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The Costa Rica national football team made its debut in September 1921 during the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City. They won their first match 7, 0 against El Salvador and then defeated host nation Guatemala 6, 0 to claim the trophy.
Stars like Ruben Jimenez, Errol Daniels, Leonel Hernandez, and Edgar Marin led the side through the 1950s and 1960s. The squad earned the nickname The Gold Shorties in the late 1940s while competing as a member of the CCCF from 1938 to 1961.
Costa Rica qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time after winning the 1989 CONCACAF Championship and advanced to tournaments in 1990, 2002, 2006, and 2018. They reached the knockout stages in 1990 but failed to advance past the group stage in subsequent appearances during those decades.
Bora Milutinović took charge in 1990 and Brazilian coach Gílson Nunes guided the team through the 2002 qualification cycle. Jorge Luis Pinto served multiple stints including 2004, 2005 and 2011, 2014 when they reached the quarter-finals, followed by Paulo Wanchope from 2014 to 2015 and Óscar Ramírez from 2015 to 2018. Luis Fernando Suárez coached from 2021 to 2023 leading them to qualify for Qatar 2022 before Claudio Vivas held the position intermittently since 2023.
Estadio Nacional became the home stadium of Costa Rica upon its opening on the 10th of January 2011. Previous matches were played at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa or Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto while the team traditionally wears red jerseys with blue shorts and white socks.