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Costa Rica national football team

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The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed Los Ticos, is the national team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. They have qualified for three World Cups, reaching the last sixteen on their debut in 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. Recently Los Ticos qualified for the 2006 World Cup.

Costa Rica
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Los Ticos, Tricolor, Sele
AssociationFederación Costarricense
de Fútbol
Head coachAlexandre Guimaraes, 2005-
Most capsLuis Marín (122)
Top scorerPaulo Wanchope (45)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 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)
Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica
(Mexico City, Mexico; October 23, 1975)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1990)
Best resultRound 2
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1991)
Best resultSecond place, 2002
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Costa Rica's best finish in the CONCACAF Gold Cup was second in 2002. They won the UNCAF Nations Cup five times. Recently, Costa Rica have been invited to participate in three Copa Américas, making the quarterfinals on their last two visits.

World Cup record

Gold Cup record

  • 1991 - Fourth place
  • 1993 - Third place shared
  • 1996 - Did not qualify
  • 1998 - Round 1
  • 2000 - Quarterfinals
  • 2002 - Second place
  • 2003 - Fourth place
  • 2005 - Quarterfinals

Copa América record

Starting from 1993, CONMEBOL has invited teams from other confederations to participate in their confederation championship, Copa América. Costa Rica has taken part as one of the invited teams three times.


World Cup games

Italy 1990

  1. Scotland - Costa Rica 0-1
  2. Brazil - Costa Rica 1-0
  3. Costa Rica - Sweden 2-1 (Qualified for 2nd round)
  4. Costa Rica - Czechoslovakia 1-4

Korea - Japan 2002

  1. China - Costa Rica 0-2
  2. Turkey - Costa Rica 1-1
  3. Costa Rica - Brazil 2-5

Germany 2006

  1. Germany - Costa Rica 4-2
  2. Ecuador - Costa Rica 3-0

Other important facts

  • Only CONCACAF team to ever beat Mexico in the Azteca Stadium, during the World Cup qualifying round (1-2, June 2001)
  • Only Central American team to qualify to the World Cup finals consecutively. (2002 and 2006)
  • Most World Cup final apearances by a CentralAmerican team (#3: Italy 1990, Japan&Korea 2002 and Germany 2006)
  • First CentralAmerican team to beat a European team in the World Cup (SWE:CRC 1-2, and SCO:CRC 0-1)
  • In 2002 World Cup, was placed in the initial group of the 1st place (Brazil) and 3rd place (Turkey). The team tied against Turkey and lost against Brazil, however, was the only team in the World Cup to score more than once against Brazil.

2006 World Cup Squad

Costa Rica named a 28-man preliminary squad on 25 April, which was gradually trimmed to the final 23 by 15 May. [1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Alvaro Mesen 24 December 1972 38   Club Sport Herediano
2 2DF Jervis Drummond 8 September 1976 57   Deportivo Saprissa
3 2DF Luis Marín 10 August 1974 122   LD Alajuelense
4 2DF Michael Umaña 16 July 1982 20   Brujas
5 2DF Gilberto Martínez 1 October 1979 58   Brescia
6 3MF Danny Fonseca 7 November 1979 24   C.S. Cartaginés
7 3MF Christian Bolaños 17 May 1984 17   Deportivo Saprissa
8 3MF Mauricio Solís 13 December 1972 109   Comunicaciones
9 4FW Paulo Wanchope 31 July 1976 71   Club Sport Herediano
10 3MF Walter Centeno 6 October 1974 95   Deportivo Saprissa
11 4FW Ronald Gómez 21 January 1975 82   Deportivo Saprissa
12 2DF Leonardo González 21 November 1980 38   Club Sport Herediano
13 4FW Kurt Bernard 8 August 1977 4   Puntarenas
14 3MF Randall Azofeifa 30 December 1984 6   Deportivo Saprissa
15 2DF Harold Wallace 7 September 1975 79   LD Alajuelense
16 3MF Carlos Henandez 9 April 1982 18   LD Alajuelense
17 2DF Gabriel Badilla 30 June 1984 7   Deportivo Saprissa
18 1GK Jose Porras 8 November 1970 18   Deportivo Saprissa
19 4FW Alvaro Saborío 25 March 1982 24   Deportivo Saprissa
20 3MF Douglas Sequeira 23 August 1977 31   Real Salt Lake
21 4FW Victor Núñez 15 April1980 3   C.S. Cartaginés
22 2DF Michael Rodríguez 30 December1981 3   LD Alajuelense
23 1GK Wardy Alfaro Pizarro 31 December 1977 2   LD Alajuelense

2006 World Cup Information

Costa Rica lost their opening game in Group A to hosts Germany. The final score was 4-2. Both Costa Rica's goals came from ex-Derby County striker, Wanchope. Germany goals came from two great strikes by Phillipp Lahm and Torsten Frings, and 2 goals from Miroslav Klose. Costa Rica's second fixture was against Ecuador in Hamburg on June 15th, being defeated with a score of 3-0, effectively getting them out of the cup whilst Germany and Ecuador booked their places in the next round.

Historic Players

   

Selected Current Famous Players


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  1. ^ "Unlucky Miller left out by Costa Rica". Reuters news report. Retrieved May 16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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