Costa Rica national football team results (2020–present)

[7][8] As international football activity resumed in October, Costa Rica scheduled two friendly matches at home against Panama, losing both and sparking criticism from Central American media.

Writing for La República, Wálter Herrera pointed that Rónald González was the coach with the worst performance of the last twenty years.

[17] With Suárez, Costa Rica competed at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning all three of their group stage matches after defeating Guadeloupe, Suriname, and Jamaica.

After a scoreless draw as visitors against Panama, Suárez decided to leave young forward Manfred Ugalde as a substitute in the following games at home against Mexico and Jamaica.

[25] The second half of the round began on 16 November 2021; that night, as Costa Rica was drawing a home match against Honduras, their gap against the Panamanians almost increased to seven points;[26] however, a late goal by Gerson Torres gave a crucial victory for the Ticos, which would start a comeback for the team that extended through 2022.

Map of the countries that have played at least one match against Costa Rica so far in the decade:
Costa Rica
Teams that have already faced Costa Rica
Teams that are scheduled to face Costa Rica in the future
Note : Non-FIFA teams are not included
Rónald González faced strong criticism for the team's lackluster performance during the year
Jonathan Moya was one of the two goalscorers of the year
Luis Fernando Suárez was appointed as coach before the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Costa Rica facing Germany at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Joel Campbell was the top scorer of the year, with four goals, the last of which helped Costa Rica qualify to the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Francisco Calvo was the top scorer of the year
Gustavo Alfaro coached for nine matches before leaving for Paraguay
Warren Madrigal was one of the four top goalscorers of the year