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Costa Rica

Nickname(s)	Las Ticas La Sele (The Selection) La Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (FCRF)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Sub-confederation	Central American Football Union (Central America)
Head coach	Benito Rubido
Captain	Katherine Alvarado
Most caps	Katherine Alvarado (133)
Top scorer	Raquel Rodriguez (55)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
FIFA code	CRC
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	37 3 (7 December 2018)
Highest	29 (June–December 2016)
Lowest	50 (March 2007)
First international
Canada 6–0 Costa Rica  (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 16 April 1991)
Biggest win
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–19 Costa Rica  (Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis; 4 December 2023)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 8–0 Costa Rica  (Hershey, United States; 22 June 2000)  United States 8–0 Costa Rica  (Louisville, United States; 25 June 2000)  United States 8–0 Costa Rica  (Pittsburgh, United States; 16 August 2015)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	Group stage (2015, 2023)
CONCACAF Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up (2014)
Medal record Pan American Games Bronze 1999 Winnipeg Team Bronze 2019 Lima Team

The Costa Rica women's national football team (Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de Costa Rica) represents Costa Rica in women's international football. The national team is controlled by the governing body Costa Rican Football Federation. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Central American region along with Guatemala and Panama.

Since 2010s, Costa Rica has emerged in women's football, and akin to their men's counterparts, its women's side is also visibly recognised as a stern and competitive opponent despite relative recent entrance to the big stage. In Costa Rica's first World Cup in 2015, despite being rated the weakest team in the group, Costa Rica shocked the tournament with two points by drawing against strong Spain and South Korea sides, and was only eliminated by a late goal from Brazil.

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 this, Costa Rica started gaining success in the 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.

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. 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.

Costa Rica has done much better in the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship, taking second place after wins over Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. Though unable to repeat the 2014 feat, only finished fourth in process, the win allowed Costa Rica to return to the Women's World Cup in 2023.

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Nicknames

The Costa Rica women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "La Sele (The Selection)" or "La Tricolor (The Tricolor)".

Home stadium

Costa Rica plays their home matches on the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixture

2023

CAC games group stage 29 June	Costa Rica	0–4	Venezuela	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
11:00 CST (UTC−6)		Report	Jiménez  17' Viso  19', 30' Castellanos  24'	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

CAC games group stage 1 July	Centro Caribe Sports	2–1	Costa Rica	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
11:00 CST (UTC−6)	Monterroso  25' Álvarez  55'	Report	Morales  74'	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

CAC games group stage 3 July	Costa Rica	2–0	Haiti	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
14:00 CST (UTC−6)	Herrera  41' St-Cyr  78' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)

Friendly 15 July	South Africa	2–0	Costa Rica	Christchurch, New Zealand
	Thembi Kgatlana  33' Hildah Magaia  55'			Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub

2023 FIFA World Cup Group stage 21 July	Spain	3–0	Costa Rica	Wellington, New Zealand
	Del Campo  21' (o.g.) Bonmatí  23' González  27'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285033/400222844		Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium Attendance: 22,966 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

2023 FIFA World Cup Group stage 26 July	Japan	2–0	Costa Rica	Dunedin, New Zealand
	Naomoto  25' Fujino  27'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285033/400222841		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Attendance: 6,992 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

2023 FIFA World Cup Group stage 31 July	Costa Rica	1–3	Zambia	Hamilton, New Zealand
		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285033/400222843		Stadium: Waikato Stadium Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification 21 September 2023 (2023-09-21)	Haiti	1–0	Costa Rica	Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
20:00	Mondésir  70'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-w-gold-cup/game-details?matchid=701004		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification 25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)	Costa Rica	11–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Alajuela
21:00 (19:00 UTC−6)	Elizondo  4' Herrera  9', 73', 80' Rodríguez  22', 58' (pen.) Pinell  24' Chinchilla  25', 40', 67' Villalobos  43'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-w-gold-cup/game-details?matchid=701019		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Pan American Games Group 22 October	Costa Rica	0–0	Argentina	Viña del Mar, Chile
20:00 PET (UTC−3)		https://results-santiago2023.org/#/discipline/FBL/results/W.TEAM11------------.GP02.000200--		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Priscila Vasquez (Peru)

2023 Pan American Games 25 October	United States	3–1	Costa Rica	Valparaíso, Chile
12:00 ET	Collins  10' Hutton  72' Adames  76'	https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2023/10/usa-downs-costa-rica-3-1-in-second-group-b-match-at-2023-pan-american-games-to-qualify-for-semifinal	Fonseca  34'	Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Attendance: 300 Referee: Maria Belen Lupera Reto (ECU)

2023 Pan American Games 28 October	Costa Rica	0–0	Bolivia	Viña del Mar, Chile
18:00		https://results-santiago2023.org/#/discipline/FBL/results/W.TEAM11------------.GP02.000600--		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)

2023 Pan American Games 31 October	Paraguay	3–1	Costa Rica	Viña del Mar, Chile
	R. Fernández  24', 31' J. Martínez  26'	https://results-santiago2023.org/#/discipline/FBL/results/W.TEAM11------------.R5-6.000100--	Valenciano  20'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Maria Belen Lupera Reto (Ecuador)

2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification 30 November 2023 (2023-11-30)	Costa Rica	2–1	Haiti

2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification 4 December 2023 (2023-12-04)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–19	Costa Rica

2024

W Gold Cup Group C February 22	Costa Rica	0–1	Paraguay	Houston, United States
				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

W Gold Cup Group C February 25	El Salvador	0–2	Costa Rica	Houston, United States
				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

W Gold Cup Group C February 28	Canada	3–0	Costa Rica	Houston, United States
				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

W Gold Cup QF March 2	Canada	1–0	Costa Rica	Los Angeles, United States
	Viens  104'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/w-gold-cup/game-details?matchid=4481258		Stadium: BMO Stadium Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

Friendly 6 April	Costa Rica	5–1	Peru	Alajuela, Costa Rica
15:00	Rodríguez  6' Salas  29', 35' Sandí 45' Pinell 86'		Núñez  35'	Stadium: Stade Alejandro Morera Soto

Friendly 9 April	Costa Rica	2–1	Peru	Alajuela, Costa Rica
10:00	Flores  8' Sandí  13'	https://www.fcrf.cr/2024/04/09/victoria-tricolor-y-centenar-de-juegos-para-la-historica-melissa-herrera/	Flores 22'	Stadium: FCRF Sports Complex

See Also

• Costa Rica Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com
• Costa Rica Results and Fixtures – FIFA.com

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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Name	Nat	Position
Benito Rubido		Head coach
Edgar Rodríguez		Assistant coach
Patricia Aguilar		Assistant coach
Eli Avila		Goalkeeping coach
Bryan Mora		Physical coach

Manager history

Name	Nat	Year
Jorge Álvarez		1976
Guillermo Soto		1991
Didier Castro		1998-1999
Luis Diego Castro		2000
Leroy Lewis		2000
Didier Castro		2001
Ricardo Rodríguez		2002-2006
Allan Brown		2006 (interim)
Juan Diego Quesada		2008 - 2009
Randall Chacón		2010
Karla Alemán		2011 - 2012
José Luis Díaz		2013
Garabet Avedissian		2014
Amelia Valverde		2015-2023
Ana Patricia Aguilar		2023 (interim)
Edgar Rodríguez		2023 (interim)
Benito Rubido		2023–Present

Players

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

Current squad

• The following players were named for two Friendly game against  Peru on 6 and 9 April 2024 .
  Caps, goals, and players' numbers accurate as of 4 December 2023 after match vs.  Saint Kitts and Nevis.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Bermúdez, NoeliaNoelia Bermúdez	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30)	30	0	Alajuelense
	1GK	Díaz, DinniaDinnia Díaz	(1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 (age 36)	29	0	Dimas Escazú
	1GK	Solera, DanielaDaniela Solera	(1997-07-21) 21 July 1997 (age 27)	25	0	Atlas
	1GK	Tapia, PriscillaPriscilla Tapia	(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 (age 33)	16	0	Saprissa
	2DF	Elizondo, MaríaMaría Elizondo	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25)	15	0	Saprissa
	2DF	del Campo, ValeriaValeria del Campo	(2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 (age 23)	14	0	Monterrey
	2DF	Rodríguez, LixyLixy Rodríguez	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 34)	98	5	León
	2DF	Blanco, StephannieStephannie Blanco	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 23)	11	1	Alajuelense
	4FW	Villalobos, FabiolaFabiola Villalobos	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26)	38	3	Alajuelense
	2DF	Guillén, GabrielaGabriela Guillén	(1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 32)	83	2	Alajuelense
	2DF	Morales, María JoséMaría José Morales (third captain)	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 28)	6	1	Saprissa
	2DF	Oporta, MarilenisMarilenis Oporta	(1998-03-24) 24 March 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Alajuelense
	3MF	Flores, EmilyEmily Flores	(2001-11-19) 19 November 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Sporting
	3MF	Hernández, YirlanyYirlany Hernández		0	0	Saprissa FC
	3MF	Villalobos, GlorianaGloriana Villalobos	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 25)	76	10	Saprissa
	3MF	Pinell, AlexandraAlexandra Pinell	(2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Alajuelense
	3MF	Valenciano, EmilieEmilie Valenciano	(1997-02-15) 15 February 1997 (age 27)	14	0	Alajuelense
	3MF	Rodríguez, RaquelRaquel Rodríguez (captain)	(1993-10-18) 18 October 1993 (age 31)	108	58	Angel City FC
	4FW	Mesén, AnyelaAnyela Mesén				Alajuelense
	4FW	García, JuliaJulia García				Dimas Escazu
	4FW	Arroyo, KelseyKelsey Arroyo				Saprissa FF
	4FW	Figuero, MaríaMaría Figuero				Dimas Escazu
	4FW	Vargas, LauraLaura Vargas				puerto Viejo
	4FW	Sandí, CristelCristel Sandí	(1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 26)	8	1	Dimas Escazú
	4FW	Herrera, MelissaMelissa Herrera	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28)	94	20	Tijuana
	4FW	Salas, María PaulaMaría Paula Salas	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 22)	37	8	Atlas

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Costa Rica squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Pérez, DayanaDayana Pérez	(2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Municipal Pococí	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
GK	Pérez, GénesisGénesis Pérez	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19)	8	0	UCF Knights	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
GK	Méndez, CarolinaCarolina Méndez	(2004-07-19) 19 July 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Saprissa	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
GK	Villalobos, MaidelynMaidelyn Villalobos	(2006-01-16) 16 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Sporting	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
GK	Zúniga, María JoséMaría José Zúniga	(1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Dimas Escazú	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
GK	Fonseca, NancyNancy Fonseca	(2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 (age 19)	0	0	John Brown University	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
DF	Rodríguez, YesmiYesmi Rodríguez	(1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30)	1	0	Sporting	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup PRE
DF	Brenes, María JoséMaría José Brenes	(1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Saprissa	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup PRE
DF	Angulo, CarolinaCarolina Angulo	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31)	6	0	Unattached	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
DF	Hidalgo, FiamaFiama Hidalgo	(2003-09-21) 21 September 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Charleston Southern Buccaneers	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
DF	Sancho, AbigailAbigail Sancho	(2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Saprissa	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
DF	Gómez, KeylinKeylin Gómez	(2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Alajuelense	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
DF	Vásquez, BrittanyBrittany Vásquez	(2006-08-21) 21 August 2006 (age 18)	1	0	COFUTPA	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
DF	Sánchez, CarolCarol Sánchez	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)	68	6	Sporting San José	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
DF	Rocha, JudithJudith Rocha	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Municipal Pococí	v.  Saint Kitts and Nevis, 25 September 2023
DF	Coto, María PaulaMaría Paula Coto	(1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 26)	25	2	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
DF	Durán, GretchenGretchen Durán	(2004-10-08) 8 October 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Dimas Escazú	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
DF	Briseño, JosselynJosselyn Briseño	(2006-09-24) 24 September 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Dimas Escazú	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
DF	Briseño, JosselynJosselyn Briseño	(2005-10-12) 12 October 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Sporting	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
DF	García, MaríaMaría García	(2003-07-31) 31 July 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Dimas Escazú	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
DF	Rivera, ValentinaValentina Rivera	(2006-08-25) 25 August 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Saprissa	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
DF	Benavides, MarianaMariana Benavides	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 29)	72	2	Unattached	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
DF	Cruz, DanielaDaniela Cruz	(1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 (age 33)	90	2	Atlas	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
MF	Araya, AmelieAmelie Araya	(2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 (age 21)	3	0	UC Riverside Highlanders	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
MF	Jiménez, JimenaJimena Jiménez	(2006-07-27) 27 July 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Saprissa	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
MF	Prieto, VerónicaVerónica Prieto	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Herediano	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
MF	Granados, CristínCristín Granados	(1989-08-19) 19 August 1989 (age 35)	106	17	Sporting San José	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF	Alvarado, KatherineKatherine Alvarado (Vice-captain)	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 33)	133	20	Saprissa	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF	Campos Alvarado, MarielaMariela Campos Alvarado	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)	6	0	Saprissa	2023 Pan American Games
MF	Coto, DanielaDaniela Coto	(1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 (age 26)	14	1	Sporting	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Varela, SofíaSofía Varela	(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26)	11	4	Unattached	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Chinchilla, VivianaViviana Chinchilla	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29)	9	0	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Arias, YanielaYaniela Arias	(1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Dimas Escazú	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Campos Alfaro, MarielaMariela Campos Alfaro	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Saprissa	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Rodríguez, PriscillaPriscilla Rodríguez	(2005-05-26) 26 May 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Saprissa	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Matarrita, VerónicaVerónica Matarrita	(2005-11-07) 7 November 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Saprissa	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Solano, MarianMarian Solano	(2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Chavarría, MaríaMaría Chavarría	(1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Saprissa	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Carbonero, AdrianaAdriana Carbonero	(1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Pérez Zeledón	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	Agüero, SianyfSianyf Agüero	(2004-01-27) 27 January 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
MF	González, AshlyAshly González	(2005-12-31) 31 December 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Sporting	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
MF	Chinchilla, PriscilaPriscila Chinchilla	(2001-07-11) 11 July 2001 (age 23)	48	20	Zenit	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
MF	Herrera, AlexaAlexa Herrera	(2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 20)	3	1	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
MF	Scott, SheikaSheika Scott	(2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 (age 18)	6	0	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
MF	Campos, MarielaMariela Campos	(1991-01-04) 4 January 1991 (age 33)	6	0	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
FW	Pérez-Acosta, JasmineJasmine Pérez-Acosta	(2002-11-23) 23 November 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
FW	Estrada, CatalinaCatalina Estrada	(1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Zenit	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
FW	Venegas, CarolinaCarolina Venegas	(1991-09-28) 28 September 1991 (age 33)	72	18	Saprissa	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
FW	Ovares, YerlingYerling Ovares	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 22)	6	0	Sporting	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
FW	Villanueva, YoankaYoanka Villanueva	(1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 28)	5	0	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
FW	Messen, AngelaAngela Messen	(2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
FW	Elizondo, AshleyAshley Elizondo	(2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Dimas Escazú	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
FW	Vallejos, DianaDiana Vallejos	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Sporting	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
FW	Vargas, MaríaMaría Vargas	(2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Unattached	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
FW	Fonseca, TanishaTanisha Fonseca	(2007-11-05) 5 November 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Sporting	2024 CONCACAF W Gold CupPRE
FW	Corrales, HillaryHillary Corrales	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Sporting	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup

Notes:

• PRE: Preliminary roster

Previous squads

Records

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Did not enter
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	4
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8
Total	Group stage	6	0	2	4	4	12

*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
		17 June	Brazil	L 0–1	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
2023	Group stage	21 July	Spain	L 0–3	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
		26 July	Japan	L 0–2	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
		31 July	Zambia	L 1–3	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record										Qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not enter									1995 FIFA WWC
2000	Did not qualify									1999 FIFA WWC
2004										5	2	0	3	8	11
2008										6	2	1	3	11	7
2012										8	6	0	2	25	12
2016										7	5	0	2	22	10
2020										6	4	0	2	15	8
2024										9	6	0	3	29	6
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		41	25	1	15	110	54

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF Women's Championship

CONCACAF Women's Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	11		Invited
1993	Did not enter								Did not enter
1994
1998	Third place	5	3	0	2	11	7		3	2	0	1	23	3
2000	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	18		3	2	1	0	24	5
2002	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	8	14		4	4	0	0	16	3
2006	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	1	4
2010	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	4	11		2	2	0	0	4	0
2014	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	10	9		3	3	0	0	10	0
2018	Group stage	3	1	0	2	9	4		3	3	0	0	18	2
2022	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	7	6		4	4	0	0	22	0
Total	Runners-up	34	15	1	18	53	80		24	20	1	3	118	17

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Gold Cup

CONCACAF W Gold Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2024	Quarterfinals	4	1	0	3	2	5
Total	1/1	4	1	0	3	2	5

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1999	3 Bronze medal	6	1	1	4	4	17
2003	Group stage	2	0	0	2	2	5
2007	Did not enter
2011	Group stage	3	0	1	2	5	8
2015	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5
2019	3 Bronze medal	5	3	1	1	10	6
Total	3 Bronze medal	19	5	3	11	23	41

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Did not enter
2014	3 Bronze medal	5	4	0	1	14	5
2018	2 Silver medal	5	4	0	1	8	5
2022	To be determined
Total	2 Silver medal	10	8	0	2	22	10

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American Games

Central American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2001	1 Gold medal	4	4	0	0	18	3
2013	1 Gold medal	5	5	0	0	27	1
2017	1 Gold medal	5	4	1	0	19	2
2022	Cancelled
Total	1 Gold medal	14	13	1	0	64	6

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA World Ranking

Last update was on June 25, 2021 Source:

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Costa Rica's FIFA World Ranking History
Rank	Year	Best		Worst
		Rank	Move	Rank	Move
36	2021	—	—	—	—
35	2020	35	1	36	1
37	2019	36	1	38	1
37	2018	32	1	37	3
33	2017	30	1	33	1
29	2016	29	4	30
34	2015	34	3	37
37	2014	37	3	40
40	2013	40		40
40	2012	40	1	40
41	2011	41	3	44	2
41	2010	41	6	47	4
46	2009	46		46
46	2008	45	3	48	1
48	2007	48	1	50	1
49	2006	46	2	49	1
46	2005	45		46	1
45	2004	45	1	45
46	2003	45		46	1

See also

In Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de Costa Rica para niños

• Sport in Costa Rica
  • Football in Costa Rica
    • Women's football in Costa Rica
• Costa Rica women's national football team
  • Costa Rica women's national football team results
  • List of Costa Rica women's international footballers
• Costa Rica women's national under-20 football team
• Costa Rica women's national under-17 football team
• Costa Rica men's national football team