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Uruguay
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	La Celeste Olímpica; (The Olympic Sky Blue),; Charrúas, La Celeste
Association	Asociación Uruguaya; de Fútbol
Head coach	Oscar Tabarez, 2006-
Most caps	Rodolfo Rodriguez (78)
Top scorer	Héctor Scarone (31)
FIFA code	URU
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	29
Highest	14 (May 1994)
Lowest	76 (December 1998)
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	39 (first in 1916)
Best result	Winners, 1916, 1917, 1920,; 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935,; 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967,; 1983, 1987, 1995

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Uruguay National Team

The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. Uruguay were the first winners and hosts of the World Cup, beating Argentina 4-2 in 1930. They also won the 1950 World Cup on Brazilian soil. Uruguay failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany after succumbing to Australia 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 aggregate tie in an intercontinental playoff.

Uruguay and Argentina hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries, there have been 161 matches played against each other since 1901. The first match against Argentina was the first official international match to be played outside Britain. (Although Canada and the United States played two internationals in 1885 and 1886, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1924 and the USA did not play one until 1916.)

Uruguay won the Copa América fourteen times, the first coming in the inaugural tournament in 1916 and the last in 1995. Only Argentina has as many South American Championships.

Uruguay won the 50th anniversary World Champions tournament that it hosted in 1980.

History

Most early international matches played by Uruguay had Argentina as the opposition. 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 draw against Argentina meant Uruguay won the tournament. The following year Uruguay hosted the competition, and retained the title by winning every match. 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 travelled 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 Olympics Uruguay went to Amsterdam to defend their title, again winning the gold medal after beating fellow South Americans 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 reverted a 1-2 half time scoreline 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.

After the World War II, in its second participation, Uruguay won again the World Cup, 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 to the 1986 and 1990 tournaments, reaching second round. At 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 groupe stage.

Nevertheless, in 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.

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.

Kit

Current Uruguay kits were adopted in 1910 as an homage to the now defunct River Plate FC (the old Uruguayan River club,although the current CA River Plate use a similar red and white striped kit at home and often a light blue away jersey too).

The first international match ever for an uruguayan team took place in Montevideo in 1889 against "Buenos Aires Team".The "Montevideo Team" was the still active Montevideo Cricket Club (now only at rugby).The First official international was played again in Montevideo in 1901,where the Uruguay national team used Albion FC kit,this because Albion won the first game outside Uruguay,a victory over Argentinean Retiro in 1896 at Buenos Aires. After this game,between 1901-1910 several games between Uruguay and Argentina had Uruguay wearing striped blue and white and Argentina a plain turquoise jersey, the direct opposite to the kits from 1910 to the present day.

Four stars appear above the team logo on the jersey, two represent Uruguay’s 1930 and 1950 World Cup victories while the other two indicate the gold medal win at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games, considered at that time the most important national teams world-wide football competition.

1889 (Montevideo C.C kit)

1901 (Albion F.C kit)

1901 - 1910

1910 - 2006

1991-1996

World Cup record

1930 - Champions
1934 - Did not go
1938 - Did not go
1950 - Champions
1954 - Fourth place
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Round 1
1966 - Quarter-finals
1970 - Fourth place
1974 - Round 1
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Round 2
1990 - Round 2
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Did not qualify

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

Current players

Below were roster against Georgia national football team, 15 November, 2006

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Fabián Carini	26 December, 1979	Inter Milan
1GK	Sebastián Viera	3 July 1983	Villarreal
2DF	Jorge Fucile	19 November 1984	Porto
2DF	Carlos Adrián Valdez	2 May 1983	Treviso
2DF	Carlos Diogo	18 July 1983	Zaragoza
2DF	Mauricio Victorino		Veracruz
2DF	Diego Lugano	2 November 1980	Fenerbahçe
2DF	Darío Rodríguez	17 September 1974	Schalke 04
3MF	Omar Pouso	28 February 1980	Charlton
3MF	Guillermo Giacomazzi	21 November 1977	Lecce
3MF	Álvaro Recoba	17 March 1976	Inter Milan
3MF	Pablo García	11 May 1977	Celta Vigo
3MF	Fabián Estoyanoff	27 September 1982	Deportivo La Coruña
3MF	Gustavo Varela	14 May 1978	Schalke 04
3MF	Mario Regueiro	9 September 1978	Valencia
3MF	Andrés Scotti	14 December 1975	Rubin Kazan
3MF	Diego Perez	18 May 1980	Monaco
4FW	Fabián Canobbio	8 March 1980	Celta Vigo
4FW	Diego Forlán	19 May 1979	Villarreal
4FW	Sebastián Abreu	17 October 1976	Monterrey
4FW	Gonzalo Vargas	22 September 1981	Monaco

Recent call-up

Goalkeepers

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Juan Castillo (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)			Peñarol
	1GK	Fernando Muslera (friendly v. Venezuela, 27/9/06)			Wanderers

Defenders

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
2DF	Gastón Filgueira (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Central Español
2DF	Gonzalo Lemes (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Central Español
2DF	Diego Godín (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Nacional
2DF	Ignacio Ithurralde (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Defensor
2DF	Martín Rodríguez (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		River Plate
2DF	Damian Malrrechaufe (friendly v. Venezuela, 27/9/06)	19 October 1984	Danubio
2DF	Gerardo Alcoba (friendly v. Venezuela, 27/9/06)		Wanderers
2DF	Sebastián Díaz (friendly v. Venezuela, 27/9/06)		Central Español

Midfielders

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
3MF	Ignacio González (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Danubio
3MF	Walter Gargano (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Danubio
3MF	Carlos Grosmüller (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)	4 May 1983	Danubio
3MF	Jorge García (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Danubio
3MF	Maximiliano Pereira (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Defensor
3MF	Alvaro González (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Defensor
3MF	Julio Mozzo (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)		Central Español
3MF	Egídio Arévalo Ríos (friendly v. Venezuela, 27/9/06)		Peñarol

Strikers

Pos.	Player	Club
4FW	Sergio Blanco (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)	Wanderers
4FW	Vicente Sánchez (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)	Toluca
4FW	Diego Vera (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)	Bella Vista
4FW	Mauro Vila (friendly v. Venezuela, 18/10/06)	Defensor
4FW	Nicolás Vigneri (friendly v. Venezuela, 27/9/06)	Peñarol
4FW	Juan Manuel Salgueiro (friendly v. Venezuela, 27/9/06)	Danubio
4FW	Alvaro Navarro (friendly v. Venezuela, 27/9/06)	Defensor

Famous players

Footnotes

^ "Football's debt to Uruguay". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
^ FIFA World Cup Origin, FIFA Media Release. Retrieved on October 16, 2006.

External links

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[1] "Football's debt to Uruguay". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

[2] FIFA World Cup Origin, FIFA Media Release. Retrieved on October 16, 2006.

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