Team profile: Costa Rica

‘Los Ticos’ arrive at their third World Cup, but had a dreadful away record during their qualifying campaign.  They only managed wins on the road against Panama and Canada so the test in Germany is likely to be a stern one.

FIFA Ranking: 26

Coach: Alexandre Guimaraes

Key players: Paulo Wanchope, Danny Fonseca, Ronald Gomez

World Cup record: Third appearance

Best Finish: Second Round 1990

Last appearance: First Round 2002

Qualifying route: Third in CONCACAF’s final group.

Key question: Can Costa Rica’s ageing stars lift their side to the required standard?

Squad:

Goalkeepers#
Alvaro Mesen1
Jose Porras18
Wardy Alfaro23
Defenders
Jervis Drummond2
Luis Marin3
Michael Umana 4
Gilberto Martinez5
Leonardo Gonzalez12
Harold Wallace15
Gabriel Badilla17
Michael Rodriguez22
Midfielders
Danny Fonseca6
Christian Bolanos7
Mauricio Solis8
Walter Centeno10
Randall Azofeifa14
Carlos Hernandez16
Douglas Sequeira 20
Forwards
Paulo Wanchope9
Ronald Gomez11
Kurt Bernard13
Alvaro Saborio19
Victor Nunez 21

Group matches:

v Germany, 16:00 GMT, Friday 9th June – Munich

v Ecuador, 13:00 GMT, Thursday 15th June – Hamburg

v Poland, 14:00 GMT, Tuesday 20th June – Hanover

 

Source: Al Jazeera