Costa Rica wins series in Gold Cup: GP- 2 W-2 L-0 GF-6 GA-1
Costa Rica 1-0 Guadalupe (Walter Centeno), Group A of the 2007 edition, Orange Bowl Stadium, Miami, FL (11-JUN,2007).
Guadeloupe 1-5 Costa Rica (Alexandre Alphonse; Celso Borges, Álvaro Saborío x2, Andy Herron and Pablo Herrera), Quarterfinals, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX (19-JUL,2009). This defeat was the caribbean team’s biggest in gold cup history.
| Costa Rica |
15th participation in the Gold Cup.
Sub champion (2002) third place in 1993, 2019 and 2017.
Goal scorers in Gold Cup: Walter Centeno: 9 goals in 4 tournaments:2002 (1), 2003 (4), 2007 (3) and 2009 (1), Paulo Wanchope, 8, and Rolando Fonseca, Álvaro Saborío, Marcos Ureña 4 c / u.
Players with most participations in Gold Cup: Celso Borges, Álvaro Saborío and Harold Wallace (21 matches).
Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez (CRC),61 years old. He has 10 Gold Cup matches with Honduras: 4W-2T-4L in 2011 (eliminated in semifinals by eventual champion Mexico) and 2013 (eliminated in semifinals by eventual champion United States).
Alexandre Guimaraes (CRC),father of Celso Borges, is the coach with the most matches for Costa Rica in the Gold Cup in 2002 and 2005 (9 games: 5W-2T-2L).
Gold Cup Group Stage Record: GP-38 W-16 T-13 L-9.
Win with most Gold Cup goals: 7-2 vs. Cuba (Austin Berry, Paulo Wanchope x4, Wilmer Lopez and Roy Myers; Luis Pellicier and Eduardo Sebrango), Group C (4-FEB,1998),Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland, CA.
Defeat with most goals against in Gold Cup: 4-1 vs. Mexico (Rafael Márquez, Andrés Guardado x2 and Pablo Barrera; Marcos Ureña), Group A (12-JUN,2011),Soldier Field,Chicago, IL.
Fastest goal in Gold Cup: Walter Centeno in the 1st minute with 57 seconds in the 2-1 win vs. Haiti (Walter Centeno and Rónald Gómez; Golman Pierre), eQuaartos de Final 2002, Estadio Orange Bowl, Miami, FL.
Youngest scorer in Gold Cup: Joel Campbell scored the last goal in the 5-0 win vs Cuba at 18 years, 11 months and 8 days, Group A Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX (5-JUN,2011).
Oldest scorer in GoldCup: Álvaro Saborío (in complicity with Djimy-Bend Alexis) at 37 years, 2 months and 25 days, defeats 2-1 vs. Haiti, Group B, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ (24-JUN,2019).
Saves in Gold Cup (last 3 editions):
Leonel Moreira played all four matches of the 2017 Gold Cup (409 minutes) 15 saves. Patrick Pemberton and Dany Carvajal were the goalkeepers in 2017 (11 and 2 saves respectively). Esteban Alvarado played in 2015 making 15 saves in 415 minutes.
Gold Cup hat-tricks: (2). Paulo César Wanchope vs. Cuba(Scored 4 goals in a 7-2 group stage win, 1998) and Walter Centeno vs. El Salvador (5-2 in QF 2003).
2019/20 CONCACAF Nations League record (A-League): J-6 G-1 E-5 P-0. First place in Group D.
They lost on penalties (5-4) the third-place match against Honduras after a 2-2 draw in regulation time.
Goal scorers in CNL 2019/20: Francisco Calvo (3), Johan Venegas, Joel Campbell and José Guillermo Ortíz (1).
Assists in CNL 2019/20: Randall Leal, Bryan Oviedo, Johan Venegas, Dylan Flores and Ricardo Blanco (1).
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Bryan Ruiz. He has played in 20 gold cup matches. 2005 (4 ), 2011 (3 ), 2015 (4 ), 2017 (5 ) and 2019 (4). He scored 2 of the most important goals in the history of the country in the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014, in the historic participation that culminated in the Quarterfinals.
Celso Borges. He has played in 5 editions of Gold Cup: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019 with 21 matches and 3 goals scored. Borges has scored 23 goals for Costa Rica and scored a goal for Guadalupe in a 5-1 win in the 2019 quarterfinals. Borges could become the player with the most games played for Costa Rica in the Gold Cup.
Johan Venegas. He is the top scorer (13) in Scotiabank Concacaf League history. Won the Golden Boot in 2019 and 2020 in the SCL and Ballon d’Or in 2019. He has played five Gold Cup matches (2015 and 2017).
| Guadeloupe |
Fourth participation in the Gold Cup (2007, 2009, 2011 and 2021).
Best result in Gold Cup: 3rd place (2007). The 2007 Gold Cup did not have a match for 3rd place (as in 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2019), so it was agreed to award third place to the losers in the semifinals.
Gold Cup record: 14 GP 5W-2T-7L (15GF-19GA).
Gold Cup scorers: David Fleurival, Jocelyn Angloma, Matthias Phaeton, Brice Jovial (2).
Players with most gold cup matches: Stephane Auvray (12 games),LoÏc Loval (11 ), Mickael Tacalfred, David Fleurival and Miguel Comminges (10) matches.
Coach Jocelyn Angloma (FRA),55 years old. Record: 14 GP (6W-3T-5L). He has been the coach of Guadeloupe since December 2017. Angloma played four matches and scored two goals in the 2007 Gold Cup wins 1–2 vs. Canada and 1–2 vs. Honduras. He faced Costa Rica (replaced Cedrick Fiston) in a 1–0 loss (Walter Centeno) Group A, 2007, Orange Bowl, Miami, FL. Angloma is the longest-serving player to play in the Gold Cup at 41 years, 10 months and 14 days. He was cap-37 caps for France between 1990 and 1996.
Roger Salnot (GLP) was the coach of Guadeloupe in the Gold Cup (2007, 2009 and 2011). Record: 12 GP 4W-1T-7L (36.1% ERA) finished third in 2007.
Youngest Gold Cup scorer: Matthias Phaeton, 21 years, 5 months and 24 days, scored in the 2-0 win vs. Bahamas in theGold Cup Prelims, DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale (3-JUL-2021).
Oldest scorer in Gold Cup: Jocelyn Angloma vs. Honduras with 41 years, 10 months and 10 days (Quarterfinals, 2007).
Win with most Gold Cup goals: 2-0 vs, Nicaragua (Stephane Auvray and Ludovic Gotin), Group A, NRG Stadium in Houston, TX (9-JUL,2009);and2-0 vs. Bahamas (Matthias Phaeton and Raphael Mirval), Prelims Gold Cup 2021, DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale (3-JUL,2021).
Defeats with most goals in Gold Cup: 1-5 vs. Costa Rica (Alexandre Alphonse; Celso Borges, Álvaro Saborío x2, Andy Herrón and Pablo Herrera), AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX (19-JUL,2009).
Fastest Gold Cup goal: Matthias Phaeton at 5 minutes with 14 seconds left in a 1-1 draw (9-10 win on penalties) vs. Guatemala Prelims Gold Cup 2021, DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale (6-JUL).
Gold Cup Group Stage record: GP-9 W-3 T-1 L-5.
Hat-Tricks in Gold Cup: (0).
Gold Cup Prelims record: 2 GP 1W-1T-0L (3GF-1GC). Prelims results: 2-0 vs Bahamas and 1-1 (9-10 penalties) to Guatemala.
Scorers in Prelims: Matthias Phaeton (2) and Raphael Mirval (1).
Record in CNL 2019/20: 1st Group D CNL 2019/20 Liga C.
Goal scores in CNL 2019/20: Raphael Mirval (7), Dimitri Ramothe (3).
Assist leaders in CNL 2019/20: Dimitri Ramothe (2).
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Matthias Phaeton. scored two goals in the Prelims vs. A. Bahamas and Guatemala. He was the Guadeloupe striker with the most shots in the Prelims (8) and was the youngest scorer (21 years, 5 months and 24 days).
Raphael Mirval. He scored 1 of Guadeloupe’s 3 goals in the 2021 Gold Cup Prelims. The striker has scored 8 goals in his last5 games. In addition to the goal against The Bahamas, he scored two goals vs. Turks and Caicos Islands and vs. Sint Maarten, and a hat-trick vs. Turks and Caicos Islands in CNL 2019/20.
Bron: Concacaf Media Center
