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	36 1 (26 June 2020)[1]
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.[2]

At the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Costa Rica was hoping to once 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.[3] 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.[4]

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
2023	To be determined
Total	1/9	-	3	0	2	1	3	4

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2015	Group stage	9 June	Spain	D 1–1	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
		13 June	South Korea	D 2–2	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
		17 June	Brazil	L 0–1	Moncton Stadium, Moncton

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	5th	2	0	0	2	2	5
2007	Did Not Qualify
2011	6th	3	0	1	2	5	8
2015	5th	3	1	0	2	2	5
2019	Qualified
Total	5/6	14	2	2	10	13	35

Players

Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.

Current squad

The following 20 players were named to the roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[5]

Head coach: Amelia Valverde

Caps and goals are updated as of 3 February 2020 after the match against the United States.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Noelia Bermúdez	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994	24	0	Alajuelense CODEA
13	1GK	Dinnia Díaz	(1988-01-14) 14 January 1988	24	0	Saprissa
18	1GK	Priscilla Tapia	(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991	6	0	AD Moravia

2	2DF	Gabriela Guillén	(1992-03-01) 1 March 1992	51	1	Þór/KA
3	2DF	María Paula Coto	(1998-03-02) 2 March 1998	4	0	AD Moravia
4	2DF	Mariana Benavides	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994	32	4	AD Coronado
5	2DF	Fabiola Sánchez	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993	21	3	CODEA-LDA
6	2DF	Carol Sánchez	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986	54	5	AD Moravia
8	2DF	Daniela Cruz	(1991-03-08) 8 March 1991	45	7	Espanyol
12	2DF	Lixy Rodríguez	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990	74	2	Alajuelense CODEA
15	2DF	Stephannie Blanco	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000	10	1	Alajuelense CODEA

9	3MF	Gloriana Villalobos	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999	53	6	Herediano
10	3MF	Shirley Cruz (captain)	(1985-08-28) 28 August 1985	89	29	OL Reign
11	3MF	Raquel Rodríguez	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993	72	43	Portland Thorns
16	3MF	Katherine Alvarado	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991	75	20	Espanyol
20	3MF	Raquel Chacón	(1994-11-17) 17 November 1994	2	0	Alajuelense CODEA

7	4FW	Melissa Herrera	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996	45	20	Stade de Reims
14	4FW	Priscilla Chinchilla	(2001-07-11) 11 July 2001	16	9	Alajuelense CODEA
17	4FW	María Paula Salas	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002	21	5	Alajuelense CODEA
19	4FW	Jazmín Elizondo	(1994-12-16) 16 December 1994	3	1	Herediano

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Fabiana Solano	(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001	0	0	ADFF Coronado	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
GK	Gabriela Valverde		0	0	Saprissa	2019 Pan American Games ^PRE

DF	Diana Sáenz	(1989-04-15) 15 April 1989	51	0	Herediano	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
DF	María Paula Elizondo	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998	13	0	Saprissa	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
DF	Medolyn Guerrero	(2001-07-07) 7 July 2001	0	0	Herediano	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
DF	Pamela Gutiérrez	(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001	0	0	Coronado	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
DF	Jeimy Umaña	(2000-02-20) 20 February 2000	0	0	Saprissa	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
DF	Valeria del Campo	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000	1	0	Saprissa	v. Argentina, 1 September 2019

MF	Mariela Campos	(1991-01-04) 4 January 1991	8	0	Herediano	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
MF	María José Morales	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	1	0	AD Moravia	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
MF	Valeria Hernández	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000	0	0	Coronado	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
MF	Sharon Jiménez	(2000-04-09) 9 April 2000	0	0	Dimas Escazú	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
MF	Valery Sandoval	(2001-07-23) 23 July 2001	0	0	Alajuelense CODEA	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
MF	Yirlany Hernández		0	0	AD Pococí	v. Argentina, 1 September 2019

FW	María Barrantes	(1989-04-12) 12 April 1989	23	21	Alajuelense CODEA	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
FW	Fabiola Villalobos	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998	12	1	Santa Clarita Blue Heat	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
FW	María Paula Porras	(2002-03-18) 18 March 2002	6	1	Saprissa	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
FW	Viviana Chinchilla	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994	1	0	Alajuelense CODEA	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship ^PRE
FW	Sofía Varela	(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998	9	1	Saprissa	v. El Salvador, 8 October 2019
FW	Catalina Estrada		0	0	Saprissa	2019 Pan American Games ^PRE

Notes:

PRE: Preliminary roster

Previous squads

World Cup

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

CONCACAF 2014 squad

Recent schedule and results

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

Win Draw Loss

2019

28 July 2019 Pan American Games	Panama	1–3	Costa Rica	Lima, Peru
17:30 UTC−5	Mills 14'	Report	Chinchilla 73', 85' Blanco 79'	Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador) Assistant referees: Marianela Ramírez (Ecuador) Assistant referees: Sandra Zambrano (Ecuador) Fourth official: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)

31 July 2019 Pan American Games	Costa Rica	3–1	Peru	Lima, Peru
20:30 UTC−5	Rodríguez 55', 90+3' Sánchez 84'	Report	Otiniano 14'	Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia) Assistant referees: Inés Choque (Bolivia) Assistant referees: Liliana Bejarano (Bolivia) Fourth official: Deborah Cruz (Brazil)

3 August 2019 Pan American Games	Argentina	0–0	Costa Rica	Lima, Peru
17:30 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay) Assistant referees: Adela Sánchez (Uruguay) Assistant referees: Daiana Fernández (Uruguay) Fourth official: Milagros Arruela (Peru)

6 August 2019 Pan American Games	Costa Rica	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Colombia	Lima, Peru
20:30 UTC−5	C. Sánchez 59', 87' Salas 89'	Report	Santos 30' Gaitán 33' Ospina 68' Usme 93'	Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Deborah Cruz (Brazil) Assistant referees: Daiane Muniz (Brazil) Assistant referees: Leila Moreira (Brazil) Fourth official: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

9 August 2019 Pan American Games	Paraguay	0–1	Costa Rica	Lima, Peru
17:30 UTC−5		Report	D. Cruz 82'	Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay) Assistant referees: Adela Sánchez (Uruguay) Assistant referees: Daiana Fernández (Uruguay) Fourth official: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) Friendly	Chile	1–0	Costa Rica	São Paulo, Brazil
	Aedo			Stadium: Pacaembu Stadium

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification	Costa Rica	2–0	Nicaragua	Alajuela, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6	Chinchilla 15' Salas 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification	El Salvador	0–5	Costa Rica	Alajuela, Costa Rica
19:00 UTC−6		Report	Rodríguez 5', 18' Salas 39' Chinchilla 56' Varela 85'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

2020

January 28 Olympic Qualifying	Costa Rica	6-1	Panama	Houston, Texas
17:00	Herrera 9', 72' R. Rodríguez 15' (pen.) S. Cruz 67' Chinchilla 70', 83'	Report	Castillo 45'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium

January 31 Olympic Qualifying	Haiti	0-2	Costa Rica	Houston, Texas
17:00			R. Rodríguez 57'', 66''	Stadium: BBVA Stadium

February 3 Olympic Qualifying	United States	6-0	Costa Rica	Houston, Texas
	Press 4'', 36'' Horan 10'' Mewis 63'', 83'' McDonald 77''			Stadium: BBVA Stadium

February 7 Olympic Qualifying	Canada	1-0	Costa Rica	Carson
	Huitema 72''			Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
"COSTA RICA". Retrieved 13 October 2018.
"Jamaica stuns Costa Rica, controversially, to set up dramatic Group B finale". 8 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
"Jamaica advance to face USWNT, Canada eliminates Costa Rica". 11 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
https://twitter.com/fedefutbolcrc/status/1189969458170933248

External links

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[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[Stats-2] "COSTA RICA". Retrieved 13 October 2018.

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

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

[5] ttps://twitter.com/fedefutbolcrc/status/1189969458170933248

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.

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