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Costa Rica (CRC)

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Founded	1921
Affiliated	1921
WC participations	2 (1990, 2002)
WC honours	Last sixteen 1990
Continental Titles	Seven times CCCF champions (1941, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1961), three times Concacaf champions (1963, 1969, 1989), Central American champions (1993)
Facts Costa Rica have taken part in every FIFA World Cup™ qualifying competition since 1958, winning through to the finals in 1990 and 2002. They proved one of the surprises of Italy '90, racking up two memorable wins against European sides when they defeated Scotland 1-0 and Sweden 2-1. Their campaign ended in the round of sixteen, where they were crushed 4-1 by Czechoslovakia. Costa Rica put in another strong performance in 2002, only going out in the group round on goal difference to eventual semi-finalists Turkey. Their best result came in 1946, when they beat Panama 12-0. Their most ignominious defeat was at the hands of Mexico, who beat them 7-0 in 1975.

Players:

1 MESEN Alvaro (GK)
2 DRUMMOND Jervis
3 MARIN Luis
4 UMANA Michael
5 MARTINEZ Gilberto
6 FONSECA Danny
7 BOLANOS Christian
8 SOLIS Mauricio
9 WANCHOPE Paulo
10 CENTENO Walter
11 GOMEZ Ronald
12 GONZALEZ Leonardo
13 BERNARD Kurt
14 AZOFEIFA Randall
15 WALLACE Harold
16 HERNANDEZ Carlos
17 BADILLA Gabriel
18 PORRAS Jose (GK)
19 SABORIO Alvaro
20 SEQUEIRA Douglas
21 NUNEZ Victor
22 RODRIGUEZ Michael
23 ALFARO Wardy (GK)

Coach: Alexandre Guimaraes Nationality : Costa Rican Date of Birth : 7 November 1959

General Information

FIFA Trigramme: CRC
Country: Costa Rica
Country (official name): Republica de Costa Rica
Continent: North, Central America and the Caribbean
Capital: San José
Major cities: Alajuela, Cartago, Limón, Puntarenas, Herdia, Liberia Currency: Costa Rican colon
Official languages: Spanish
Motto: Not known

Population (in millions): 3.90
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 8,500
Density (inhabitants per km2): 76.24
Average age (in years): 25.4
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 76.43

Internet code: .cr Number of internet users: 384,000 (2002)



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