Uruguay

Nickname(s)	Charrúas La Celeste Olímpica (The Olympic Sky Blue) La Celeste (The Sky Blue)
Association	Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Oscar Tabarez
Captain	Diego Lugano
Most caps	Rodolfo Rodríguez (79)
Top scorer	Héctor Scarone (31)
Home stadium	Estadio Centenario
FIFA code	URU
FIFA ranking	25
Highest FIFA ranking	12 (May 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	56 (December 1998)
Elo ranking	20
Highest Elo ranking	1 (various dates 1920-31)
Lowest Elo ranking	46 (March 1980)
Home colours Away 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 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902)
World Cup
Appearances	10 (First in 1930)
Best result	Winners, 1930 and 1950.
Copa América
Appearances	40 (First in 1916)
Best result	Winners, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995.
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1997)
Best result	4th, 1997

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold	1924 Paris	Team
Gold	1928 Amsterdam	Team

The Uruguay national football team represents Uruguay in international football competition and is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol.

Uruguay have won two FIFA World Cups, including the first ever World Cup in 1930 as hosts, beating Argentina 4-2 in the final. They won their second title in 1950, upsetting hosts Brazil 2-1 in the final match. They also won the Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics twice, in 1924 and 1928, before the creation of the World Cup. They also won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament among former World Cup champions Uruguay hosted in 1980 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup. Uruguay won more international titles (19) in the 20th century than any other country in the world and still holds this record, albeit it is now shared with Argentina.

Their success is amplified by the fact that the nation has a very small population. Uruguay is the only country in the world to win a World Cup with a general population of under 4 million inhabitants and is by far the smallest nation to do so. The second smallest country 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. In fact, only six nations with populations smaller than Uruguay's have ever participated in any World Cup: Northern Ireland (3 times), Wales, Kuwait, Jamaica, Slovenia and Trinidad and Tobago. Uruguay is also the smallest nation to win Olympic gold medals in any team sport.

Uruguay is also the smallest member nation of CONMEBOL, South American Football Association. Nethertheless, Uruguayan national team also have won the Copa América 14 different times, a record it shares with Argentina.

However, the level of the Uruguay national team has decreased lately as Uruguay has only qualified on one occasion in the last 4 World Cups, although it remains a strong team in South America, having reached third place and fourth place in the last two Copa América tournaments, respectively.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Kit 4 World Cup Record 5 FIFA Confederations Cup Record 6 Copa América record 7 Current team status 7.1 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings 7.1.1 CONCACAF 4th place v CONMEBOL 5th place 7.2 Recent, last and next games 8 Current players 8.1 Current squad 8.2 Recent Call Ups 9 Player records 9.1 Most caps 9.2 Top Goalscorers 9.3 World Cup Winning Captains 10 Coaches 11 Trivia 12 Footnotes 13 External links 14 Titles

[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.

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,^[1] 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.

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 independence. 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 a surprise result at the Maracanã Stadium, a match known as the Maracanazo.

Since 1950, the national team has had mixed performances in the World Cup, achieving fourth place in 1954 and 1970, but failing to qualify on several occasions. A new generation headed by Francescoli emerged in the mid-1980s, which qualified for the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, reaching the second round. During the 2000s, the less successful generation of Recoba, Forlán and Montero among others qualified for the 2002 World Cup, but were unable to leave the group stage.

Nevertheless, during the same time period from the 1950s, Uruguay won the Copa America six times, most recently in 1995, when Uruguay also hosted the tournament. Each of the seven occasions when the Copa America has been hosted in Uruguay has resulted in the Uruguayan team winning the tournament.

By May 1, 2009 Uruguayan National Team are ranked by FIFA 16th in the world and 3rd in South America, below Brazil and Argentina only.

[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 independence, and had a capacity of 100,000 when first opened. The stadium hosted several matches in the 1930 World Cup, including the final, which was watched by a crowd of 93,000.^[2] 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 60,000 and 70,000, but friendlies sometimes have attendances significantly below 20,000.

[edit] Kit

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 light 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 Atletico 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 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, which at the time was the most important international football competition.

1889 (Montevideo C.C kit)

1901 (Albion F.C kit)

1901 - 1910

1901 - 1910

1901 - 1910

1901 - 1910

1901 - 1910

1910 - 1934

1935

1936 - 1990

1991 - 1996

1997–present

[edit] World Cup Record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Champions	1	4	4	0	0	15	3
1934	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Champions[3]	1	4	3	1	0	15	5
1954	Fourth place	4	5	3	0	2	16	9
1958	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Round 1	13	3	1	0	2	4	6
1966	Quarter-finals	7	4	1	2	1	2	5
1970	Fourth place	4	6	2	1	3	4	5
1974	Round 1	13	3	0	1	2	1	6
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Round of 16	16	4	0	2	2	2	8
1990	Round of 16	16	4	1	1	2	2	5
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 1	26	3	0	2	1	4	5
2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Qualified
Total	11/19	2 Titles	40	15	10	15	65	57

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] FIFA Confederations Cup Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Fourth place	5	3	0	2	8	6
1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/8	5	3	0	2	8	6

[edit] Copa América record

1916 - Winners 1917 - Winners 1919 - Runners-up 1920 - Winners 1921 - Third place 1922 - Third place 1923 - Winners 1924 - Winners 1925 - Withdrew 1926 - Winners 1927 - Runners-up 1929 - Third place 1935 - Winners 1937 - Third place 1939 - Runners-up

1941 - Runners-up 1942 - Winners 1945 - Fourth place 1946 - Fourth place 1947 - Third place 1949 - Sixth place 1953 - Third place 1955 - Fourth place 1956 - Winners 1957 - Third place 1959 - Sixth place 1959 - Winners 1963 - Withdrew 1967 - Winners

1975 - Semifinals 1979 - Round 1 1983 - Winners 1987 - Winners 1989 - Runners-up 1991 - Round 1 1993 - Quarterfinals 1995 - Winners 1997 - Round 1 1999 - Runners-up 2001 - Fourth place 2004 - Third place 2007 - Fourth place

[edit] Current team status

Uruguay has finished participating in the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers, with a successful result.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup
Qualification Standings

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34  Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33  Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33  Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28  Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24  Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23  Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23  Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22  Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15  Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13   Argentina  – 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 Bolivia  6–1 – 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 Brazil  0–0 0–0 – 4–2 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 Chile  1–0 4–0 0–3 – 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 Colombia  2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 – 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 Ecuador  2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 – 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–1 Paraguay  1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 5–1 – 1–0 1–0 2–0 Peru  1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 – 1–0 1–0 Uruguay  0–1 5–0 0–4 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 6–0 – 1–1 Venezuela  0–2 5–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 –

[edit] CONCACAF 4th place v CONMEBOL 5th place

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Costa Rica	1–2	Uruguay	0–1	1–1

Qualification:

On 18 November 2009, Uruguay qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a 2–1 win on aggregate against Costa Rica.^[4]

[edit] Recent, last and next games

• Recent games: see Uruguay national team 2008–09 results.
• Last game:  Uruguay 1 – 1  Costa Rica - Montevideo, Uruguay - November 18, 2009 - WCQ2010.
• Next game:  Uruguay –  Chile - TBD - March, 2010 - F.

KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Result under current head coach Tabárez
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goalscorers	Competition
2006
1	May 21, 2006	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States	Northern Ireland	1–0	Estoyanoff	Friendly
2	May 23, 2006	Los Angeles, United States	Romania	2–0	Vargas (2)	Friendly
3	May 27, 2006	Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia and Montenegro	1–1	Godin	Friendly
4	May 30, 2006	Tripoli, Libya	Libya	2–1	Vigneri, Abreu	Friendly
5	June 2, 2006	Tripoli, Libya	Tunisia	0–0		Friendly
6	August 16, 2006	El Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	2–0	Godin, own goal	Friendly
7	September 28, 2006	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	0–1		Friendly
8	October 18, 2006	Montevideo, Uruguay	Venezuela	4–0	Godin, Sánchez, Abreu, Blanco	Friendly
9	November 15, 2006	Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	0–2		Friendly
2007
10	February 6, 2007	Cúcuta, Colombia	Colombia	3–1	Abreu (2), Vargas	Friendly
11	March 24, 2007	Seoul, Korea Republic	Korea Republic	2–0	Bueno (2)	Friendly
12	June 2, 2007	Sydney, Australia	Australia	2–1	Forlán, Recoba	Friendly
13	June 26, 2007	Mérida, Venezuela	Peru	0–3		Copa América 2007
14	June 30, 2007	San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Bolivia	1–0	Sánchez	Copa América 2007
15	July 3, 2007	Mérida, Venezuela	Venezuela	0–0		Copa América 2007
16	July 7, 2007	San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	4–1	Forlán (2), García, Rodríguez	Copa América 2007
17	July 10, 2007	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Brazil	2–2	Forlán, Abreu	Copa América 2007
18	July 14, 2007	Caracas, Venezuela	Mexico	1–3	Abreu	Copa América 2007
19	September 12, 2007	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	0–0		Friendly
20	October 13, 2007	Montevideo, Uruguay	Bolivia	5–0	Suárez, Forlán, Abreu, Sánchez, Bueno	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
21	October 17, 2007	Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	0–1		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	November 17, 2007	Montevideo, Uruguay	Chile	2–2	Suárez, Abreu	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
23	November 21, 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil	1–2	Abreu	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2008
24	February 6, 2008	Montevideo, Uruguay	Colombia	2–2	Cavani, Suárez	Friendly
25	May 25, 2008	Bochum, Germany	Turkey	3–2	Suárez (2), Rodríguez	Friendly
26	May 28, 2008	Oslo, Norway	Norway	2–2	Suárez, Eguren	Friendly
27	June 14, 2008	Montevideo, Uruguay	Venezuela	1–1	Lugano	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
28	June 18, 2008	Montevideo, Uruguay	Peru	6–0	Forlán (3), Bueno (2), Abreu	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	August 20, 2008	Sapporo, Japan	Japan	3–1	Eguren, González, Abreu	Friendly
30	September 6, 2008	Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	Eguren	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
31	September 10, 2008	Montevideo, Uruguay	Ecuador	0–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
32	October 11, 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1–2	Lugano	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
33	October 14, 2008	La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	2–2	Bueno, Abreu	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
34	November 19, 2008	Saint-Denis, France	France	0–0		Friendly
2009
35	February 11, 2009	Tripoli, Libya	Libya	3–2	Eguren, Martínez, Pereira	Friendly
36	March 28, 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Paraguay	2–0	Forlán, Lugano	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
37	April 1, 2009	Santiago, Chile	Chile	0–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
38	June 6, 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	0–4		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
39	June 9, 2009	Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–2	Suárez, Forlán	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
40	August 12, 2009	Algiers, Algeria	Algeria	0–1		Friendly
41	September 5, 2009	Lima, Peru	Peru	0–1		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
42	September 9, 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Colombia	3–1	Suárez, Scotti, Eguren	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
43	October 10, 2009	Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	2–1	Suárez, Forlán	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
44	October 14, 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	0–1		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
45	November 14, 2009	San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1–0	Lugano	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
46	November 18, 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Costa Rica	1–1	Abreu	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Current players

[edit] Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Costa Rica on November 14, 2009 in San José, Costa Rica and on November 18, 2009 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Caps and goals as of November 18, 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Fernando Muslera 16 June 1986 (1986-06-16) (age 23) 4 0 Lazio 12 GK Juan Castillo 17 April 1978 (1978-04-17) (age 31) 11 0 Botafogo GK Martín Silva 25 March 1983 (1983-03-25) (age 26) 1 0 Defensor Sporting 2 DF Diego Lugano 2 November 1980 (1980-11-02) (age 29) 42 4 Fenerbahçe 3 DF Diego Godín 16 February 1986 (1986-02-16) (age 23) 36 3 Villarreal 4 DF Mauricio Victorino 11 October 1982 (1982-10-11) (age 27) 2 0 Universidad de Chile 6 DF Andrés Scotti 14 December 1975 (1975-12-14) (age 33) 24 1 Argentinos Juniors 16 DF Maxi Pereira 8 June 1984 (1984-06-08) (age 25) 35 0 Benfica DF Martín Cáceres 7 April 1987 (1987-04-07) (age 22) 16 0 Juventus DF Sebastián Coates 7 October 1990 (1990-10-07) (age 19) 0 0 Nacional DF Juan Manuel Díaz 28 October 1987 (1987-10-28) (age 22) 0 0 Estudiantes De La Plata DF Bruno Silva 29 March 1980 (1980-03-29) (age 29) 19 0 Ajax 5 MF Walter Gargano 27 July 1984 (1984-07-27) (age 25) 25 0 Napoli 7 MF Álvaro Fernández 11 October 1985 (1985-10-11) (age 24) 7 0 Vitória de Setúbal 8 MF Sebastián Eguren 8 January 1981 (1981-01-08) (age 28) 26 5 Villarreal 11 MF Álvaro Pereira 28 January 1985 (1985-01-28) (age 24) 13 1 Porto 14 MF Nicolás Lodeiro 21 March 1989 (1989-03-21) (age 20) 2 0 Nacional 15 MF Diego Pérez 18 May 1980 (1980-05-18) (age 29) 50 0 Monaco 17 MF Álvaro González 29 October 1984 (1984-10-29) (age 25) 11 0 Nacional MF Miguel Amado 28 December 1984 (1984-12-28) (age 24) 2 0 Defensor Sporting MF Jorge Rodríguez 13 January 1985 (1985-01-13) (age 24) 5 0 River Plate 9 FW Luis Suárez 24 January 1987 (1987-01-24) (age 22) 28 9 Ajax 10 FW Diego Forlán 19 May 1979 (1979-05-19) (age 30) 60 22 Atlético Madrid 13 FW Sebastián Abreu 17 October 1976 (1976-10-17) (age 33) 56 28 Aris Thessaloniki 18 FW Sebastián Fernández 23 May 1985 (1985-05-23) (age 24) 5 0 Banfield FW Hernán Rodrigo López 21 January 1978 (1978-01-21) (age 31) 2 0 Vélez Sársfield

[edit] Recent Call Ups

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

Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Sebastián Viera 7 March 1983 (1983-03-07) (age 26) 28 0 unattached v. Algeria, August 12, 2009 (Friendly) GK Rodrigo Muñoz 22 January 1982 (1982-01-22) (age 27) 0 0 Nacional v. Chile, April 1, 2009 (WCQ2010) GK Fabian Carini 26 December 1979 (1979-12-26) (age 29) 70 0 Atlético Mineiro v. Libya, February 11, 2009 (Friendly) DF Carlos Valdez 5 February 1983 (1983-02-05) (age 26) 15 0 Reggina v. Costa Rica, November 14, 2009 (WCQ2010) (withdrew due to injury) DF Jorge Fucile 19 November 1984 (1984-11-19) (age 25) 23 0 Porto v. Argentina, October 14, 2009 (WCQ2010) DF Martín Rodríguez 10 February 1985 (1985-02-10) (age 24) 0 0 Liverpool v. Chile, April 1, 2009 (WCQ2010) MF Jorge Martínez 5 April 1983 (1983-04-05) (age 26) 13 0 Catania v. Costa Rica, November 14, 2009 (WCQ2010) (withdrew due to injury) MF Diego de Souza 14 July 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 25) 0 0 Defensor Sporting v. Argentina, October 14, 2009 (WCQ2010) MF Cristian Rodríguez 30 September 1985 (1985-09-30) (age 24) 36 3 Porto v. Argentina, October 14, 2009 (WCQ2010) MF Ignacio González 1 January 1982 (1982-01-01) (age 27) 17 1 Valencia v. Algeria, August 12, 2009 (Friendly) (withdrew due to injury) MF Diego Arismendi 25 January 1988 (1988-01-25) (age 21) 2 0 Stoke City v. Venezuela, June 10, 2009 (WCQ2010) MF Juan Albín 17 July 1986 (1986-07-17) (age 23) 0 0 Getafe v. Chile, April 1, 2009 (WCQ2010) FW Edinson Cavani 14 February 1987 (1987-02-14) (age 22) 12 1 Palermo v. Argentina, October 14, 2009 (WCQ2010) FW Vicente Sánchez 7 December 1979 (1979-12-07) (age 29) 31 5 Schalke 04 v. Libya, February 11, 2009 (Friendly) FW Gonzalo Vargas 22 September 1981 (1981-09-22) (age 28) 10 3 Atlas v. Libya, February 11, 2009 (Friendly)

[edit] Player records

[edit] Most caps

1. Rodolfo Rodríguez (79) 1976-1986

2. Enzo Francescoli (72) 1983-1997

3. Fabian Carini (70) 1999-

4. Álvaro Recoba (69) 1995-2007

5. Ángel Romano (68)

6. Pablo Gabriel García (68)

7. Carlos Aguilera (65)

8. Paolo Montero (61)

9. Jorge Barrios (61)

10. Diego Forlán (60) 2002-

[edit] Top Goalscorers

1. Hector Scarone (31) 1917-1930

2. Ángel Romano (28)

3. Sebastián Abreu (28) 1997-

4. Óscar Míguez (27)

5. Pedro Petrone (27)

6. Carlos Aguilera (23) 1983-1997

7. Diego Forlán (22) 2002-

8. Fernando Morena (22)

9. José Piendibene (21)

10. Hector Castro (20)

[edit] World Cup Winning Captains

1st 1930 José Nasazzi 51(1)

2nd 1950 Obdulio Varela 45(9)

[edit] Coaches

1916: Jorge Pacheco 1916: Alfredo Foglino 1917 - 1918: Julián Bértola 1919 - 1920: Severino Castillo 1920 - 1922: Ernesto Fígoli 1922 - 1923: Pedro Olivieri 1923 - 1924: Leonardo De Lucca 1924 - 1926: Ernesto Meliante 1926: Andrés Mazzali 1926: Ernesto Fígoli 1927 - 1928: Luis Grecco 1928 - 1932: Alberto Suppici 1932 - 1933: Raúl Blanco 1933 - 1941: Alberto Suppici 1941 - 1942: Pedro Cea 1942 - 1945: José Nasazzi 1945 - 1946: Aníbal Tejada 1946: Guzmán Vila Gomensoro

1946 - 1955: Juan López 1955: Juan Carlos Corazzo 1955 - 1957: Hugo Bagnulo 1957 - 1959: Juan López 1959: Héctor Castro 1959 - 1961: Juan Corazzo 1961 - 1962: Enrique Fernández 1962 - 1964: Juan Corazzo 1964 - 1965: Rafael Milans 1965 - 1967: Ondino Viera 1967 - 1969: Enrique Fernández 1969 - 1970: Juan Hohberg 1970 - 1973: Hugo Bagnulo 1974 - 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: Oscar 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 - 2004: Juan Ramón Carrasco 2004 - 2006: Jorge Fossati 2006: Juan Ferrín 2006 - present: Oscar Tabárez

[edit] Trivia

• Uruguay and Argentina hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries.^[5] The two teams have faced each other 161 times since 1901. The first match against Argentina was the first official international match to be played outside the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[6]

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1902-
• The Official Uruguay football association website
• Uruguayan Players in the world

[edit] Titles

Preceded by Inaugural Champions	World Champions 1930 (First title)	Succeeded by 1934 Italy
Preceded by 1938 Italy	World Champions 1950 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1954 West Germany
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	South American Champions 1916 (First title) 1917 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1919 Brazil
Preceded by 1919 Brazil	South American Champions 1920 (Third title)	Succeeded by 1921 Argentina
Preceded by 1922 Brazil	South American Champions 1923 (Fourth title) 1924 (Fifth title)	Succeeded by 1925 Argentina
Preceded by 1925 Argentina	South American Champions 1926 (Sixth title)	Succeeded by 1927 Argentina
Preceded by 1929 Argentina	South American Champions 1935 (Seventh title)	Succeeded by 1937 Argentina
Preceded by 1941 Argentina	South American Champions 1942 (Eighth title)	Succeeded by 1945 Argentina
Preceded by 1955 Argentina	South American Champions 1956 (Ninth title)	Succeeded by 1957 Argentina
Preceded by 1959 Argentina	South American Champions 1959 (Tenth title)	Succeeded by 1963 Bolivia
Preceded by 1963 Bolivia	South American Champions 1967 (Eleventh title)	Succeeded by 1975 Peru
Preceded by 1979 Paraguay	South American Champions 1983 (Twelfth title) 1987 (Thirteenth title)	Succeeded by 1989 Brazil
Preceded by 1993 Argentina	South American Champions 1995 (Fourteenth title)	Succeeded by 1997 Brazil

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