Soccer World Cup 1990 / Costa Rica

This article covers the Costa Rican national soccer team at the 1990 World Cup .

qualification

First round

Costa Rica	-	Panama	1: 1
Panama	-	Costa Rica	0: 2

Second round

Due to the disqualification of Mexico , Costa Rica automatically entered the final round.

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Costa Rica	10: 6	11
2	United States	6: 3	11
3	Trinidad and Tobago	7: 5	9
4th	Guatemala	4: 7	3
5	El Salvador	2: 8	2

Guatemala	-	Costa Rica	1-0
Costa Rica	-	Guatemala	2: 1
Costa Rica	-	United States	1-0
United States	-	Costa Rica	1-0
Trinidad & Tobago	-	Costa Rica	1: 1
Costa Rica	-	Trinidad & Tobago	1-0
El Salvador	-	Costa Rica	2: 4
Costa Rica	-	El Salvador	1-0

Costa Rican contingent

number	Surname	Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Luis Gabelo Conejo	AD Ramonense	08/13/1959
21st	Hermidio Barrantes	Deportivo Puntarenas	09/02/1964
22nd	Miguel Segura	Deportivo Saprissa	09/02/1963
Defense
2	Vladimir Quesada	Deportivo Saprissa	05/12/1966
3	Róger Flores	Deportivo Saprissa	05/26/1959
4th	Rónald González	Deportivo Saprissa	08/08/1970
5	Marvin Obando	CS Herediano	04/04/1960
13	Miguel Davis	LD Alajuelense	06/18/1966
15th	Rónald Marín	CS Herediano	11/02/1962
18th	Geovanny Jara	CS Herediano	07/02/1969
20th	Mauricio Montero	LD Alajuelense	October 19, 1963
midfield
6th	José Carlos Chaves	LD Alajuelense	09/03/1958
8th	German Chavarría	CS Herediano	03/19/1958
10	Oscar Ramirez	LD Alajuelense	December 8, 1964
12	Róger Gómez	CS Cartaginés	02/07/1965
14th	Juan Cayasso Reid	Deportivo Saprissa	06/24/1961
16	José Jaikel	Deportivo Saprissa	04/03/1966
19th	Héctor Marchena	CS Cartaginés	01/04/1965
attack
7th	Hernan Medford	Deportivo Saprissa	05/23/1968
9	Alexandre Guimarães	Deportivo Saprissa	07/11/1959
11	Claudio Jara	CS Herediano	05/06/1959
17th	Roy Myers	Deportiva Limonense	04/13/1969
Trainer
	Bora Milutinović		07.09.1944

Games of the Costa Rican team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	4: 1	6th
2	Costa Rica	3: 2	4th
3	Scotland	2: 3	2
4th	Sweden	3: 6	0

• Costa Rica - Scotland 1: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris ( Genoa )

Spectators: 30,867

Referee: Loustau ( Argentina )

Goals: 1-0 Cayasso Reid (49th)

• Brazil - Costa Rica 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi ( Turin )

Spectators: 58,007

Referee: Jouini ( Tunisia )

Goals: 1-0 Müller (33.)

• Sweden - Costa Rica 1: 2 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris ( Genoa )

Spectators: 30,223

Referee: Petrović ( Yugoslavia )

Goals: 1-0 Ekström (32nd), 1: 1 Flores (75th), 1: 2 Medford (88th)

Under coach Lazaroni, Brazil had adopted a very defensive tactic. The result in group C were three narrow wins for the ex-world champion, which meant group victory, but left the audience disappointed due to the poor performance. Costa Rica's performance was sensational, knocking out the Scots and Swedes 1-0 and 2-1 and leaving them behind. The Scots could at least record a 2-1 win against the Scandinavians, but also had to travel home.

Round of 16

47,673

San Nicola Stadium ( Bari )

Czechoslovakia

Costa Rica

Cherries ( GDR )

4: 1 (1: 0)

1: 0 Skuhravý (12th) 1: 1 González (54th) 2: 1 Skuhravý (63rd) 3: 1 Kubík (75th) 4: 1 Skuhravý (82nd)

Tomas Skuhravy, CSFR striker, shot down Costa Rica almost single-handedly with his three goals. For an hour the Central Americans were able to make the match evenly, then the strength of the Eastern Europeans prevailed. With 4: 1, the victory was ultimately clear.