World Cup Costa Rica Football Shirts by New Balance

Official Costa Rica National Team Shirts: Home & Away Kits

The recognisable red shirt and blue shorts of Costa Rica has been their strip since 1990 and was worn during their 1990 World Cup campaign in Italy, where they finished 13th. Costa Rica's best run in a World Cup campaign came in 2014, in Brazil. They reached the Quarter Finals, finishing 8th. Costa Rica are the most successful national football team in the history of Central America.

Costa Rica: A Brief History of the Federation

The national team made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, claiming the trophy. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Costa Rica were very much the second strongest team in the CONCACAF zone behind Mexico. During this time greats, like, Ruben Jimenez, Edgar Marin, Leonel Hernandez and Errol Daniels came to the fore. During the 1970s and most of the 1980s, the Costa Rican team went unnoticed, and was absent from World Cups. After a strong showing during the 1990 World Cup, Costa Rica failed to qualify for the 1994 &1998 World Cups in the USA and France retrospectively. They never made it out of the group stages during the 2002 and 2006 campaigns.

A Closer Look at the Costa Rica Shirt and Other Costa Rica Merchandise

Costa Rica wears traditionally a red shirt with blue shorts and white socks. Its away kit was loosely based on the Juventus-style Black and White Striped shirt with white shorts and white socks, due to these colours being the ones of CS La Libertad, one of the oldest clubs in Costa Rica. However, in 1997, the striped kit was replaced by a white kit with blue shorts.

Costa Rica Key Players

Costa Rica has had it's fill of great players, namely their most capped player - Walter Centeno (137 Caps) and their top goalscorer - Rolando Fonseca (47 Goals). More recent players, Bryan Ruiz and Celso Borges both make appearances in the Costa Rican top 10 of most caps and goals scored. Keylor Navas has been a regular in the national team and has earned a lot of recognition from all parts of the world.