 1 0 14 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 5 1973 to 1981 Did Not Qualify 1985 Third Place 8 2 5 1 10 8 1989 Champions 8 5 1 2 10 6 1991 Fourth Place 5 1 0 4 5 9 1993 Semi-Finals 5 1 3 1 6 5 1996 Did Not Qualify 1998 Group Stage 2 1 0 1 8 4 2000 Quarter-Finals 3 0 2 1 5 6 2002 Runners-Up 5 3 1 1 8 5 2003 Fourth Place 5 2 0 3 10 8 2005 Quarter-Finals 4 2 1 1 6 4 2007 Quarter-Finals 4 1 1 2 3 4 2009 Semi-Finals 5 2 2 1 10 6 2011 Quarter-Finals 4 1 2 1 8 6 Total 3 Titles 79 34 23 22 133 84 Copa América record CONMEBOL Copa América record 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 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 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 1941 Champions 1943– 3rd Place 1946 – Champions 1948 – Champions 1951 – Runner-up 1953 – Champions 1955 – Champions 1957 – Group Stage/Did not participate 1960 – Champions 1961 – Champions Pan American Games record 1951 – Second Place 1955 – Did not participate 1959 – Fifth place 1963 to 1971 – Did not participate 1975 – Fourth place 1979 – Round 2 1983 to 1991 – Did not participate 1995 – Quarterfinals 1999 – Round 1 2003 – Did not participate 2007 – Round 1 2011 - Semifinals Panamerican Championship record 1952 – Did not participate 1956 – Third Place 1960 – Fourth place Results and Fixtures Main article: Costa Rica national football team match results see also 2010 Costa Rica national team results. see also 2011 Costa Rica national team results see also 2012 Costa Rica national team results Group A June 5, 2011 Costa Rica  5 – 0  Cuba Arlington, Texas, United States   19:00 (UTC−05:00) Marco Ureña  6' Alvaro Saborío  41' Marco Ureña  46' Heiner Mora  47' Joel Campbell  71' Stadium: Cowboys Stadium Attendance: 80, 000 Group A June 9, 2011 Costa Rica  1 – 1  El Salvador Charlotte, United States   19:00 Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Group A June 12, 2011 Mexico  4 – 1  Costa Rica Chicago, United States   18:30 Stadium: Soldier Field Quarterfinals June 18, 2011 Costa Rica  1 – 1 (2 – 4 pen)  Honduras East Rutherford, United States   17:00 UTC−4 Marshall  56' Report Bengtson  49' Stadium: New Meadowlands Stadium Attendance: 78,807 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)     Penalties   Borges Ruiz Saborío Campbell   Costly Bernárdez Palacios Bengtson Group A July 2, 2011 Colombia  1 – 0  Costa Rica Jujuy, Argentina   15:30 Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto Group A July 7, 2011 Costa Rica  2 – 0  Bolivia Jujuy, Argentina   19:00 Marco Ureña  48' Marco Ureña  82' Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto Group A July 12, 2011 Argentina  3 – 0  Costa Rica Córdoba, Argentina   18:30 Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 25,000 Friendly 10 Aug 2011 Costa Rica  0 – 2  Ecuador San José, Costa Rica   20:00 (UTC-6) Suárez  54' Méndez  67' Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Friendly 2 Sep 2011 United States  0 – 1  Costa Rica Carson, California   20:00 (UTC-8) Wallace  65' Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 15,798 Referee: Jose Molina Friendly 6 Sep 2011 Ecuador  4 – 0  Costa Rica Quito, Ecuador   16:00 (UTC-5) Suárez  21' Ayoví  28' Castillo  59' Benítez  75' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) Friendly 7 October 2011 Costa Rica  0 – 1  Brazil San José, Costa Rica   20:00 (UTC-6) Neymar  57' Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 25,000 Friendly 11 November 2011 Panama  2 - 0  Costa Rica Panama City, Panama   20:00 (UTC-5) Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Friendly 15 November 2011 Costa Rica  2 - 2  Spain San José, Costa Rica   15:00 (UTC-6) Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Friendly 11 December 2011 Cuba  v  Costa Rica La Habana, Cuba   20:00 (UTC-5) Friendly 22 December 2011 Venezuela  v  Costa Rica Barquisimeto, Venezuela   15:00 (UTC-6) Stadium: Metropolitano de Lara Friendly 2012 Colombia  v  Costa Rica   19:00 Friendly 2012 Costa Rica  v  Colombia   18:30 World Cup Qualifiers 8 June 2012 Costa Rica  v  El Salvador San José, Costa Rica   20:00 (UTC-6) Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica World Cup Qualifiers 12 June 2012 Guyana  v  Costa Rica Providence, Guyana   20:00 (UTC-8) Stadium: Providence Stadium World Cup Qualifiers 7 September 2012 Costa Rica  v  Mexico San José, Costa Rica   16:00 (UTC-5) Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica World Cup Qualifiers 11 September 2012 Mexico  v  Costa Rica Mexico City, Mexico   20:00 (UTC-6) Stadium: Estadio Azteca World Cup Qualifiers 12 October 2012 El Salvador  v  Costa Rica San Salvador, El Salvador   20:00 (UTC-5) Stadium: Cuscatlan World Cup Qualifiers 16 October 2012 Costa Rica  v  Guyana San José, Costa Rica   15:00 (UTC-6) Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Players Costa Rica international footballers in present Current squad The following 20 players was called up for the friendly match 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. 0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Keylor Navas 5 December 1986 (1986-12-05) (age 24) 32 0 Levante 18 GK Víctor Bolivar 28 April 1989 (1989-04-28) (age 22) 2 0 Saprissa 2 DF José Salvatierra October 10, 1989 (1989-10-10) (age 22) 10 0 Alajuelense 3 DF Jhonny Acosta July 21, 1983 (1983-07-21) (age 28) 12 0 Alajuelense 4 DF Michael Umaña 16 June 1982 (1982-06-16) (age 29) 49 0 Chivas USA 8 DF Roy Myrie August 21, 1982 (1982-08-21) (age 29) 23 6 Gent 15 DF Júnior Díaz 12 September 1983 (1983-09-12) (age 28) 47 1 Wisła Kraków 17 DF Gabriel Badilla July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 27) 22 1 Saprissa 20 DF Roy Miller 24 November 1984 (1984-11-24) (age 26) 28 0 New York Red Bulls 24 DF Bryan Oviedo 18 February 1990 (1990-02-18) (age 21) 12 1 København 6 MF José Luis López October 19, 1981 (1981-10-19) (age 30) 26 0 Saprissa 11 MF Michael Barrantes 4 October 1983 (1983-10-04) (age 28) 30 2 Aalesunds 13 MF Allen Guevara April 16, 1989 (1989-04-16) (age 22) 10 0 Alajuelense 14 MF Randall Azofeifa 30 December 1984 (1984-12-30) (age 26) 31 1 Gençlerbirliği 16 MF Carlos Hernández April 9, 1982 (1982-04-09) (age 29) 34 7 Melbourne Victory 22 MF José Miguel Cubero March 19, 1987 (1987-03-19) (age 24) 13 0 Herediano MF Éder Nelson March 19, 1988 (1988-03-19) (age 23) 0 0 Puntarenas 9 FW Olman Vargas 23 May 1985 (1985-05-23) (age 26) 0 0 Herediano 10 FW Bryan Ruiz 18 August 1985 (1985-08-18) (age 26) 45 9 Fulham 12 FW Joel Campbell June 26, 1992 (1992-06-26) (age 19) 9 3 Lorient 19 FW Randall Brenes August 12, 1983 (1983-08-12) (age 28) 14 5 Cartaginés 21 FW Winston Parks 12 October 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 30) 30 6 Baku Recent Call-ups The following players were call-up during the 2011 national team matches.[3] Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK Esteban Alvarado 28 April 1989 (1989-04-28) (age 22) 2 0 AZ v.  Spain, 15 November, 2011 (Friendly) GK Daniel Cambronero 8 January 1986 (1986-01-08) (age 25) 1 0 Herediano v.  Brazil, October 7, 2011 (Friendly) GK Leonel Moreira April 2, 1990 (1990-04-02) (age 21) 3 0 Herediano v.  Ecuador, September 6, 2011 (Friendly) GK Danny Carvajal April 12, 1990 (1990-04-12) (age 21) 0 0 San Carlos v.  Ecuador, September 6, 2011 (Friendly) GK Minor Álvarez November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14) (age 22) 0 0 Belén Siglo XXI v.  Argentina, July 11, 2011 (Friendly) DF Heiner Mora June 20, 1984 (1984-06-20) (age 27) 17 1 Saprissa v.  Brazil, October 7, 2011 (Friendly) DF José Mena February 2, 1989 (1989-02-02) (age 22) 5 0 Saprissa v.  Ecuador, September 6, 2011 (Friendly) DF Óscar Duarte June 3, 1989 (1989-06-03) (age 22) 7 0 Saprissa v.  Ecuador, August 10, 2011 (Friendly) DF Pedro Leal January 31, 1989 (1989-01-31) (age 22) 7 0 Senica v.  Ecuador, August 10, 2011 (Friendly) DF Francisco Calvo July 8, 1992 (1992-07-08) (age 19) 3 0 Herediano v.  Argentina, July 11, 2011 (2011 Copa América) DF Gilberto Martínez 30 October 1979 (1979-10-30) (age 32) 61 0 Brescia v.  Argentina, March 29, 2011 (Friendly) DF Dave Myrie 1 June 1988 (1988-06-01) (age 23) 7 0 Fredrikstad v.  China PR, March 26, 2011 (Friendly) DF Darío Delgado 14 December 1985 (1985-12-14) (age 25) 12 0 Guangdong Sunray Cave v.  Venezuela, February 9, 2011 (Friendly) DF Cristian Gamboa 24 October 1989 (1989-10-24) (age 22) 8 0 København v.  Honduras, February 9, 2011 (2011 Copa Centroamericana) MF Christian Bolaños 17 May 1984 (1984-05-17) (age 27) 38 1 København v.  Spain, 15 November, 2011 (Friendly) MF Diego Madrigal March 19, 1989 (1989-03-19) (age 22) 12 1 Herediano v.  Brazil, October 7, 2011 (Friendly) MF José Luis Cordero May 12, 1988 (1988-05-12) (age 23) 0 0 Herediano v.  Brazil, October 7, 2011 (Friendly) MF David Guzmán February 18, 1990 (1990-02-18) (age 21) 11 0 Saprissa v.  Ecuador, September 6, 2011 (Friendly) MF Álvaro Sánchez 2 August 1984 (1984-08-02) (age 27) 9 2 San Carlos v.  Ecuador, September 6, 2011 (Friendly) MF Rodney Wallace 17 June 1988 (1988-06-17) (age 23) 2 1 Portland Timbers v.  Ecuador, September 6, 2011 (Friendly) MF Luis Miguel Valle May 11, 1989 (1989-05-11) (age 22) 2 0 Alajuelense v.  Ecuador, August 10, 2011 (Friendly) MF Celso Borges 27 May 1988 (1988-05-27) (age 23) 35 9 Fredrikstad v.  Honduras, June 18, 2011 (2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup) FW Álvaro Saborío 25 May 1982 (1982-05-25) (age 29) 55 23 Real Salt Lake v.  Spain, 15 November, 2011 (Friendly) FW Jonathan McDonald October 28, 1987 (1987-10-28) (age 24) 1 0 Kalmar FF v.  Brazil, October 7, 2011 (Friendly) FW Josué Martínez March 25, 1990 (1990-03-25) (age 21) 16 2 Saprissa v.  Ecuador, September 6, 2011 (Friendly) FW Marco Ureña 5 March 1990 (1990-03-05) (age 21) 18 7 Kuban Krasnodar v.  Ecuador, August 10, 2011 (Friendly) FW César Elizondo February 10, 1988 (1988-02-10) (age 23) 10 0 Saprissa v.  Ecuador, August 10, 2011 (Friendly) 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 Name Caps Career 1 Walter Centeno 137 1995–2009 2 Luis Marín 127 1993–2009 3 Rolando Fonseca 112 1992–2011 4 Mauricio Solís 110 1993–2006 5 Harold Wallace 100 1995–2009 6 Ronald Gomez 91 1995–2008 7 Hernán Medford 89 1987–2002 8 Erick Lonnis 76 1992–2002 9 Wilmer López 76 1995–2003 10 Oscar Ramirez 75 1985–1997 Players with most goals Player Goals Career 1 Rolando Fonseca 47 1992–2009 2 Paulo Wanchope 45 1996–2008 3 Juan Ulloa 27 1955–1970 4 Ronald Gómez 24 1993–2008 5 Jorge Hernán Monge 23 1955–1961 6 Walter Centeno 24 1995–2009 7 Alvaro Saborio 23 2002– 8 Hernán Medford 18 1987–2002 9 Rafael Madrigal 15 10 Rodolfo Herrera 14 Managers In all times Name Period Country Randolph Galloway 1946–1948 Vacant 1948–1950 Otto Bumbel 1950–1956 Luis Lucho Tirado 1956–1958 Hugo Tassara Olivares 1958–1960 Eduardo Toba 1960–1961 Alfredo Piedra 1961–1962 Mario Cordero 1962–1965 Eduardo Viso Abella 1965–1971 Humberto Maschio 1971–1975 José Etchegoyen 1975–1980 Antonio Moyano Reyna 1980–1985 Odir Jacques 1985–1987 Gustavo de Simone 1987–1989 Marvin Rodríguez 1989–1990 Bora Milutinovic 1990 Rolando Villalobos 1991–1992 Héctor Núñez 1992 Juan José Gamez 1993 Toribio Rojas 1993–1995 Ignacio Núñez 1995 Valdeir Viera 1996 Horacio Cordero 1997 Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes 1997 Rolando Villalobos 1998 Francisco Maturana 1999 Marvin Rodríguez 1999–2000 Gilson Siqueira Nunes 2000 Alexandre Guimarães 2001–2002 Rodrigo Kenton 2002 Steve Sampson 2002–2004 Jorge Luis Pinto 2004–2005 Alexandre Guimarães 2005–2006 Hernán Medford 2006–2008 Rodrigo Kenton 2008–2009 René Simoes 2009 Rónald González Brenes 2009–2010 Ricardo La Volpe 2010–2011 Rónald González Brenes 2011 Jorge Luis Pinto 2011- Current coaching staff Manager Jorge Luis Pinto Assistant Coach Paulo Wanchope Assistant Coach 2 Luis Marin Assistant Coach 3 Vacant Head Athletic Trainer Erick Sánchez Goalkeeper's Coach Luis Gabelo Conejo Medic Alejandro Ramírez Elizondo Massage Therapist TBA Record versus other nations As of 2011-03-25 Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Argentina 6 0 2 4 5 12 -7 2  Austria 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1  Barbados 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3  Belgium 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0  Belize 4 4 0 0 13 2 +11 8  Bolivia 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6  Brazil 5 1 1 3 6 16 -10 3  Cameroon 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 3  Canada 18 7 7 4 19 14 +5  Chile 9 5 2 2 10 8 +2  China PR 5 2 2 1 8 6 +2 8  Colombia 10 2 0 8 11 24 -13 6  Cuba 13 11 2 0 44 8 +36  Curaçao 20 13 3 4 44 20 +24  Dominican Republic 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 2  Ecuador 11 1 5 5 9 18 -9 8  El Salvador 53 28 14 11 87 53 +34 70  Finland 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3  France 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0  Germany 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0  Grenada 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 2  Guadeloupe 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0  Guatemala 33 14 16 7 48 43 +5 44  Guyana  Haiti 14 9 1 4 29 12 +17 19  Honduras 52 20 17 17 97 69 +28 46  Iran 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 1  Italy 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0  Jamaica 19 10 4 5 38 17 +21 24  Japan 2 0 1 1 7 8 -1 1  Morocco 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 2  Martinique 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 2  Mexico 28 5 5 18 22 55 -33 15  Netherlands Antilles 11 5 3 3 24 20 +4 13  New Zealand 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3  Nicaragua 12 11 1 0 46 6 +40 23  Norway 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0  Panama 37 24 5 8 66 21 +45 53  Paraguay 5 1 2 2 3 5 -2 4  Peru 7 2 3 2 10 10 0 7  Poland 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 2  Puerto Rico 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0  Russia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 6 0 0 36 4 +32 12  Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 2  Scotland 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 2  Slovakia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 2  Spain  South Africa 1 1 0 0 1 2 -1 0  South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 5 – 4  Switzerland 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 3  Suriname 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4  Sweden 2 1 0 1 2 2 - 2  Trinidad and Tobago 15 7 6 2 24 15 +9 20  Turkey 1 0 1 0 1 1 - 1  Ukraine 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0  Uruguay 8 0 2 6 8 15 -7 2  United States 29 12 6 11 35 31 +4  Venezuela 8 2 2 4 7 8 -1 6  Wales 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0  Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 Totals 434 185 113 136 689 555 +134 483 Facts Costa Rica was the first Central American football team to win a game at a World Cup tournament. Costa Rica is the only Central American football team to to qualify for next round in FIFA World Cup, U-20 World Cup, U-17 World Cup and Olympic Games. Costa Rica finished in first place in the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationwith 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 team Costa Rica national under-20 football team Costa Rica national under-17 football team Costa Rica at the FIFA World Cup Costa Rica international footballers in all times References ^ Pinto was appointed as Costa Rica Manager ^ Romero, Marcos (28 August 2009). "Costa Rica International Soccer Matches Since 1920". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cos-intres.html. Retrieved 2 November 2010.  ^ "Copa Centroamericana squad released (Spanish)". CONCACAF. http://www.es.concacaf.com/page/CopaCentroamericana/PerfilesyAlineacionesDetalle/0,,12814~1051969,00.html. Retrieved 2011-01-14.  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 RSSSF Preceded by Inaugural Champion CONCACAF Champions 1963 (First title) Succeeded by 1965 Mexico  Preceded by 1967 Guatemala  CONCACAF Champions 1969 (Second title) Succeeded by 1971 Mexico  Preceded by 1985 Canada  CONCACAF Champions 1989 (Third title) Succeeded by 1991 United States  Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Cotransporter John W. 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