Costa Rica women's national football team

Costa Rica
Nickname(s)	La Sele (The Selection); La Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Sub-confederation	Central American Football Union (Central America)
Head coach	Amelia Valverde
Captain	Shirley Cruz Traña
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
FIFA code	CRC
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	34 1 (28 September 2018)
Highest	29 (December 2016)
Lowest	106 (March 2010)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Group Stage (2015)
CONCACAF Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up (2014)
Pan American Games

The Costa Rica women's national football team is controlled by the Costa Rican Football Federation. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Central American region along with Guatemala.

History

The Costa Rican team just started to play an international match in 1990, when Central America was on struggle about developing women's football. The success of men's team helped the FCF to believe on the women's team. Their first tournament, was the 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship when Costa Rica finished third and was out from the group stage.

Despite of this, Costa Rica started gaining success in 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship and 1999 Pan American Games when Costa Rica won bronze both. But later, Costa Rica did not gain much successful achievement, as the national team was still on struggle under the shadow of men's team.

At the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Costa Rica surprisingly won silver, after losing 0-6 to the USA in the final. Their second place finish secured them a spot in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. This marked the first time Costa Rica would play in a FIFA Women's World Cup.

Costa Rica was drawn into a group with Brazil, South Korea and Spain for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Costa Rica secured two shocking draws over Spain (1-1) and South Korea (2-2), but the lost 1-0 to Brazil and were eliminated in the group stage. ^[1]

At the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Costa Rica was hoping to one again qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup. They won their first group match 8-0 over Cuba. However they lost their second match 1-0 to Jamaica in which they controversially had a goal disallowed in the second half. ^[2] Costa Rica would lose their final group match to Canada 3-1, elimating their chances of qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[3]

Tournament record

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Qualify
1995	Did Not Enter
1999	Did Not Qualify
2003	Did Not Qualify
2007	Did Not Qualify
2011	Did Not Qualify
2015	Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	3	4
2019	Did Not Qualify
Total	1/8	-	3	0	2	1	3	4

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cup

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws*	Losses	GF	GA	GD
Women's Gold Cup
1991	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	11	-9
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Third Place	5	3	0	2	11	7	+4
2000	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	18	-16
2002	Fourth Place	5	2	0	3	8	14	-6
2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Fourth Place	5	2	0	3	4	11	-7
2014	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	10	9	+1
2018	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	9	4	+5
Total	7/10	29	13	1	15	46	74	-28

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1999	-	6	1	1	4	4	17
2003	-	2	0	0	2	2	5
2007	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	-	3	0	1	2	5	8
2015	-	3	0	1	2	2	5
2019	Qualified
Total	4/5	14	1	3	10	13	35

Recent schedule and results

The following is a list of recent match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2018

June 9, 2018 Friendly	Chile	4-0	Costa Rica	Rancagua, Chile
	López 10' Benavides 53' (o.g.) Lara 70' Aedo 82'			Stadium: Estadio El Teniente

June 12, 2018 Friendly	Chile	2-2	Costa Rica	Rancagua, Chile
	Lara 3' Rojas 56'		G. Villalobos 86' Herrera 90'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente

July 19, 2018 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Group Stage	Colombia	0-1	Costa Rica	Barranquilla
15:00			G. Villalobos 8'	Stadium: Estadio Moderno Julio Torres Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

July 21, 2018 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Group Stage	Costa Rica	2-1	Jamaica	Barranquilla
16:00	Alvarado 66' Salas 90+3' (pen.)		Shaw 57'	Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

July 23, 2018 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Group Stage	Costa Rica	2-1	Venezuela	Barranquilla
16:00	Guillén 38' G. Villalobos 60'		Viso 52'	Stadium: Estadio Moderno Julio Torres Referee: Suleimy Linarez (Cuba)

July 27, 2018 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Semi-Final	Costa Rica	2-0	Trinidad and Tobago	Barranquilla
19:00	C. Sánchez 33' (pen.) Porras 90+4'			Stadium: Estadio Moderno Julio Torres Referee: María González (Mexico)

July 30, 2018 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Gold Medal Match	Costa Rica	1-3	Mexico	Barranquilla
19:00	Alvarado 15' (pen.)		Corral 60' K. Robles 62' Johnson 63'	Stadium: Estadio Moderno Julio Torres Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

August 27, 2018 2018 CONCACAF qualification	Costa Rica	11-0	El Salvador	IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton
10:00	Herrera 5', 45+1', 55' Alvarado 9' S. Cruz 19', 21' G. Villalobos 30' R. Rodríguez 36' Granados 63' F. Villalobos 82' Salas 84'

August 29, 2018 2018 CONCACAF qualification	Costa Rica	4-1	Nicaragua	IMG Academy Field 6, Bradenton
10:00	F. Sánchez 3' R. Rodríguez 61' Barrantes 68' Acosta 84'		Aguilar 72'

August 31, 2018 2018 CONCACAF qualification	Costa Rica	3-1	Panama	IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton
10:00	R. Rodríguez 14', 25' Granados 86'		Hernández 74'

5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) CONCACAF Women's Championship	Costa Rica	8-0	Cuba	H-E-B Park, Edinburg
17:00	Herrera 4' Chinchilla 5', 45+1' F. Sanchez 19' S. Cruz 33', 38' Barrantes 82' (pen.), 90+2'

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) CONCACAF Women's Championship	Jamaica	1-0	Costa Rica	H-E-B Park, Edinburg
17:00	Shaw 46'

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11) CONCACAF Women's Championship	Costa Rica	1-3	Canada	H-E-B Park, Edinburg
21:00	Villalobos 73'		Beckie 26' Prince 40' Sinclair 57'

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named to the squad for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification.^[4]

Caps and goals as of 8 December 2016

Head coach: Amelia Valverde

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Noelia Bermúdez	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994	3	0	UCR
18	1GK	Daniela Solera	(1997-07-21) 21 July 1997			Atlético Huila

2	2DF	Gabriela Guillén	(1992-03-01) 1 March 1992	18	0	Deportivo Saprissa
4	2DF	Mariana Benavides	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994	22	4	AD Moravia
6	2DF	Carol Sánchez	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986	45	2	AD Moravia
8	2DF	Daniela Cruz	(1991-03-08) 8 March 1991	38	6	Deportivo Saprissa
12	2DF	Lixy Rodríguez	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990	63	2	Tacón
19	2DF	Fabiola Sánchez	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993	16	3	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
20	2DF	Wendy Acosta	(1989-12-19) 19 December 1989	6	0	AD Moravia

7	3MF	Melissa Herrera	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996	38	17	Reims FF
9	3MF	Gloriana Villalobos	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999	24	2	Florida State Seminoles
10	3MF	Shirley Cruz	(1985-08-28) 28 August 1985	73	24	Jiangsu Suning
11	3MF	Raquel Rodríguez	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993	49	31	Sky Blue FC
13	3MF	Fabiola Villalobos	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998	5	0	Deportivo Saprissa
14	3MF	María Fernanda Barrantes	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996	32	21	Deportivo Saprissa
15	3MF	Cristin Granados	(1989-08-19) 19 August 1989	72	12	Tacón
16	3MF	Katherine Alvarado (c)	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991	66	20	Espanyol
5	3MF	Mariela Campos		0	0	Deportivo Saprissa

3	4FW	María Paula Porras	(1989-07-16) 16 July 1989			Deportivo Saprissa
17	4FW	María Paula Salas	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002			Deportivo Saprissa

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Dinnia Díaz	(1988-01-14) 14 January 1988	39	0	AD Moravia
GK	Yolian Salas	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997	1	0	AD Moravia
GK	Yirlania Arroyo	(1986-05-28) 28 May 1986	40	0		v. 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
DF	Wendy Acosta	(1989-12-19) 19 December 1989	56	18	AD Moravia
DF	Valeria del Campo		36	17	Deportivo Saprissa
DF	María Paula Elizondo	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998	4	0	Dimas Alajuela
DF	Carolina Ángulo		1	0	Deportivo Saprissa	v. United States; July 22, 2016
DF	Diana Sáenz	(1989-04-15) 15 April 1989	62	1	AD Moravia	v. United States; July 22, 2016
DF	Noelle Sanz	(1995-01-21) 21 January 1995	1	0	Univ. of Alabama	v. 2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
DF	Emilie Valenciano	(1997-02-15) 15 February 1997	4	0	L.D. Alajuelense	v. 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF	Fernanda Chavarría		1	0	Arenal Coronado
MF	María José Morales		0	0	AD Moravia
MF	Mayra Almazán	(1994-09-07) 7 September 1994	1	0	PDA Slammers	v. 2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
FW	Indira González	(1998-01-09) 9 January 1998	2	0	Dimas Escazú
FW	Carolina Venegas	(1991-09-28) 28 September 1991	49	17	Sporting CP
FW	Katheryn Arroyo	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996	7	0	UCEM Alajuela	v. El Salvador; October 2, 2015
FW	Adriana Venegas	(1991-06-12) 12 June 1991	10	5	C.S. Herediano	v. 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
FW	Karla Villalobos	(1989-07-16) 16 July 1989	22	12	UCR	v. 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
FW	Hillary Corrales	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999			Deportivo Saprissa	v. 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Previous squads

World Cup

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

CONCACAF 2014 squad

References

↑ "COSTA RICA". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
↑ "Jamaica stuns Costa Rica, controversially, to set up dramatic Group B finale". October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
↑ "Jamaica advance to face USWNT, Canada eliminates Costa Rica". October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
↑ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlURRoRVsAAcaFp.jpg:large

External links

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[Stats-1] "COSTA RICA". Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[2] "Jamaica stuns Costa Rica, controversially, to set up dramatic Group B finale". October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[3] "Jamaica advance to face USWNT, Canada eliminates Costa Rica". October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[4] ttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlURRoRVsAAcaFp.jpg:large

National women's football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.