Costa Rica national football team
Men's association football team
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- It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1927 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961.
- From 1938 to 1961, it was a member of CCCF, the former governing body of football in Central America and Caribbean and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF, and also a member of PFC, the former unified confederation of the Americas, from 1946 to 1961.
- It also participated twice in the Olympic Games (1980 and 1984).
- It has participated four times in League A of the CONCACAF Nations League, finishing in fourth place in the 2021 finals.
- Regionally, the team won 7 CCCF Championship titles and 8 Copa Centroamericana titles.
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WikipediaThe Costa Rica national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Costa Rica) represents Costa Rica in men's international football, which is governed by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (English: Costa Rican Football Federation), the governing body for football in Costa Rica founded in 1921. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1927 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of UNCAF in the Central American Zone. From 1938 to 1961, it was a member of CCCF, the former governing body of football in Central America and Caribbean and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF, and also a member of PFC, the former unified confederation of the Americas, from 1946 to 1961.
Costa Rica has qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times, and it is one of four CONCACAF teams to have advanced to the knockout stage, reaching the quarter-finals in 2014 and also reaching the round of 16 in 1990. It also participated twice in the Olympic Games (1980 and 1984).
Costa Rica has participated twenty-three times in CONCACAF's premier continental competition; it is the third most successful team in its confederation and the most successful Central American team, winning 3 CONCACAF Championship titles (1963, 1969 and 1989), becoming the first champions of the competition in 1963. The team's best performance under the CONCACAF Gold Cup format was finishing as runners-up in 2002. It has participated four times in League A of the CONCACAF Nations League, finishing in fourth place in the 2021 finals. It has participated six times in the Copa América, reaching the quarter-finals (2001 and 2004), and also participated twice in the Panamerican Championship, finishing in third place in 1956.
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