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Costa Rica national football team - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Catholic, Chauvinistic, Citizen, Civic, Civil, Common, Communal, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolite, Ethnic, Family, Federal, Galactic, General |
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Costa Rica
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| Nickname | Los Ticos
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| Association | Federación Costarricense
de Fútbol
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| Coach | Jorge Pinto
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| Most caps | Luis Marin (106)
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| Top scorer | Rolando Fonseca (42)
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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
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| Appearances
| 2 (First in 1990)
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| Best result | Round 2, 1990
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| CONCACAF Gold Cup
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| Appearances
| 6 (First in 1991)
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| Best result | Second place, 2002
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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 made two 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.
Costa Rica's best finish in the CONCACAF Gold Cup was second in 2002. They won the UNCAF Nations Cup four times. Recently, Costa Rica have been invited to particpate in three Copa Américas, making the quarterfinals on their last two visits.
World Cup record
Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Fourth place
- 1993 - Shared third place
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2000 - Quarterfinals
- 2002 - Second place
- 2003 - Fourth place
Copa América record
- 1916 to 1995 - Did not enter
- 1997 - Round 1
- 1999 - Did not enter
- 2001 - Quarterfinals
- 2004 - Quarterfinals
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