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#4 Costa Rica
Having a population of 4.8 million people, Costa Rica is the most successful football team in Central America, having won 3 CONCACAF Gold Cups and 8 Copa Centro Americana. Despite being drawn into a group of death in World Cup 2014 that consisted of England, Italy and Uruguay, Costa Rica topped the group and reached into quarterfinals where they were eliminated by the Netherlands in a penalty shootout.
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Despite its negligible population, Costa Rica is one of the largest exporters of the professional footballers, especially to Mexico and Europe. In addition to that, Liga FPD, the top division football league of the country, is 2nd strongest league within the Central and North America, only behind to Mexico's Liga MX.
This time Costa Rica is drawn into group E consisting of Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia. Costa Rica will strive to upgrade their performance from Brazil. They will take their legacy forward when they take on Serbia on 17th June in Samara.
