Costa Rica at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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The Costa Rica women's national football team has represented Costa Rica at the FIFA Women's World Cup on two occasions, in 2015^[1] and 2023.

FIFA Women's World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Did not enter
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015	Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	3	4
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Group stage	30th	3	0	0	3	1	8
2027	To be determined
Total	2/10	18th	6	0	2	4	4	12

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2015	Group stage	9 June	Spain	D 1–1	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
		13 June	South Korea	D 2–2	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
		17 June	Brazil	L 0–1	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
2023	Group stage	21 July	Spain	L 0–3	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
		26 July	Japan	L 0–2	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
		31 July	Zambia	L 1–3	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
South Korea	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Spain	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Zambia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total	6	0	2	4	4	12	−8	000.00

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

9 June 2015

16:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Spain	1–1	Costa Rica
Losada 13'	Report	R. Rodríguez 14'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 10,175^[2]

Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

13 June 2015

19:00 EDT (UTC−4)

South Korea	2–2	Costa Rica
Ji So-yun 21' (pen.) Jeon Ga-eul 25'	Report	Herrera 17' K. Villalobos 89'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 28,623^[3]

Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

17 June 2015

20:00 ADT (UTC−3)

Costa Rica	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Raquel 83'

Moncton Stadium, Moncton

Attendance: 9,543^[4]

Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Zambia	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 July 2023

19:30 UTC+12

Spain	3–0	Costa Rica
Del Campo 21' (o.g.) Bonmatí 23' González 27'	Report

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 22,966

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

26 July 2023

17:00 UTC+12

Japan	2–0	Costa Rica
Naomoto 25' Fujino 27'	Report

Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

Attendance: 6,992

Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

31 July 2023

19:00 UTC+12

Costa Rica	1–3	Zambia
Herrera 47'	Report	Mweemba 3' B. Banda 31' (pen.) Kundananji 90+3'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 8,117

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	2015	2023
Melissa Herrera	2	1	1
Raquel Rodríguez	1	1
Karla Villalobos	1	1
Total	4	3	1

Own goals scored for opponents

Valeria del Campo (scored for Spain in 2023)

References

^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Teams". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ "Match report – Group E – Spain v Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 9 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ "Match report – Group E – Korea Republic v Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ "Match report – Group E – Costa Rica v Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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