Costa Rica national football team

Costa Rica
Nickname(s)	Los Ticos (The Ticos); La Sele (The Selection); La Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (FCRF)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach	Miguel Herrera
Captain	Keylor Navas
Most caps	Celso Borges (163)
Top scorer	Rolando Fonseca (47)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional
FIFA code	CRC
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	54 (3 April 2025)
Highest	13 (February–March 2015)
Lowest	93 (July 1996)
First international
	Costa Rica 7–0 El Salvador ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921)
Biggest win
	Costa Rica 12–0 Puerto Rico ; (Barranquilla, Colombia; 10 December 1946)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 7–0 Costa Rica ; (Mexico City, Mexico; 17 August 1975); Spain 7–0 Costa Rica ; (Doha, Qatar; 23 November 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1990)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2014)
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
Appearances	23 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions (1963, 1969, 1989)
CONCACAF Nations League
Appearances	1 (first in 2021)
Best result	Fourth place (2021)
Copa América
Appearances	6 (first in 1997)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2001, 2004)
Medal record
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
Copa Centroamericana
Website	fcrf.cr/sele-mayor

The Costa Rica national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Costa Rica) represents Costa Rica in men's international football. The national team is administered by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (English: Costa Rican Football Federation), the governing body for football in Costa Rica. It has been a member of FIFA since 1927, it was a founding member of CONCACAF since 1961, and also a member of UNCAF since 1990.

Costa Rica is the most successful Central American national football team, winning 3 CONCACAF Championship titles (1963, 1969, 1989) and 7 CCCF Championship titles (1941, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1961). Costa Rica is the only national team in Central America to have played in six FIFA World Cup editions. Costa Rica's national football team has the all-time highest average Football Elo Ranking in Central America with 1597.1, and the all-time highest Football Elo Ranking in Central America, with 1806 in 2014.

Since the late 1980s, the team has continuously been visible as a solidly competitive side and has been widely considered to be the second or third best team in the CONCACAF, with a prominent performance in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, making it to the knockout stage in their debut after finishing second in their group during the first phase, below Brazil. They also qualified for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. In 2014, Costa Rica achieved their best performance in history by finishing first in their group that consisted of three former World Cup champions: Uruguay, Italy, and England. During the round 16 they defeated Greece 5–3 via a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw. Moreover, during their match against the Greek team, Keylor Navas saved more than 15 shots. They reached the quarter-finals for the first time but were defeated by the Netherlands, also in a penalty shoot-out (3–4) after a scoreless draw on 5 July. Both their 2018 and 2022 World Cup campaigns ended in a fourth place group stage exit, with their only points coming from a 2–2 draw against Switzerland in 2018 and a 1–0 win over Japan in 2022.