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Costa Rica national football team

National Football Team
NameCosta Rica
NicknameTicos, Tricolor, La Sele (Selección)
AssociationFederación Costarricense de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachArgentina Ricardo La Volpe
CaptainBryan Ruiz
Most capsWalter Centeno (137)
Top scorerRolando Fonseca (47)
Home stadiumEstadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
FIFA codeCRC
FIFA ranking53
Highest FIFA ranking17 (May 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking93 (July 1996)
Elo ranking41
Highest Elo ranking14 (March 1960)
Lowest Elo ranking81 (March 1983)
World Cup Statistics
First internationalCosta Rica Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921)
Biggest winCosta Rica Costa Rica 12 - 0 Puerto Rico
(Barranquilla, Colombia; December 10, 1946)
Biggest defeatMexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica Costa Rica
(Mexico City, Mexico; August 17, 1975)
Appearances3
First World Cup1990
Best resultRound 2, 1990
Regional cup statistics
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances14
First apps.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.

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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

World Cup record :
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1930 to 1934 did not enter
France 1938 Withdrew
Brazil 1950 Did not enter
Switzerland 1954 Entry not accepted by FIFA
1958 to 1986 Did not qualify
Italy 1990 Round 2 4 2 0 2 4 6
1994 to 1998 Did not qualify
South KoreaJapan 2002 Round 1 3 1 1 1 5 6
Germany 2006 Round 1 3 0 0 3 3 9
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify
Total 3/19 10 3 1 6 12 21

CONCACAF Championships record :
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
El Salvador 1963 Champions 6 5 1 0 14 2
Guatemala 1965 Third Place 5 2 2 1 11 4
Honduras 1967 Withdrew
Costa Rica 1969 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 2
Trinidad and Tobago 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
United States 1991 Fourth place 5 1 0 4 5 9
United StatesMexico 1993 Semi-Final 5 1 3 1 6 5
United States 1996 Did not qualify
United States 1998 Round 1 2 1 0 1 8 4
United States 2000 Quarter-Final 3 0 2 1 5 6
United States 2002 Runners-Up 5 3 1 1 8 5
United StatesMexico 2003 Fourth place 5 2 0 3 10 8
United States 2005 Quarter-Final 4 2 1 1 6 4
United States 2007 Quarter-Final 4 1 1 2 3 4
United States 2009 Semi-Final 5 2 2 1 10 6
Total 3 Titles 75 33 21 21 125 78

Recent Call-Up :
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 La Volpe 2010 Argentina


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International association football

AsiaAFCAsian Cup
AfricaCAFAfrica Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAFGold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFCNations Cup
EuropeUEFAEuropean Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-BoardViva World Cup

National association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana* , Grenada, Guadeloupe*, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique* , Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint-Martin*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten* , Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States

2006 FIFA World Cup finalists

ChampionsItaly
Runners-upFrance
Third placeGermany
Fourth placePortugal
Eliminated in the quarter-finalsArgentina, Brazil, England, Ukraine
Eliminated in the round of 16Australia, Ecuador, Ghana, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Eliminated in the group stageAngola, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Paraguay, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Serbia & Montenegro, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United States

2002 FIFA World Cup finalists

ChampionsBrazil
Runners-upGermany
Third placeTurkey
Fourth placeKorea Republic
Eliminated in the quarter-finalsEngland, Senegal, Spain, USA
Eliminated in the round of 16Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Paraguay, Republic of Ireland, Sweden
Eliminated in the group stageArgentina, Cameroon, Costa Rica, China PR, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Tunisia, Uruguay

1990 FIFA World Cup finalists

ChampionsWest Germany
Runners-upArgentina
Third placeItaly
Fourth placeEngland
Eliminated in the quarter-finalsCameroon, Czechoslovakia, Republic of Ireland, Yugoslavia
Eliminated in the round of 16Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Uruguay
Eliminated in the group stageAustria, Egypt, Korea Republic, Scotland, Soviet Union, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United States



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