Uruguay national football team

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Uruguay
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) La Celeste (The Sky Blue [One])
La Celeste Olimpica (The Olympic Sky Blue)
Charrúas
Association Uruguayan Football Association
(Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol)
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Óscar Tabárez
Asst coach Celso Otero
Captain Diego Lugano
Most caps Diego Forlán (85)
Top scorer Diego Forlán (32)
Home stadium Estadio Centenario
FIFA code URU
FIFA ranking 4
Highest FIFA ranking 4 (September 2011)
Lowest FIFA ranking 54 (December 1998)
Elo ranking 5
Highest Elo ranking 1 (Various dates 1920–31)
Lowest Elo ranking 46 (March 1980)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Uruguay 0–6 Argentina 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902)[1]
Biggest win
 Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia 
(Lima, Peru; 9 November 1927)
Biggest defeat
 Uruguay 0–6 Argentina 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902)
World Cup
Appearances 11 (First in 1930)
Best result Winners, 1930 and 1950
Copa América
Appearances 41 (First in 1916)
Best result Winners, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011
Confederations Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1997)
Best result 4th place, 1997

The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez. The Uruguayan side is commonly referred to as La Celeste (The Sky Blue [One]) or Charrúas.

Uruguay are the current reigning South American champions, having won the 2011 Copa América. Uruguay have won the Copa América a record 15 times. The team has twice won the FIFA World Cup, including the first World Cup in 1930 as hosts, defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final. They won their second title in 1950, upsetting hosts Brazil 2–1 in the final match, which received an attendance higher than any football match ever.

They have won the Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics twice, in 1924 and 1928, before the creation of the World Cup. Uruguay also won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament among former World Cup champions. In total, Uruguay have won 20 official titles, an international record for the most international titles held by a country.

Their success is amplified by the fact that the nation has a very small population of around 3.5 million inhabitants. Uruguay is by far the smallest country in the world to have won a World Cup in terms of population. The second smallest country, by population, to have won the World Cup is Argentina with a total population of over 40 million people. Uruguay is also the smallest country ever to win any World Cup medals; only six nations with a currently smaller population than Uruguay's have ever participated in any World Cup: Northern Ireland (3 times), Slovenia (twice), Wales, Kuwait, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Uruguay is also the smallest nation to win Olympic gold medals in any team sport.

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[edit] History

Prior to 1916, Uruguay played more than 30 matches, of which all but one were against Argentina. The inaugural Copa America provided Uruguay with more varied opposition. Victories over Chile and Brazil along with a tie against Argentina enabled Uruguay to win the tournament. The following year Uruguay hosted the competition, and retained the title by winning every game. The 1919 Copa America saw Uruguay's first defeat in the tournament, a 1–0 defeat in a playoff with Brazil which went to two periods of extra time, the longest Copa America match in history.[citation needed]

In 1924 the Uruguay team traveled to Paris to become the first South American team to compete in the Olympic Games. In contrast to the physical style of the European teams of the era, Uruguay played a style based around short passes,[2] and won every game, defeating Switzerland 3–0 in the gold medal match. In the 1928 Summer Olympics Uruguay went to Amsterdam to defend their title, again winning the gold medal after defeating Argentina 2–1 in the final. FIFA assumed the responsibility of the organization of the Football Games to be played by FIFA rules and the tournaments would be recognized as World Championships. It only happened twice (1924/1928 Summer Olympics Games) until the creation of it own FIFA World Championship (FIFA World Cup) in 1930.[3]

1930 World Cup-winning Uruguay squad

Following the double Olympic triumph, Uruguay was chosen as the host nation for the first World Cup, held in 1930, the centenary of Uruguay's first constitution. During the World Cup, Uruguay won all its matches, and converted a 1–2 half-time deficit to a 4–2 victory against Argentina at the Estadio Centenario. Due to the refusal of some European teams to participate in the first World Cup, the Uruguayan Football Association urged other countries to reciprocate by boycotting the 1934 World Cup played in Italy. For the 1938 World Cup, France was chosen as host, contrary to a previous agreement to alternate the Championships between South America and Europe, so Uruguay again refused to participate.

Uruguay again won the World Cup in 1950, beating hosts Brazil in one of the biggest upsets in World Cup History. The final was at the Maracanã Stadium in Brazil. Uruguay came from behind to beat the host nation in a match which would become known as the Maracanazo. Many Brazilians had to be treated for shock after the event, such was the surprise of Uruguay's victory.[4]

After their fourth place finish in the 1954 World Cup, the team had mixed performances and after the fourth place finish in 1970, their dominance, quality and performance dropped. They were no longer a world football power and failed to qualify for the World Cup on 5 occasions in the last 9 times. They reached all time lows and were at one time 54th in the FIFA rankings.

However, in 2010 a new generation of footballers created a team that is considered the best in the last 4 decades and caught attention by finishing fourth in the World Cup. A year later, they won the Copa America for the first time in 16 years and broke the record for the most successful team in South America.[5]

[edit] Stadium

Since 1930, Uruguay have played their home games at the Estadio Centenario in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo. The stadium was built as a celebration of Uruguay centenary of the first constitution, and had a capacity of 90,000 when first fully opened.[6] The stadium hosted several matches in the 1930 World Cup, including the final, which was watched by a crowd of 93,000.[7] Crowds for Uruguay's home matches vary greatly depending on the importance of the match and the quality of the opposition. World Cup qualifying matches often attract crowds of between 55,000 and 72,000.

[edit] Kit evolution

Current Uruguay kits were adopted in 1910 as an homage to now-defunct River Plate F.C., one of the four great clubs of early Uruguayan football; the national team adopted the sky blue away jerseys of the club as their home jersey. The current Uruguayan "River" club, CA River Plate not to be confused with more famous Argentine club Club Atlético River Plate, uses home and away kits similar to those of the historic club.

The first international match involving an Uruguayan team took place in Montevideo in 1889, against the "Buenos Aires Team". The "Montevideo Team", the first team to represent Uruguay, was fielded by the still-active Montevideo Cricket Club, which does not participate in football today. The first official international match was played in Montevideo in 1901; on that occasion, the Uruguayan squad wore Montevideo club Albion FC's home kit: Albion was in fact the first domestic side to win a game outside Uruguay, a 1896 match against Argentine club Retiro in Buenos Aires.

Between 1901 and 1910, Uruguay wore a variety of different shirts during matches, including solid green and white tops, and even a shirt modeled from the Flag of Artigas. During games against Argentina, Uruguay would sport vertical blue and white stripes, while the Argentines would wear plain turquoise jerseys. After 1910, the two teams swapped styles, with Argentina adopting light blue and white striped shirts, and Uruguay wearing solid light blue shirts.

The red jersey that is used in today's away strip was first used at the 1935 Copa América, held in Santa Beatriz in Peru, which Uruguay won. It was not worn again until 1991, when it was officially adopted as the away jersey.

Four stars appear above the team logo on the jersey. Two represent Uruguay's 1930 and 1950 World Cup victories, and the other two represent the gold medals received at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and recognized by FIFA as World Championships.[8]

1889
(Montevideo C.C kit)
1901
(Albion F.C kit)
1901–1910
1901–1910
1901–1910
1901–1910
1901–1910
1910–present
1935 (+)

(+) Used as a home kit during the 1935 South American Championship, held in Perú.[9]

[edit] Competitive record

[edit] FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D * L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 15 3 – – – – – –
Italy 1934 Declined to participate – – – – – –
France 1938 Did not enter – – – – – –
Brazil 1950 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 15 5 – – – – – –
Switzerland 1954 Fourth Place 4th 5 3 0 2 16 9 – – – – – –
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 4 6
Chile 1962 Group stage 13th 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 1 0 3 2
England 1966 Quarter-final 7th 4 1 2 1 2 5 4 4 0 0 11 2
Mexico 1970 Fourth Place 4th 6 2 1 3 4 5 4 3 1 0 5 0
West Germany 1974 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 6 2
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 5 4
Spain 1982 4 1 2 1 5 5
Mexico 1986 Round of 16 16th 4 0 2 2 2 8 4 3 0 1 6 4
Italy 1990 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 2 5 4 3 0 1 7 2
United States 1994 Did not qualify 8 4 2 2 10 7
France 1998 16 6 3 7 18 21
South Korea Japan 2002 Group Stage 26th 3 0 2 1 4 5 20 8 6 6 22 14
Germany 2006 Did not qualify 20 7 7 6 24 29
South Africa 2010 Fourth Place 4th 7 3 2 2 11 8 20 7 7 6 30 21
Brazil 2014 Qualification in progres 3 2 1 0 9 3
Total 2 titles 11/19 47 18 12 17 76 65 121 54 34 33 165 122
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997 Fourth Place 4th 5 3 0 2 8 6 Squad
Mexico 1999 Did Not Qualify
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013 Qualified
Russia 2017 To Be Determined
Qatar 2021
Total Fourth Place 2/9 5 3 0 2 8 6 -

[edit] South American Championship

South American Championship
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Argentina 1916 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 6 1
Uruguay 1917 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 9 0
Brazil 1919 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 1 0 7 4
Chile 1920 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 9 2
Argentina 1921 Third Place 3rd 3 1 0 2 3 4
Brazil 1922 Third Place 3rd 4 2 1 1 3 1
Uruguay 1923 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 6 1
Uruguay 1924 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 8 1
Argentina 1925 Withdrew
Chile 1926 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 17 2
Peru 1927 Runners-up 2nd 3 3 0 0 15 4
Argentina 1929 Third Place 3rd 3 1 0 2 4 6
Peru 1935 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 6 1
Argentina 1937 Third Place 3rd 5 2 0 3 11 14
Peru 1939 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 13 5
Chile 1941 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 10 1
Uruguay 1942 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 21 2
Chile 1945 Fourth Place 4th 6 3 0 3 14 6
Argentina 1946 Fourth Place 4th 5 2 0 3 11 9
Ecuador 1947 Third Place 3rd 7 5 0 2 21 8
Brazil 1949 Sixth Place 6th 7 2 1 4 14 20
Peru 1953 Third Place 3rd 6 3 1 2 15 6
Chile 1955 Fourth Place 4th 5 2 1 2 12 12
Uruguay 1956 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 9 3
Peru 1957 Third Place 3rd 6 4 0 2 15 12
Argentina 1959 Sixth Place 5th 6 2 0 4 15 14
Ecuador 1959 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 13 1
Bolivia 1963 Withdrew
Uruguay 1967 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 13 2
Total 27/29 11 Titles 119 76 11 32 300 142

[edit] Copa América

Copa América
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1975 Semi-Final 4th 2 1 0 1 1 3
1979 Group Stage 6th 4 1 2 1 5 5
1983 Champions 1st 8 5 2 1 12 6
Argentina 1987 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 2 0
Brazil 1989 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 0 3 11 3
Chile 1991 Group Stage 5th 4 1 3 0 4 3
Ecuador 1993 Quarter-Final 6th 4 1 2 1 5 5
Uruguay 1995 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 11 4
Bolivia 1997 Group Stage 8th 3 1 0 2 2 2
Paraguay 1999 Runners-up 2nd 6 1 2 3 4 9
Colombia 2001 Fourth Place 4th 6 2 2 2 7 7
Peru 2004 Third Place 3rd 6 3 2 1 12 10
Venezuela 2007 Fourth Place 4th 6 2 2 2 8 9
Argentina 2011 Champions 1st 6 3 3 0 9 3
Total 14/14 4 Titles 70 31 22 17 93 69

[edit] Olympics record

Olympics record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1900 to 1920 Did not Participate
France 1924 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 20 2
Netherlands 1928 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 12 5
Nazi Germany 1936 Withdrew[10]
1948 to 1972 Did not Qualify
Canada 1976 Withdrew[11]
1980 to 2008 Did not Qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Total 3/25 2 Titles 10 9 1 0 32 7

[edit] Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1951 to 1959 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 1963 Fourth Place 4th 4 1 0 3 4 6
1967 to 1971 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Mexico 1975 Preliminary Round 11th 2 0 1 1 1 2
Puerto Rico 1979 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Venezuela 1983 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 5 1
1987 to 1995 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Canada 1999 Preliminary Round 9th 4 0 1 3 2 9
2003 to 2007 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Mexico 2011 Third Place 3rd 5 2 1 2 6 8
Total 5/16 1 Title 19 7 3 9 18 26

[edit] Minor tournaments

[edit] FIFA World Cup matches

World Cup matches (By team)
Total: 47 games played – 18 Wins – 12 Draws – 17 Losses – 76 Goals for – 65 Goals against
Team GP W D L GF GA Team GP W D L GF GA Team GP W D L GF GA
 France 3 1 2 0 2 1  Soviet Union 2 1 0 1 2 2  Colombia 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 6  Spain 2 0 2 0 2 2  Peru 1 1 0 0 1 0
 West Germany 3 0 1 2 3 6  Italy 2 0 1 1 0 2  Senegal 1 0 1 0 3 3
 South Korea 2 2 0 0 3 1  Netherlands 2 0 0 2 2 5  Bulgaria 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Scotland 2 1 1 0 7 0  Denmark 2 0 0 2 2 8  Ghana 1 0 1 0 1 1
 England 2 1 1 0 4 2  Bolivia 1 1 0 0 8 0  Germany 1 0 0 1 2 3
 Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0  Romania 1 1 0 0 4 0  Hungary 1 0 0 1 2 4
 Argentina 2 1 0 1 4 3  South Africa 1 1 0 0 3 0  Austria 1 0 0 1 1 3
 Brazil 2 1 0 1 3 4  Israel 1 1 0 0 2 0  Belgium 1 0 0 1 1 3
 Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 7 4  Czechoslovakia 1 1 0 0 2 0

[edit] Official matches

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Below is a list of all matches Uruguay have played against FIFA recognised teams[12]

[edit] Current team status

[edit] 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7
 Argentina 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
 Venezuela 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7
 Ecuador 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 Chile 4 2 0 2 7 10 −3 6
 Colombia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Paraguay 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
 Peru 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 Bolivia 4 0 1 3 4 8 −4 1
  Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Argentina  – 1–1 4–1 R13 R5 R7 R17 R9 R11
Bolivia  R12 – R5 1–2 R16 R6 R9 R10 R13
Chile  R10 R14 – R8 R18 2–0 4–2 R12 R15
Colombia  1–2 R11 R17 – R15 R9 R14 R7 1–1
Ecuador  R14 R7 R9 R6 – R12 2–0 R17 2–0
Paraguay  R16 R15 R13 R18 2–1 – R10 1–1 R8
Peru  R8 R18 R11 R5 R13 2–0 – R15 R7
Uruguay  R18 4–2 4–0 R16 R8 R11 R6 – R5
Venezuela  1–0 1–0 R6 R12 R10 R17 R16 R14 –
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[edit] 2011 Copa América

Main article: 2011 Copa América
Main article: 2011 Copa América Group C

[edit] Group Stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Chile 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
 Uruguay 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Peru 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 1 4 –3 0
4 July 2011
19:15 (UTC-3)
 Uruguay  1 – 1  Peru Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Suárez Goal 45+1' Report Guerrero Goal 23'
8 July 2011
19:15 (UTC-3)
 Uruguay  1 – 1  Chile Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Á. Pereira Goal 53' Report Sánchez Goal 64'
12 July 2011
21:45 (UTC-3)
 Uruguay  1 – 0  Mexico Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata
Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)
Á. Pereira Goal 14' Report

[edit] Quarterfinals

Main article: 2011 Copa América knockout stage#Quarterfinals
16 July 2011
19:15 (UTC-3)
 Argentina  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Uruguay Estadio Brigadier Estanislao López, Santa Fé
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Higuaín Goal 17' Report Pérez Goal 5'
  Penalties  
Messi Scored
Burdisso Scored
Tévez Missed (saved)
Pastore Scored
Higuaín Scored		 4 – 5 Forlán Scored
Suárez Scored
Scotti Scored
Gargano Scored
Cáceres Scored

[edit] Semifinals

Main article: 2011 Copa América knockout stage#Semifinals
19 July 2011
21:45 (UTC-3)
 Peru  0 – 2  Uruguay Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata
Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)
Report Suárez Goal 52', 57'

[edit] Final

Main article: 2011 Copa América Final
July 24, 2011
16:00 (UTC−3)
 Uruguay  3 – 0  Paraguay Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Suárez Goal 11'
Forlán Goal 41', 89'		 Report

[edit] Recent games

KEY: FWCQ = F = Friendly

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following players were named for the Friendly match against Romania at Stadionul Național in Bucharest on February 29, 2012[13]

Caps and goals as of February 29, 2012, subsequent to the Friendly match match against Romania.[14]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Fernando Muslera June 16, 1986 (1986-06-16) (age 25) 32 0 Turkey Galatasaray
GK Martín Silva March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25) (age 28) 1 0 Paraguay Olimpia
DF Jorge Fucile November 19, 1984 (1984-11-19) (age 27) 35 0 Brazil Santos
DF Diego Lugano (captain) November 2, 1980 (1980-11-02) (age 31) 69 8 France Paris Saint-Germain
DF Sebastián Coates October 7, 1990 (1990-10-07) (age 21) 7 0 England Liverpool
DF Diego Godín February 16, 1986 (1986-02-16) (age 26) 53 3 Spain Atlético Madrid
DF Maxi Pereira June 8, 1984 (1984-06-08) (age 27) 64 1 Portugal Benfica
DF Martín Cáceres April 7, 1987 (1987-04-07) (age 24) 39 1 Italy Juventus
MF Cristian Rodríguez September 30, 1985 (1985-09-30) (age 26) 47 4 Portugal Porto
MF Sebastián Eguren January 8, 1981 (1981-01-08) (age 31) 47 6 Spain Sporting de Gijón
MF Gastón Ramírez December 2, 1990 (1990-12-02) (age 21) 9 0 Italy Bologna
MF Nicolás Lodeiro March 21, 1989 (1989-03-21) (age 22) 12 1 Netherlands Ajax
MF Diego Pérez May 18, 1980 (1980-05-18) (age 31) 74 1 Italy Bologna
MF Egidio Arévalo Ríos September 27, 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 29) 31 0 Mexico Tijuana
MF Álvaro González October 29, 1984 (1984-10-29) (age 27) 23 1 Italy Lazio
MF Walter Gargano July 27, 1984 (1984-07-27) (age 27) 42 1 Italy Napoli
FW Sebastián Abreu October 17, 1976 (1976-10-17) (age 35) 68 26 Brazil Botafogo
FW Diego Forlán May 19, 1979 (1979-05-19) (age 32) 85 32 Italy Internazionale
FW Luis Suárez January 24, 1987 (1987-01-24) (age 25) 53 26 England Liverpool
FW Sebastián Fernández May 23, 1985 (1985-05-23) (age 26) 13 2 Spain Málaga
FW Edinson Cavani February 14, 1987 (1987-02-14) (age 25) 37 11 Italy Napoli

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Uruguay squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up
GK Juan Castillo April 17, 1978 (1978-04-17) (age 33) 13 0 Uruguay Liverpool v.  Chile, November 11, 2011
GK Rodrigo Muñoz January 22, 1982 (1982-01-22) (age 30) 0 0 Paraguay Libertad v.  Germany, May 29, 2011
DF Mauricio Victorino October 11, 1982 (1982-10-11) (age 29) 18 0 Brazil Cruzeiro v.  Romania, February 29, 2012
DF Andrés Scotti December 14, 1975 (1975-12-14) (age 36) 35 1 Uruguay Nacional v.  Italy, November 15, 2011
MF Diego Rodríguez September 4, 1989 (1989-09-04) (age 22) 0 0 Uruguay Defensor Sporting v.  Italy, November 15, 2011
MF Álvaro Pereira January 28, 1985 (1985-01-28) (age 27) 37 5 Portugal Porto v.  Italy, November 15, 2011
MF Álvaro Fernández October 11, 1985 (1985-10-11) (age 26) 11 0 United States Seattle Sounders v.  Chile, November 11, 2011
FW Abel Hernández August 8, 1990 (1990-08-08) (age 21) 8 3 Italy Palermo v.  Romania, February 29, 2012
FW Emiliano Alfaro April 28, 1988 (1988-04-28) (age 23) 1 0 Italy Lazio v.  Italy, November 15, 2011

[edit] Records

Most caps
Pos Name Career Caps Goals
1 Diego Forlán* 2002– 85 32
2 Rodolfo Rodríguez 1976–1986 78 0
3 Diego Pérez* 2001– 74 1
Fabián Carini 1999–2009 74 0
5 Enzo Francescoli 1982–1997 73 17
6 Álvaro Recoba 1995–2007 69 14
Diego Lugano* 2003– 69 8
8 Ángel Romano 1911–1927 68 28
Sebastián Abreu* 1996– 68 26
Pablo García 1997–2008 68 3
Top goalscorers
Pos Player Career Goals (Caps) Goals per game
1 Diego Forlán* 2002– 32 (85) Goals scored 32/85 (38%)
2 Héctor Scarone 1917–1930 31 (52) Goals scored 31/52 (60%)
3 Ángel Romano 1911–1927 28 (68) Goals scored 28/68 (41%)
4 Óscar Míguez 1950–1958 27 (39) Goals scored 27/39 (69%)
5 Luis Suárez* 2007– 26 (53) Goals scored 26/53 (49%)
Sebastián Abreu* 1996– 26 (68) Goals scored 26/68 (38%)
7 Pedro Petrone 1924–1930 24 (29) Goals scored 24/29 (83%)
8 Carlos Aguilera 1983–1997 23 (65) Goals scored 23/65 (35%)
9 Fernando Morena 1971–1983 22 (54) Goals scored 22/54 (41%)
10 José Piendibene 1909–1923 20 (40) Goals scored 20/40 (50%)

*Currently playing

[edit] World Cup winning captains

Year Name Caps Goals
1930 José Nasazzi 51 0
1950 Obdulio Varela 45 9

[edit] Coaches

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Competitive matches only

[edit] Trivia

  • Uruguay and Argentina hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries. The two teams have faced each other 198 times since 1901.[1] The first match against Argentina was the first official international match to be played outside the United Kingdom and Ireland.[15]
  • Uruguay have 4 stars in the emblem, 2 stars from the Gold medals earned in the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games (recognized by FIFA as World Championships in accordance with the IOC) and 2 stars from the two world cups from 1930 and 1950.

[edit] Notes

1.^ The match between Uruguay and Argentina on 16 May 1901 was organized by Uruguayan club Albion, from whom the team, reinforced with players from rival club Nacional, was selected. The match ended 2–3 in favor of the Argentines. However, since clubs are not allowed to organize official international matches, the match is not considered official.[16]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Pelayes, Héctor Darío (24 September 2010). "ARGENTINA-URUGUAY Matches 1902–2009". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/argurures.html. Retrieved 7 November 2010. 
  2. ^ "Football's debt to Uruguay". BBC Sport. 8 April 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/uruguay/newsid_1907000/1907148.stm. Retrieved 27 April 2011. 
  3. ^ http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02s_fwc-origin_8819.pdf
  4. ^ "Football, football, football". UruguayNow. http://www.uruguaynow.com/uruguayan_football.php. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
  5. ^ "Luis Suárez and Diego Forlán shoot Uruguay to record 15th Copa América". Guardian. 24 July 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/24/uruguay-paraguay-copa-america. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 
  6. ^ Goldblatt, David (2008). The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer. Penguin. p. 249. ISBN 1-59448-296-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=i1158WHUTvwC. 
  7. ^ FIFA World Cup Origin, FIFA Media Release. Retrieved on 16 October 2006.
  8. ^ http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02s_fwc-origin_8819.pdf
  9. ^ Cuando Uruguay jugó un Sudamericano vestido de rojo (Spanish)
  10. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tables/35safull.html
  11. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1976q.html#SAmerica
  12. ^ "Head-to-Head Search". FIFA. 27 July 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/headtohead/team1=uru/team2=arg/index.html. Retrieved 22 April 2009. 
  13. ^ "La selección partió en medio de la euforia". Ovación. http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,76834,1,0,0. Retrieved 12 November 2011.  (Spanish).
  14. ^ "National football teams Uruguay". National-football-teams.com. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/country.php?id=198&year=2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
  15. ^ Although Canada and the United States played two internationals in 1885 and 1889, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1904 and the USA did not play one until 1916.
  16. ^ "FIFA/IFFHS: Reasons for excluding or including full A internationals (1901–1910)". IFFHS. http://www.iffhs.de/?f00b90b003e0f443e0f952bda55405fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda083c0a. Retrieved 7 November 2010. 

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Inaugural Champions		 Champions of the World
1930 (1st title)		 Succeeded by
1934 Italy 
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1938 Italy 		 Champions of the World
1950 (2nd title)		 Succeeded by
1954 West Germany 
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1920 Belgium 		 Olympic Football
1924 (1st title)
1928 (2nd title)		 Succeeded by
1936 Italy 
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Inaugural Champions		 Champions of South America
1916 (1st title)
1917 (2nd title)		 Succeeded by
1919 Brazil 
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1919 Brazil 		 Champions of South America
1920 (3rd title)		 Succeeded by
1921 Argentina 
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1922 Brazil 		 Champions of South America
1923 (4th title)
1924 (5th title)		 Succeeded by
1925 Argentina 
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1925 Argentina 		 Champions of South America
1926 (6th title)		 Succeeded by
1927 Argentina 
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1929 Argentina 		 Champions of South America
1935 (7th title)		 Succeeded by
1937 Argentina 
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1941 Argentina 		 Champions of South America
1942 (8th title)		 Succeeded by
1945 Argentina 
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1955 Argentina 		 Champions of South America
1956 (9th title)		 Succeeded by
1957 Argentina 
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1959 Argentina 		 Champions of South America
1959 (10th title)		 Succeeded by
1963 Bolivia 
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1963 Bolivia 		 Champions of South America
1967 (11th title)		 Succeeded by
1975 Peru 
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1979 Paraguay 		 Champions of South America
1983 (12th title)
1987 (13th title)		 Succeeded by
1989 Brazil 
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1993 Argentina 		 Champions of South America
1995 (14th title)		 Succeeded by
1997 Brazil 
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2007 Brazil 		 Champions of South America
2011 (15th title)		 Succeeded by
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1930:  Uruguay
1934:  Italy
1938:  France
1942: cancelled
1946: cancelled
1950:  Brazil

1954:  Switzerland
1958:  Sweden
1962:  Chile
1966:  England
1970:  Mexico
1974:  West Germany

1978:  Argentina
1982:  Spain
1986:  Mexico
1990:  Italy
1994:  United States
1998:  France

2002: South KoreaJapan South Korea / Japan
2006:  Germany
2010:  South Africa
2014:  Brazil
2018:  Russia
2022:  Qatar
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