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 Mesen |
1 |
| Jose Porras |
18 |
| Wardy Alfaro |
23 |
| Defenders |
|
| Jervis Drummond |
2 |
| Luis Marin |
3 |
| Michael Umana |
4 |
| Gilberto Martinez |
5 |
| Leonardo Gonzalez |
12 |
| Harold Wallace |
15 |
| Gabriel Badilla |
17 |
| Michael Rodriguez |
22 |
| Midfielders |
|
| Danny Fonseca |
6 |
| Christian Bolanos |
7 |
| Mauricio Solis |
8 |
| Walter Centeno |
10 |
| Randall Azofeifa |
14 |
| Carlos Hernandez |
16 |
| Douglas Sequeira |
20 |
| Forwards |
|
| Paulo Wanchope |
9 |
| Ronald Gomez |
11 |
| Kurt Bernard |
13 |
| Alvaro Saborio |
19 |
| 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