Costa Rica women's national football team

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.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Costa Rica national football team.

Costa Rica
Nickname(s)La Sele (The Selection)
La Tricolor (The Tricolor)
AssociationFederación Costarricense de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Sub-confederationCentral American Football Union (Central America)
Head coachAmelia Valverde
CaptainShirley Cruz Traña
Home stadiumEstadio Nacional de Costa Rica
FIFA codeCRC
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 35 1 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest29 (December 2016)
Lowest106 (March 2010)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2015)
Best resultGroup stage (2015)
CONCACAF Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1991)
Best resultRunners-up (2014)

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 then 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]

Home stadium

The Costa Rica women's national football team plays their home matches on the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica.

Achievements

Women's World Cup record
Women's 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
2015Group stage18th302134
2019 Did Not Qualify
2023 To be determined
Total1/9-302134
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Women's World Cup Finals history
YearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium
2015 Group stage9 June SpainD 1–1Olympic Stadium, Montreal
13 June South KoreaD 2–2
17 June BrazilL 0–1Moncton Stadium, Moncton

CONCACAF Women's Championship and Gold Cup record
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Finals
Year Result Matches Wins Draws* Losses GF GA GD
1991Group Stage3102211−9
1993Did Not Enter-------
1994Did Not Enter-------
1998Third Place5302117+4
2000Group Stage3012218−16
2002Fourth Place5203814−6
2006Did Not Qualify-------
2010Fourth Place5203411−7
2014Runners-up5401109+1
2018Group Stage310294+5
Total7/1029131154674−28
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games record
Pan American Games
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
19996114417
20035th200225
2007Did Not Qualify
20116th301258
20155th310225
2019Qualified
Total5/61422101335

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
Head coach Amelia Valverde

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

Current squad
  • 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 Deportivo La Coruña
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 Alajuelense CODEA
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 Ramat HaSharon
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 Saprissa
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 Deportivo La Coruña
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 Saprissa
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 Reims
14 4FW Priscila Chinchilla (2001-07-11) 11 July 2001 16 9 Glasgow City
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
  • The following players have been called up to the Costa Rica squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Notes:

  • PRE: Preliminary roster

Previous squads

Individual records
  • *Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Managers

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

See also
Costa Rica national teams
Men's
Women's

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  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. https://twitter.com/fedefutbolcrc/status/1189969458170933248
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