Costa Rica women's national football team

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

Costa Rica

Nickname(s)	Las Ticas La Sele Femenina (The Women's 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	43 (11 December 2025) [1]
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 1999 Winnipeg Team 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.

Costa Rica is set to co-host the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup along with Jamaica, Mexico and United States, earning them an automatic qualification as co-host.

Since the 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. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6] 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. ^[7]

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.

Team image

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

See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

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

2025

Costa Rica   v   New Zealand

23 February Friendly	Costa Rica	1–1	New Zealand	Santa Ana, Costa Rica
18:00	Chinchilla 20'	Report	Riley 45+2'	Stadium: Estadio Piedades de Santa Ana  [ es ] Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Costa Rica   v   New Zealand

26 February Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	New Zealand	Alajuela, Costa Rica
16:00		Report	Hahn 89'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)

Costa Rica   v   Ecuador

5 April Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Ecuador	Alajuela, Costa Rica
17:00		Report	Barahona 4'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Costa Rica   v   Ecuador

8 April Friendly	Costa Rica	3–3	Ecuador	Alajuela, Costa Rica
19:00	Alvarado 45+3' A. Herrera 69' Salas 89'	Report	Bolaños 23', 53' Moreira 76'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)

Canada   v   Costa Rica

June 27 Friendly	Canada	4–1	Costa Rica	Toronto, Ontario
7:30PM ET	Zadorsky 70' (pen.) Ward 74' Chavoshi 82' Regan 86'	Report	Salas 27'	Stadium: BMO Field Referee: Alyssa Nichols (United States)

Panama   v   Costa Rica

21 October 2025 (2025-10-21) 2025 Central American Games	Panama	1–2	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
10:00  UTC−5	Bermúdez 81' (o.g.)		Varela 45+3' Salas 90'	Stadium: Cementos Progreso Stadium

Costa Rica   v   El Salvador

25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 2025 Central American Games	Costa Rica	1–0	El Salvador	Guatemala City, Guatemala
10:00  UTC−5	Salas 90'	Report		Stadium: Cementos Progreso Stadium

Costa Rica   v   Guatemala

27 October 2025 (2025-10-27) 2025 Central American Games	Costa Rica	0–0 (5–4 p)	Guatemala	Guatemala City, Guatemala
10:00  UTC−5				Stadium: Cementos Progreso Stadium

El Salvador   v   Costa Rica

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29) 2025 Central American Games	El Salvador	0–1	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
10:00  UTC−5		Report	Varela 31'	Stadium: Cementos Progreso Stadium

Grenada   v   Costa Rica

29 November 2026 CONCACAF W Championship Q	Grenada	1–2	Costa Rica	St. George's, Grenada
19:30	Bedeau 32'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Chinchilla 45+2', 61'	Stadium: Kirani James Athletic Stadium Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)

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 [8]		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 [9]		2014
Amelia Valverde		2015 – 2023
Ana Patricia Aguilar		2023 (interim)
Edgar Rodríguez		2023 (interim)
Benito Rubido		2023 – Present

Players

See also: Category:Costa Rica women's international footballers

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 the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification matches in November 2025. ^[10]
  Caps and goals accurate as of 2 December 2025 after match vs. Mexico.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Noelia Bermúdez	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 31)	30	0	Alajuelense
18	1 GK	Génesis Pérez	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 20)	8	0	UCF Knights
23	1 GK	Daniela Solera	(1997-07-21) 21 July 1997 (age 28)	25	0	Mazatlán
2	2 DF	Daniela Cruz	(1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 (age 34)	90	2	—
3	2 DF	María Paula Coto	(1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 27)	25	2	Alajuelense
4	2 DF	Fabiola Villalobos	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 27)	38	3	Alajuelense
5	2 DF	Mariana Benavides	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 31)	72	2	Millonarios
6	2 DF	Valeria del Campo	(2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 (age 25)	14	0	Monterrey
15	2 DF	Stephannie Blanco	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 25)	11	1	Real Oviedo
16	2 DF	Jimena González	(2005-12-31) 31 December 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Sporting F.C.
17	2 DF	Josselyn Briceño	(2006-04-29) 29 April 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Talleres
19	2 DF	Marian Solano	(2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Herediano
11	3 MF	Raquel Rodríguez	(1993-10-18) 18 October 1993 (age 32)	108	58	Kansas City Current
10	3 MF	Sheika Scott	(2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 (age 19)	6	0	Paris FC
6	3 MF	Emily Flores	(2001-11-19) 19 November 2001 (age 24)	3	0	Querétaro
16	3 MF	Katherine Alvarado	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 34)	—	0	Saprissa
8	3 MF	Gloriana Villalobos	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 26)	76	10	Saprissa
9	4 FW	María Paula Salas	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 23)	37	8	Fenerbahçe
14	4 FW	Hilary Corrales	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 26)	3	0	Herediano
13	4 FW	María Paula Arce	(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Alajuelense
7	4 FW	Melissa Herrera	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 29)	94	20	Marseille
17	4 FW	Alexa Herrera	(2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 21)	3	1	Querétaro
12	4 FW	Carolina Venegas	(1991-09-28) 28 September 1991 (age 34)	72	18	Saprissa
20	4 FW	Priscila Chinchilla	(2001-07-11) 11 July 2001 (age 24)	48	20	Atlético de Madrid
22	4 FW	Catalina Estrada	(1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 27)	—	—	—
21	4 FW	Pamela Elizondo	(2001-05-27) 27 May 2001 (age 24)	—	—	Dimas Escazú  [ es ]
24	4 FW	Sianyf Agüero	(2004-01-27) 27 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Alajuelense

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
DF	Cristel Sandí	(1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 27)	8	1	Dimas Escazú  [ es ]	v.   New Zealand,26 February 2025
DF	Marilenis Oporta	(1998-03-24) 24 March 1998 (age 27)	3	0	Alajuelense	v.   Canada, 27 June 2025
DF	Gabriela Guillén	(1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 33)	83	2	Dallas Trinity FC	v.   Canada, 27 June 2025
MF	Yaniela Arias	(1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 27)	7	0	Dimas Escazú  [ es ]	v.   Canada, 27 June 2025
MF	Emilie Valenciano	(1997-02-15) 15 February 1997 (age 28)	14	0	Alajuelense	v.   Canada, 27 June 2025
MF	Montserrat Díaz	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 23)	14	0	Sporting F.C.	v.   Canada, 27 June 2025
MF	Alexandra Pinell	(2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 23)	7	0	Alajuelense	v.   Canada, 27 June 2025
FW	Sianyf Agüero	(2004-01-27) 27 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Alajuelense	v.   New Zealand,26 February 2025
FW	Mónica Matarrita	(2005-11-07) 7 November 2005 (age 20)			Saprissa  [ es ]	v.   Ecuador,8 April 2025
FW	Sheika Scott	(2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 (age 19)	6	0	Alajuelense	v.   Ecuador,8 April 2025
FW	Sofía Varela	(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 27)	11	4	Millonarios	v.   Canada, 27 June 2025
FW	Anna Gilbertson	(1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 31)			Alajuelense	v.   Canada, 27 June 2025

Notes:

• PRE: Preliminary roster

Previous squads

FIFA women's World Cup 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad

CONCACAF W Championship 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying squad 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship squad 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship squad

Records

See also: Category:Costa Rica women's international footballers

As of 21 February 2021

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

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Costa Rica at the 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
2027	To be determined
2031	Qualified as co-host
2035	To be determined
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	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	Bronze medal	5	3	1	1	10	6
Total	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	Bronze medal	5	4	0	1	14	5
2018	Silver medal	5	4	0	1	8	5
2023	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
Total	Silver medal	13	9	0	4	25	16

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American Games

Central American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2001	Gold medal	4	4	0	0	18	3
2013	Gold medal	5	5	0	0	27	1
2017	Gold medal	5	4	1	0	19	2
2022	Cancelled
2025	TBD
Total	Gold medal	14	13	1	0	64	6

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Major competitions CONCACAF W Championship Runners-up (1): 2014 Third place (1): 1998 Others competitions Intercontinental Pan American Games Bronze medalists (2): 1999, 2019 Regional Central American and Caribbean Games Silver Medalists (1): 2018 Bronze Medalists (1): 2014 Central American Games Gold Medalists (3): 2001, 2013, 2017

FIFA World Ranking

See also: FIFA Women's World Rankings

A line chart depicting the history of the Costa Rica's year-end placements in the FIFA World Rankings.

Last update was on June 25, 2021 Source: ^[11]

 Best Ranking   Worst Ranking   Best Mover   Worst Mover  

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

• Costa Rica portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Women's association football portal

• 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

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
2. "Costa Rica draws with Spain 1–1 at FIFA Women's World Cup opening match in Canada". 10 June 2015.
3. "FIFA Women's World Cup: Costa Rica ties 2–2 with South Korea, makes it to second place in its group". 14 June 2015.
4. "Brazil eliminates Costa Rica in Women's World Cup". USA Today .
5. "COSTA RICA" . Retrieved 13 October 2018.
6. "Jamaica stuns Costa Rica, controversially, to set up dramatic Group B finale". 8 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
7. "Jamaica advance to face USWNT, Canada eliminates Costa Rica". 11 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
8. "Español Beni Rubido es el nuevo Director Técnico de la Selección Mayor Femenina - Federación Costarricense de Fútbol".
9. "Avedissian leaves Costa Rica women's post". concacaf.com. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015.
10. "Convocatoria oficial de la Selección Femenina para la eliminatoria de noviembre". FEDEFUTBOL (in Spanish).
11. "Costa Rica in the FIFA World Ranking" . Retrieved 26 July 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Costa Rica profile at FIFA.com