Uruguay national football team

Uruguay

Nickname(s)	La Celeste (The Sky Blue [One]) Los Dinosaurios (The dinosaurs) 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 (96)
Top scorer	Diego Forlán (33)
Home stadium	Estadio Centenario
FIFA code	URU
FIFA ranking	17
Highest FIFA ranking	2 (June 2012)
Lowest FIFA ranking	54 (December 1998)
Elo ranking	17
Highest Elo ranking	1 (Various dates 1920–31)
Lowest Elo ranking	46 (March 1980)
First colours Second colours
First international
Uruguay 2–3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)
Biggest win
Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia (Lima, Peru; 9 November 1927)
Biggest defeat
Uruguay 0–6 Template:Country data usa (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (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
Honours Olympic medal record Men's Football Gold 1924 Paris Team Gold 1928 Amsterdam Team

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, a world record for the most international titles held by any country.

Their success is amplified by the fact that the nation has a very small population of around 3.25 million inhabitants (2011 est.). Uruguay is by far the smallest country in the world to have won a World Cup in terms of population, 1.75 million inhabitants in 1930. The second smallest country, by population, to have won the World Cup is Argentina with a population of nearly 28 million people in 1978. Uruguay is also the smallest country ever to win any World Cup medals; only five nations with a currently smaller population than Uruguay's have ever participated in any World Cup: Northern Ireland (3 times), Slovenia (twice), Wales, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Uruguay is also the smallest nation to win Olympic gold medals in any team sport.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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 the centenary of Uruguay's first constitution, and had a capacity of 90,000 when first fully opened. The stadium hosted several matches in the 1930 World Cup, including the final, which was watched by a crowd of 93,000. 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 50,000 and 73,000.

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 (except for a 1962 FIFA World Cup match, against Colombia) 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.

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.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1930	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	15	3
1934	Did Not Enter
1938
1950	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	15	5
1954	Fourth Place	4th	5	3	0	2	16	9
1958	Did Not Qualify
1962	Group Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	4	6
1966	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	5
1970	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	1	3	4	5
1974	Group Stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	6
1978	Did Not Qualify
1982
1986	Round of 16	16th	4	0	2	2	2	8
1990	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	2	5
1994	Did Not Qualify
1998
2002	Group Stage	26th	3	0	2	1	4	5
2006	Did Not Qualify
2010	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	2	2	11	8
2014	To Be Determined
2018
2022
Total	2 titles	12/20	50	19	12	19	80	70

*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.

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did Not Qualify
1995
1997	Fourth Place	4th	5	3	0	2	8	6	Squad
1999	Did Not Qualify
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013	Qualified
2017	To Be Determined
2021
Total	Fourth Place	2/9	5	3	0	2	8	6	-

South American Championship

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

Copa América

Copa América
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1975	Fourth Place	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
1987	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	2	0
1989	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	0	3	11	3
1991	Group Stage	5th	4	1	3	0	4	3
1993	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	1	2	1	5	5
1995	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	11	4
1997	Group Stage	8th	3	1	0	2	2	2
1999	Runners-up	2nd	6	1	2	3	4	9
2001	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	2	2	7	7
2004	Third Place	3rd	6	3	2	1	12	10
2007	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	2	2	8	9
2011	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	9	3
2015	Qualified
2019
Total	14/14	4 Titles	70	31	22	17	93	69

Olympics record

Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1900 to 1920	Did not Participate
1924	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	20	2
1928	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	12	5
1936	Withdrew
1948 to 1972	Did not Qualify
1976	Withdrew
1980 to 2008	Did not Qualify
2012	Group Stage	9th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2016	To be determined
Total	3/25	2 Titles	13	10	1	2	34	11

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1951 to 1959	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	0	3	4	6
1967 to 1971	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	Preliminary Round	11th	2	0	1	1	1	2
1979	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	5	1
1987 to 1995	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Preliminary Round	9th	4	0	1	3	2	9
2003 to 2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Third Place	3rd	5	2	1	2	6	8
2015	To Be Determined
Total	5/16	1 Title	19	7	3	9	18	26

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1905 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0
1906 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	2
1906 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1907 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1907 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1908 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	2	2
1908 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1908 Copa Premio Honor Argentino	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1909 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1909 Copa Premio Honor Argentino	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	3
1910 Copa Centenario de la Revolución de Mayo	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	4	4
1909 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	2	2
1910 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1910 Copa Premio Honor Argentino	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	7	3
1911 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	0
1911 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	2	3
1911 Copa Premio Honor Argentino	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	2
1911 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	4	1
1912 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	0
1912 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	3	0
1912 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	3	3
1912 Copa Montevideo	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	3
1913 Copa Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña	Runners-up	2nd	2	0	1	1	2	3
1913 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	4
1913 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1913 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1915 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	2	3
1915 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1915 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	0
1916 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1916 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	3
1916 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1916 Copa Círculo de la Empresa	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	5	8
1917 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1917 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1918 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	4	2
1918 Copa Premio Honor Argentino	Runners-up	2nd	2	0	1	1	1	2
1918 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	1	1
1918 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	2
1919 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	4	1
1919 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1919 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1919 Copa Premio Honor Argentino	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	6	1
1919 Copa Círculo de Prensa	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	4	2
1920 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	0
1920 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	3	1
1920 Copa Premio Honor Argentino	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1922 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1922 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1922 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	2	2
1923 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0
1923 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo	Runners-up	2nd	2	0	1	1	2	4
1924 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	4
1925 Copa Bossio	Champions	1st	5	3	1	1	3	1
1927 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1927 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1928 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1928 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	2	2
1929 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1929 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0
1931 Taça Rio Branco	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	2
1932 Taça Rio Branco	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1935 Copa Héctor Gómez	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	1	1
1935 Copa Héctor Gómez	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	1	1

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1935 Copa Juan Mignaburu	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	3
1936 Copa Juan Mignaburu	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1936 Copa Héctor Gómez	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1937 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	3
1937 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	5
1938 Copa Juan Mignaburu	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1938 Copa Héctor Gómez	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	2	3
1940 Taça Rio Branco	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	5	4
1940 Copa Héctor Gómez	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	3	0
1940 Copa Juan Mignaburu	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	5
1942 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	4
1942 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	1	1
1943 Copa Juan Mignaburu	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	3	3
1943 Copa Héctor Gómez	Runners-up	2nd	1	1	0	0	0	1
1945 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	2	2
1945 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	2	6
1946 Taça Rio Branco	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	5	4
1947 Taça Rio Branco	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1	0	2	3
1948 Taça Rio Branco	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	5	3
1950 Copa Trompowski	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	2	3
1950 Taça Rio Branco	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	0	2	6	7
1956 Taça do Atlântico	Third-Place	3rd	2	0	0	2	1	4
1957 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	0	0
1957 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	1	1
1960 Taça do Atlântico	Third-Place	3rd	3	2	0	1	3	5
1957 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	3
1963 Copa Juan Pinto Durán	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	3	2
1965 Copa Artigas	Champions	1st	2	1	0	1	5	2
1966 Copa Artigas	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	5	3
1966 Taça Rio	Champions	1st	3	0	3	0	3	3
1968 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	2
1968 Copa Newton	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1971 Copa Juan Pinto Durán	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	3	5
1972 Brazilian Independence Cup	Final Round	8th	3	0	1	2	1	3
1973 Copa Lipton	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	1	1
1973 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	1	1
1975 Copa Artigas	Champions	1st	2	1	0	1	1	1
1975 Copa Juan Pinto Durán	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	4	1
1975 Copa Newton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	2	3
1976 Taça do Atlântico	Fourth-Place	4th	6	0	1	5	5	14
1977 Copa Artigas	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	3	2
1976–77 Copa Juan Pinto Durán	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	3	0
1980 Mundialito	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	6	1
1981 Copa Juan Pinto Durán	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	2	1
1982 Nehru Cup	Champions	1st	4	2	2	0	7	3
1984 Copa William Poole	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1985 Copa Artigas	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	4	1
1985 Kirin Cup	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	18	10
1985 Artemio Franchi Trophy	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	2
1986 Marlboro Cup	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	4	2
1988 Copa Jiménez de Quesada	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1988 Copa Boquerón	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	3	4
1988 Copa Juan Pinto Durán	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	4	2
1988 Copa MUFP	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	3	0
1990 Marlboro Cup	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	4	0
1992 Copa Lipton	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	0	0
1994 Copa Parra del Riego	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
1995 Copa El Inca	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	1	0
2002 Phillips Cup	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	0
2002 Tiger Beer Challenge Trophy	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
2003 Carlsberg Cup	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	4	1
2003 LG Cup	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	9	2
2006 LG Cup	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	2	1
2008 Kirin Challenge Cup	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	3	1
2011 Copa Confraternidad Antel	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	3	1
2011 Copa 100 Años del Banco de Seguros del Estado	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	3	0
Total	-	64 Titles	182	73	48	62	276	258

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

Official matches

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

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Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Best Result
Algeria	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	Algeria 1 – 0 Uruguay (Algiers, Algeria; 12 August 2009)
Angola	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	Angola 0 – 2 Uruguay (Lisbon, Portugal; 11 August 2010)
Argentina	184	58	42	84	222	293	−71	Uruguay 5 – 0 Argentina (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959)
Australia	9	4	1	4	8	6	+2	Uruguay 3 – 0 Australia (Montevideo, Uruguay; 25 November 2001)
Austria	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	Austria 0 – 2 Uruguay (Vienna, Austria; 14 May 1964)
Belgium	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	Belgium 3 – 1 Uruguay (Verona, Italy; 17 June 1990)
Bolivia	40	28	7	5	99	22	+77	Uruguay 9 – 0 Bolivia (Lima, Peru; 6 November 1927)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 – 2 Uruguay (Cochin, India; 18 Januar 2001)
Brazil	71	21	19	31	91	122	−31	Uruguay 6 – 0 Brazil (Valparaíso, Chile; 18 September 1920)
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	Bulgaria 1 – 1 Uruguay (Hanover, Germany; 19 June 1974)
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	Canada 1 – 3 Uruguay (Miami, United States; 2 February 1986)
Chile	76	43	17	16	132	76	+56	Uruguay 6 – 0 Chile (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 6 December 1947)
China PR	6	3	2	1	9	2	+7	China PR 0 – 4 Uruguay (Wuhan, China; 12 October 2010)
Colombia	37	18	9	10	53	41	+12	Uruguay 7 – 0 Colombia (Santiago, Chile; 28 January 1945)
Costa Rica	8	6	2	0	15	8	+7	Uruguay 2 – 0 Costa Rica (Miami, United States; 4 February 1990)
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	Uruguay 2 – 0 Czechoslovakia (Bern, Switzerland; 16 June 1954)
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	Czech Republic 1 – 2 Uruguay (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 15 December 1997)
Denmark	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	Uruguay 1 – 2 Denmark (Ulsan, Korea Republic; 1 June 2002)
East Germany	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	Uruguay 3 – 0 East Germany (Montevideo, Uruguay; 29 January 1985)
Ecuador	42	29	10	3	105	35	+70	Uruguay 7 – 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 18 January 1942)
Egypt	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	Egypt 0 – 2 Uruguay (Cairo, Egypt; 16 August 2006)
England	10	4	3	3	13	10	+3	Uruguay 4 – 2 England (Basel, Switzerland; 26 June 1954)
Estonia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	Uruguay 3 – 0 Estonia (Rivera, Uruguay; 23 June 2011)
France	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	France 1 – 5 Uruguay (Colombes, France; 1 June 1924)
Finland	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	Uruguay 6 – 0 Finland (Montevideo, Uruguay; 8 December 1984)
Georgia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	Georgia 2 – 0 Uruguay (Tbilisi, Georgia; 15 November 2006)
Germany	5	1	0	4	8	15	−7	Germany 1 – 4 Uruguay (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 3 June 1928)
Ghana	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	Uruguay 1 – 1 Ghana (Johannesburg, South Africa; 2 June 2010)
Guatemala	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	Guatemala 1 – 0 Uruguay (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 16 March 1988)
Haiti	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	Haiti 0 – 1 Uruguay (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 23 March 1974)
Honduras	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	Uruguay 2 – 2 Honduras (Bogotá, Colombia; 29 July 2001)
Hungary	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	Uruguay 2 – 0 Hungary (Maldonado, Uruguay; 17 February 2000)
India	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	India 1 – 3 Uruguay (Kolkata, India; 25 February 1982)
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	Indonesia 1 – 7 Uruguay (Jakarta, Indonesia; 8 October 2010)
Iran	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	Uruguay 1 – 1 Iran (Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 4 February 2003)
Israel	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	Uruguay 4 – 1 Israel (Montevideo, Uruguay; 26 May 2010)
Italy	8	3	3	2	8	7	+1	Uruguay 2 – 0 Italy (Montevideo, Uruguay; 3 January 1981)
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	Jamaica 0 – 3 Uruguay (Kingston, Jamaica; 28 March 1974)
Japan	5	2	1	1	12	8	+4	Japan 1 – 4 Uruguay (Tokyo, Japan; 26 May 1985)
Libya	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	Libya 2 – 3 Uruguay (Tripoli, Libya; 11 February 2009)
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	Luxembourg 0 – 1 Uruguay (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; 26 March 1980)
Mexico	19	5	7	7	23	26	−3	Mexico 1 – 3 Uruguay (Santiago, Chile; 23 March 1952)
Morocco	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	Morocco 0 – 1 Uruguay (Casablanca, Morocco; 25 April 1964)
Netherlands	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	Uruguay 2 – 0 Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 30 May 1928) (Montevideo, Uruguay; 30 December 1980)
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	9	2	+7	Uruguay 7 – 0 New Zealand (Paysandú, Uruguay; 25 June 1995)
Norway	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	Norway 0 – 1 Uruguay (Oslo, Norway; 14 June 1972)
Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	Northern Ireland 0 – 1 Uruguay (East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States; 21 May 2006)
Panama	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	Uruguay 6 – 1 Panama (Santiago, Chile; 6 April 1952)
Paraguay	70	32	15	23	109	91	+18	Uruguay 6 – 1 Paraguay (Santiago, Chile; 1 November 1926)
Peru	64	35	16	13	104	54	+50	Uruguay 6 – 0 Peru (Montevideo, Uruguay; 18 June 2008)
Poland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	Poland 1 – 3 Uruguay (Gdansk, Poland; 14 November 2012)
Portugal	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	Portugal 1 – 1 Uruguay (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2 July 1972)
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	Uruguay 2 – 0 Republic of Ireland (Montevideo, Uruguay; 8 May 1974)
Romania	5	2	2	1	8	3	+5	Uruguay 4 – 0 Romania (Montevideo, Uruguay; 21 July 1930)
Russia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	Russia 1 – 1 Uruguay (Moscow, Russia; 25 May 2012)
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	Saudi Arabia 3 – 2 Uruguay (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 27 March 2002)
Scotland	4	2	1	1	10	4	+6	Uruguay 7 – 0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954)
Senegal	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	Senegal 3 – 3 Uruguay (Suwon, Korea Republic; 11 June 2002)
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	Serbia and Montenegro 1 – 1 Uruguay (Belgrade, Serbia; 27 May 2006)
Singapore	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	Singapore 1 – 2 Uruguay (Singapore City, Singapore; 21 May 2002)
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	Slovenia 0 – 2 Uruguay (Koper, Slovenia; 28 February 2001)
South Africa	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	South Africa 0 – 3 Uruguay (Pretoria, South Africa; 16 June 2010)
South Korea	6	5	1	0	11	4	+7	South Korea 0 – 2Uruguay (Seoul, South Korea; 24 March 2007)
Soviet Union	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	Uruguay 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Soviet Union (Mexico DF, Mexico; 14 June 1970)
Spain	9	0	5	4	7	14	−7	Spain 0 – 0 Uruguay (São Paulo, Brazil; 9 July 1950) (La Coruña, Spain; 18 January 1995)
Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	Uruguay 3 – 2 Sweden (São Paulo, Brazil; 13 July 1950)
Switzerland	4	3	1	0	13	4	+9	Uruguay 4 – 0 Switzerland (Montevideo, Uruguay; 18 December 1980)
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	Tunisia 0 – 0 Uruguay (Radès, Tunisia; 2 June 2006)
Turkey	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	Turkey 2 – 3 Uruguay (Bochum, Germany; 25 May 2008)
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	United Arab Emirates 0 – 2 Uruguay (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 13 December 1997)
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	Ukraine 2 – 3 Uruguay (Kharkiv, Ukraine; 2 September 2011)
United States	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	Uruguay 3 – 0 United States (Colombes, France; 29 May 1924)
Venezuela	28	18	8	3	58	19	+39	Uruguay 5 – 0 Venezuela (Montevideo, Uruguay; 23 May 1975)
Wales	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	Wales 0 – 0 Uruguay (Wrexham, Wales; 21 April 1986)
West Germany	6	0	2	4	4	14	−10	West Germany 3 – 3 Uruguay (Stuttgart, Germany; 25 April 1990)
Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	16	6	+10	Yugoslavia 0 – 7 Uruguay (Colombes, France; 26 May 1924)
Total	825	371	199	256	1305	1013	+292

Current team status

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Argentina 11 7 3 1 24 8 +16 24 Ecuador 10 6 2 2 16 10 +6 20 Colombia 10 6 1 3 19 7 +12 19 Chile 11 5 0 6 16 19 −3 15 Venezuela 11 4 3 4 9 12 −3 15 Uruguay 11 3 4 4 17 21 −4 13 Peru 10 3 2 5 11 15 −4 11 Bolivia 11 2 3 6 13 20 −7 9 Paraguay 11 2 2 7 8 21 −13 8   Argentina — 1–1 4–1 7 Jun 4–0 3–1 11 Oct 3–0 3–0 Bolivia 1–1 — 0–2 1–2 10 Sep 3–1 1–1 4–1 7 Jun Chile 1–2 11 Jun — 1–3 15 Oct 2–0 4–2 2–0 6 Sep Colombia 1–2 5–0 11 Oct — 6 Sep 2–0 11 Jun 4–0 1–1 Ecuador 11 Jun 1–0 3–1 1–0 — 4–1 2–0 11 Oct 2–0 Paraguay 10 Sep 6 Sep 7 Jun 15 Oct 2–1 — 1–0 1–1 0–2 Peru 1–1 15 Oct 1–0 0–1 7 Jun 2–0 — 6 Sep 2–1 Uruguay 15 Oct 4–2 4–0 10 Sep 1–1 1–1 4–2 — 1–1 Venezuela 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 11 Oct 10 Sep 11 Jun —

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahiti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

16 June 2013 19:00	Spain	v	Uruguay	Arena Pernambuco, Recife

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20 June 2013 19:00	Nigeria	v	Uruguay	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

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23 June 2013 16:00	Uruguay	v	Tahiti	Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Recent games

• Last game: Chile 2–0 Uruguay – Khalifa International Stadium, Chile – 6 February 2013 – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[*Next game: Uruguay - France – Estadio Centenario, Montevideo – 26 March 2013 – Friendly
• see also: 2011–12 Uruguay national team results.
• see also: 2012–13 Uruguay national team results.
• see also: Results under head coach Óscar Tabárez

KEY: FWCQ = 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Players

Current squad

The following 25 players were named for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Paraguay on March 22, and Chile on March 26, 2013.

Caps and goals as of 26 March 2013, subsequent to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Chile.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Fernando Muslera (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986 44 0 Galatasaray 1GK Martín Silva (1983-03-25) 25 March 1983 1 0 Olimpia 2DF Diego Lugano (captain) (1980-11-02) 2 November 1980 79 8 Málaga 2DF Maxi Pereira (1984-06-08) 8 June 1984 74 2 Benfica 2DF Diego Godín (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986 64 3 Atlético Madrid 2DF Andrés Scotti (1975-12-14) 14 December 1975 37 1 Nacional 2DF Sebastián Coates (1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 9 1 Liverpool 2DF Matías Aguirregaray (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 3 0 Peñarol 2DF Alejandro Silva (1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 1 0 Olimpia 3MF Diego Pérez (1980-05-18) 18 May 1980 82 1 Bologna 3MF Cristian Rodríguez (1985-09-30) 30 September 1985 57 6 Atlético Madrid 3MF Sebastián Eguren (1981-01-08) 8 January 1981 50 7 Libertad 3MF Walter Gargano (1984-07-27) 27 July 1984 50 1 Internazionale 3MF Álvaro Pereira (1985-11-28) 28 November 1985 47 5 Internazionale 3MF Egidio Arévalo Ríos (1982-09-27) 27 September 1982 42 0 Palermo 3MF Álvaro González (1984-10-29) 29 October 1984 33 1 Lazio 3MF Nicolás Lodeiro (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 17 1 Botafogo 3MF Gastón Ramírez (1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 16 0 Southampton 3MF Álvaro Fernández (1985-10-11) 11 October 1985 12 0 Al-Rayyan 4FW Diego Forlán (1979-05-19) 19 May 1979 96 33 Internacional 4FW Luis Suárez (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 63 31 Liverpool 4FW Edinson Cavani (1987-02-14) 14 February 1987 48 13 Napoli 4FW Sebastián Fernández (1985-05-23) 23 May 1985 14 3 Málaga

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 Rodrigo Muñoz (1982-01-22) 22 January 1982 0 0 Libertad v. Poland, 14 November 2012 DF Martín Cáceres (1987-04-07) 7 April 1987 45 1 Juventus v. Paraguay, 22 March 2013 DF Mauricio Victorino (1982-10-11) 11 October 1982 21 0 Cruzeiro v. Poland, 16 November 2012 MF Mauricio Pereyra (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 0 0 Krasnodar v. Poland, 14 November 2012 MF Diego Rodríguez (1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 0 0 Udinese v. Argentina, 12 October 2012 FW Gonzalo Castro (1984-09-14) 14 September 1984 5 0 Real Sociedad v. Spain, 6 February 2013 FW Sebastián Abreu (1976-10-17) 17 October 1976 70 26 Nacional v. Poland, 14 November 2012 FW Emiliano Alfaro (1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 1 0 Al-Wasl v. Poland, 14 November 2012 FW Abel Hernández (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 8 3 Palermo v. Argentina, 12 October 2012 Records Most caps # Name Career Caps Goals 1 Diego Forlán 2002– 96 33 2 Diego Pérez 2001– 82 1 3 Diego Lugano 2003– 79 8 4 Rodolfo Rodríguez 1976–1986 78 0 5 Fabián Carini 1999–2009 74 0 5 Maxi Pereira 2005– 74 2 7 Enzo Francescoli 1982–1997 73 17 8 Sebastián Abreu 1996– 70 26 9 Álvaro Recoba 1995–2007 69 14 10 Ángel Romano 1911–1927 69 28 Top goalscorers # Player Career Goals Caps 1 Diego Forlán 2002– 33 96 2 Luis Suárez 2007– 31 63 3 Héctor Scarone 1917–1930 31 52 4 Ángel Romano 1911–1927 28 69 5 Óscar Míguez 1950–1958 27 39 6 Sebastián Abreu 1996– 26 70 7 Pedro Petrone 1924–1930 24 29 8 Carlos Aguilera 1983–1997 23 64 9 Fernando Morena 1971–1983 22 53 10 José Piendibene 1909–1923 20 40 World Cup winning captains Year Name Caps Goals 1930 José Nasazzi 41 0 1950 Obdulio Varela 45 9 Coaches Competitive matches only Years Coach P W D L GF GA Win % Tournaments 1902–1914 Selection committee 700130000000000000030 700110000000000000010 70007000000000000007 700113000000000000013 700145000000000000045 700146000000000000046 700133330000000000033.33 1905 Copa Lipton – Champions 1906 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1906 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1907 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1907 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1908 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1908 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1908 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions 1909 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1909 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up 1909 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1910 Copa Centenario de la Revolución de Mayo – Runners-up 1910 Copa Lipton – Champions 1910 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions 1911 Copa Lipton – Champions 1911 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1911 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up 1911 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1912 Copa Lipton – Champions 1912 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1912 Copa Newton – Champions 1912 Copa Montevideo – Runners-up 1913 Copa Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña – Runners-up 1913 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1913 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1913 Copa Newton – Champions 1915–1916 Jorge Pacheco Alfredo Foglino 700111000000000000011 70004000000000000004 50000000000000000000 70007000000000000007 700118000000000000018 700120000000000000020 700136360000000000036.36 1915 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up 1915 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1915 Copa Newton – Champions 1916 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1916 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1916 South American Championship – Champions 1916 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up 1916 Copa Círculo de la Empresa – Runners-up 1917–1919 Ramón Platero 700117000000000000017 700110000000000000010 70004000000000000004 70003000000000000003 700131000000000000031 700115000000000000015 700158820000000000058.82 1917 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1917 Copa Newton – Champions 1917 South American Championship – Champions 1918 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1918 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up 1918 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1918 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1919 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1919 Copa Lipton – Champions 1919 Copa Newton – Champions 1919 South American Championship – Runners-up 1919–1920 Severino Castillo 70004000000000000004 70004000000000000004 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000 700115000000000000015 70004000000000000004 7002100000000000000100.00 1919 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions 1919 Copa Círculo de Prensa – Champions 1920 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1920 Copa Newton 1920–1922 Ernesto Figoli 70009000000000000009 70005000000000000005 70001000000000000001 70003000000000000003 700114000000000000014 70007000000000000007 700155560000000000055.56 1920 South American Championship – Champions 1921 South American Championship – Third Place 1922 Copa pitote – Champions 1922 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1922–1923 Pedro Olivieri 70006000000000000006 70002000000000000002 70003000000000000003 70001000000000000001 70005000000000000005 70003000000000000003 700133330000000000033.33 1922 South American Championship – Third Place 1922 Copa Newton – Champions 1923 Copa Lipton – Champions 1923–1924 Leonardo De Lucca 70006000000000000006 70003000000000000003 70001000000000000001 70002000000000000002 70008000000000000008 70009000000000000009 700150000000000000050.00 1923 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up 1923 South American Championship – Champions 1924 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1924 Ernesto Figoli (2nd time) 70005000000000000005 70005000000000000005 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000 700120000000000000020 70002000000000000002 7002100000000000000100.00 1924 Olympics – Champions 1924–1925 Ernesto Meliante 70008000000000000008 70005000000000000005 70002000000000000002 70001000000000000001 700111000000000000011 70002000000000000002 700162500000000000062.50 1924 South American Championship – Champions 1925 Copa Bossio – Champions 1926 Andrés Mazali Ernesto Figoli (3rd time) 70004000000000000004 70004000000000000004 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000 700117000000000000017 70002000000000000002 7002100000000000000100.00 1926 South American Championship – Champions 1927–1928 José Lago Millán Luis Grecco 70006000000000000006 70003000000000000003 50000000000000000000 70003000000000000003 700116000000000000016 70005000000000000005 700150000000000000050.00 1927 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1927 South American Championship – Runners-up 1927 Copa Lipton – Champions 1928 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1928 Primo Giannoti 70005000000000000005 70004000000000000004 70001000000000000001 50000000000000000000 700112000000000000012 70005000000000000005 700180000000000000080.00 1928 Olympics – Champions 1928–1932 Alberto Suppici 700112000000000000012 70006000000000000006 70002000000000000002 70004000000000000004 700124000000000000024 700116000000000000016 700150000000000000050.00 1928 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1929 Copa Newton – Champions 1929 Copa Lipton – Champions 1929 South American Championship – Third Place 1930 FIFA World Cup – Champions 1931 Taça Rio Branco – Runners-up 1932 Taça Rio Branco – Runners-up 1932–1935 Raúl Blanco 70004000000000000004 70003000000000000003 50000000000000000000 70001000000000000001 70007000000000000007 70002000000000000002 700175000000000000075.00 1935 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up 1935 South American Championship – Champions 1935–1941 Alberto Suppici (2nd time) 700124000000000000024 700111000000000000011 70001000000000000001 700112000000000000012 700147000000000000047 700146000000000000046 700145830000000000045.83 1935 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1936 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1936 Copa Héctor Gómez – Champions 1937 South American Championship – Third Place 1937 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1937 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1938 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1938 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up 1939 South American Championship – Runners-up 1940 Taça Rio Branca – Champions 1940 Copa Héctor Gómez – Champions 1940 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1941 South American Championship – Runners-up 1941–1942 Pedro Cea 70001000000000000001 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000 70001000000000000001 70001000000000000001 70004000000000000004 50000000000000000000.00 1942 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1942–1945 José Nasazzi 700116000000000000016 700110000000000000010 70003000000000000003 70003000000000000003 700141000000000000041 700115000000000000015 700162500000000000062.50 1942 South American Championship – Champions 1942 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1943 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Champions 1943 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up 1945 South American Championship – Fourth Place 1945 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1945–1946 Aníbal Tejada 70003000000000000003 70001000000000000001 70001000000000000001 70001000000000000001 70007000000000000007 700110000000000000010 700133330000000000033.33 1945 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1946 Taça Rio Branco – Champions 1946 Guzmán Vila Gomensoro 70005000000000000005 70002000000000000002 50000000000000000000 70003000000000000003 700111000000000000011 70009000000000000009 700140000000000000040.00 1946 South American Championship – Fourth Place 1988–1990 Óscar Tabárez (1st time) 700134000000000000034 700117000000000000017 70008000000000000008 700191000000000000091 700150000000000000050.0 1989 Copa América – Runners-up 2006– Óscar Tabárez (2nd time) 700179000000000000079 700138000000000000038 700124000000000000024 700117000000000000017 700148100000000000048.1 2007 Copa América – Fourth Place 2010 FIFA World Cup – Fourth Place 2010 FIFA World Cup – Champions 1946–1955: Juan López 1955: Juan Carlos Corazzo 1955–1957: Hugo Bagnulo 1957–1959: Juan López 1959: Héctor Castro 1959–1961: Juan Carlos Corazzo 1961–1962: Enrique Fernández 1962–1964: Juan Carlos Corazzo 1964–1965: Rafael Milans 1965–1967: Ondino Viera 1967–1969: Enrique Fernández 1969–1970: Juan Hohberg 1970–1973: Hugo Bagnulo 1974: Roberto Porta 1974–1975: Juan Alberto Schiaffino 1975–1977: José María Rodríguez 1977: Juan Hohberg 1977–1979: Raúl Bentancor 1979–1982: Roque Máspoli 1982–1987: Omar Borrás 1987–1988: Roberto Fleitas 1988–1990: Óscar Tabárez 1990–1993: Luis Cubilla 1993–1994: Ildo Maneiro 1994–1996: Héctor Núñez 1996–1997: Juan Ahuntchaín 1997–1998: Roque Máspoli 1998–2000: Víctor Púa 2000–2001: Daniel Passarella 2001–2003: Víctor Púa 2003: Gustavo Ferrín 2003–2004: Juan Ramón Carrasco 2004–2006: Jorge Fossati 2006: Gustavo Ferrín 2006–present: Óscar Tabárez 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. The first match against Argentina was the first official international match to be played outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. 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. 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. References External links RSSSF archive of results 1902– The Official Uruguay football association website Uruguay – The Most Successful Country in the World at Football Uruguayan Players in the world Preceded by Inaugural Champions Champions of the World 1930 (1st title) Succeeded by 1934 Italy Preceded by 1938 Italy Champions of the World 1950 (2nd title) Succeeded by 1954 West Germany Preceded by 1920 Belgium Olympic Football 1924 (1st title) 1928 (2nd title) Succeeded by 1936 Italy Preceded by Inaugural Champions Champions of South America 1916 (1st title) 1917 (2nd title) Succeeded by 1919 Brazil Preceded by 1919 Brazil Champions of South America 1920 (3rd title) Succeeded by 1921 Argentina Preceded by 1922 Brazil Champions of South America 1923 (4th title) 1924 (5th title) Succeeded by 1925 Argentina Preceded by 1925 Argentina Champions of South America 1926 (6th title) Succeeded by 1927 Argentina Preceded by 1929 Argentina Champions of South America 1935 (7th title) Succeeded by 1937 Argentina Preceded by 1941 Argentina Champions of South America 1942 (8th title) Succeeded by 1945 Argentina Preceded by 1955 Argentina Champions of South America 1956 (9th title) Succeeded by 1957 Argentina Preceded by 1959 Argentina Champions of South America 1959 (10th title) Succeeded by 1963 Bolivia Preceded by 1963 Bolivia Champions of South America 1967 (11th title) Succeeded by 1975 Peru Preceded by 1979 Paraguay Champions of South America 1983 (12th title) 1987 (13th title) Succeeded by 1989 Brazil Preceded by 1993 Argentina Champions of South America 1995 (14th title) Succeeded by 1997 Brazil Preceded by 2007 Brazil Champions of South America 2011 (15th title) Succeeded by N/A