| "> | | | | Rican squad came in 16thplace -ahead of Austria, |
| Determination & Passion! | | | | Scotland and the Soviet Union- in the Men's Soccer |
| Havana 1930 | | | | World Cup in Rome (Italy), between June 8 and July 8, |
| Did you know- The men's soccer squad of Costa | | | | 1990. Of all the 24 participants, CR was one of the |
| Rica was runner-up in the 1930 Central American and | | | | most popular delegations. |
| Caribbean Games in Havana (Cuba). Five years later, | | | | Africa 1999 |
| the Costa Rican squad captured the silver medal, after | | | | Did you know- Two Central American squads, Costa |
| Mexico (gold), in the III Central American and Caribbean | | | | Rica and Honduras, qualified for the Under-20 World |
| Games in San Salvador (El Salvador). Football is the | | | | Championships in Nigeria, between April 3 and April 24, |
| most popular sport in CR. | | | | 1999. In the course of the tournament, Germany lost |
| Panama City 1938 | | | | 2-1 to Costa Rica. At the previous World Tournament |
| Did you know- By the late 1930s, the Costa Rican | | | | in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) in 1997, CR tied with |
| men's football team won the silver medal in the 4th | | | | Paraguay 1-1. |
| Central American Games in Panama City. | | | | South Korea & Japan 2002 |
| Russia 1980 | | | | Did you know- With passion, emotion, discipline, and |
| Did you know- In 1980, CR was one of the finalists in | | | | ambition, the Costa Rican team gained a place for the |
| the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying | | | | FIFA World Cup in 2002. On that occasion they came |
| Tournament and won the right to compete in the | | | | in 19th place, outpacing Russia, Portugal and Uruguay. In |
| Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR (modern-day | | | | South Korea, they beat China 2-0 and tied with Turkey |
| Russia). At the 22th Olympiad, in July 1980, the men's | | | | 1-1. It was the second time that CR had qualified for a |
| soccer squad of Costa Rica came in 12th place, | | | | World Cup. |
| ahead of Syria (Middle East), Finland (Scandinavia), | | | | Egypt 2009 |
| Zambia (Southern Africa), and Spain (Europe).The | | | | Did you know- 2009 was one of the best years for |
| Republic of Cost Rica thus became the third Central | | | | football in Central America. Why? In spite of the |
| American country -after El Salvador (1968) and | | | | skepticism of sportswriters, the Costa Rican squad |
| Guatemala (1968, 1972 & 1976) -- to compete in the | | | | finished in fourth place in the Under-20 World |
| Summer Olympic Games. | | | | Championships in Cairo (Egypt). The under-20 national |
| Rome 1990 | | | | soccer squad thus became the most successful |
| Did you know- For the first time in history, CR | | | | Central American team in soccer history. |
| competed in the FIFA World Tournament. The Costa | | | | |