Costa Rica at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

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From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

Costa Rica have won the inaugural CONCACAF Championship in 1963 and two more in 1969 and 1989. They are the third-most successful team behind CONCACAF's "big two", Mexico and the United States, both in terms of number of titles and ranking in the all-time table. Since 2000, they have reached the knockout stage eleven times in a row. Since the inception of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991, Costa Rica only reached the final once, but were beaten 2–0 by the United States in 2002.

Overall record

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
YearResultPositionPldWD*LGFGASquadPldWDLGFGA
Flag of El Salvador.svg 1963 Champions1st6510142SquadQualified automatically
Flag of Guatemala.svg 1965 Third place3rd5221114SquadAutomatically entered
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1967 Did not enterDid not enter
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 1969 Champions1st5410132SquadQualified as hosts
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1971 Third place3rd521265SquadQualified as defending champions
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg 1973 Did not qualify201145
Flag of Mexico.svg 1977 614186
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1981 8143610
1985 Third place3rd8251108Squad510459
1989 Champions1st8512106SquadQualified automatically
Flag of the United States.svg 1991 Fourth place4th510459 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg 1993 Third place3rd513165 Squad 5401112
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Did not qualify411256
Flag of the United States.svg 1998 Group stage5th210184 Squad 5320123
Flag of the United States.svg 2000 Quarter-finals6th302156 Squad 5302133
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Runners-up2nd531185 Squad 522185
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg 2003 Fourth place4th5203108 Squad 541051
Flag of the United States.svg 2005 Quarter-finals6th421164 Squad 431082
Flag of the United States.svg 2007 7th411234 Squad 421163
Flag of the United States.svg 2009 Semi-finals4th5221106 Squad 431091
Flag of the United States.svg 2011 Quarter-finals5th412186 Squad 412154
Flag of the United States.svg 2013 5th420242 Squad 541061
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2015 7th403134 Squad 321073
Flag of the United States.svg 2017 Semi-finals4th531163 Squad 513142
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Flag of Jamaica.svg Flag of the United States.svg 2019 Quarter-finals5th421184 Squad Qualified automatically
Flag of the United States.svg 2021 5th430164 Squad 413043
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2023 7th411278 Squad 420244
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2025 In progress2200131
Total3 Titles23/281044529301671098440281613865

Winning tournaments

El Salvador 1963

Squad

As follows. [1] Head coach: Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alfredo Piedra

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
1 GK Asdrúbal Meneses Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Cartaginés
1 GK Mario Pérez Flag of Costa Rica.svg Deportivo Saprissa
1 GK Emilio Sagot (1942-02-26)26 February 1942 (aged 21) Flag of Costa Rica.svg Orión F.C.
2 DF Mario Cordero (1930-04-07)7 April 1930 (aged 32) Flag of Costa Rica.svg Deportivo Saprissa
2 DF Guillermo Hernández Flag of Costa Rica.svg Deportivo Saprissa
2 DF Álvaro McDonald (1939-01-01)1 January 1939 (aged 24) Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Herediano
2 DF Rodolfo Madriz Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Cartaginés
2 DF Giovanni Rodríguez Flag of Costa Rica.svg Deportivo Saprissa
2 DF Alex Sánchez (1930-07-20)20 July 1930 (aged 32) Flag of Costa Rica.svg LD Alajuelense
2 DF Édgar Zúñiga Flag of Costa Rica.svg LD Alajuelense
3 MF Juan José Gámez (1939-07-08)8 July 1939 (aged 23) Flag of Costa Rica.svg LD Alajuelense
3 MF Carlos Marín Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Herediano
3 MF Édgar Quesada (1931-08-16)16 August 1931 (aged 31) Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Herediano
3 MF Wílliam Quirós Flag of Costa Rica.svg Deportivo Saprissa
4 FW Enrique Córdoba Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Cartaginés
4 FW Héctor Coto Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Cartaginés
4 FW Guillermo Elizondo Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Uruguay de Coronado
4 FW Juan González Flag of Costa Rica.svg LD Alajuelense
4 FW Leonel Hernández (1943-10-03)3 October 1943 (aged 19) Flag of Costa Rica.svg CS Cartaginés
4 FW Rubén Jiménez Flag of Costa Rica.svg Deportivo Saprissa
4 FW Edgar Marín (1943-05-22)22 May 1943 (aged 19) Flag of Costa Rica.svg Deportivo Saprissa
4 FW Wálter Pearson Flag of Costa Rica.svg LD Alajuelense
4 FW Víctor Luis Vásquez Flag of Costa Rica.svg Deportivo Saprissa

First round

RankTeamPtsPldWD*LGFGAGD
1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 53210707
2Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles 43201431
3Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 33111927
4Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 03003116−15

Results



Final round

RankTeamPtsPldWD*LGFGAGD
1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 63300725
2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 43201761
3Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles 23102651
4Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 0300329−7
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg1–0Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles
Pearson Soccerball shade.svg


El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg1–4Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica

Costa Rica 1969

In 1969, Costa Rica hosted the continental championship for their first and only time. The six qualified teams played each other once in a single group. Costa Rica won their first four matches, but were only one point ahead of Guatemala, which they faced directly in the last match. A 1–1 draw secured them the tournament victory in front of the home crowd.

Final round

RankTeamPtsPldWD*LGFGAGD
1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 9541013211
2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 853201028
3Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles 55212912−3
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4512245−1
5Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 35113412−8
6Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 15014310−7
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg3–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Álvaro Cascante Soccerball shade.svg
Roy Sáenz Soccerball shade.svg
Edward Dawkins Soccerball shade.svgo.g.'
Attendance: 7,389


Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg2–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Jaime Grant Soccerball shade.svg
Roy Sáenz Soccerball shade.svg
Attendance: 20,460


1989 CONCACAF Championship

In the qualification for the tournament, Costa Rica were about to face the favored team from Mexico. However, before the matches were played, Mexico was disqualified and Costa Rica given a bye to the tournament stage.

In a group of five teams, home and away matches were played against each opponent. When Costa Rica were done with their eight matches in July, the United States still had four matches ahead of them, and were only trailing behind leaders Costa Rica by six points and three goals. However, the US team ended up drawing twice and only won the other two matches by one goal each. With that, Costa Rica won the tournament on account of better goal difference, four months after their own last match.

Final round

Pld W D * L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 8512106+411
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 843163+311
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 833275+29
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 611447−33
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 602428−62
  Flag of Costa Rica.svg Flag of El Salvador.svg Flag of Guatemala.svg Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Flag of the United States.svg
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg 2–4 X–X 0–0 0–1
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg 1–0 X–X 0–1 0–0
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1
United States  Flag of the United States.svg 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1


Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg1–0Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rhoden Soccerball shade.svg14'

United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Ramos Soccerball shade.svg72'



El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg2–4Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg24'
Rivas Soccerball shade.svg63'
Cayasso Soccerball shade.svg16'
Hidalgo Soccerball shade.svg46'
Flóres Soccerball shade.svg51', 75'

See also

References

  1. "Costa Rica wins 1963 NORCECA title". Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  2. La Tricolor en los Norcecas 63 y 69 – Nación (in Spanish)