Costa Rica
Coach:
Jorge Luis Pinto
Road to Brazil: Nr.2 in N.A
Honours:
Round of 16 in WC 1990
3 Times CONCACAF champions WC-app.: 4 (Incl.this) First WC: 1990 Association: fdefutbolcr.com/
The Costa Rica
national football
team, nicknamed La
Sele or Los Ticos,
is the national team
of Costa Rica and is
controlled by the
Federación
Costarricense de
Fútbol. Costa Rica
is the third most
successful team in
CONCACAF after
Mexico and the
USA.
They
are the most
successful team in
Central America
having qualified to
four World Cups,
including reaching
the last sixteen on
their debut in Italy
1990. In 2006, Costa
Rica qualified for
the World Cup in
Germany, with their
worst World Cup to
date, finishing 31st
out of 32 teams.
Costa Rica has
qualified first in
the CONCACAF Final
Round in both the
1990 World Cup
qualification final
round and 2002 World
Cup qualification
final round.
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