History of Uruguay national football team 2010

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, in1924 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 is one of the most successful teams in the world, having won 18 official titles: 2 FIFA World Cup, 2 Olympic Games and 14 Copa América.

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. Nevertheless, 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 two occasions in the last five World Cups, although it remains a strong team in South America, having reached third place and fourth place in the last two Copa Américatournaments, respectively.

Contents  [hide] 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Kit 4 Competitive record 4.1 FIFA World Cup 4.2 FIFA Confederations Cup 4.3 South American Championship 4.4 Copa América 4.5 FIFA World Cup matches 4.6 Official matches 5 Current team status 5.1 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings 5.1.1 CONCACAF 4th place v CONMEBOL 5th place 5.2 2010 FIFA World Cup Group A 5.3 Recent games 5.4 Current squad 5.5 Recent Call Ups 6 Player records 6.1 Most caps 6.2 Top Goalscorers 6.3 World Cup Winning Captains 7 Coaches 8 Trivia 9 Footnotes 10 External links

[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, defeatingSwitzerland 3-0 in the gold medal match. In the 1928 Summer Olympics Uruguay went toAmsterdam to defend their title, again winning the gold medal after defeating Argentina 2-1 in the final.

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 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 theEstadio 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 the1934 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 ^[2].

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 Francescoliemerged 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.^[3] 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]Competitive record

[edit]FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup Record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA  1930 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 15 3  1934 Withdrew  1938 Did Not Enter  1950 Champions[4] 1st 4 3 1 0 15 5  1954 Semi-Final 4th 5 3 0 2 16 9  1958 Did Not Qualify  1962 Round 1 13th 3 1 0 2 4 6  1966 Quarter-Final 7th 4 1 2 1 2 5  1970 Semi-Final 4th 6 2 1 3 4 5  1974 Round 1 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 Round 1 26th 3 0 2 1 4 5  2006 Did Not Qualify  2010 Qualified  2014 - - - - - - - - Total 11/19 2 Titles 40 15 10 15 65 57

[edit]FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA Confederations Cup Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA  1992 Did Not Qualify  1995  1997 Semi-Final 4th 5 3 0 2 8 6  1999 Did Not Qualify   2001  2003  2005  2009  2013 - - - - - - - - Total 1/8 Semi-Final 5 3 0 2 8 6

[edit]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 Fifth 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 - -

[edit]Copa América Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1975 Semi-Final 4th 2 1 0 1 1 3 1979 Group Stage 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 4 1 3 0 4 3  1993 Quarter-Final 4 1 2 1 5 5  1995 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 11 4  1997 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 2 2  1999 Runners-up 2nd 6 1 2 3 4 9  2001 Semi-Final 4th 6 2 2 2 7 7  2004 Third-Place 3rd 6 3 2 1 12 10  2007 Semi-Final 4th 6 2 2 2 8 9  2011 - - - - - - - Total 13/13 3 Titles 64 28 19 17 84 66

[edit]FIFA World Cup matches

World Cup matches (By team)
Total: 40 games played - 15 Wins - 10 Draws - 15 Losses - 64 Goals for - 56 Goals against
Against	W	D	L	Tot	GF	GA		Against	W	D	L	Tot	GF	GA		Against	W	D	L	Tot	GF	GA
Sweden	1	0	2	3	3	6		Spain	0	2	0	2	2	2		Peru	1	0	0	1	1	0
West Germany	0	1	2	3	1	6		Italy	0	1	1	2	0	2		Senegal	0	1	0	1	3	3
Scotland	1	1	0	2	7	0		Denmark	0	0	2	2	2	8		Bulgaria	0	1	0	1	1	1
England	1	1	0	2	4	2		Bolivia	1	0	0	1	8	0		Mexico	0	1	0	1	0	0
France	1	1	0	2	2	1		Romania	1	0	0	1	4	0		Hungary	0	0	1	1	2	4
Yugoslavia	1	0	1	2	7	4		Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1	2	0		Austria	0	0	1	1	1	3
Argentina	1	0	1	2	4	3		Israel	1	0	0	1	2	0		Belgium	0	0	1	1	1	3
Brazil	1	0	1	2	3	3		Colombia	1	0	0	1	2	1		Netherlands	0	0	1	1	0	2
Soviet Union	1	0	1	2	2	2		Korea Republic	1	0	0	1	1	0

[edit]Official matches

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

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	GD
Argentina	182	58	41	83	221	289	-68
Chile	72	42	16	14	127	71	+56
Brazil	71	21	19	31	91	122	-31
Paraguay	67	31	13	23	104	89	+15
Peru	61	33	15	13	97	51	+46
Ecuador	41	29	9	3	104	34	+70
Bolivia	39	27	7	5	95	20	+75
Colombia	36	18	9	9	53	37	+16
Venezuela	26	18	6	3	57	18	+39
Mexico	17	3	7	7	21	26	-5
England	10	4	3	3	13	10	+3
Australia	9	4	1	4	8	6	+2
Costa Rica	8	6	2	0	15	8	+7
Spain	8	0	5	3	6	11	-5
Italy	7	2	3	2	7	7	0
Israel	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9
United States	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1
East Germany	6	1	2	3	4	7	-3
Soviet Union	6	1	0	5	4	13	-9
West Germany	6	0	2	4	4	14	-10
Korea Republic	5	4	1	0	8	3	+5
Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	16	6	+10
France	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3
China PR	5	2	2	1	5	2	+3
Japan	5	2	1	1	12	8	+4
Switzerland	4	3	1	0	13	4	+9
Netherlands	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3
Scotland	4	2	1	1	10	4	+6
Romania	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5
Hungary	4	1	2	1	6	6	0
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	5	-1
Haiti	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1
Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3
Germany	3	1	0	2	5	10	-5
Finland	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Libya	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	9	2	+7
Republic of Ireland	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
South Africa	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Norway	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Poland	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Indonesia	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Austria	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Honduras	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
Portugal	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
Belgium	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4
Denmark	2	0	0	2	2	8	-6
Panama	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
India	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Egypt	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Turkey	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Singapore	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Morocco	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Senegal	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Iran	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Wales	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1
Algeria	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Guatemala	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Georgia	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Total	794	358	189	247	1246	975	+271

[edit]Current team status

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

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

[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.^[5]

[edit]2010 FIFA World Cup
Group A

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group A

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

South Africa  – 11 June 16 June Mexico  – 22 June Uruguay  – 11 June France  22 June 17 June –

[edit]Recent games

• Last game:  Uruguay 4 – 1  Israel - Montevideo, Uruguay - May 26, 2010 - F.
• Next game:  Uruguay –  France - Cape Town, South Africa - June 11, 2010 - WC2010.
• see also: Uruguay national team 2008–09 results.
• see also: Uruguay national team 2009–10 results.

KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification; WC2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup.

[show]Result under current head coach Oscar Tabárez

[edit]Current squad

The following 26 players were named as part of the preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Caps and goals as of May 26, 2010.

Name	Date of birth (age)	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Goalkeepers
Juan Castillo	17 April 1978 (age 32)	Deportivo Cali	11 (0)	v  South Africa, 12 September 2007 (Friendly)
Fernando Muslera	16 June 1986 (age 23)	Lazio	6 (0)	v  Ecuador, 10 October 2009 (WCQ2010)
Martín Silva	25 March 1983 (age 27)	Defensor Sporting	1 (0)	v  Algeria, 12 August 2009 (Friendly)
Defenders
Martín Cáceres	7 April 1987 (age 23)	Barcelona	19 (0)	v  South Africa, 12 September 2007 (Friendly)
Jorge Fucile	19 November 1984(age 25)	Porto	24 (0)	v  Northern Ireland, 21 May 2006 (Friendly)
Diego Godín	16 February 1986(age 24)	Villarreal	38 (3)	v  Mexico, 26 October 2005 (Friendly)
Diego Lugano (captain)	2 November 1980(age 29)	Fenerbahçe	43 (4)	v  Hong Kong, 1 February 2003 (2003 Carlsberg Cup)
Andrés Scotti	14 December 1975(age 34)	Colo-Colo	26 (1)	v  Northern Ireland, 21 May 2006 (Friendly)
Maxi Pereira	8 June 1984 (age 25)	Benfica	37 (0)	v  Mexico, 26 October 2005 (Friendly)
Mauricio Victorino	11 October 1982(age 27)	Universidad de Chile	5 (0)	v  Venezuela, 27 September 2006 (Friendly)
Midfielders
Egidio Arévalo Ríos	27 September 1982(age 27)	Peñarol	6 (0)	v  Venezuela , 27 September 2006 (Friendly)
Sebastián Eguren	8 January 1981 (age 29)	AIK	27 (5)	v  Bolivia, 13 July 2001 (2001 Copa América)
Álvaro Fernández	11 October 1985(age 24)	Universidad de Chile	7 (0)	v  Chile, 1 April 2010 (WCQ2010)
Walter Gargano	27 July 1984 (age 25)	Napoli	28 (0)	v  Galicia, 29 December 2005 (Unnoficial friendly)
Álvaro González	29 October 1984(age 25)	Nacional	11 (0)	v  Romania, 24 May 2006 (Friendly)
Ignacio González	1 January 1982 (age 28)	Valencia	21 (1)	v  Basque Country, 25 May 2001 (Unnoficial friendly)
Nicolás Lodeiro	21 March 1989 (age 21)	Ajax	4 (0)	v  Costa Rica, 14 November 2009 (WCQ2010)
Jorge Martínez	5 April 1983 (age 27)	Catania	18 (1)	v  Korea Republic, 8 June 2003 (Friendly)
Álvaro Pereira	28 January 1985 (age 25)	Porto	15 (2)	v  France, 19 November 2008 (Friendly)
Diego Pérez	27 September 1982(age 27)	Monaco	50 (0)	v  Bolivia, 13 July 2001 (2001 Copa América)
Jorge Rodríguez	13 January 1985 (age 25)	River Plate	7 (0)	v  Japan, 20 August 2008 (Friendly)
Strikers
Sebastián Abreu	17 October 1976(age 33)	Botafogo	56 (26)	v  China PR, 17 July 1996 (Friendly)
Edinson Cavani	14 February 1987(age 23)	Palermo	14 (2)	v  Colombia, 6 February 2008 (Friendly)
Sebastián Fernández	23 May 1985 (age 25)	Banfield	6 (0)	v  Romania, 24 May 2006 (Friendly)
Diego Forlán (vice-captain)	19 May 1979 (age 31)	Atlético Madrid	37 (24)	v  Saudi Arabia, 27 March 2002 (Friendly)
Luis Suárez	24 January 1987 (age 23)	Ajax	30 (10)	v  Colombia, 7 February 2007 (Friendly)

[edit]Recent Call Ups

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

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Sebastián Viera	March 7, 1983(age 27)	Larissa	15 (0)	v  Paraguay, 18 July 2004 (2004 Copa América)	v  Algeria, 12 August 2009 (Friendly)
Defenders
Sebastián Coates	October 7, 1990(age 19)	Nacional	0 (0)	N/A	v  Switzerland, 3 March 2010 (Friendly)
Juan Manuel Díaz	October 28, 1987(age 22)	River Plate	0 (0)	N/A	v  Costa Rica, 18 November 2009 (WCQ2010)
Bruno Silva	March 29, 1980(age 30)	Internacional	19 (0)	v  Hong Kong, 1 February 2003 (2003 Carlsberg Cup)	v  Costa Rica, 18 November 2009 (WCQ2010)
Carlos Valdez	May 2, 1983(age 27)	Reggina	19 (0)	v  Chile, 7 January 2004 (2004 Pre-Olympic)	v  Costa Rica, 18 November 2009 (WCQ2010) (withdrew due to injury)
Midfielders
Miguel Amado	December 28, 1984 (age 25)	Defensor Sporting	2 (0)	v  Venezuela, 10 June 2009 (WCQ2010)	v  Costa Rica, 18 November 2009 (WCQ2010)
Diego de Souza	May 14, 1984(age 26)	Defensor Sporting	0 (0)	N/A	v  Argentina, 14 October 2009 (WCQ2010)
Cristian Rodríguez	September 30, 1984 (age 25)	Porto	36 (3)	v  Mexico, 15 October 2003 (Friendly)	v  Argentina, 14 October 2009 (WCQ2010)
Diego Arismendi	January 25, 1988(age 22)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2 (0)	v  Norway, 28 May 2008 (Friendly)	v  Venezuela, 10 June 2009 (WCQ2010)
Strikers
Hernán Rodrigo López	January 21, 1978(age 32)	Vélez Sársfield	2 (0)	v  China PR, 17 July 1996 (Friendly)	v  Argentina, 14 October 2009 (WCQ2010)

[edit]Player records

[edit]Most caps

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Rodolfo Rodríguez	1976–1986	79	0
2	Fabián Carini	1999–2009	74	0
3	Enzo Francescoli	1982–1997	72	15
4	Álvaro Recoba	1995–2007	69	14
=5	Ángel Romano	1911–1927	68	28
=5	Pablo Gabriel García	1997–2008	68	3
7	Carlos Aguilera	1982–1997	65	23
8	Diego Forlán	2002–	62	24
=9	Paolo Montero	1991–2005	61	5
=9	Jorge Barrios	1980–1992	61	4

[edit]Top Goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Goals per game
1	Héctor Scarone	1917–1930	31 (52)	0.60
2	Sebastián Abreu	1997–	26 (56)	0.48
3	Ángel Romano	1911–1927	28 (68)	0.41
4	Óscar Míguez	1950–1958	27 (39)	0.69
=5	Pedro Petrone	1924–1930	24 (29)	0.83
=5	Diego Forlán	2002–	24 (63)	0.38
6	Carlos Aguilera	1983–1997	23 (65)	0.35
7	Fernando Morena	1971–1983	22 (54)	0.41
9	José Piendibene	1909–1923	20 (40)	0.50
10	Héctor Castro	1926–1935	18 (25)	0.72

[edit]World Cup Winning Captains

#	Name	Caps	Goals
1930	José Nasazzi	51	0
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.^[6] 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.^[7]

[edit]Footnotes

1. ^ "Football's debt to Uruguay". BBC Sport. 2002-04-08. Retrieved 15 October 2006.
2. ^ "Football, football, football". UruguayNow. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
3. ^ FIFA World Cup Origin, FIFA Media Release. Retrieved on 16 October 2006.
4. ^ There was no official World Cup final match in 1950. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). However, Uruguay's 2-1 victory over Brazil (a match known as Maracanazo) was the decisive match (and also coincidentally one of the last two matches of the tournament) which put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as world champions. Therefore, this match is often considered the "final" of the 1950 World Cup [1]PDF (150 KiB). Likewise, Sweden's 3-1 victory over Spain (played at the same time as Uruguay vs Brazil) ensured that they finished third.
5. ^ "First winners hold on". ESPN. 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
6. ^ Argentina-Uruguay Matches 1901-2001. RSSSF.
7. ^ 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.

[edit]External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1902-
• The Official Uruguay football association website
• 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

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