Costa Rica is the most successful national football team of Central America's history.

They won the CONCACAF Championships at its first participation in 1963 and then winning two times again in 1969 and 1989.
Los Ticos also gained 8 titles in the Copa Centroamericana, where they reached the final 12 times in 14 competitions. Actually, the team has started to perform competitive since the late 1980s.

In the 1984 Costa Rica achieved the first international win for the National Team, defeating Italy at the Summer Olympic Games.
Five years later, Costa Rica National football team qualified for the first time to a World Cup after a great campaign in the CONCACAF Championship.
Los Ticos finished first in their qualification group stage, winning in the last game against El Salvador, and finally getting the ticket to the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

In the competition hosted by Italy, Costa Rica arrived with impressive players like Cayasso, Conejo, Flores and Medford.
In the first game, played at Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Costa Rica defeated Scotland with a goal by Cayasso after a great play.
Then Brazil prevailed 1-0 against the Central American team but Costa Rica advanced to the second round winning 2-1 against Sweden.
In the round of 16 Czechoslovakia won 4-1 against Costa Rica, eliminating the team at their first appearance in a World Cup.
From this competition, Costa Rica has continuously been noticeable in the international competition, reaching the quarter finals in 2014 and qualifying again to 2018 World Cup.

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