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Costa Rica at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

Costa Rica have won the inaugural CONCACAF Championship in 1963 and two more in 1969 and 1989. They are the third-most successful team behind CONCACAF's "big two", Mexico and the United States, both in terms of number of titles and ranking in the all-time table. Since 2000, they have reached the knockout stage eleven times in a row. Since the inception of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991, Costa Rica only reached the final once, but were beaten 2–0 by the United States in 2002.

Overall record

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CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
El Salvador 1963 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 14 2 Squad Qualified automatically
Guatemala 1965 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 11 4 Squad Automatically entered
Honduras 1967 Did not enter Did not enter
Costa Rica 1969 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 13 2 Squad Qualified as hosts
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 6 5 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Haiti 1973 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 4 5
Mexico 1977 6 1 4 1 8 6
Honduras 1981 8 1 4 3 6 10
1985 Third place 3rd 8 2 5 1 10 8 Squad 5 1 0 4 5 9
1989 Champions 1st 8 5 1 2 10 6 Squad Qualified automatically
United States 1991 Fourth place 4th 5 1 0 4 5 9 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Mexico United States 1993 Third place 3rd 5 1 3 1 6 5 Squad 5 4 0 1 11 2
United States 1996 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 5 6
United States 1998 Group stage 5th 2 1 0 1 8 4 Squad 5 3 2 0 12 3
United States 2000 Quarter-finals 6th 3 0 2 1 5 6 Squad 5 3 0 2 13 3
United States 2002 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 8 5 Squad 5 2 2 1 8 5
Mexico United States 2003 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 10 8 Squad 5 4 1 0 5 1
United States 2005 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 6 4 Squad 4 3 1 0 8 2
United States 2007 7th 4 1 1 2 3 4 Squad 4 2 1 1 6 3
United States 2009 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 2 1 10 6 Squad 4 3 1 0 9 1
United States 2011 Quarter-finals 5th 4 1 2 1 8 6 Squad 4 1 2 1 5 4
United States 2013 5th 4 2 0 2 4 2 Squad 5 4 1 0 6 1
Canada United States 2015 7th 4 0 3 1 3 4 Squad 3 2 1 0 7 3
United States 2017 Semi-finals 4th 5 3 1 1 6 3 Squad 5 1 3 1 4 2
Costa RicaJamaicaUnited States 2019 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 8 4 Squad Qualified automatically
United States 2021 5th 4 3 0 1 6 4 Squad 4 1 3 0 4 3
Canada United States 2023 7th 4 1 1 2 7 8 Squad 4 2 0 2 4 4
Total 3 Titles 22/27 104 45 29 30 167 109 82 38 28 16 125 64

Winning tournaments

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Squad

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As follows.[1] Head coach: Costa Rica Alfredo Piedra

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Asdrúbal Meneses Costa Rica CS Cartaginés
1GK Mario Pérez Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
1GK Emilio Sagot (1942-02-26)26 February 1942 (aged 21) Costa Rica Orión F.C.
2DF Mario Cordero (1930-04-07)7 April 1930 (aged 32) Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
2DF Guillermo Hernández Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
2DF Álvaro McDonald (1939-01-01)1 January 1939 (aged 24) Costa Rica CS Herediano
2DF Rodolfo Madriz Costa Rica CS Cartaginés
2DF Giovanni Rodríguez Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
2DF Alex Sánchez (1930-07-20)20 July 1930 (aged 32) Costa Rica LD Alajuelense
2DF Édgar Zúñiga Costa Rica LD Alajuelense
3MF Juan José Gámez (1939-07-08)8 July 1939 (aged 23) Costa Rica LD Alajuelense
3MF Carlos Marín Costa Rica CS Herediano
3MF Édgar Quesada (1931-08-16)16 August 1931 (aged 31) Costa Rica CS Herediano
3MF Wílliam Quirós Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
4FW Enrique Córdoba Costa Rica CS Cartaginés
4FW Héctor Coto Costa Rica CS Cartaginés
4FW Guillermo Elizondo Costa Rica CS Uruguay de Coronado
4FW Juan González Costa Rica LD Alajuelense
4FW Leonel Hernández (1943-10-03)3 October 1943 (aged 19) Costa Rica CS Cartaginés
4FW Rubén Jiménez Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
4FW Edgar Marín (1943-05-22)22 May 1943 (aged 19) Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
4FW Wálter Pearson Costa Rica LD Alajuelense
4FW Víctor Luis Vásquez Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa

First round

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Rank Team Pts Pld W D* L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 5 3 2 1 0 7 0 7
2  Netherlands Antilles 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 1
3  Mexico 3 3 1 1 1 9 2 7
4  Jamaica 0 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15

Results



Final round

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Rank Team Pts Pld W D* L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 5
2  El Salvador 4 3 2 0 1 7 6 1
3  Netherlands Antilles 2 3 1 0 2 6 5 1
4  Honduras 0 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Pearson


El Salvador 1–4 Costa Rica

In 1969, Costa Rica hosted the continental championship for their first and only time. The six qualified teams played each other once in a single group. Costa Rica won their first four matches, but were only one point ahead of Guatemala, which they faced directly in the last match. A 1–1 draw secured them the tournament victory in front of the home crowd.

Final round

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Rank Team Pts Pld W D* L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 9 5 4 1 0 13 2 11
2  Guatemala 8 5 3 2 0 10 2 8
3  Netherlands Antilles 5 5 2 1 2 9 12 −3
4  Mexico 4 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1
5  Trinidad and Tobago 3 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8
6  Jamaica 1 5 0 1 4 3 10 −7
Costa Rica 3–0 Jamaica
Álvaro Cascante
Roy Sáenz
Edward Dawkins o.g.'
Attendance: 7,389


Costa Rica 2–0 Mexico
Jaime Grant
Roy Sáenz
Attendance: 20,460


In the qualification for the tournament, Costa Rica were about to face the favored team from Mexico. However, before the matches were played, Mexico was disqualified and Costa Rica given a bye to the tournament stage.

In a group of five teams, home and away matches were played against each opponent. When Costa Rica were done with their eight matches in July, the United States still had four matches ahead of them, and were only trailing behind leaders Costa Rica by six points and three goals. However, the US team ended up drawing twice and only won the other two matches by one goal each. With that, Costa Rica won the tournament on account of better goal difference, four months after their own last match.

Final round

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Pld W D * L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 8 5 1 2 10 6 +4 11
 United States 8 4 3 1 6 3 +3 11
 Trinidad and Tobago 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 9
 Guatemala 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 3
 El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2
  Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Trinidad and Tobago United States
Costa Rica  1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
El Salvador  2–4 X–X 0–0 0–1
Guatemala  1–0 X–X 0–1 0–0
Trinidad and Tobago  1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1
United States  1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1


Costa Rica 1–0 United States
Rhoden 14'

United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Ramos 72'



El Salvador 2–4 Costa Rica
Rodriguez 24'
Rivas 63'
Cayasso 16'
Hidalgo 46'
Flóres 51', 75'

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Costa Rica wins 1963 NORCECA title". Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  2. ^ La Tricolor en los Norcecas 63 y 69 – Nación (in Spanish)