Costa Rica at the FIFA World Cup
This is a record of Costa Rica's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]
Record
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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Group stage | 19th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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Group stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
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Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
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To be determined | |||||||
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Total | 4/20 | — | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
FIFA World Cup Record by Country
FIFA World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
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Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Matches
1990
11 June 1990 Group Stage | Costa Rica ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa |
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17:00 | Cayasso ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 30,867 Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina) |
16 June 1990 Group Stage | Brazil ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin |
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17:00 | Müller ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 58,007 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia) |
20 June 1990 Group Stage | Costa Rica ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa |
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21:00 | Flores ![]() Medford ![]() |
Report | Ekström ![]() |
Attendance: 30,223 Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia) |
23 June 1990 Round of 16 | Czechoslovakia ![]() |
4 – 1 | ![]() |
Stadio San Nicola, Bari |
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21:00 | Skuhravý ![]() Kubík ![]() |
Report | González ![]() |
Attendance: 47,673 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany) |
2002
4 June 2002 Group Stage | Costa Rica ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
Gwangju, South Korea |
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15:30 | Gómez ![]() Wright ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 27,217 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece) |
9 June 2002 Group Stage | Costa Rica ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
Incheon, South Korea |
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18:00 | Parks ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Incheon Munhak Stadium Attendance: 42,299 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin) |
13 June 2002 Group Stage | Costa Rica ![]() |
2 – 5 | ![]() |
Suwon, South Korea |
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15:30 | Wanchope ![]() Gómez ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 38,524 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) |
2006
9 June 2006 Group Stage | Germany ![]() |
4 – 2 | ![]() |
Munich |
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18:00 | Lahm ![]() Klose ![]() Frings ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Stadium: FIFA WM Stadion München Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) |
15 June 2006 Group Stage | Ecuador ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Hamburg |
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15:00 | C. Tenorio ![]() Delgado ![]() Kaviedes ![]() |
Report | Stadium: FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin) |
20 June 2006 Group Stage | Costa Rica ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
Hanover |
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16:00 | Gómez ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Stadium: FIFA WM Stadion Hannover Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) |
2014
14 June 2014 Group Stage | Uruguay ![]() |
1 – 3 | ![]() |
Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza |
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16:00 UTC−3 | Cavani ![]() |
Report | Campbell ![]() Duarte ![]() Ureña ![]() |
Attendance: 58,679 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
20 June 2014 Group Stage | Italy ![]() |
0 – 1 | ![]() |
Arena Pernambuco, Recife |
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13:00 UTC−3 | Report | Ruiz ![]() |
Attendance: 40,285 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile) |
24 June 2014 Group Stage | Costa Rica ![]() |
0 – 0 | ![]() |
Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte |
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13:00 UTC−3 | Report | Attendance: 57,823 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) |
29 June 2014 Round of 16 | Costa Rica ![]() |
1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p) |
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Arena Pernambuco, Recife |
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17:00 | Ruiz ![]() |
Report | Papastathopoulos ![]() |
Attendance: 41,242 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) |
Penalties | ||||
Borges ![]() Ruiz ![]() González ![]() Campbell ![]() Umaña ![]() |
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5 July 2014 Quarter-finals | Netherlands ![]() |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p) |
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Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador |
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17:00 | Report | Attendance: 51,179 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
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Penalties | ||||
Van Persie ![]() Robben ![]() Sneijder ![]() Kuyt ![]() |
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Top Goalscorers
A list of the top goalscorers for Costa Rica in the FIFA World Cup. Joel Campbell, Oscar Duarte, Marco Ureña and Bryan Ruiz all scored in Costa Rica's 2014 World Cup campaign.
No. | Name | Goals | World Cup |
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1st | Paulo Wanchope | 3 | 2002, 2006 |
Ronald Gomez | 3 | 2002, 2006 | |
2nd | Bryan Ruiz | 2 | 2014 |
3rd | |||
Joel Campbell | 1 | 2014 | |
Oscar Duarte | 1 | 2014 | |
Marco Ureña | 1 | 2014 | |
Mauricio Wright | 1 | 2002 | |
Winston Parks | 1 | 2002 | |
Juan Cayasso | 1 | 1990 | |
Róger Flores | 1 | 1990 | |
Hernán Medford | 1 | 1990 | |
Rónald González | 1 | 1990 |
References
- ↑ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.