Uruguay national football team

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Uruguay

Nickname	Celeste Olimpica
Association	Asociaci�n Uruguaya de F�tbol
Coach	Jorge Daniel Fossati, 2004-
Most caps	Rodolfo Rodriguez (78)
Top scorer	H�ctor Scarone (31)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May, 1901)
Largest win Uruguay 9 - 0 Bolivia (Lima, Peru; 9 November, 1927)
Worst defeat Uruguay 0 - 6 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July, 1902)
World Cup
Appearances	10 (First in 1930)
Best result	Winners, 1930 and 1950
Copa Am�rica
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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The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociaci�n Uruguaya de F�tbol. Uruguay were the first winners of the World Cup, beating Argentina 4-2 in Uruguay in 1930 (they also became world champions in 1950). 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 1904 and the USA did not play one until 1916.)

Uruguay won the Copa Am�rica 14 times, the first coming in the inaugural tournament in 1916 and the last in 1995.

Contents

1 World Cup record 2 Copa Am�rica record 3 Famous players 4 External links

World Cup record

• 1930 - Champions
• 1934 - Did not enter
• 1938 - Did not enter
• 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

Copa Am�rica 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

Famous players

• Diego Forl�n
• Enzo Francescoli
• Paolo Montero
• Alvaro Recoba
• Angel Romano
• H�ctor Scarone

External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1902- (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-intres.html)

National football teams of South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Paraguay | Peru | Uruguay | Venezuela

International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup South America: CONMEBOL - Copa Am�rica | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

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