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Costa RicavsNicaragua
Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: head-to-head stats
Since 1941
Costa Rica
18
wins
draws
1
19 meetings
Nicaragua
0
wins
Costa Rica and Nicaragua have met 19 times since 1941: Costa Rica won 18, Nicaragua 0, and 1 match was drawn. Costa Rica lead the head-to-head by 18 wins. Goals: Costa Rica 77, Nicaragua 11. Last meeting: Costa Rica 3–0 Nicaragua (CONCACAF Nations League, Oct 1, 2026).
- First meeting
- Costa Rica 7–2 Nicaragua
- May 10, 1941 · CCCF Championship
- Last meeting
- Costa Rica 3–0 Nicaragua
- Oct 1, 2026 · CONCACAF Nations League
- Biggest Costa Rica win
- Costa Rica 8–1 Nicaragua
- Feb 25, 1951 · CCCF Championship
Match preview and current form
Latest result
Nicaragua 0–3 Costa Rica
· CONCACAF Nations League · Managua
The rivalry, match by match
19 meetings since 1941. Hover or tap a match for the details.
- Costa Rica win
- Draw
- Nicaragua win
- World Cup or continental finals
- Bigger = wider margin
CRC=NCA
- 1940
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
CRC +181941 · CRC ahead8–1 · 1951
↑ CRCNCA ↓
- 1940s: Costa Rica 24 goals, Nicaragua 5 goals
- 1950s: Costa Rica 15 goals, Nicaragua 2 goals
- 1960s: Costa Rica 0 goals, Nicaragua 0 goals
- 1970s: Costa Rica 0 goals, Nicaragua 0 goals
- 1980s: Costa Rica 0 goals, Nicaragua 0 goals
- 1990s: Costa Rica 13 goals, Nicaragua 1 goal
- 2000s: Costa Rica 8 goals, Nicaragua 1 goal
- 2010s: Costa Rica 9 goals, Nicaragua 0 goals
- 2020s: Costa Rica 8 goals, Nicaragua 2 goals
By competition
| Competition | P | CRC W | D | NCA W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCCF Championship | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| UNCAF Cup | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Friendly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gold Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
All meetings
19 matches, newest first, with goalscorers where recorded.
- W3–0ACONCACAF Nations LeagueCONCACAF Nations League
- W4–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Alonso Martínez 12', Alonso Martínez 28', Manfred Ugalde 49', Francisco Calvo 90'
Nicaragua: Junior Arteaga 26'
- D1–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Alexis Gamboa 60'
Nicaragua: Byron Bonilla 80' (pen.)
- W4–0NGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Bryan Oviedo 7', Celso Borges 19', Elías Aguilar 45', Allan Cruz 75'
Nicaragua: —
- W3–0NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W2–0HUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W2–0HFriendlyFriendly
- W5–1HFriendlyFriendly
- W1–0NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W5–1NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
Show all 19 meetings
- W2–0HUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W6–0HUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W3–0HCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W4–1NCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W8–1NCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W7–1HCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W3–2NCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W7–0NCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W7–2HCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
Sources: martj42/international_results (international matches since 1872, MIT-licensed open dataset) and ESPN for the latest results and fixtures. Predecessor teams follow FIFA attribution (Yugoslavia → Serbia, Czechoslovakia → Czechia).
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