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Costa Rica national football team
Costa Rica
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| Nickname |
Los Ticos, Tricolor, Sele |
| Association |
Federación Costarricense
de Fútbol |
| Coach |
Alexandre Guimaraes, 2005- |
| Most caps |
Luis Marín (116) |
| Top scorer |
Paulo Wanchope (43) |
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First international
Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921) |
Largest win
Costa Rica 12 - 0 Puerto Rico
(Barranquilla, Colombia; December 10, 1946) |
Worst 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 |
| 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.
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Costa Rica national football team
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. Costa Rica is the third most successfull team in CONCACAF (after the
United States and
Mexico) and the most successfull team in
Central America having qualified for three
World Cups, reaching the last sixteen on their debut in
Italy 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 in Germany, where it was the Costa Ricans' worst World Cup finish ever. The team finished 31st out of 32 teams.
