Costa Rica national football team results (2020–present)

This article provides details of international football games played by the Costa Rica national team from 2020 to present.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Overview

Results

Key
	Win
	Draw
	Defeat

2020

1 February 2020 Friendly	United States	1–0	Costa Rica	Carson, United States
15:55 UTC−8	Llanez 50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 9,172 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

10 October 2020 Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6		Report	Ayarza 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 0 Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

13 October 2020 Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6		Report	Ayarza 39'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)

13 November 2020 Friendly	Costa Rica	1–1	Qatar	Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
18:00 UTC+1	Campbell 67'	Report	Al-Haydos 42' (pen.)	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

16 November 2020 Friendly	Basque Country	2–1	Costa Rica	Eibar, Spain
20:45 UTC+1	Muniain 12' Núñez 90+4'	Report	Moya 70'	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

2021

27 March 2021 Friendly	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–0	Costa Rica	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Bilino Polje Referee: Nejc Kajtazovič (Slovenia)

30 March 2021 Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Mexico	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
14:00 UTC+2		Report	Lozano 89'	Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria)

3 June 2021 2021 Nations League SF	Mexico	0–0 (5–4 p)	Costa Rica	Denver, United States
20:30 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Empower Field at Mile High Attendance: 34,451 Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
	Penalties
	Antuna Lozano Pineda Pulido Romo Gallardo		Venegas Duarte Alfaro Lassiter Calvo Cruz

6 June 2021 2021 Nations League 3rd	Honduras	2–2 (5–4 p)	Costa Rica	Denver, United States
16:30 UTC−5	E. Rodríguez 48' Elis 80'	Report	Campbell 8' Calvo 85'	Stadium: Empower Field at Mile High Attendance: 37,648 Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
	Penalties
	A. López Elis Benguché Toro Acosta Alvarado		Venegas Calvo Lassiter Torres Mora Tejeda

9 June 2021 Friendly	United States	4–0	Costa Rica	Sandy, United States
19:00 UTC−6	Aaronson 8' Dike 42' Cannon 52' Reyna 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,007 Referee: Tristley Bassue (St. Kitts and Nevis)

12 July 2021 2021 Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	3–1	Guadeloupe	Orlando, United States
21:00 UTC−4	Campbell 6' Lassiter 21' Borges 70'	Report	Mirval 45+5'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 6,403 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

16 July 2021 2021 Gold Cup GS	Suriname	1–2	Costa Rica	Orlando, United States
20:30 UTC−4	Vlijter 54'	Report	Campbell 58' Borges 59'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 6,527 Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

20 July 2021 2021 Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	1–0	Jamaica	Orlando, United States
19:00 UTC−4^{[note 1]}	Ruiz 53'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 10,264 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

25 July 2021 2021 Gold Cup QF	Costa Rica	0–2	Canada	Arlington, United States
18:00 UTC−5		Report	Hoilett 18' Eustáquio 68'	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 41,318 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

21 August 2021 Friendly	El Salvador	0–0	Costa Rica	Carson, United States
20:00 UTC−7		Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

2 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Panama	0–0	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
20:05 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

5 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	0–1	Mexico	San José, Costa Rica
17:00 UTC−6		Report	Pineda 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

8 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	1–1	Jamaica	San José, Costa Rica
19:00 UTC−6	Marín 3'	Report	Nicholson 47'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

7 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Honduras	0–0	Costa Rica	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
18:05 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

10 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	2–1	El Salvador	San José, Costa Rica
16:00 UTC−6	Ruiz 52' Borges 58' (pen.)	Report	Henríquez 12'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

13 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	United States	2–1	Costa Rica	Columbus, United States
19:00 UTC−4	Dest 25' Moreira 66' (o.g.)	Report	Fuller 1'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,165 Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

12 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Canada	1–0	Costa Rica	Edmonton, Canada
19:05 UTC−7	David 57'	Report		Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 48,806 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

16 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	2–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
19:05 UTC−6	Duarte 20' Torres 90+5'	Report	Quioto 35'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

2022

27 January 2022 2022 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	1–0	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
20:05 UTC−6	Ruiz 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

30 January 2022 2022 World Cup qualification	Mexico	0–0	Costa Rica	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

2 February 2022 2022 World Cup qualification	Jamaica	0–1	Costa Rica	Kingston, Jamaica
19:00 UTC−5		Report	Campbell 62'	Stadium: Independence Park Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

24 March 2022 2022 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	1–0	Canada	San José, Costa Rica
20:05 UTC−6	Borges 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

27 March 2022 2022 World Cup qualification	El Salvador	1–2	Costa Rica	San Salvador, El Salvador
15:05 UTC−6	Gil 31'	Report	Contreras 30' Campbell 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

30 March 2022 2022 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	2–0	United States	San José, Costa Rica
19:05 UTC−6	Vargas 51' Contreras 59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

2 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League	Panama	2–0	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
18:30 UTC−5	Díaz 52' Waterman 76'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

5 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League	Costa Rica	2–0	Martinique	San José, Costa Rica
11:00 UTC−6	Campbell 28' Calvo 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

14 June 2022 2022 World Cup inter-confederation play-offs	Costa Rica	1–0	New Zealand	Al Rayyan, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3	Campbell 3'	Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

23 September 2022 Friendly	South Korea	2–2	Costa Rica	Goyang, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Hwang Hee-chan 28' Son Heung-min 85'	Report	Bennette 41', 63'	Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 37,581 Referee: Alex King (Australia)

27 September 2022 Friendly	Uzbekistan	1–2	Costa Rica	Suwon, South Korea
15:00 UTC+9	Shomurodov 25'	Report	Hernández 90+2' Waston 90+4'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Referee: Kim Dae-Yong (South Korea)

9 November 2022 Friendly	Costa Rica	2–0	Nigeria	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6	Duarte 7' Waston 73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

17 November 2022 Friendly	Iraq	Cancelled	Costa Rica	Basra, Iraq
17:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Basra International Stadium

23 November 2022 2022 World Cup GS	Spain	7–0	Costa Rica	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3	Olmo 11' Asensio 21' F. Torres 31' (pen.), 54' Gavi 74' Soler 90' Morata 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 40,013 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

27 November 2022 2022 World Cup GS	Japan	0–1	Costa Rica	Al Rayyan, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3		Report	Fuller 81'	Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 41,479 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

1 December 2022 2022 World Cup GS	Costa Rica	2–4	Germany	Al Khor, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3	Tejeda 58' Vargas 70'	Report	Gnabry 10' Havertz 73', 85' Füllkrug 89'	Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium Attendance: 67,054 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2023

25 March 2023 2022–23 Nations League	Martinique	1–2	Costa Rica	Fort-de-France, Martinique
19:00 UTC−4	Biron 18'	Report	Suárez 88' Contreras 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Aliker Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

28 March 2023 2022–23 Nations League	Costa Rica	0–1	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6		Report	Fajardo 77'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

15 June 2023 Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Guatemala	Carson, United States
20:00 UTC−7		Report	Mejía 6'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

20 June 2023 Friendly	Ecuador	3–1	Costa Rica	Chester, United States
20:00 UTC−4	Valencia 20' Pacho 57' Vite 82'	Report	Campbell 66'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Víctor Cáceres (Mexico)

26 June 2023 2023 Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	1–2	Panama	Fort Lauderdale, United States
18:30 UTC−4	Suárez 90+1'	Report	Fajardo 23' Bárcenas 68'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 10,101 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

30 June 2023 2023 Gold Cup GS	El Salvador	0–0	Costa Rica	Harrison, United States
20:30 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 22,615 Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

4 July 2023 2023 Gold Cup GS	Costa Rica	6–4	Martinique	Harrison, United States
20:30 UTC−4	Waston 10' Calvo 41' Vargas 55' Campbell 59' (pen.) Contreras 68' Campos 90'	Report	Burner 18', 79' Labeau 75' (pen.) Mexique 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 21,531 Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

8 July 2023 2023 Gold Cup QF	Mexico	2–0	Costa Rica	Arlington, United States
20:30 UTC−5	Pineda 52' (pen.) É. Sánchez 87'	Report		Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 60,355 Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

8 September 2023 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Costa Rica	Newcastle, England
20:00 UTC+1	Al-Bulayhi 68'	Report	Calvo 12' Ugalde 32' Leal 89'	Stadium: St James' Park Referee: John Brooks (England)

12 September 2023 Friendly	Costa Rica	1–4	United Arab Emirates	Zaprešić, Croatia
18:00 UTC+2	Cascante 64'	Report	Al-Ghassani 16', 53' Canedo 23' Salmeen 38'	Stadium: Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)

16 November 2023 2023–24 Nations League QF	Costa Rica	0–3	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
21:00 UTC−6		Report	Murillo 4' Fajardo 29' Waterman 60'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 17,787 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

20 November 2023 2023–24 Nations League QF	Panama	3–1 (6–1 agg.)	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
21:00 UTC−5	Fajardo 20' Rodríguez 23' Bárcenas 43' (pen.)	Report	Calvo 51'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 15,288 Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Note: Panama won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified to the 2024 Copa América. Costa Rica advanced to the play-in.

2024

2 February 2024 Friendly	Costa Rica	2–0	El Salvador	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6	Daly 20' Suárez 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Steven Madrigal (Costa Rica)

23 March 2024 2024 Copa América qualifying play-offs	Costa Rica	3–1	Honduras	Frisco, United States
18:15 UTC−5	Galo 18' Madrigal 56' Brenes 62'	Report	Chirinos 10'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,299 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
Note: Costa Rica qualified for the 2024 Copa América after winning this game.

26 March 2024 Friendly	Argentina	3–1	Costa Rica	Los Angeles, United States
20:00 UTC−7	Di María 52' Mac Allister 56' L. Martínez 77'	Report	Ugalde 34'	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Josef Mickelson (United States)

31 May 2024 Friendly	Costa Rica	0–0	Uruguay A'	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Óscar Barrera (El Salvador)

6 June 2024 2026 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	4–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis	San José, Costa Rica
20:30 UTC−6	Galo 40', 49' Alcócer 82' Rojas 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

9 June 2024 2026 World Cup qualification	Grenada	0–3	Costa Rica	St. George's, Grenada
17:30 UTC−4		Report	Ugalde 9' Zamora 34' Taylor 70'	Stadium: Kirani James Athletic Stadium Attendance: 2,780 Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)

24 June 2024 2024 Copa América GS	Brazil	0–0	Costa Rica	Inglewood, United States
18:00 UTC−7		Report		Stadium: SoFi Stadium Attendance: 67,158 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

28 June 2024 2024 Copa América GS	Colombia	3–0	Costa Rica	Glendale, United States
15:00 UTC−7	Díaz 31' (pen.) Sánchez 59' Córdoba 62'	Report		Stadium: State Farm Stadium Attendance: 27,386 Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

2 July 2024 2024 Copa América GS	Costa Rica	2–1	Paraguay	Austin, United States
20:00 UTC−5	Calvo 3' Alcócer 7'	Report	Sosa 55'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 12,765 Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

5 September 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Costa Rica	3–0	Guadeloupe	San José, Costa Rica
18:00 UTC−6	Calvo 50' Lassiter 77' Madrigal 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 7,542 Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

9 September 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Guatemala	0–0	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)

11 October 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Suriname	1–1	Costa Rica	Paramaribo, Suriname
19:00 UTC−3	Vlijter 34'	Report	Alcócer 13'	Stadium: Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

15 October 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Costa Rica	3–0	Guatemala	San José, Costa Rica
18:00 UTC−6	Madrigal 9' Vargas 38' Calvo 71'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

14 November 2024 2024–25 Nations League QF	Costa Rica	0–1	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6		Report	Fajardo 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

18 November 2024 2024–25 Nations League QF	Panama	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
21:00 UTC−5	Blackman 13' Rodríguez 45+3'	Report	Bran 24' Martínez 72'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Note: Panama won 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to the Finals and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Costa Rica advanced to the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

2025

7 June 2025 2026 World Cup qualification	Bahamas	v	Costa Rica	Bahamas
--:-- UTC−4

10 June 2025 2026 World Cup qualification	Costa Rica	v	Trinidad and Tobago	Costa Rica
--:-- UTC−6

Head to head records

Head to head records
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W%	D%	L%
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Basque Country	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	100
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	100	0
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	3	1	0	2	1	3	33.33	0	66.67
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
El Salvador	3	2	1	0	4	2	66.67	33.33	0
Guadeloupe	1	1	0	0	3	1	100	0	0
Honduras	4	4	2	1	7	4	33.33	66.67	0
Jamaica	3	2	1	0	3	1	66.67	33.33	0
Japan	1	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	0
Mexico	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	50	50
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	0
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	2	0	100	0	0
Panama	5	1	1	3	1	4	20	20	60
Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100	0
South Korea	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	100	0
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	100
Suriname	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
United States	4	1	0	3	3	7	25	0	75
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
Totals	37	17	10	13	34	38	38.89	27.78	33.33

Notes

^ The match was stopped after two minutes of play due to thunderstorms in the area. It was resumed at 21:20 EDT (UTC−4).^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Costa Rica - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.
^ "Costa Rica national team". worldfootball.net. World Football.
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Costa Rica". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings.
^ CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (20 July 2021). "The match between CRC @fedefutbolcrc and JAM @jff_football has resumed after weather delay" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via Twitter.
^ "Partido entre Costa Rica y Jamaica se reanuda después de dos horas". nacion.com (in Spanish). La Nación. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[6] The match was stopped after two minutes of play due to thunderstorms in the area. It was resumed at 21:20 EDT (UTC−4).^[4]^[5]

[1] "Costa Rica - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.

[2] "Costa Rica national team". worldfootball.net. World Football.

[3] "World Football Elo Ratings: Costa Rica". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings.

[4] CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (20 July 2021). "The match between CRC @fedefutbolcrc and JAM @jff_football has resumed after weather delay" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via Twitter.

[5] "Partido entre Costa Rica y Jamaica se reanuda después de dos horas". nacion.com (in Spanish). La Nación. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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