COSTA RICA WORLD CUP FOOTBALL TEAM

LAST 5
RESULTS

Opponent Score Date
Finland
L 16/11/2021
Kazakhstan
L 13/11/2021
Finland
L 07/09/2021
Ukraine
L 04/09/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina
L 01/09/2021

WORLD CUP
QUALIFIERS TABLE

Club MP W D L GD Pts GF GA
FranceFrance 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 1
TunisiaTunisia 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
DenmarkDenmark 2 0 1 1 -1 1 1 2
AustraliaAustralia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Costa Rica world cup MATCH SCHEDULE

Group D

22/11/2022

Stadium

France
Australia

STARTS AT

20:00 GMT+0100

Al Janoub Stadium

Group D

30/11/2022

Stadium

Tunisia
France

STARTS AT

16:00 GMT+0100

Education City Stadium

14/12/2022

Stadium

France
Morocco

STARTS AT

20:00 GMT+0100

Al Bayt Stadium

Costa Rica WORLD CUP team Squad

Costa Rica are the most successful national side from Central America and will play in their sixth World Cup as they head to Qatar in November. Until this point, they are the only team from this region to have won a game in the Finals.

Despite qualifying for the previous 2014 and 2018 tournaments comfortably, this time was more difficult after finishing fourth in their CONCACAF group. A single playoff decider against New Zealand would decide who would advance. .

Quite fittingly, the Al Rayyan Stadium in Qatar was picked for the game where Costa Rica couldn’t have wished for a better start. After former Arsenal forward Joel Campbell netted 3 minutes in, they clung on for the 1-0 victory when sustained New Zealand pressure was dampened by a red card for Kosta Barbarouses in the 69th minute.

Attacker

Shirt
9
Olivier Giroud
Shirt
11
Ousmane Dembélé
Shirt
22
Wissam Ben Yedder
Shirt
19
Karim Benzema
Shirt
7
Antoine Griezmann
Shirt
20
Kingsley Coman
Shirt
10
Kylian Mbappé
Shirt
22
Marcus Thuram
Shirt
9
Anthony Martial
Shirt
11
Moussa Diaby
Shirt
8
Jonathan Ikoné

Midfielder

Shirt
17
Moussa Sissoko
Shirt
6
Paul Pogba
Shirt
13
N’Golo Kanté
Shirt
8
Thomas Lemar
Shirt
12
Corentin Tolisso
Shirt
14
Adrien Rabiot
Shirt
12
Mattéo Guendouzi
Shirt
13
Houssem Aouar
Shirt
18
Nabil Fekir
Shirt
13
Tanguy Ndombélé
Shirt
6
Eduardo Camavinga
Shirt
14
Aurélien Tchouaméni
Shirt
15
Steven Nzonzi
Shirt
17
Jordan Veretout

Defender

Shirt
18
Lucas Digne
Shirt
15
Kurt Zouma
Shirt
21
Clément Lenglet
Shirt
4
Raphaël Varane
Shirt
21
Lucas Hernández
Shirt
2
Benjamin Pavard
Shirt
2
Léo Dubois
Shirt
3
Presnel Kimpembe
Shirt
5
Jules Koundé
Shirt
22
Benjamin Mendy
Shirt
22
Theo Hernández
Shirt
20
Dayot Upamecano
Shirt
5
Nordi Mukiele
Shirt
3
Ferland Mendy
Shirt
8
Ruben Aguilar

Goalkeeper

Shirt
1
Hugo Lloris
Shirt
16
Steve Mandanda
Shirt
23
Mike Maignan
Shirt
23
Alphonse Areola
Shirt
16
Benoît Costil

Costa Rica world cup team coach

The head coach of the 2022 Costa Rica World Cup squad is Luis Fernando Suárez – a former Colombian defender with extensive managerial experience within Central and South American football. After being appointed to his first role in 1999, he has had short stints at various clubs in Ecuador, Peru, Mexico as well as his native Colombia.

Suárez has experience of a major finals before, leading the Ecuador national team to the Round of 16 stage at the 2006 World Cup. He also managed Honduras from 2011 to 2014 – showing he is used to dealing with the demands of international football.

Costa Rica’s football team captain

The captain of the 2022 Costa Rica team is the mercurial and flamboyant forward Bryan Ruiz. English football fans will remember him best from his spell at Fulham – namely the carefree attitude, long hair and exquisite goals which made him a favourite with many neutrals.

He is also a star for his national side, having amassed over 140 caps since his debut in 2005. Ruiz was instrumental in qualifying for the previous World Cup, and was especially effective in the 2014 Finals by scoring two vital goals as Costa Rica reached the quarter final stage.

Although Ruiz is no spring chicken anymore – his 37th birthday comes just five days before Costa Rica’s first game of the tournament – fans will be hoping he can produce some more moments of magic with that beautiful left foot of his.

WHO ARE Costa Rica’s top scorers?

Among Costa Rica’s national team, their top scorers are:

Shirt
7
Antoine Griezmann
WITH A TOTAL OF 6 GOALS
Shirt
10
Kylian Mbappé
WITH A TOTAL OF 5 GOALS
Shirt
19
Karim Benzema
WITH A TOTAL OF 3 GOALS

Which of Costa rica’s players have the most assists?

Among Costa Rica’s national team, players with the most assists are:

Shirt
22
Theo Hernández
Shirt
10
Kylian Mbappé
Shirt
20
Kingsley Coman

all with 5 assists each.

Who will Costa Rica play at the 2022 World Cup?

Costa Rica have been drawn in a very tricky group in Qatar, playing first against Spain on 23rd November, followed by Japan four days later, before facing Germany on 1st December.

Does Keylor Navas still play for Costa Rica?

Keylor Navas is Costa Rica’s most high profile player despite playing as a goalkeeper. Famously representing Real Madrid from 2014 to 2019 and now Paris St Germain, he is a loyal servant to his country collecting over 100 caps in the process. He will need to play an extremely important role if this 2022 Costa Rica squad is to progress from the group stage.

What happened to Joel Campbell?

Former Arsenal player Joel Campbell made a name for himself in the English Premier League after famously being loaned out five times before making his debut for Arsène Wenger’s side. Things didn’t turn out as he and the club hoped and Campbell became a bit of a journeyman in Spain, Italy and Mexico where the 30-year-old now plays for Liga MX club León.

VIEW FIXTURES