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Costa Rica national football team results (2010–2019)

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Below are listed all the matches played by the Costa Rica national football team between 2010 and 2019.

Overview[edit]

Map of the countries that have played at least one match against Costa Rica so far in the decade:
  Costa Rica
  Teams that have already faced Costa Rica
  Teams that are scheduled to face Costa Rica in the future
  Non-FIFA team that has faced Costa Rica

2010[edit]

26 January Friendly Argentina  3–2  Costa Rica San Juan, Argentina
Sosa 10'
Burdisso 37'
Jara 79'
20' Barrantes
76' Madrigal
Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez,
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
26 May Friendly France  2–1  Costa Rica Lens, France
Sequeira 22' (o.g.)
Valbuena 83'
Hernández 11' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
1 June Friendly Switzerland  0–1  Costa Rica Sion, Switzerland
Parks 57' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Republic of Ireland)
5 June Friendly Slovakia  3–0  Costa Rica Bratislava, Slovakia
Sequeira 16' (o.g.)
Vittek 46'
Šesták 86' (pen.)
Stadium: Štadión Pasienky
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stefan Meßner (Austria)
11 August Friendly Paraguay  2–0  Costa Rica Asunción, Paraguay
Vera 8'
Riveros 64'
Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)
4 September Friendly Panama  2–2  Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
Tejada 27', 38' Barrantes 8'
Saborío 52'
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 23,005
Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)
7 September Friendly Jamaica  1–0  Costa Rica Kingston, Jamaica
Johnson 66' Stadium: Independence Park
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
8 October Friendly Peru  2–0  Costa Rica Lima, Peru
Ramírez 3'
Rengifo 6'
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)
12 October Friendly Costa Rica  2–1  El Salvador Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
J. Sánchez 10'
J. Martínez 88'
Burgos 53' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Luis Rodríguez (Panama)
17 November Friendly Costa Rica  0–0  Jamaica Fort Lauderdale, United States
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Chris Renso (United States)


Statistics[edit]

Competition GP W D L GF GA
International Friendly 9 2 2 5 8 15


Player Goals
Michael Barrantes 2
Diego Madrigal 1
Carlos Hernández 1
Winston Parks 1
Álvaro Saborío 1
José Sánchez 1
Josué Martínez 1

2011[edit]

The year was marked by the inauguration of the new national stadium in San José in late March.[1] Since then, the stadium has served as the home stadium of the team. To encourage the fans to go to the stadium, the Costa Rican Football Federation made a heavy investment by organizing friendlies against FIFA World Cup winners Argentina, Brazil and the then most recent champions Spain.[2]

Tragedy also hit the national team during 2011, when defender Dennis Marshall (along with his wife) died in a car accident.[3] Marshall died just five days after scoring his only international goal in a CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Honduras.[3]

Overall, 2011 showed lackluster results for the national team. Failures to overcome Honduras at the Copa Centroamericana final and the Gold Cup quarter-finals,[4] along with a poor performance at the Copa América prompted the dismissal of Ricardo La Volpe.[5] After the departure of La Volpe, Rónald González served as interim manager for the team until the arrival of Jorge Luis Pinto in September.[6][7]

16 January Centroamericana GS Guatemala  0–2  Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
16:00 (UTC−5) 48', 82' Ureña Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
21 January Centroamericana SF Panama  1–1
(2–4 p)
 Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
20:00 (UTC−5) Borges 67' 76' Pérez Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
9 February Friendly Venezuela  2–2  Costa Rica Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
18:30 (UTC−4) Rondón 24', 80' 6' Oviedo
59' Ureña
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico José Antonio Anzoátegui
Referee: Henry Gambetta (Peru)
26 March Friendly Costa Rica  2–2  China San José, Costa Rica
20:20 (UTC−6) Saborío 38'
Brenes 45'
45', 90+2' Gao Lin Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
5 June Gold Cup GS Costa Rica  5–0  Cuba Arlington, United States
17:00 (UTC−5) Ureña 6', 46'
Saborío 41'
Mora 47'
Campbell 71'
Stadium: AT&T Stadium
Attendance: 80,108
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
12 June Gold Cup GS Mexico  4–1  Costa Rica Chicago, United States
19:00 (UTC−5) Márquez 17'
Guardado 19', 26'
Barrera 38'
69' Ureña Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 61,500
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
10 August Friendly Costa Rica  0–2  Ecuador San José, Costa Rica
20:10 (UTC−6) 53' Suárez
66' Méndez
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
2 September Friendly United States  0–1  Costa Rica Carson, United States
21:00 (UTC−8) 66' Wallace Stadium: Home Depot Center
Referee: Jose Molina (Argentina)
7 October Friendly Costa Rica  0–1  Brazil San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) 60' Neymar Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
11 November Friendly Panama  2–0  Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
20:00 (UTC−5) Gómez 26' (pen.)
Pérez 28'
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
15 November Friendly Costa Rica  2–2  Spain San José, Costa Rica
15:05 (UTC−6) Brenes 31'
Campbell 42'
83' Silva
90+3' Villa
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)
11 December Friendly Cuba  1–1  Costa Rica Havana, Cuba
20:00 (UTC−5) Cordovés 57' (pen.) 90+2' Cunningham Stadium: Estadio Pedro Marrero
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
22 December Friendly Venezuela  0–2  Costa Rica Barquisimeto, Venezuela
17:35 (UTC−4) 41' Wallace
53' Cubero
Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)

Statistics[edit]

Coach(es)
# Nat. Coach Number of matches
1 Argentina Ricardo La Volpe 15
2 Costa Rica Rónald González 2
3 Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto 5
General statistics
Competition GP W D L GF GA
Copa Centroamericana 4 1 2 1 5 4
Gold Cup 4 1 2 1 8 6
Copa América 3 1 0 2 2 4
Friendlies 11 2 5 4 10 16
Total 22 5 9 8 25 30

Goalscorers[edit]

Marco Ureña was the top goalscorer for Costa Rica in 2011, scoring seven goals
7 goals
3 goals
Randall Brenes scoring against Spain in November
2 goals
1 goal

2012[edit]

29 February Friendly Wales  0–1  Costa Rica Cardiff, Wales
19:45 (GMT) 7' Campbell Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
21 March Friendly Jamaica  0–0  Costa Rica Kingston, Jamaica
20:00 (UTC−5) Stadium: Independence Park
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
11 April Friendly Costa Rica  1–1  Honduras San José, Costa Rica
19:00 (UTC−6) Vargas 49' 23' Suazo Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
1 June Friendly Guatemala  1–0  Costa Rica Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00 (UTC−6) Ruiz 25' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
12 June 2014 FIFA WCQ Guyana  0–4  Costa Rica Providence, Guyana
20:00 (UTC−4) 19', 26', 52' Saborío
78' Campbell
Stadium: Providence Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
15 August Friendly Costa Rica  0–1  Peru San José, Costa Rica
16:00 (UTC−6) 8' Carrillo Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
7 September 2014 FIFA WCQ Costa Rica  0–2  Mexico San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) 43' Salcido
52' Zavala
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
11 September 2014 FIFA WCQ Mexico  1–0  Costa Rica Mexico City, Mexico
20:00 (UTC−5) Hernández 61' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 44,007
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
16 October 2014 FIFA WCQ Costa Rica  7–0  Guyana San José, Costa Rica
19:00 (UTC−6) Brenes 10', 48'
Gamboa 14'
Saborío 51' (pen.), 77'
Bolaños 61'
Borges 70'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

Statistics[edit]

Coach(es)
# Nat. Coach Number of matches
1 Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto 13 (All)
General statistics
Competition GP W D L GF GA
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 3 1 2 14 5
Friendlies 7 2 3 2 6 6
Total 13 5 4 4 20 11

Goalscorers[edit]

Álvaro Saborío was the top goalscorer for Costa Rica in 2012, scoring six goals
6 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

2013[edit]

The year marked a significant recovery in the team status within the Confederation, after several years of decay. In January, the team won the Copa Centroamericana after two consecutive failures in 2009 and 2011.[8][9] In September, Costa Rica qualified to the 2014 FIFA World Cup after their absence in the 2010 edition. 2013 also marked the year with the most victories for the Costa Rica national team, with 13 victories.[10]

On March 22, Costa Rica played against the United States at the Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. The match, dubbed as the Snow Clásico in the United States,[11] was played under a heavy snow fall. As the United States won the match with a goal by Clint Dempsey, Costa Ricans were enraged by the circumstances around the match.[12] On September 6, the Ticos would defeat the United States in San José by 3–1, which was considered as a revenge.[13]

On October 15, Costa Rica defeated Mexico in San José by 2–1, which marked the first victory over the Mexican team in over twelve years, the latest being the Aztecazo in June 2001.[14] It was also the first victory Costa Rica had against Mexico in home soil for over twenty years.[15]

26 March 2014 FIFA WCQ Costa Rica  2–0  Jamaica San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) Umaña 22'
Calvo 82'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 32,427
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
28 May Friendly Canada  0–1  Costa Rica Edmonton, Canada
17:00 (UTC−7) 16' (pen.) Arrieta Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 8,102
Referee: Chris Penso (United States)
7 June 2014 FIFA WCQ Costa Rica  1–0  Honduras San José, Costa Rica
20:10 (UTC−6) Miller 25' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
11 June 2014 FIFA WCQ Mexico  0–0  Costa Rica Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 (UTC−5) Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 65,753
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
18 June 2014 FIFA WCQ Costa Rica  2–0  Panama San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) B. Ruiz 49'
Borges 52'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
9 July Gold Cup GS Costa Rica  3–0  Cuba Portland, Oregon, United States
20:30 (UTC−4) Barrantes 52', 77'
Arrieta 71'
Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 18,724
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
13 July Gold Cup GS Costa Rica  1–0  Belize Sandy, United States
18:00 (UTC−4) Eiley 49' (o.g.) Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 17,597
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
16 July Gold Cup GS United States  1–0  Costa Rica East Hartford, United States
20:00 (UTC−4) Shea 82' Stadium: Rentschler Field
Attendance: 25,432
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
21 July Gold Cup QF Honduras  1–0  Costa Rica Baltimore, United States
19:00 (UTC−4) Najar 49' Stadium: M&T Bank Stadium
Attendance: 70,540
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
14 August Friendly Dominican Republic  0–4  Costa Rica Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
16:00 (UTC−4) 48', 71' Borges
77' Herrera
87' Castillo
Stadium: Estadio Quisqueya
Referee: Alain Georges (Haiti)
10 September 2014 FIFA WCQ Jamaica  1–1  Costa Rica Kingston, Jamaica
19:00 (UTC−5) Anderson 90+2' 74' Brenes Stadium: Independence Park
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
15 October 2014 FIFA WCQ Costa Rica  2–1  Mexico San José, Costa Rica
19:30 (UTC−6) B. Ruiz 24'
Saborío 63'
28' Peralta Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
19 November Friendly Australia  1–0  Costa Rica Sydney, Australia
19:30 (UTC+11) Cahill 69' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 20,165
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

Statistics[edit]

Coach(es)
# Nat. Coach Number of matches
1 Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto 22 (All)
General statistics
Competition GP W D L GF GA
Copa Centroamericana 5 4 1 0 6 1
Gold Cup 4 2 0 2 4 2
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 5 3 2 13 7
Friendlies 3 2 0 1 5 1
Total 22 13 4 5 28 11

Goalscorers[edit]

Celso Borges was the top goalscorer for Costa Rica, scoring five goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Belize Dalton Eiley

2014[edit]

Óscar Duarte celebrates with his teammates after scoring against Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica made their best performance at the tournament after reaching the quarter-finals

Below are listed all the matches played by the Costa Rica national football team in 2014.

The year, regarded to be the best in the history of Costa Rican football,[16] saw the Ticos becoming the revelation team[17] at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

After being drawn into Group D —along with former World Champions Uruguay, Italy and England—, initial reaction towards the team was of mockery,[18] and underestimation.[19] During a segment of TeleSUR program De Zurda, Diego Maradona mocked the team by saying "if I was Costa Rican, I would have to shoot myself [in the balls]".[20] Costa Rica topped the group undefeated after beating both Uruguay and Italy, finishing with a draw against England. The Ticos would defeat Greece in the Round of 16 throughout the penalty shootouts. Costa Rica was then eliminated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals again in the penalty shootouts.

After the World Cup, Jorge Luis Pinto resigned as the coach of the national team, denouncing that a member of his coaching staff requested his sacking.[21] Paulo Wanchope assumed as the interim coach of the team,[22] only to be confirmed in the charge in January 2015. With Wanchope in charge, Costa Rica won the 2014 Copa Centroamericana, thus qualifying to the Copa América Centenario.[23]

22 January Friendly Chile  4–0  Costa Rica Coquimbo, Chile
21:00 (UTC−3) Albornoz 13'
Hernández 51', 54'
Muñoz 79'
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
5 March Friendly Costa Rica  2–1  Paraguay San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) Campbell 44'
Saborío 73'
86' Gómez Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
2 June Friendly Costa Rica  1–3  Japan Tampa, United States
20:00 (UTC−5) B. Ruiz 31' 60' Endō
80' Kagawa
90+2' Kakitani
Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 7,106
Referee: Chris Penso (United States)
6 June Friendly Costa Rica  1–1  Republic of Ireland Chester, United States
19:00 (UTC−5) Borges 64' (pen.) 18' Doyle Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)
14 June World Cup GS Uruguay  1–3  Costa Rica Fortaleza, Brazil
16:00 (UTC−3) Cavani 24' (pen.) 54' Campbell
57' Duarte
84' Ureña
Stadium: Estádio Castelão
Attendance: 58,679
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
20 June World Cup GS Italy  0–1  Costa Rica Recife, Brazil
13:00 (UTC−3) 44' B. Ruiz Stadium: Arena Pernambuco
Attendance: 40,285
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
7 September Centroamericana GS Costa Rica  2–2  Panama Dallas, United States
16:00 (UTC−5) Venegas 81'
Borges 87' (pen.)
51' Pérez
71' Nurse
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 20,156
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
10 October Friendly Oman  3–4  Costa Rica Sohar, Oman
20:00 (UTC+4) Saleh 27'
Al-Siyabi 54'
Al-Hosni 59'
4' Saborío
45+2' J. Ruiz
47' Golobio
50' Ramírez
Stadium: Sohar Regional Sports Complex
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
14 October Friendly South Korea  1–3  Costa Rica Seoul, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9) Lee Dong-gook 45+1' 37', 47' Borges
78' Duarte
Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 39,210
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Statistics[edit]

Coach(es)[edit]

# Nat. Coach Number of matches
1 Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto 10
2 Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope 6

General statistics[edit]

Competition GP W D L GF GA
FIFA World Cup 5 2 3 0 5 2
Copa Centroamericana 3 2 1 0 7 3
Friendlies 8 3 2 3 14 17
Total 16 7 6 3 26 22

Goalscorers[edit]

Celso Borges was the top goalscorer for the second year in a row, scoring five goals in 2014
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

2015[edit]

The team before the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final match against Mexico

Below are listed all the matches played by the Costa Rica national football team in 2015.

During most of the year, the team suffered with lackluster results, including their second worst streak without winning.[24] The CONCACAF Gold Cup saw the Ticos reaching the quarterfinals with three draws in the group stage –against Jamaica, El Salvador and Canada– only to be eliminated by Mexico with a controversial penalty awarded to the Mexicans.[25][26]

On August 11, the team's manager Paulo Wanchope was involved in a fight during a match of the under-23 national team. After the match the team played against Panama at the Estadio Maracaná, Wanchope tried to enter the pitch from the stands, being prevented to do so by a security official.[27] During the struggle with the guard to open the gate, Wanchope accidentally hit a boy and proceeded to fight with the guard.[27] After the incident, Wanchope met with members of the Costa Rican Football Federation and announced his resignation from the management of the national team.[28]

Óscar Ramírez was appointed as the new manager of the team, just a week after being announced as Wanchope's assistant.[29] With Ramírez in charge, the Ticos earned their first triump of the year by beating Uruguay 1–0 in San José,[30] and beginning the qualification process to the 2018 FIFA World Cup with two wins against Haiti and Panama.[31]

26 March Friendly Costa Rica  0–0  Paraguay San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
31 March Friendly Panama  2–1  Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
20:00 (UTC−5) Pérez 17'
Tejada 25'
67' (pen.) Saborío Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)
11 June Friendly Spain  2–1  Costa Rica León, Spain
21:00 (UTC+1) Alcácer 8'
Fàbregas 30'
6' Venegas Stadium: Estadio Reino de León
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
27 June Friendly Mexico  2–2  Costa Rica Orlando, United States
18:00 (UTC−4) G. Dos Santos 53'
Hernández 55'
4' Ramírez
36' (o.g.) Layún
Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 53,629
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)
8 July Gold Cup GS Costa Rica  2–2  Jamaica Carson, United States
20:00 (UTC−4) Miller 33'
D. Ramírez 37'
13' McCleary
48' McAnuff
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 22,648
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
11 July Gold Cup GS Costa Rica  1–1  El Salvador Houston
21:00 (UTC−4) B. Ruiz 60' 90+2' Corea Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,017
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
14 July Gold Cup GS Canada  0–0  Costa Rica Toronto, Canada
20:30 (UTC−4) Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 16,674
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)
19 July Gold Cup QF Mexico  1–0  Costa Rica East Rutherford, United States
19:30 (UTC−4) Guardado 120+4' (pen.) Stadium: MetLife Stadium
Attendance: 74,187
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
5 September Friendly Brazil  1–0  Costa Rica Harrison, United States
15:00 (UTC−4) Hulk 10' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)
8 September Friendly Costa Rica  1–0  Uruguay San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) B. Ruiz 9' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Jorge Rojas (Mexico)
13 October Friendly United States  0–1  Costa Rica Harrison, United States
18:30 (UTC−4) 70' Campbell Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 9,214
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
13 November 2018 FIFA WCQ Costa Rica  1–0  Haiti San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) Gamboa 29' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
17 November 2018 FIFA WCQ Panama  1–2  Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
20:30 (UTC−5) Tejada 71' 66' B. Ruiz
69' Ureña
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 26,607
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
15 December Friendly Costa Rica  1–0  Nicaragua Liberia, Costa Rica
18:00 (UTC−6) Waston 59' Stadium: Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Statistics[edit]

Coach(es)
# Nat. Coach Number of matches
1 Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope 9
2 Costa Rica Óscar Ramírez 7
General statistics
Competition GP W D L GF GA
Gold Cup 4 0 3 1 3 4
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 2 0 0 3 1
Friendlies 10 3 2 5 7 9
Total 16 5 5 6 13 14

Goalscorers[edit]

Captain Bryan Ruiz was the top goalscorer for Costa Rica, scoring three goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 owl goal

2016[edit]

.

Coach Óscar Ramírez during a Copa América Centenario press conference

The year, which began with a loss in a friendly against Venezuela,[32] resumed the Costa Rican campaign during the fourth round of the CONCACAF qualifying process for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. A double match-up in March against Jamaica saw the Ticos earning four points –after a draw in Kingston and a victory in San José– which led them at the brink of qualification to the next round.[33][34]

The qualification process was interrupted by the Copa América Centenario, for which Costa Rica prepared by once again facing Venezuela in San José, this time won by the Ticos.[35] Costa Rica began the tournament with a scoreless draw against Paraguay,[36] However, the Costa Rican aspirations came to an abrupt end after a 4–0 loss against the United States, to which La Nación criticized the lack of a second defensive midfielder as an important factor for the defeat, as manager Óscar Ramírez decided to use Celso Borges alone in that position.[37] Already eliminated after the Americans defeated Paraguay, the Costa Ricans redeemed themselves by defeating Colombia by 3–2.[38]

La Sele sealed their qualification to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification final round, also known as Hexagonal, by defeating Haiti and Panama and finishing on the first place of their group.[39][40] In October, Costa Rica defeated 2018 FIFA World Cup hosts Russia by 3–4 at the Krasnodar Stadium.[41]

Costa Rica began the Hexagonal with a 0–2 win against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain.[42] The Ticos went on to avenge their Copa América Centenario 4–0 defeat against the United States by defeating the Americans in San José by the same score. The victory marked the departure of United States' coach Jürgen Klinsmann and also secured the first place for Costa Rica.[43][44]

2 February Friendly Venezuela  1–0  Costa Rica Barinas, Venezuela
19:30 (UTC−4:30) Ángel 89' Report Stadium: Estadio Agustín Tovar
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)
9 October Friendly Russia  3–4  Costa Rica Krasnodar, Russia
19:30 (UTC−4:30) Samedov 31'
Dzyuba 48,61'
Azofeifa 22'
B. Ruiz 29'
Smolov 45+'
Campbell 90+'
Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium

Statistics[edit]

Coach(es)[edit]

# Nat. Coach Number of matches
1 Costa Rica Óscar Ramírez 12 (All)

General statistics[edit]

Competition GP W D L GF GA
Copa América Centenario 3 1 1 1 3 6
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 5 1 0 14 2
Friendlies 3 2 0 1 6 4
Total 12 8 2 2 23 12

Goalscorers[edit]

Christian Bolaños was the top goalscorer for Costa Rica, scoring four goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

2017[edit]

Kendall Waston, Óscar Ramírez and David Guzmán during training on October 2. Five days later, Waston would score the goal that secured Costa Rica's participation in the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Below are listed all the matches played by the Costa Rica national football team in 2017.

The year began with La Sele making their worst display in the Copa Centroamericana since 1995, finishing fourth with a lone win against Belize, draws against El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, and a loss against Panama.[45][46]

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification resumed with difficulties for the team, losing the first place of the Hexagonal to Mexico after a 2–0 defeat at the Estadio Azteca, a loss for which goalkeeper Keylor Navas was subject of criticism because of the second goal.[47][48][49] Four days later, La Sele rescued a point in San Pedro Sula against Honduras with a header by Kendall Waston.[50] The struggle continued in June, with a scoreless draw at the Estadio Nacional against Panama, which ended the Costa Rican streak of ten consecutive wins at home during World Cup qualifiers.[51][52] Costa Rica returned to victory road by defeating Trinidad and Tobago in San José.[53]

The qualification process was interrupted in July by the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Costa Rica began the tournament by defeating Honduras with a lone goal by Marco Ureña, marking the first time the Ticos defeated Honduras in a Gold Cup match.[54] La Sele went on to top their group after a draw against Canada and a victory against French Guiana.[55][56] In the quarter-finals, Costa Rica defeated Panama with an own goal by Aníbal Godoy, thus making the Ticos qualify to the Gold Cup semifinals for the first time since 2009.[57] The United States defeated Costa Rica in the semifinals with goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey.[58]

In September, Costa Rica defeated the United States in New Jersey as Marco Ureña, who was subject of criticism because of his lack of effectiveness, scored a brace to secure the first Costa Rican win over the Americans in U.S. since 1985, also ending Bruce Arena's undefeated streak since he took over the management of the United States national team.[59][60][61] Ureña scored again four days later against Mexico in San José, in a match that ended in a draw, as a side post deflected a shot by Johan Venegas, denying the Ticos the chance to qualify to the World Cup that day.[62][63]

Devastation left by Hurricane Nate forced the Costa Rican Football Federation to postpone the match against Honduras in San José, originally programmed for October 6, to the next day.[64] Costa Rica secured their presence at the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a draw against the Hondurans with a stoppage time header by Kendall Waston.[65] Costa Rica ended the qualification process as the second place of the Hexagonal after a loss against Panama in the last matchday, which allowed the Panamanians to qualify to their first ever World Cup.[66] The match was met with controversy as referee Wálter López granted Panama's Blas Pérez a goal, in spite of the ball never crossing the line.[67]

Costa Rica ended the year with two losses at European soil, an abrupt 5–0 thrashing to Spain in Málaga and a 1–0 defeat to Hungary in Budapest.[68][69] Two weeks later, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup seeding, the Ticos were allocated into Group E, along with Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia.[70]

20 January Centroamericana Honduras  1–1  Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
18:30 (UTC−5) Andino 17' Report 59' Calvo Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
19 July Gold Cup QF Costa Rica  1–0  Panama Philadelphia, United States
18:00 (UTC−4) Godoy 77' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
10 November Friendly Spain  5–0  Costa Rica Málaga, Spain
20:30 (UTC+2) Alba 6'
Morata 23'
Silva 51', 55'
Iniesta 73'
Report Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
14 November Friendly Hungary  1–0  Costa Rica Budapest, Hungary
20:15 (UTC+1) Nikolić 37' Report Stadium: Groupama Arena
Attendance: 9,860
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Statistics[edit]

Coach(es)
# Nat. Coach Number of matches
1 Costa Rica Óscar Ramírez 20 (All)
General statistics
Competition GP W D L GF GA
Copa Centroamericana 5 1 3 1 4 2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 8 2 4 2 8 8
Gold Cup 5 3 1 1 6 3
Friendlies 2 0 0 2 0 6
Total 20 6 8 6 18 19

Goalscorers[edit]

Marco Ureña scored four goals, which made him the top goalscorer for Costa Rica in 2017
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

2018[edit]

23 March Friendly Scotland  0–1  Costa Rica Glasgow, Scotland[71]
19:45 (UTC±0) Report 14' Ureña Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 20,488
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
27 March Friendly Tunisia  1–0  Costa Rica Nice, France[71]
20:00 (UTC+1) Khazri 36' Report Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frank Schneider (France)
3 June Friendly Costa Rica  3–0  Northern Ireland San José, Costa Rica
11:00 (UTC−6) Venegas 30'
Campbell 46'
Calvo 66'
Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Attendance: 35,100
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
7 June Friendly England  2–0  Costa Rica Leeds, England
20:00 (UTC+1) Rashford 13'
Welbeck 76'
Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 36,104
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
11 June Friendly Belgium  4–1  Costa Rica Brussels, Belgium[72]
20:45 (UTC+2) Mertens 31'
R. Lukaku 42', 50'
Batshuayi 64'
Report 24' B. Ruiz Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
17 June World Cup GS Costa Rica  0–1  Serbia Samara, Russia
16:00 (UTC+4) Report 56' Kolarov Stadium: Cosmos Arena
Attendance: 41,432
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
7 September Friendly South Korea  2–0  Costa Rica Goyang, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9) Lee Jae-sung 35'
Nam Tae-hee 78'
Report Stadium: Goyang Stadium
Attendance: 36,127
11 September Friendly Japan  3–0  Costa Rica Suita, Japan
19:45 (UTC+9) Sasaki 16'
Minamino 66'
J. Ito 90+3'
Report Stadium: Panasonic Stadium
Attendance: 33,891
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
11 October Friendly Mexico  3–2  Costa Rica San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:30 (UTC−5) Guzmán 33'
Martín 56'
Jiménez 71' (pen.)
Report Campbell 29'
Ruiz 44' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 35,827
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
16 October Friendly Costa Rica  1–3  Colombia Harrison, United States
20:00 (UTC−4) Waston 44' Report Bacca 30'
Hernández 72', 90+2'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
20 November Friendly Peru  2–3  Costa Rica Arequipa, Peru
19:30 (UTC−5) Flores 20'
Farfán 73'
Report McDonald 41'
Cruz 54'
Campbell 77' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

2019[edit]

2 February Friendly United States  2–0  Costa Rica San Jose, United States
12:30 (UTC−8) Lletget 80'
Arriola 88'
Report Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 13,656
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)
22 March Friendly Guatemala  1–0  Costa Rica Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:00 (UTC−6) Cincotta 31' Report Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Attendance: 14,215
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
26 March Friendly Costa Rica  1–0  Jamaica San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) Fuller 28' Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Oscar Vergara (Panama)
5 June Friendly Peru  1–0  Costa Rica Lima, Peru
20:00 (UTC−5) Cueva 53' Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
20 June Gold Cup GS Costa Rica  2–1  Bermuda Frisco, United States
20:30 (UTC−5) George 30'
Aguilar 54'
Report Wells 59' (pen.) Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
24 June Gold Cup GS Haiti  2–1  Costa Rica Harrison, United States
21:00 (UTC−4) Nazon 57' (pen.)
Alexis 81'
Report Alexis 13' (o.g.) Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
29 June Gold Cup QF Mexico  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
 Costa Rica Houston, United States
21:00 (UTC−5) Jiménez 44' Report Ruiz 52' (pen.) Stadium: NRG Stadium
Attendance: 70,788
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Penalties
6 September Friendly Costa Rica  1–2  Uruguay San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6) Borges 48' Report De Arrascaeta 42' (pen.)
Rodríguez 90'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
14 November Nations League A Curaçao  1–2  Costa Rica Willemstad, Curaçao
18:30 (UTC−5) Janga 20' Report Venegas 14' (pen.)
Calvo 84'
Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)
17 November Nations League A Costa Rica  1–1  Haiti San José, Costa Rica
18:00 (UTC−6) Calvo 27' Report Nazon 38' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

See also[edit]

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