Costa Rica

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3Continental titles· last 1989

Title chances

This side's chance in each title race we forecast, frozen and scored like every forecast here.

Full odds: CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup · every title race

Greatest games

Costa Rica's top tournament matches by the site's Game Score (ELO).Methodology.

1
L 0-0 v Netherlands(pens 3-4)
2014-07-05 · World Cup · Quarterfinals
1.800
2
W 3-2 v Colombia
2016-06-11 · Copa América · Group Stage
1.769
3
W 2-1 v Sweden
1990-06-20 · World Cup · Group Stage
1.539
4
W 1-1 v Greece(pens 5-3)
2014-06-29 · World Cup · Round of 16
1.508
5
W 3-1 v Uruguay
2014-06-14 · World Cup · Group Stage
1.482
6
W 1-0 v Italy
2014-06-20 · World Cup · Group Stage
1.419
7
D 2-2 v Switzerland
2018-06-27 · World Cup · Group Stage
1.412
8
D 0-0 v England
2014-06-24 · World Cup · Group Stage
1.295
9
L 2-4 v Germany
2022-12-01 · World Cup · Group Stage
1.232
10
L 2-4 v Germany
2006-06-09 · World Cup · Group Stage
1.209

Footprint

Tournament appearances
38
Trophies
3
Major trophies
3
Last appearance
2025
World Cup appearances
6
Continental appearances
29
Last final reached
2002
Last trophy
1989

Comparable programs

Methodology

Five national programs whose honors profile and historical footprint sit closest to Costa Rica. Scored across World Cup pedigree, continental dominance (tier-adjusted), intercontinental wins, tournament span, and decade coverage. The labels describe the shared trait that drove the match.

Algeria
Repeat continental finalists
Honors 5.25 · distance 0.76
Japan
Repeat continental finalists
Honors 6.50 · distance 0.82
Côte d'Ivoire
Repeated continental champions
Honors 8.25 · distance 0.93
Iran
Repeated continental champions
Honors 4.50 · distance 0.94
Peru
Repeat continental finalists
Honors 7.00 · distance 1.00

Tournament history

Most recent first. Every senior international tournament appearance on file: World Cups, continental cups, intercontinental tournaments, and selected others. The Name column shows what the team was called at the time of that appearance (Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, etc. on rows played under a predecessor identity).

2025Gold
Quarterfinal
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup 2025
Costa Rica
2024Copa
Appearance
Copa América 2024
Costa Rica
2023Gold
Quarterfinal
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup 2023
Costa Rica
2022WC
Appearance
FIFA World Cup 2022
Costa Rica
2021Gold
Quarterfinal
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup 2021
Costa Rica
2021Other
Semifinal
2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
Costa Rica
2019Gold
Quarterfinal
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup 2019
Costa Rica
2018WC
Appearance
FIFA World Cup 2018
Costa Rica
2017Gold
Semifinal
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup 2017
Costa Rica
2016Copa
Appearance
Copa América 2016
Costa Rica
2015Gold
Quarterfinal
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup 2015
Costa Rica
2014WC
Quarterfinal
FIFA World Cup 2014
Costa Rica

Tournament finals

Every senior-tournament final this team has played. Wins highlighted in gold; losses muted. Penalty shootouts shown as "PKs" alongside the regulation score.

2002 Lost
CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States
Score
0-2
Venue
Rose Bowl, United States