| team COSTA RICA | ||
| World cup history | ||
| Appearances: | 18 | |
| FIFA world cup appearances: | 6 | |
| Tournament | Result | |
| FIFA world cup 1930 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1934 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1934 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1938 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1938 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1950 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1950 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1954 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1954 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1958 | 6: + 4; = 1; - 1: 16 - 7 9 | |
| FIFA world cup 1958 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1962 | 9: + 5; = 1; - 3: 22 - 14 11 | |
| FIFA world cup 1962 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1966 | 8: + 5; = 2; - 1: 17 - 3 12 | |
| FIFA world cup 1966 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1970 | 4: + 2; = 1; - 1: 7 - 3 5 | |
| FIFA world cup 1970 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1974 | 2: + 0; = 1; - 1: 4 - 5 1 | |
| FIFA world cup 1974 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1978 | 6: + 1; = 4; - 1: 8 - 6 6 | |
| FIFA world cup 1978 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1982 | 7: + 1; = 4; - 2: 6 - 8 6 | |
| FIFA world cup 1982 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1986 | 8: + 2; = 5; - 1: 10 - 8 9 | |
| FIFA world cup 1986 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1990 | 10: + 6; = 2; - 2: 13 - 7 14 | |
| FIFA world cup 1990 | 4: + 2; = 0; - 2: 4 - 6 4 | |
| Qualifiers 1994 | 8: + 4; = 0; - 4: 16 - 11 8 | |
| FIFA world cup 1994 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1998 | 16: + 7; = 3; - 6: 22 - 17 24 | |
| FIFA world cup 1998 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2002 | 17: + 11; = 3; - 3: 31 - 15 36 | |
| FIFA world cup 2002 | 3: + 1; = 1; - 1: 5 - 6 4 | |
| Qualifiers 2006 | 18: + 8; = 4; - 6: 30 - 25 28 | |
| FIFA world cup 2006 | 3: + 0; = 0; - 3: 3 - 9 0 | |
| Qualifiers 2010 | 20: + 12; = 3; - 5: 41 - 22 39 | |
| FIFA world cup 2010 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2014 | 16: + 8; = 4; - 4: 27 - 12 28 | |
| FIFA world cup 2014 | 5: + 2; = 3; - 0: 5 - 2 9 | |
| Qualifiers 2018 | 16: + 9; = 5; - 2: 25 - 11 32 | |
| FIFA world cup 2018 | 3: + 0; = 1; - 2: 2 - 5 1 | |
| Qualifiers 2022 | 15: + 8; = 4; - 3: 14 - 8 28 | |
| FIFA world cup 2022 | 3: + 1; = 0; - 2: 3 - 11 3 | |
| Qualifiers 2026 | 10: + 5; = 4; - 1: 25 - 7 19 | |
| FIFA world cup 2026 | did not participate | |
| Best achievement: | Quarter-finals 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ | |
| Indicators | ||
| MP: + W; =D; -L; GF‒ GA Pts (3 points for each win) | ||
| Qualifying campaigns | 196: +98: =51; -47; 334 ‒ 189 345 | |
| Percentage indicators | +50,00%; =26,02%; -23,98%; 1,70 ‒ 0,96 58,67% | |
| FIFA world cup | 21: +6: =5; -10; 22 ‒ 39 23 | |
| Percentage indicators | +28,57%; =23,81%; -47,62%; 1,05 ‒ 1,86 36,51% | |
| Total: | 217: +104: =56; -57; 356 ‒ 228 368 | |
| Percentage indicators | +47,93%; =25,81%; -26,27%; 1,64 ‒ 1,05 56,53% | |
| Matches played (on neutral field): | 217 (26) | |
| Goals scored - total: | 356 | |
| - home: | 211 (59,27%) | |
| - away: | 110 (30,9%) | |
| - neutral field: | 35 (9,83%) | |
| Goals against: - total: | 228 | |
| - home: | 72 (31,58%) | |
| - away: | 117 (51,32%) | |
| - neutral field: | 39 (17,11%) | |
| Average goals scored per match: | 1,64 | |
| Average goals against per match: | 1,05 | |
| Points scored (3 points for each win): - home: | 222/297 (74,75%) | |
| - away: | 111/276 (40,22%) | |
| - neutral field: | 35/78 (44,87%) | |
| Biggest win: | 8:0 - Bahamas | |
| Biggest defeat: | 0:7 - Spain | |
| Games without conceding goals: | 83 (38,25%) | |
| Games without goals scored: | 54 (24,88%) | |
| Wins with a big score: | 29 | |
| Defeats with a big score: | 11 | |
| Own goals (is scored/is passed) | 4 / 2 | |
| Cautions (on average per match) | 337 (1,55) | |
| Expulsions (on average per match) | 18 (0,08) | |
| - second yellow cards | 15 | |
| - straight red cards | 3 | |
| Players acted | 366 | |
| Attendance: in total (average) | 4 733 573 (24 526) | |
| Top scorer: | Paulo WANCHOPE (98 02 06) - 24 goals scored | |
| The greatest number of matches: | Celso BORGES (10 14 18 22 26) - 71 games | |