The FIFA World Cup 2018 is scheduled to be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities.
The final will be held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Current World Cup squad
Keylor Navas, Patrick Pemberton, Leonel Moreira, Cristian Gamboa, Ian Smith, Ronald Matarrita, Bryan Oviedo, Oscar Duarte, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Francisco Calvo, Kendall Waston, Johnny Acosta, David Guzman, Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges, Randall Azofeifa, Rodney Wallace, Bryan Ruiz, Daniel Colindres, Christian Bolanos, Johan Venegas, Joel Campbell, Marco Urena.
Coach for 2018:
Costa Rica's national soccer team coach Oscar Ramirez.
Oscar Ramirez
Fixtures:
June 17: vs Serbia
June 22: vs Brazil
June 27: vs Switzerland
Past records
No. of times team has played in WC (number): 4
No. of matches played (number): 15
No. of matches won: 5
No. of matches lost: 6
No. of times lost in finals (Number):
No. of times world cup won (number):
No. of goals scored in WC: 17
Top 3 players to watch: Keylor Navas, Christian Bolanos, Marco Urena
Road to WC (text): In the CONCACAF qualifiers, topped the group in their opening round. In the final round, they qualified for the World Cup after wins against USA, T&T.
Player who has played most world cups (appearances): Christian Bolanos:12
Player who has scored most no. of goals (Player:No. of goals): Ronald Gomez, Paulo Wanchope:3
