Costa Rica
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| Nickname | Los Ticos |
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Federación Costarricense de Fútbol |
| Coach | Alexandre Guimaraes, 2005- |
| Most caps | Luis Marín (116) |
| Top scorer | Paulo Wanchope (43) |
| First international Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921) |
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| Largest win Costa Rica 12 - 0 Puerto Rico (Barranquilla, Colombia; December 10, 1946) |
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| Worst defeat Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica (Mexico City, Mexico; August 17, 1975) Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica (Mexico City, Mexico; October 23, 1975) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1990) |
| Best result | Round 2, 1990 |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | |
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1991) |
| Best result | Second place, 2002 |
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 made three World Cups, including an improbable run to the 1990 World Cup second round under coach Bora Milutinovic, and a solid showing in the 2002 World Cup in which they had the misfortune to be seeded in group play with eventual champions Brazil and third-place finishing Turkey, recently Los Ticos qualified to the 2006 Germany World Cup.
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
1930 to 1934 - Did not enter
1938 - Withdrew
1950 to 1954 - Did not enter
1958 to 1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Round 2
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Qualified
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.
1993 to 1995 - Not invited
1997 - Round 1
1999 - Not invited
2001 - Quarterfinals
2004 - Quarterfinals
Historic Players
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Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Walter Centeno Rolando Fonseca Rónald Gómez Claudio Jara Luis Marín Gilberto Martínez Mauricio Montero Mauricio Solís Alejandro Morera Soto José Rafael "Fello" Meza Mauricio Wright |
Marvin Obando Evaristo Coronado Enrique Rivers Wílmer López Carlos Hernández Oscar Ramírez Alexander Guimaraes Hernán Medford Ronald González Juan Ulloa Juan Jose Gámez Reynaldo Parks |
Erick Lonnis Marco Antonio Rojas Luis Gabelo Conejo Roger Flores Hector Marchena German Chavarría Paulo Wanchope Carlos Santana Roger Gómez Mario "Catato" Cordero Edgar Marín Fernando "El Príncipe" Hernández |
Selected Current Famous Players
Cristian Bolaños
Steven Bryce
Walter Centeno
Rónald Gómez
Leonardo González
Andy Herron
José Luis López Ramírez
Luis Marín
Carlos Hernández
Gilberto Martínez
Alvaro Mesén
José Francisco Porras
Winston Parks
Alvaro Saborío
Alonso Solís
Mauricio Solís
Jafet Soto
Michael Umaña
Paulo Wanchope
Mauricio Wright
Mary Salazar
