Costa Rica qualified for the World Cup in Qatar (Mustafa Abu Moanes/Getty)
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The beginning of the march
The Costa Rican Football Federation was founded in 1921, and its first team is nicknamed by two titles: “Lassily” and “Los Ticos”, meaning the indigenous people of Costa Rica, then it joined the International Football Association in 1927, and the North American Confederation in 1962.
Historic matches
Costa Rica played its first international match once morest El Salvador in Guatemala, in 1921, and achieved its biggest win in 1946, at the expense of Puerto Rico, with a historic score of 12 goals without a match. The biggest loss was once morest Mexico, with a score of 7 clean goals, in 1975.
FIFA Ranking
Costa Rica is currently ranked 31st in the FIFA rankings, while its best ranking was in 2015, reaching 13th in the world. As for the worst rating, it was in 1996, which is the 93rd place in the world.
International Posts
Costa Rica, which is the third country in football in North America, following Mexico and America, participated 5 times in the World Cup (before qualifying for the Monedal Qatar), namely: 1990, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018, where the start was in the World Cup in Italy, following Mexico replaced that It was excluded.
Although Costa Rica was inexperienced at the time, it presented a distinguished first championship, following beating Sweden and Scotland, to reach the second round, under the leadership of coach Bora Milutinovic, but lost to Czechoslovakia in the second round, and exited the tournament, following showing an impressive level. And beautiful football.
Costa Rica achieved its best participation in 2014, following reaching the quarter-finals, following its historic victory over Italy, while the 2006 participation is considered the worst, having occupied the penultimate place.
Continental brilliance
At the continental level, Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish, won the CONCACAF title 3 times: 1963, 1969 and 1989, while its team participated in the Copa America 3 times as well, and reached the quarter-finals in 2001 and 2004, which is the best results in the tournament.
