Costa Rica 2022/23 Kits
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Costa Rica wear red home shits with white trim which are supplied by Spanish brand Joma and they are one of the most dominant sides on the CONCACAF confederation along with Mexico, USA and Honduras. The nation have been CONCACAF champions on three occasions, runners-up on once occasion and third place on four occasions. Fulham's Bryan Ruiz is arguably the nations best player on the current roster.
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2022/23 Costa Rica Home Shirt
Costa Rica's 2022 World Cup home is the only kit among the participating teams to be manufactured by New Balance. It has a clean design in pinkish red, adorned only with broad sleeve cuffs in royal blue, in turn displaying the template side strip in white with red borders. The narrow white v-collar completes the look.
2021/22 Costa Rica Home Shirt
The 2021 home kit of Costa Rica is New Balance-produced and is mainly red with white accents, which come from the New Balance logo and the parallelogram cuff panels. The highlight design element is the front body graphic inspired by the country's diverse wildlife. Specifically, the tonal print uses shape from the natural landscape and morphogenesis. Both the sleeves and the backside are free of any patterns. Logo-wise, the shirt utilises standard placement for the team crest and kit maker icon. A blue neck tape completes the colour influence of the national flag on the kit. The v-neck is raised towards the back though it shifts and remains streamlined just below the nape area. The streamlined part displays a black trapezoid-like panel that reads a gold COSTA RICA branding.
2022/23 Costa Rica Away Shirt
Costa Rica's 2022 World Cup away kit by New Balance simply flips the colour of the home kit to white. The shirt retains the same colouring to the sleeve cuffs and v-collar.
2021/22 Costa Rica Away Shirt
Costa Rica's 2021 away kit is a New Balance shirt and has the same naturalistic pattern on the front side as the home kit. The away kit also has a black panel on the back with a gold COSTA RICA branding on the backside of the v-neck. Other similar elements with the home kit include the polygonal panels on the cuffs, the raised v neck, and the clean look of the sleeves and backside. The logos follow the usual formation along the chest area. Colour-wise, the front side has a gradient white to blue finish from top to bottom while the graphical design goes grey. The raised v neck, New Balance logo, and cuff panels also contribute blue accents to the shirt.
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Costa Rica's most capped player is Luis Marin (116 caps) and their top scorer is the well known Paulo Wanchope who has 43 international goals. They played their first international against El Salvador in 1921 winning seven nil. Their biggest win was a 12-0 thrashing of Puerto Rico in 1946. Mexico have twice put seven past them without reply for their heaviest defeats. Costa Rica play in home shirts of red with blue shorts and white socks, the away kit is a white shirt with blue shorts and red socks.
Costa Rica play in the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying group they are nicknamed Los Ticos and have qualified for four world cups, once progressing to the knock-out stages. The Costa Rican's have never won the CONCACAF Gold Cup, but did finish runners up in 2002, they have also played in the Copa America, making the quarter-finals on their last two occasions.
The nation also play in the UNCAF which is a sub-confederation to the CONCACAF and they have won the UNCAF on seven occasions.
World Cup Kits
Costa Rica's football kit has used the nation's flag colours as the basis of the design. A red shirt with blue shorts and red socks is the most commonly seen combination for the Central American nation. Supplied by Italian brand Lotto Sport Italia, the 2014 World Cup Costa Rica home kit features their trademark red colour along with blue trim on the collar, sleeve hems and sides. The shirt features a unique design on the front where the blue colour is stamped on the front diagonally. The shirt is complemented with blue shorts and red socks.
Costa Rica's away kit for the 2014 World Cup features the same template as the Costa Rica home shirt but coloured in white with red trim. The away kit features white shorts and socks.
Costa Rica matched their red shirt with both white and blue shorts on their debut FIFA World Cup appearance in 1990 along with alterations needed due to a clash with those of Scotland.
On both appearances at the event it has been blue shorts and white socks that have been the standard accompaniment. Unique features have been added to the shirt over time including a blue collar in 2002 and a white and blue streak across the chest in 2006.
One of the most memorable away kits by Costa Rica is the Juventus-styled black and white striped shirt used in 1990. This shirt was complemented with white shorts and socks. After 1997 the striped kit was scrapped for a plain white shirt with blue shorts.
Including their current kit supplier by Lotto Sport Italia, Costa Rica have had several manufacturers such as Reebok in the 90's and Atletica and Joma in the 00's. Italian brand Lotto took over Joma in 2009.
The basics of the kit have remained largely untouched since Costa Rica's first international. Being one of the most inexperienced nations in terms of World Cups the side have a tough group at next year's World Cup where they have to play Uruguay, England and Italy.
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