Costa Rican football clubs in international competitions

This is a list of Costa Rican football clubs in international competitions. Costa Rican clubs have participated in competitive international soccer competitions since at least 1962 for the first CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Costa Rican teams have traditionally been one of the more successful teams in the CONCACAF Champions League, winning the title six times and having five runners-up.

Who qualifies for CONCACAF competitions

Since 2019, Costa Rican teams do not directly qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. The top three finishers of the Liga FPD, the top tier of football in Costa Rica, qualify for the CONCACAF League, which is a secondary tournament. If a Costa Rican team finishes in the top six, they earn a berth into the CONCACAF Champions League.

Results by competition

FIFA Club World Cup

Year	Team	Progress	Score	Opponent
2005	Saprissa	Third place	3–2	Al-Ittihad

CONCACAF Champions Cup / Champions League

Year	Team	Progress	Aggregate	Opponents	Results
1962	Alajuelense	Second round	4–5	Comunicaciones	3–2 home, 1–3 away
1962	Herediano	First round	0–5	Guadalajara	0–3 home, 0–2 away
1963	Saprissa	Semifinals	0–3	Guadalajara	0–1 home, 0–2 away
1967	none entered
1968	Alajuelense	First round	1–2	Aurora	0–2 home, 1–0 away
1969	Saprissa	Semifinals	3–4	Cruz Azul	2–2 home, 1–2 away
1970	Saprissa	Semifinals	w/o	Cruz Azul	withdrew
1971	Alajuelense	Final	1–5	Cruz Azul
1971	Saprissa	Second round	4–5	Alajuelense	1–5 home, 3–0 away
1972	none entered
1973	Alajuelense	Semifinals	w/o	Transvaal	withdrew
1973	Saprissa	Semifinals	w/o	Transvaal	withdrew
1974	Cartaginés	First round	0–3	Motagua	0–2 home, 0–1 away
1974	Saprissa	First round	3–3 (4–5 p)	Aurora	2–1 home, 1–2 away
1975	Herediano	Quarterfinals	2–3	Saprissa	2–1 home, 0–2 away
1975	Saprissa	Semifinals	2–4	Atlético Español	1–2 home, 1–2 away
1976	none entered
1977	Saprissa	Semifinals	w/o	América	withdrew
1978	Cartaginés	First round	1–3	FAS	1–1 home, 0–2 away
1978	Saprissa	Semifinals	0–3	Comunicaciones	0–1 home, 0–2 away
1979	Cartaginés	Quarterfinals	0–3	FAS	0–1 home, 0–2 away
1980	Herediano	First round	3–4	Marathón	3–1 home, 0–3 away
1981	none entered
1982	none entered
1983	Puntarenas	First round	w/o	Atlético Marte	withdrew
1983	Saprissa	First round	2–3	Suchitepéquez	2–2 home, 0–1 away
1984	Sagrada Familia	Second round	w/o	Comunicaciones	withdrew
1985	none entered
1986	Alajuelense	Winners	4–2	Transvaal	2–1 home, 2–1 away
1986	Saprissa	First round	2–3	Comunicaciones	0–3 home, 2–0 away
1987	Herediano	Group C	3rd place	Olimpia, Real España, Saprissa
1987	Saprissa	Quarterfinals	3–4	América	2–2 home, 1–2 away
1988	Alajuelense	Semifinals	1–2	Olimpia	1–1 home, 0–1 away
1988	Puntarenas	Group B	4th place	Aurora, FAS, Olimpia
1989	Cartaginés	Group C	4th place	Herediano, Olimpia, Real España
1989	Herediano	Semifinals	2–6	UNAM	1–1 home, 1–5 away
1990	none entered
1991	Alajuelense	Third round	0–3	Real España	0–2 home, 0–1 away
1991	Saprissa	Quarterfinals	1–4	Real España	1–2 home, 0–2 away
1992	Alajuelense	Final	0–1	América	0–1 neutral
1992	Saprissa	First round	2–4	América	0–0 home, 2–4 away
1993	Alajuelense	Second round	1–2	León	0–0 home,1–2 away
1993	Saprissa	Winners	1st place	León, Municipal, Robinhood
1994	Cartaginés	Winners	3–2	Atlante	3–2 neutral
1994	Herediano	Second round	4–6	Atlante	3–3 home,1–3 away
1995	Alajuelense	Third place	9–1	Moulien	9–1 neutral
1995	Saprissa	Winners	1–0	Municipal	1–0 home
1996	Alajuelense	Second round	2–5	Cruz Azul	0–2 home, 2–3 away
1996	Saprissa	Quarterfinals	3–4	Necaxa	2–2 home, 1–2 away
1997	Alajuelense	Second round	1–2	Cartaginés	0–0 home, 1–2 away
1997	Cartaginés	Quarterfinals	0–1	Guadalajara	0–1 neutral
1998	Alajuelense	Quarterfinals	0–2	Toluca	0–2 neutral
1998	Saprissa	Third place	2–0	León	2–0 neutral
1999	Alajuelense	Final	1–2	Necaxa	1–2 neutral
1999	Saprissa	Quarterfinals	2–3	Necaxa	2–3 neutral
2000	Alajuelense	Quarterfinals	1–2	D.C. United	1–2 neutral
2002	Alajuelense	Semifinals	2–3	Pachuca	2–1 home, 0–2 away
2002	Saprissa	First round	1–3	Morelia	1–1 home, 0–2 away
2003	Alajuelense	Quarterfinals	3–5	América	3–1 home, 0–4 away
2004	Alajuelense	Winners	5–1	Saprissa	4–0 home, 1–1 away
2004	Saprissa	Final	1–5	Alajuelense	1–1 home, 0–4 away
2005	Saprissa	Winners	3–2	UNAM	2–0 home, 1–2 away
2006	Alajuelense	Semifinals	1–2	América	1–2 home, 0–0 away
2006	Saprissa	Semifinals	3–4	Toluca	3–2 home, 0–2 away
2007	Puntarenas	Quarterfinals	1–2	Houston Dynamo	1–0 home, 0–2 away
2008	Saprissa	Final	2–3	Pachuca	1–1 home, 1–2 away
2008–09	Alajuelense	Preliminary round	2–3	Puerto Rico Islanders	1–1 home, 1–2 away
2008–09	Saprissa	Group stage	3rd	Cruz Azul, D.C. United, Marathón
2009–10	Herediano	Preliminary round	2–6	Cruz Azul	2–6 home, 0–0 away
	Liberia	Preliminary round	3–6	Real España	3–0 home, 0–6 away
	Saprissa	Group stage	3rd	Columbus Crew, Cruz Azul, Puerto Rico Islanders
2010–11	Brujas	Preliminary round	4–6	Joe Public	2–2 home, 2–4 away
2010–11	Saprissa	Semifinals	2–3	Real Salt Lake	2–1 home, 0–2 away
2011–12	Alajuelense	Group stage	3rd	LA Galaxy, Morelia, Motagua
2011–12	Herediano	Group stage	4th	Comunicaciones, Monterrey, Seattle Sounders
2012–13	Alajuelense	Group stage	2nd	Real Estelí, UANL
2012–13	Herediano	Quarterfinals	1–4	LA Galaxy	0–0 home, 1–4 away
2013–14	Alajuelense	Semifinals	0–3	Toluca	0–1 home, 0–2 away
	Cartaginés	Group stage	2nd	LA Galaxy, Metapán
	Herediano	Group stage	2nd	América, Sporting San Miguelito
2014–15	Alajuelense	Semifinals	4–4 (a)	Montreal Impact	4–2 home, 0–2 away
	Herediano	Semifinals	3–6	América	3–0 home, 0–6 away
	Saprissa	Quarterfinals	0–5	América	0–3 home, 0–2 away
2015–16	Herediano	Group stage	2nd	Metapán, UANL
2015–16	Saprissa	Group stage	2nd	Santos Laguna, W Connection
2016–17	Herediano	Group stage	2nd	Plaza Amador, UANL
2016–17	Saprissa	Quarterfinals	0–4	Pachuca	0–0 home, 0–4 away
2018	Herediano	Round of 16	3–5	UANL	2–2 home, 1–3 away
2018	Saprissa	Round of 16	2–6	América	1–5 home, 1–1 away
2019	Herediano	Round of 16	2–5	Atlanta United	3–1 home, 0–4 away
2019	Saprissa	Round of 16	3–5	UANL	1–0 home, 1–5 away
2020	San Carlos	Round of 16	3–6	New York City FC	3–5 home, 0–1 away
2020	Saprissa	Round of 16	2–2 (a)	Montreal Impact	2–2 home, 0–0 away

CONCACAF League

Year	Team	Progress	Aggregate	Opponents	Results
2017	Alajuelense	Round of 16	0–3	Olimpia	0–1 home, 0–2 away
2017	Santos de Guápiles	Final	1–1 (1–4 p)	Olimpia	1–0 home, 0–1 away
2018	Herediano	Winners	3–2	Motagua	2–0 home, 1–2 away
	Pérez Zeledón	Round of 16	2–3	FAS	1–1 home, 1–2 away
	Santos de Guápiles	Round of 16	3–3 (6–7 p)	Portmore United	1–2 home, 2–1 away
2019	Herediano	Round of 16	3–3 (6–7 p)	Waterhouse	1–2 home, 2–1 away
	San Carlos	Quarterfinals	1–2	Alianza	1–0 home, 0–2 away
	Saprissa	Winners	1–0	Motagua	1–0 home, 0–0 away
2020	Herediano
	TBD
	TBD

UNCAF Interclub Cup (defunct)

Year	Team	Progress	Aggregate	Opponents	Results

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup / Giants Cup (defunct)

Copa Interamericana (defunct)

Year	Team	Progress	Aggregate	Opponent	Results
1987	Alajuelense	Runners-up	0–3	River Plate	0–0 at home, 0–3 away
1994	Saprissa	Runners-up	4–6 (a.e.t.)	Universidad Católica	3–1 at home, 1–5 away
1996	Cartaginés	Runners-up	0–2	Vélez Sársfield	0–0 at home, 0–2 away
1997	Saprissa	Runners-up	2–3	Atlético Nacional	2–3 at home, 0–0 away

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