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Costa Rica v Mexico

Costa Rica and Mexico have met 57 times since 1935: Mexico lead 34–6.

6Costa Rica wins

17draws

34Mexico wins

Goals: Costa Rica 33, Mexico 84 · 57 meetings

The first meeting on record was on Tuesday, 2 April 1935: Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica in San Salvador.
The most recent was on Sunday, 22 June 2025: Mexico 0–0 Costa Rica (CONCACAF Gold Cup).
Costa Rica's biggest win: Costa Rica 2–0 Mexico, 1969.
Mexico's biggest win: Mexico 7–0 Costa Rica, 1975.
43 of the 57 meetings were competitive matches and 14 were friendlies.

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2025
22 Jun	Mexico 0–0 Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup · Paradise, United States (neutral)	Draw
2023
8 Jul	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup · Arlington, United States (neutral)	Mexico
2022
30 Jan	Mexico 0–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Draw
2021
5 Sept	Costa Rica 0–1 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Mexico
3 Jun	Mexico 0–0 Costa Rica (pens) CONCACAF Nations League · Denver, United States (neutral)	Mexico
30 Mar	Costa Rica 0–1 Mexico Friendly · Wiener Neustadt, Austria (neutral)	Mexico
2019
29 Jun	Mexico 1–1 Costa Rica (pens) CONCACAF Gold Cup · Houston, United States (neutral)	Mexico
2018
11 Oct	Mexico 3–2 Costa Rica Friendly · San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico	Mexico
2017
5 Sept	Costa Rica 1–1 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Draw
24 Mar	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
2015
19 Jul	Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup · East Rutherford, United States (neutral)	Mexico
27 Jun	Mexico 2–2 Costa Rica Friendly · Orlando, United States (neutral)	Draw
2013
15 Oct	Costa Rica 2–1 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica
11 Jun	Mexico 0–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Draw
2012
11 Sept	Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
7 Sept	Costa Rica 0–2 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Mexico
2011
12 Jun	Mexico 4–1 Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup · Chicago, United States (neutral)	Mexico
2009
5 Sept	Costa Rica 0–3 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Mexico
23 Jul	Costa Rica 1–1 Mexico (pens) CONCACAF Gold Cup · Chicago, United States (neutral)	Mexico
28 Mar	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
2007
17 Jun	Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup · Houston, United States (neutral)	Mexico
2005
17 Aug	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
9 Feb	Costa Rica 1–2 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Mexico
2004
31 Mar	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica Friendly · Carson, United States (neutral)	Mexico
2003
24 Jul	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
2001
7 Oct	Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Draw
16 Jun	Mexico 1–2 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Costa Rica
1997
9 Nov	Mexico 3–3 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Draw
19 Jun	Mexico 1–1 Costa Rica Copa América · Santa Cruz, Bolivia (neutral)	Draw
16 Mar	Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Draw
1993
15 Jul	Mexico 1–1 Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup · Mexico City, Mexico	Draw
29 Jun	Costa Rica 0–2 Mexico Friendly · San José, Costa Rica	Mexico
1992
29 Nov	Costa Rica 2–0 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica
22 Nov	Mexico 4–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
1991
27 Nov	Costa Rica 1–1 Mexico Friendly · Los Angeles, United States (neutral)	Draw
7 Jul	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup · Los Angeles, United States (neutral)	Mexico
17 Apr	Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico Friendly · San José, Costa Rica	Draw
1983
22 Mar	Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica Friendly · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
15 Mar	Costa Rica 0–1 Mexico Friendly · San José, Costa Rica	Mexico
1975
17 Aug	Mexico 7–0 Costa Rica Friendly · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
1972
12 Oct	Mexico 3–1 Costa Rica Friendly · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
6 Aug	Costa Rica 1–0 Mexico Friendly · San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica
1971
2 Dec	Costa Rica 0–1 Mexico CONCACAF Championship · Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (neutral)	Mexico
1969
30 Nov	Costa Rica 2–0 Mexico CONCACAF Championship · San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica
1965
16 May	Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
25 Apr	Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Draw
6 Apr	Costa Rica 1–1 Mexico CONCACAF Championship · Guatemala City, Guatemala (neutral)	Draw
1963
30 Mar	Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico CONCACAF Championship · Santa Ana, El Salvador (neutral)	Draw
1961
12 Apr	Mexico 4–1 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
22 Mar	Costa Rica 1–0 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica
1959
8 Mar	Costa Rica 1–2 Mexico Friendly · San José, Costa Rica	Mexico
1 Mar	Mexico 3–1 Costa Rica Friendly · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
1957
27 Oct	Costa Rica 1–1 Mexico FIFA World Cup qualification · San José, Costa Rica	Draw
20 Oct	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica FIFA World Cup qualification · Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
1956
26 Feb	Mexico 1–1 Costa Rica Pan American Championship · Mexico City, Mexico	Draw
1938
22 Feb	Mexico 2–1 Costa Rica Central American and Caribbean Games · Panama City, Panama (neutral)	Mexico
1935
2 Apr	Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica Central American and Caribbean Games · San Salvador, El Salvador (neutral)	Mexico

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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.