Uruguay national football team
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Uruguay national football team is the national football team of Uruguay. They won the World Cup in 1930 and 1950. Also, they won the Olympics football championship in 1924 and 1928. Recently, Uruguay won the 2011 Copa América, playing against Paraguay in the final.
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Nickname(s) | La Celeste (The Sky Blues) | |||||||||||||||||
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Association | AUF | |||||||||||||||||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | |||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Marcelo Bielsa | |||||||||||||||||
Captain | José María Giménez | |||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Diego Godín (126) | |||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Luis Suárez (55) | |||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | URU | |||||||||||||||||
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FIFA ranking | ||||||||||||||||||
Current | 11 -- (21 December 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
Highest | 2 (July 2011) | |||||||||||||||||
Lowest | 55 (December 1998) | |||||||||||||||||
First international | ||||||||||||||||||
Uruguay 2–3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)[note 1][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | 13 (first in 1930) | |||||||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1930, 1950) | |||||||||||||||||
Copa América | ||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 45 (first in 1916) | |||||||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||
Confederations Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1997) | |||||||||||||||||
Best result | Fourth place (1997, 2013) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Website | auf.com.uy |
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