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This article lists the Costa Rica national football team results. The national team is organised by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol that was established in 1921. The team is nicknamed La Sele or Los Ticos. Costa Rica joined FIFA in 1927 and CONCACAF in 1962.
As international football activity resumed in October, Costa Rica scheduled two friendly matches at home against Panama, losing both and sparking criticism from Central American media. [9] A month later, Costa Rica drew against Qatar, scoring their goal of the year, as the team became winless in official matches in 2020. [10]
Costa Rica is the only national team in Central America to have played in six FIFA World Cup editions. Costa Rica's national football team has the all-time highest average Football Elo Ranking in Central America with 1597.1, and the all-time highest Football Elo Ranking in Central America, with 1806 in 2014.
Football is the most popular sport in Costa Rica. [1] [2] [3] Costa Rica has long been considered an exporter of footballers within Central America, with 19 players in European professional football leagues during 2006. [4] The newspaper, La Nación, has prepared an annual census of these "Legionnaires" since 1994. [5]
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.
Costa Rica national football team navigational boxes (6 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Costa Rica national football team" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Costa Rica 1–1 (7–6 p) Honduras: Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala: 16:00 : Wilson 67' Report 57' Núñez: Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Referee: Carlos Batres : Penalties: Soto Alfaro Wilson Cubero Sequeira Fonseca Díaz Umaña: Velásquez López Mendoza Berríos Núñez Guerrero Reyes Vallecillo
Pages in category "Costa Rica national football team matches" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.