Head to head · Men's national teams
Costa Rica v Japan
Costa Rica and Japan have met 5 times since 1995: Japan lead 3–1.
1Costa Rica win
1draw
3Japan wins
Goals: Costa Rica 3, Japan 10 · 5 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Sunday, 6 August 1995: Japan 3–0 Costa Rica in Kyoto.
- The most recent was on Sunday, 27 November 2022: Japan 0–1 Costa Rica (FIFA World Cup).
- Costa Rica's biggest win: Japan 0–1 Costa Rica, 2022.
- Japan's biggest win: Japan 3–0 Costa Rica, 1995.
- 2 of the 5 meetings were competitive matches and 3 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2022 | ||
| 27 Nov | Japan 0–1 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup · Al Rayyan, Qatar (neutral) |
Costa Rica |
| 2018 | ||
| 11 Sept | Japan 3–0 Costa Rica Kirin Challenge Cup · Suita, Japan |
Japan |
| 2014 | ||
| 2 Jun | Costa Rica 1–3 Japan Friendly · Tampa, United States (neutral) |
Japan |
| 2002 | ||
| 17 Apr | Japan 1–1 Costa Rica Friendly · Yokohama, Japan |
Draw |
| 1995 | ||
| 6 Aug | Japan 3–0 Costa Rica Friendly · Kyoto, Japan |
Japan |
Costa Rica · Japan · More head-to-heads
Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.