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26 January Friendly	Argentina	3–2	Costa Rica	San Juan, Argentina
	Sosa 10' Burdisso 37' Jara 79'		20' Barrantes 76' Madrigal	Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez, Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

France

26 May Friendly	France	2–1	Costa Rica	Lens, France
	Sequeira 22' (o.g.) Valbuena 83'		Hernández 11'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Switzerland

1 June Friendly	Switzerland	0–1	Costa Rica	Sion, Switzerland
			Parks 57'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Republic of Ireland)

Slovakia

5 June Friendly	Slovakia	3–0	Costa Rica	Bratislava, Slovakia
	Sequeira 16' (o.g.) Vittek 46' Šesták 86' (pen.)			Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stefan Meßner (Austria)

11 August Friendly	Paraguay	2–0	Costa Rica	Asunción, Paraguay
	Vera 8' Riveros 64'			Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

Panama

4 September Friendly	Panama	2–2	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
	Tejada 27', 38'		Barrantes 8' Saborío 52'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 23,005 Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)

7 September Friendly	Jamaica	1–0	Costa Rica	Kingston, Jamaica
	Johnson 66'			Stadium: Independence Park Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Peru

8 October Friendly	Peru	2–0	Costa Rica	Lima, Peru
	Ramírez 3' Rengifo 6'			Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)

12 October Friendly	Costa Rica	2–1	El Salvador	Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
	J. Sánchez 10' J. Martínez 88'		Burgos 53'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Luis Rodríguez (Panama)

17 November Friendly	Costa Rica	0–0	Jamaica	Fort Lauderdale, United States
				Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Chris Renso (United States)

Statistics

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
International Friendly	10	2	2	6	8	16

Player	Goals
Michael Barrantes	2
Diego Madrigal	1
Carlos Hernández	1
Winston Parks	1
Álvaro Saborío	1
José Sánchez	1
Josué Martínez	1

2011

The year was marked by the inauguration of the new national stadium in San José in late March. 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.

Tragedy also hit the national team during 2011, when defender Dennis Marshall (along with his wife) died in a car accident. Marshall died just five days after scoring his only international goal in a CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Honduras.

Overall, 2011 showed lackluster results for the national team. Failures to overcome Honduras at the Copa Centroamericana final and the Gold Cup quarter-finals, along with a poor performance at the Copa América prompted the dismissal of Ricardo La Volpe. After the departure of La Volpe, Rónald González served as interim manager for the team until the arrival of Jorge Luis Pinto in September.

14 January Centroamericana GS	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	Panama City, Panama
18:00 (UTC−5)	V. Núñez 42'		90' R. Núñez	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

16 January Centroamericana GS	Guatemala	0–2	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
16:00 (UTC−5)			48', 82' Ureña	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Panama

21 January Centroamericana SF	Panama	1–1 (2–4 p)	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
20:00 (UTC−5)	Borges 67'		76' Pérez	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

23 January Centroamericana F	Honduras	2–1	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
	W. Martínez 8' E. Martínez 52'		73' Ureña	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

9 February Friendly	Venezuela	2–2	Costa Rica	Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
18:30 (UTC−4)	Rondón 24', 80'		6' Oviedo 59' Ureña	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico José Antonio Anzoátegui Referee: Henry Gambetta (Peru)

China

26 March Friendly	Costa Rica	2–2	China	San José, Costa Rica
20:20 (UTC−6)	Saborío 38' Brenes 45'		45', 90+2' Gao Lin	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Argentina

29 March Friendly	Costa Rica	0–0	Argentina	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)				Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Cuba

5 June Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	5–0	Cuba	Arlington, United States
17:00 (UTC−5)	Ureña 6', 46' Saborío 41' Mora 47' Campbell 71'			Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 80,108 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

9 June Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	1–1	El Salvador	Charlotte, United States
19:00 (UTC−4)	Brenes 95'		45' Zelaya	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 46,021 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Mexico

12 June Gold Cup GS	Mexico	4–1	Costa Rica	Chicago, United States
19:00 (UTC−5)	Márquez 17' Guardado 19', 26' Barrera 38'		69' Ureña	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 61,500 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

18 June Gold Cup QF	Costa Rica	1–1 (2–4 p)	Honduras	East Rutherford, United States
17:00 (UTC−4)	Marshall 56'		49' Bengtson	Stadium: New Meadowlands Stadium Attendance: 78,807 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

2 July Copa América GS	Colombia	1–0	Costa Rica	San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
15:30 (UTC−3)	Ramos 44'			Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Bolivia

7 July Copa América GS	Bolivia	0–2	Costa Rica	San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
19:15 (UTC−3)			59' Martínez 79' Campbell	Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Argentina

11 July Copa América GS	Argentina	3–0	Costa Rica	Córdoba, Argentina
21:45 (UTC−3)	Agüero 45+1', 52' Di María 63'			Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Referee: Víctor Rivera (Peru)

Ecuador

10 August Friendly	Costa Rica	0–2	Ecuador	San José, Costa Rica
20:10 (UTC−6)			53' Suárez 66' Méndez	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

2 September Friendly	United States	0–1	Costa Rica	Carson, United States
21:00 (UTC−8)			66' Wallace	Stadium: Home Depot Center Referee: Jose Molina (Argentina)

Ecuador

6 September Friendly	Ecuador	4–0	Costa Rica	Quito, Ecuador
15:00 (UTC−5)	Suárez 21' Ayoví 28' Castillo 58' Benítez 75'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Brazil

7 October Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Brazil	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)			60' Neymar	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Panama

11 November Friendly	Panama	2–0	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
20:00 (UTC−5)	Gómez 26' (pen.) Pérez 28'			Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Spain

15 November Friendly	Costa Rica	2–2	Spain	San José, Costa Rica
15:05 (UTC−6)	Brenes 31' Campbell 42'		83' Silva 90+3' Villa	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Cuba

11 December Friendly	Cuba	1–1	Costa Rica	Havana, Cuba
20:00 (UTC−5)	Cordovés 57' (pen.)		90+2' Cunningham	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Marrero Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

22 December Friendly	Venezuela	0–2	Costa Rica	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
17:35 (UTC−4)			41' Wallace 53' Cubero	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)

Statistics

Coach(es)

#	Coach	Number of matches
1	Ricardo La Volpe	15
2	Rónald González	2
3	Jorge Luis Pinto	5

General statistics

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Copa Centroamericana	4	1	2	1	5	4
Gold Cup	4	1	2	1	8	6
Copa América	3	1	0	2	2	4
Friendlies	11	2	5	4	10	16
Total	22	5	9	8	25	30

Goalscorers

Marco Ureña was the top goalscorer for Costa Rica in 2011, scoring seven goals

7 goals

Marco Ureña

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

2012

Wales

29 February Friendly	Wales	0–1	Costa Rica	Cardiff, Wales
19:45 (GMT)			7' Campbell	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

21 March Friendly	Jamaica	0–0	Costa Rica	Kingston, Jamaica
20:00 (UTC−5)				Stadium: Independence Park Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

11 April Friendly	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
19:00 (UTC−6)	Vargas 49'		23' Suazo	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

25 May Friendly	Costa Rica	3–2	Guatemala	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	J. López 24' (o.g.) Á. Sánchez 35' González 77'		4', 52' Ruiz	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)

1 June Friendly	Guatemala	1–0	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00 (UTC−6)	Ruiz 25'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

8 June 2014 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	2–2	El Salvador	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Saborío 10' Campbell 16'		24' Gutiérrez 54' Romero	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 23,701 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Guyana

12 June 2014 FIFA WCQ	Guyana	0–4	Costa Rica	Providence, Guyana
20:00 (UTC−4)			19', 26', 52' Saborío 78' Campbell	Stadium: Providence Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)

Peru

15 August Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Peru	San José, Costa Rica
16:00 (UTC−6)			8' Carrillo	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

Mexico

7 September 2014 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	0–2	Mexico	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)			43' Salcido 52' Zavala	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Mexico

11 September 2014 FIFA WCQ	Mexico	1–0	Costa Rica	Mexico City, Mexico
20:00 (UTC−5)	Hernández 61'			Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 44,007 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

12 October 2014 FIFA WCQ	El Salvador	0–1	Costa Rica	San Salvador, El Salvador
19:30 (UTC−6)			31' Cubero	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 35,082 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Guyana

16 October 2014 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	7–0	Guyana	San José, Costa Rica
19:00 (UTC−6)	Brenes 10', 48' Gamboa 14' Saborío 51' (pen.), 77' Bolaños 61' Borges 70'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

Bolivia

14 November Friendly	Bolivia	1–1	Costa Rica	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
20:37 (UTC−4)	Saucedo 90+1'		72' Campbell	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Brazil)

Statistics

Coach(es)

#	Nat.	Coach	Number of matches
1		Jorge Luis Pinto	13 (All)

General statistics

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	6	3	1	2	14	5
Friendlies	7	2	3	2	6	6
Total	13	5	4	4	20	11

Goalscorers

6 goals

Álvaro Saborío

4 goals

Joel Campbell

2 goals

Randall Brenes

1 goal

1 own goal

Jonathan López

2013

The year marked a significant recovery in the team status within the Confederation, after several years of decay. In January, the team won the Copa Centroamericana after two consecutive failures in 2009 and 2011. In September, Costa Rica qualified to the 2014 FIFA World Cup after their absence in the 2010 edition. 2013 also marked the year with the most victories for the Costa Rica national team, with 13 victories.

On March 22, Costa Rica played against the United States at the Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. The match, dubbed as the Snow Clásico in the United States, was played under a heavy snow fall. As the United States won the match with a goal by Clint Dempsey, Costa Ricans were enraged by the circumstances around the match. On September 6, the Ticos would defeat the United States in San José by 3–1, which was considered as a revenge.

On October 15, Costa Rica defeated Mexico in San José by 2–1, which marked the first victory over the Mexican team in over twelve years, the latest being the Aztecazo in June 2001. It was also the first victory Costa Rica had against Mexico in home soil for over twenty years.

Belize

18 January Centroamericana GS	Costa Rica	1–0	Belize	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Arrieta 55'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 5,484 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

20 January Centroamericana GS	Costa Rica	2–0	Nicaragua	San José, Costa Rica
18:00 (UTC−6)	Lagos 7' Borges 86'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 5,980 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

22 January Centroamericana GS	Costa Rica	1–1	Guatemala	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Arrieta 11'		90' Contreras	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 6,760 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

25 January Centroamericana SF	Costa Rica	1–0	El Salvador	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Wallace 72'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 4,993 Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

27 January Centroamericana F	Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
17:00 (UTC−6)	González 38'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 14,146 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Panama

6 February 2014 FIFA WCQ	Panama	2–2	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
21:00 (UTC−5)	Henríquez 15' R. Torres 27'		39' Saborío 84' B. Ruiz	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)

22 March 2014 FIFA WCQ	United States	1–0	Costa Rica	Commerce City, United States
20:11 (UTC−6)	Dempsey 16'			Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 19,734 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

26 March 2014 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	2–0	Jamaica	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Umaña 22' Calvo 82'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 32,427 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Canada

28 May Friendly	Canada	0–1	Costa Rica	Edmonton, Canada
17:00 (UTC−7)			16' (pen.) Arrieta	Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 8,102 Referee: Chris Penso (United States)

7 June 2014 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
20:10 (UTC−6)	Miller 25'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Mexico

11 June 2014 FIFA WCQ	Mexico	0–0	Costa Rica	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 (UTC−5)				Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 65,753 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Panama

18 June 2014 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	2–0	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	B. Ruiz 49' Borges 52'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Cuba

9 July Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	3–0	Cuba	Portland, Oregon, United States
20:30 (UTC−4)	Barrantes 52', 77' Arrieta 71'			Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,724 Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Belize

13 July Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	1–0	Belize	Sandy, United States
18:00 (UTC−4)	Eiley 49' (o.g.)			Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,597 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

16 July Gold Cup GS	United States	1–0	Costa Rica	East Hartford, United States
20:00 (UTC−4)	Shea 82'			Stadium: Rentschler Field Attendance: 25,432 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

21 July Gold Cup QF	Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica	Baltimore, United States
19:00 (UTC−4)	Najar 49'			Stadium: M&T Bank Stadium Attendance: 70,540 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Dominican Republic

14 August Friendly	Dominican Republic	0–4	Costa Rica	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
16:00 (UTC−4)			48', 71' Borges 77' Herrera 87' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Quisqueya Referee: Alain Georges (Haiti)

6 September 2014 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	3–1	United States	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Acosta 3' Borges 10' Campbell 76'		43' (pen.) Dempsey	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

10 September 2014 FIFA WCQ	Jamaica	1–1	Costa Rica	Kingston, Jamaica
19:00 (UTC−5)	Anderson 90+2'		74' Brenes	Stadium: Independence Park Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

11 October 2014 FIFA WCQ	Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
15:00 (UTC−6)	Bengtson 64'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 38,500 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Mexico

15 October 2014 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	2–1	Mexico	San José, Costa Rica
19:30 (UTC−6)	B. Ruiz 24' Saborío 63'		28' Peralta	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Australia

19 November Friendly	Australia	1–0	Costa Rica	Sydney, Australia
19:30 (UTC+11)	Cahill 69'			Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 20,165 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

Statistics

Coach(es)

#	Nat.	Coach	Number of matches
1		Jorge Luis Pinto	22 (All)

General statistics

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Copa Centroamericana	5	4	1	0	6	1
Gold Cup	4	2	0	2	4	2
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	10	5	3	2	13	7
Friendlies	3	2	0	1	5	1
Total	22	13	4	5	28	11

Goalscorers

5 goals

Celso Borges

4 goals

Jairo Arrieta

3 goals

Bryan Ruiz

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Dalton Eiley

2014

Below are listed all the matches played by the Costa Rica national football team in 2014.

The year, regarded to be the best in the history of Costa Rican football, saw the Ticos becoming the revelation team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

After being drawn into Group D —along with former World Champions Uruguay, Italy and England—, initial reaction towards the team was of mockery, and underestimation. During a segment of TeleSUR program De Zurda, Diego Maradona mocked the team by saying "if I was Costa Rican, I would have to shoot myself ". Costa Rica topped the group undefeated after beating both Uruguay and Italy, finishing with a draw against England. The Ticos would defeat Greece in the Round of 16 throughout the penalty shootouts. Costa Rica was then eliminated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals again in the penalty shootouts.

After the World Cup, Jorge Luis Pinto resigned as the coach of the national team, denouncing that a member of his coaching staff requested his sacking. Paulo Wanchope assumed as the interim coach of the team, only to be confirmed in the charge in January 2015. With Wanchope in charge, Costa Rica won the 2014 Copa Centroamericana, thus qualifying to the Copa América Centenario.

Chile

22 January Friendly	Chile	4–0	Costa Rica	Coquimbo, Chile
21:00 (UTC−3)	Albornoz 13' Hernández 51', 54' Muñoz 79'			Stadium: Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

South Korea

25 January Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	South Korea	Los Angeles, United States
17:00 (UTC−8)			10' Shin-wook	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

5 March Friendly	Costa Rica	2–1	Paraguay	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Campbell 44' Saborío 73'		86' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

Japan

2 June Friendly	Costa Rica	1–3	Japan	Tampa, United States
20:00 (UTC−5)	B. Ruiz 31'		60' Endō 80' Kagawa 90+2' Kakitani	Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 7,106 Referee: Chris Penso (United States)

Republic of Ireland

6 June Friendly	Costa Rica	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Chester, United States
19:00 (UTC−5)	Borges 64' (pen.)		18' Doyle	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)

14 June World Cup GS	Uruguay	1–3	Costa Rica	Fortaleza, Brazil
16:00 (UTC−3)	Cavani 24' (pen.)		54' Campbell 57' Duarte 84' Ureña	Stadium: Estádio Castelão Attendance: 58,679 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Italy

20 June World Cup GS	Italy	0–1	Costa Rica	Recife, Brazil
13:00 (UTC−3)			44' B. Ruiz	Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 40,285 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

England

24 June World Cup GS	Costa Rica	0–0	England	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
13:00 (UTC−3)				Stadium: Estádio Mineirão Attendance: 57,823 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria

Greece

29 June World Cup R-16	Costa Rica	1–1 (5–3 p)	Greece	Recife, Brazil
17:00 (UTC−3)	B. Ruiz 52'		90+1' Papastathopoulos	Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 41,242 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia
	Penalties
	Borges B. Ruiz González Campbell Umaña		Mitroglou Christodoulopoulos Holebas Gekas

Netherlands

5 July World Cup QF	Netherlands	0–0 (4–3 p)	Costa Rica	Salvador, Brazil
17:00 (UTC−3				Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 51,179 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Penalties
	Van Persie Robben Sneijder Kuyt		Borges B. Ruiz González Bolaños Umaña

3 September Centroamericana GS	Costa Rica	3–0	Nicaragua	Washington, D.C., United States
17:30 (UTC−4)	Borges 39' (pen.) Ureña 49' Venegas 85'			Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 20,516 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

Panama

7 September Centroamericana GS	Costa Rica	2–2	Panama	Dallas, United States
16:00 (UTC−5)	Venegas 81' Borges 87' (pen.)		51' Pérez 71' Nurse	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 20,156 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

13 September Centroamericana F	Guatemala	1–2	Costa Rica	Los Angeles, United States
21:00 (UTC−5)	C. Ruiz 25'		29' B. Ruiz 56' Golobio	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 41,969 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Oman

10 October Friendly	Oman	3–4	Costa Rica	Sohar, Oman
20:00 (UTC+4)	Saleh 27' Al-Siyabi 54' Al-Hosni 59'		4' Saborío 45+2' J. Ruiz 47' Golobio 50' Ramírez	Stadium: Sohar Regional Sports Complex Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)

South Korea

14 October Friendly	South Korea	1–3	Costa Rica	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9)	Lee Dong-gook 45+1'		37', 47' Borges 78' Duarte	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 39,210 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

13 November Friendly	Uruguay	3–3 (6–7 p)	Costa Rica	Montevideo, Uruguay
19:00 (UTC−3)	Suárez 50' Giménez 64' Cavani 67'		42' Saborío 51' Ruiz 90+1' Venegas	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Suárez J. Rodríguez Ramírez Corujo Arévalo Ríos Á. Pereira M. Pereira G. Pereira		Borges Ruiz Saborío González Duarte Díaz Golobio Gamboa

Statistics

Coach(es)

#	Nat.	Coach	Number of matches
1		Jorge Luis Pinto	10
2		Paulo Wanchope	6

General statistics

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
FIFA World Cup	5	2	3	0	5	2
Copa Centroamericana	3	2	1	0	7	3
Friendlies	8	3	2	3	14	17
Total	16	7	6	3	26	22

Goalscorers

5 goals

Celso Borges

4 goals

Bryan Ruiz

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

2015

Below are listed all the matches played by the Costa Rica national football team in 2015.

During most of the year, the team suffered with lackluster results, including their second worst streak without winning. The CONCACAF Gold Cup saw the Ticos reaching the quarterfinals with three draws in the group stage –against Jamaica, El Salvador and Canada– only to be eliminated by Mexico with a controversial penalty awarded to the Mexicans.

On August 11, the team's manager Paulo Wanchope was involved in a fight during a match of the under-23 national team. After the match the team played against Panama at the Estadio Maracaná, Wanchope tried to enter the pitch from the stands, being prevented to do so by a security official. During the struggle with the guard to open the gate, Wanchope accidentally hit a boy and proceeded to fight with the guard. After the incident, Wanchope met with members of the Costa Rican Football Federation and announced his resignation from the management of the national team.

Óscar Ramírez was appointed as the new manager of the team, just a week after being announced as Wanchope's assistant. With Ramírez in charge, the Ticos earned their first triump of the year by beating Uruguay 1–0 in San José, and beginning the qualification process to the 2018 FIFA World Cup with two wins against Haiti and Panama.

26 March Friendly	Costa Rica	0–0	Paraguay	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)				Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 31,000 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Panama

31 March Friendly	Panama	2–1	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
20:00 (UTC−5)	Pérez 17' Tejada 25'		67' (pen.) Saborío	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

6 June Friendly	Colombia	1–0	Costa Rica	Buenos Aires, Argentina
18:15 (UTC−3)	Falcao 47'			Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Spain

11 June Friendly	Spain	2–1	Costa Rica	León, Spain
21:00 (UTC+1)	Alcácer 8' Fàbregas 30'		6' Venegas	Stadium: Estadio Reino de León Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)

Mexico

27 June Friendly	Mexico	2–2	Costa Rica	Orlando, United States
18:00 (UTC−4)	G. Dos Santos 53' Hernández 55'		4' Ramírez 36' (o.g.) Layún	Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Attendance: 53,629 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

8 July Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	2–2	Jamaica	Carson, United States
20:00 (UTC−4)	Miller 33' D. Ramírez 37'		13' McCleary 48' McAnuff	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 22,648 Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

11 July Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	1–1	El Salvador	Houston
21:00 (UTC−4)	B. Ruiz 60'		90+2' Corea	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,017 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Canada

14 July Gold Cup GS	Canada	0–0	Costa Rica	Toronto, Canada
20:30 (UTC−4)				Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 16,674 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

Mexico

19 July Gold Cup QF	Mexico	1–0	Costa Rica	East Rutherford, United States
19:30 (UTC−4)	Guardado 120+4' (pen.)			Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 74,187 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Brazil

5 September Friendly	Brazil	1–0	Costa Rica	Harrison, United States
15:00 (UTC−4)	Hulk 10'			Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

8 September Friendly	Costa Rica	1–0	Uruguay	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	B. Ruiz 9'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Jorge Rojas (Mexico)

South Africa

8 October Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	South Africa	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)			9' Jali	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)

13 October Friendly	United States	0–1	Costa Rica	Harrison, United States
18:30 (UTC−4)			70' Campbell	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9,214 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Haiti

13 November 2018 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	1–0	Haiti	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Gamboa 29'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Panama

17 November 2018 FIFA WCQ	Panama	1–2	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
20:30 (UTC−5)	Tejada 71'		66' B. Ruiz 69' Ureña	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 26,607 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

15 December Friendly	Costa Rica	1–0	Nicaragua	Liberia, Costa Rica
18:00 (UTC−6)	Waston 59'			Stadium: Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Statistics

Coach(es)

#	Nat.	Coach	Number of matches
1		Paulo Wanchope	9
2		Óscar Ramírez	7

General statistics

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Gold Cup	4	0	3	1	3	4
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	2	2	0	0	3	1
Friendlies	10	3	2	5	7	9
Total	16	5	5	6	13	14

Goalscorers

3 goals

Bryan Ruiz

2 goals

David Ramírez

1 goal

1 owl goal

Miguel Layún

2016

The year, which began with a loss in a friendly against Venezuela, resumed the Costa Rican campaign during the fourth round of the CONCACAF qualifying process for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. A double match-up in March against Jamaica saw the Ticos earning four points –after a draw in Kingston and a victory in San José– which led them at the brink of qualification to the next round.

The qualification process was interrupted by the Copa América Centenario, for which Costa Rica prepared by once again facing Venezuela in San José, this time won by the Ticos. Costa Rica began the tournament with a scoreless draw against Paraguay, However, the Costa Rican aspirations came to an abrupt end after a 4–0 loss against the United States, to which La Nación criticized the lack of a second defensive midfielder as an important factor for the defeat, as manager Óscar Ramírez decided to use Celso Borges alone in that position. Already eliminated after the Americans defeated Paraguay, the Costa Ricans redeemed themselves by defeating Colombia by 3–2.

La Sele sealed their qualification to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification final round, also known as Hexagonal, by defeating Haiti and Panama and finishing on the first place of their group. In October, Costa Rica defeated 2018 FIFA World Cup hosts Russia by 3–4 at the Krasnodar Stadium.

Costa Rica began the Hexagonal with a 0–2 win against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain. The Ticos went on to avenge their Copa América Centenario 4–0 defeat against the United States by defeating the Americans in San José by the same score. The victory marked the departure of United States' coach Jürgen Klinsmann and also secured the first place for Costa Rica.

2 February Friendly	Venezuela	1–0	Costa Rica	Barinas, Venezuela
19:30 (UTC−4:30)	Ángel 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín Tovar Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)

25 March 2018 FIFA WCQ	Jamaica	1–1	Costa Rica	Kingston, Jamaica
19:00 UTC−5	Watson 16'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Acosta 67'	Stadium: Independence Park Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

29 March 2018 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	3–0	Jamaica	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6	Borges 7' B. Ruiz 37' Venegas 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 35,062 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

27 May Friendly	Costa Rica	2–1	Venezuela	San José, Costa Rica
	Gamboa 40' Rodríguez 49' Matarrita 71'	Report	Rondón 29' Figuera 89'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Melvin Matamorros (Honduras)

4 June Copa América Centenario	Costa Rica	0–0	Paraguay	Orlando, United States
17:00 (UTC−4)		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Attendance: 14,334 Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

7 June Copa América Centenario	United States	4–0	Costa Rica	Chicago, United States
20:00 (UTC−5)	Dempsey 9' (pen.) Jones 37' Wood 42' Zusi 87'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 39,642 Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

11 June Copa América Centenario	Colombia	2–3	Costa Rica	Houston, United States
21:00 (UTC−4)	Fabra 6' M. Moreno 73'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Venegas 2' Fabra 34' (o.g.) Borges 58'	Stadium: NRG Stadium Attendance: 45,808 Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Haiti

2 September 2018 FIFA WCQ	Haiti	0–1	Costa Rica	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
19:00 (UTC−5)		Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Azofeifa 71'	Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

Panama

6 September 2018 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	3–1	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
19:30 UTC−6	Bolaños 19', 79' Matarrita 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Tejada 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)

Russia

9 October Friendly	Russia	3–4	Costa Rica	Krasnodar, Russia
19:30 (UTC−4:30)	Samedov 31' Dzyuba 48,61'		Azofeifa 22' B. Ruiz 29' Smolov 45+' Campbell 90+'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium

Trinidad and Tobago

11 November 2018 FIFA WCQ	Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	Costa Rica	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
19:00 UTC−4			Bolaños 65' Matarrita 90+2'	Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

15 November 2018 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	4–0	United States	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6	Venegas 43' Bolaños 69' Campbell 74', 77'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Statistics

Coach(es)

#	Nat.	Coach	Number of matches
1		Óscar Ramírez	12 (All)

General statistics

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Copa América Centenario	3	1	1	1	3	6
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	6	5	1	0	14	2
Friendlies	3	2	0	1	6	4
Total	12	8	2	2	23	12

Goalscorers

4 goals

Christian Bolaños

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2017

Below are listed all the matches played by the Costa Rica national football team in 2017.

The year began with La Sele making their worst display in the Copa Centroamericana since 1995, finishing fourth with a lone win against Belize, draws against El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, and a loss against Panama.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification resumed with difficulties for the team, losing the first place of the Hexagonal to Mexico after a 2–0 defeat at the Estadio Azteca, a loss for which goalkeeper Keylor Navas was subject of criticism because of the second goal. Four days later, La Sele rescued a point in San Pedro Sula against Honduras with a header by Kendall Waston. The struggle continued in June, with a scoreless draw at the Estadio Nacional against Panama, which ended the Costa Rican streak of ten consecutive wins at home during World Cup qualifiers. Costa Rica returned to victory road by defeating Trinidad and Tobago in San José.

The qualification process was interrupted in July by the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Costa Rica began the tournament by defeating Honduras with a lone goal by Marco Ureña, marking the first time the Ticos defeated Honduras in a Gold Cup match. La Sele went on to top their group after a draw against Canada and a victory against French Guiana. In the quarter-finals, Costa Rica defeated Panama with an own goal by Aníbal Godoy, thus making the Ticos qualify to the Gold Cup semifinals for the first time since 2009. The United States defeated Costa Rica in the semifinals with goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey.

In September, Costa Rica defeated the United States in New Jersey as Marco Ureña, who was subject of criticism because of his lack of effectiveness, scored a brace to secure the first Costa Rican win over the Americans in U.S. since 1985, also ending Bruce Arena's undefeated streak since he took over the management of the United States national team. Ureña scored again four days later against Mexico in San José, in a match that ended in a draw, as a side post deflected a shot by Johan Venegas, denying the Ticos the chance to qualify to the World Cup that day.

Devastation left by Hurricane Nate forced the Costa Rican Football Federation to postpone the match against Honduras in San José, originally programmed for October 6, to the next day. Costa Rica secured their presence at the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a draw against the Hondurans with a stoppage time header by Kendall Waston. Costa Rica ended the qualification process as the second place of the Hexagonal after a loss against Panama in the last matchday, which allowed the Panamanians to qualify to their first ever World Cup. The match was met with controversy as referee Wálter López granted Panama's Blas Pérez a goal, in spite of the ball never crossing the line.

Costa Rica ended the year with two losses at European soil, an abrupt 5–0 thrashing to Spain in Málaga and a 1–0 defeat to Hungary in Budapest. Two weeks later, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup seeding, the Ticos were allocated into Group E, along with Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia.

13 January Centroamericana	Costa Rica	0–0	El Salvador	Panama City, Panama
18:30 (UTC−5)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Belize

15 January Centroamericana	Belize	0–3	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
13:00 (UTC−5)		Report	25', 65' Ortiz 51' Venegas	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

17 January Centroamericana	Costa Rica	0–0	Nicaragua	Panama City, Panama
18:30 (UTC−5)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

20 January Centroamericana	Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
18:30 (UTC−5)	Andino 17'	Report	59' Calvo	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Panama

22 January Centroamericana	Panama	1–0	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
16:00 (UTC−5)	Cooper 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

Mexico

24 March 2018 FIFA WCQ	Mexico	2–0	Costa Rica	Mexico City, Mexico
19:50 (UTC−6)	Hernández 7' Araujo 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 61,697 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

28 March 2018 FIFA WCQ	Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
15:05 (UTC−6)	Lozano 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	68' Waston	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Panama

8 June 2018 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	0–0	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)		Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 35,040 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Trinidad and Tobago

13 June 2018 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Calvo 1' Ruiz 44'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	35' Molino	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 34,429 Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

7 July Gold Cup GS	Honduras	0–1	Costa Rica	Harrison, United States
21:00 (UTC−4)		Report	39' Ureña	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,817 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Canada

11 July Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	1–1	Canada	Houston, United States
18:30 (UTC−5)	Calvo 42'	Report	26' Davies	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

French Guiana

14 July Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	3–0	French Guiana	Frisco, United States
18:30 (UTC−5)	Rodríguez 4' Wallace 79' Ramírez 83'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Panama

19 July Gold Cup QF	Costa Rica	1–0	Panama	Philadelphia, United States
18:00 (UTC−4)	Godoy 77' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

22 July Gold Cup SF	Costa Rica	0–2	United States	Arlington, United States
21:00 (UTC−5)		Report	72' Altidore 82' Dempsey	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 45,516 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

1 September 2018 FIFA WCQ	United States	0–2	Costa Rica	Harrison, United States
18:55 (UTC−4)		Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Ureña 30', 82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 26,500 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Mexico

5 September 2018 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	1–1	Mexico	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Ureña 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	42' (o.g.) Gamboa	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

7 October 2018 FIFA WCQ	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
16:00 (UTC−6)	Waston 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	66' Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 24,948 Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Panama

10 October 2018 FIFA WCQ	Panama	2–1	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
19:00 (UTC−5)	Pérez 53' R. Torres 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	36' Venegas	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 26,503 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Spain

10 November Friendly	Spain	5–0	Costa Rica	Málaga, Spain
20:30 (UTC+2)	Alba 6' Morata 23' Silva 51', 55' Iniesta 73'	Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Hungary

14 November Friendly	Hungary	1–0	Costa Rica	Budapest, Hungary
20:15 (UTC+1)	Nikolić 37'	Report		Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 9,860 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Statistics

Coach(es)

#	Nat.	Coach	Number of matches
1		Óscar Ramírez	20 (All)

General statistics

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Copa Centroamericana	5	1	3	1	4	2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	8	2	4	2	8	8
Gold Cup	5	3	1	1	6	3
Friendlies	2	0	0	2	0	6
Total	20	6	8	6	18	19

Goalscorers

4 goals

Marco Ureña

3 goals

Francisco Calvo

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Aníbal Godoy

2018

Scotland

23 March Friendly	Scotland	0–1	Costa Rica	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 (UTC±0)		Report	14' Ureña	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 20,488 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Tunisia

27 March Friendly	Tunisia	1–0	Costa Rica	Nice, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Khazri 36'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Frank Schneider (France)

Northern Ireland

3 June Friendly	Costa Rica	3–0	Northern Ireland	San José, Costa Rica
11:00 (UTC−6)	Venegas 30' Campbell 46' Calvo 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 35,100 Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

England

7 June Friendly	England	2–0	Costa Rica	Leeds, England
20:00 (UTC+1)	Rashford 13' Welbeck 76'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,104 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Belgium

11 June Friendly	Belgium	4–1	Costa Rica	Brussels, Belgium
20:45 (UTC+2)	Mertens 31' R. Lukaku 42', 50' Batshuayi 64'	Report	24' B. Ruiz	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Serbia

17 June World Cup GS	Costa Rica	0–1	Serbia	Samara, Russia
16:00 (UTC+4)		Report	56' Kolarov	Stadium: Cosmos Arena Attendance: 41,432 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Brazil

22 June World Cup GS	Brazil	2–0	Costa Rica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 (UTC+3)	Coutinho 90+1' Neymar 90+7'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 64,468 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Switzerland

27 June World Cup GS	Switzerland	2–2	Costa Rica	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
21:00 (UTC+3)	Džemaili 31' Drmić 88'	Report	Waston 56' Sommer 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 43,319 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

South Korea

7 September Friendly	South Korea	2–0	Costa Rica	Goyang, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9)	Lee Jae-sung 35' Nam Tae-hee 78'	Report		Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 36,127

Japan

11 September Friendly	Japan	3–0	Costa Rica	Suita, Japan
19:45 (UTC+9)	Sasaki 16' Minamino 66' J. Ito 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Attendance: 33,891 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Mexico

11 October Friendly	Mexico	3–2	Costa Rica	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:30 (UTC−5)	Guzmán 33' Martín 56' Jiménez 71' (pen.)	Report	Campbell 29' Ruiz 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 35,827 Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

16 October Friendly	Costa Rica	1–3	Colombia	Harrison, United States
20:00 (UTC−4)	Waston 44'	Report	Bacca 30' Hernández 72', 90+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Chile

16 November Friendly	Chile	2–3	Costa Rica	Rancagua, Chile
21:15 (UTC−3)	Vegas 70' Sánchez 90'	Report	Waston 36', 59' Matarrita 64'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

Peru

20 November Friendly	Peru	2–3	Costa Rica	Arequipa, Peru
19:30 (UTC−5)	Flores 20' Farfán 73'	Report	McDonald 41' Cruz 54' Campbell 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

2019

2 February Friendly	United States	2–0	Costa Rica	San Jose, United States
12:30 (UTC−8)	Lletget 80' Arriola 88'	Report		Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 13,656 Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

22 March Friendly	Guatemala	1–0	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:00 (UTC−6)	Cincotta 31'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 14,215 Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)

26 March Friendly	Costa Rica	1–0	Jamaica	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Fuller 28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Oscar Vergara (Panama)

Peru

5 June Friendly	Peru	1–0	Costa Rica	Lima, Peru
20:00 (UTC−5)	Cueva 53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

16 June Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	4–0	Nicaragua	San José, Costa Rica
18:30 (UTC−6)	Oviedo 7' Borges 19' Aguilar 45+1' Cruz 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Bermuda

20 June Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	2–1	Bermuda	Frisco, United States
20:30 (UTC−5)	George 30' Aguilar 54'	Report	Wells 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Haiti

24 June Gold Cup GS	Haiti	2–1	Costa Rica	Harrison, United States
21:00 (UTC−4)	Nazon 57' (pen.) Alexis 81'	Report	Alexis 13' (o.g.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Mexico

29 June Gold Cup QF	Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Costa Rica	Houston, United States
21:00 (UTC−5)	Jiménez 44'	Report	Ruiz 52' (pen.)	Stadium: NRG Stadium Attendance: 70,788 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
	Penalties
	Jiménez Montes Alvarado Gallardo Moreno Salcedo		Borges Aguilar Leal Duarte Calvo Fuller

6 September Friendly	Costa Rica	1–2	Uruguay	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−6)	Borges 48'	Report	De Arrascaeta 42' (pen.) Rodríguez 90'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Haiti

10 October Nations League A	Haiti	1–1	Costa Rica	Nassau, Bahamas
21:00 (UTC−5)	Pierrot 82'	Report	Ortiz 53'	Stadium: Thomas Robinson Stadium Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Curaçao

13 October Nations League A	Costa Rica	0–0	Curaçao	Alajuela, Costa Rica
18:00 (UTC−6)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Curaçao

14 November Nations League A	Curaçao	1–2	Costa Rica	Willemstad, Curaçao
18:30 (UTC−5)	Janga 20'	Report	Venegas 14' (pen.) Calvo 84'	Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)