Uruguay national football team
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| Nickname | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 14 (May 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 76 (December 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 1 (various dates 1920-31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina Image:Flag of Argentina.svg (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May, 1901) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Largest win Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 9 - 0 Bolivia Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg (Lima, Peru; 9 November, 1927) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Worst defeat Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 0 - 6 Argentina Image:Flag of Argentina.svg (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July, 1902) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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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| Gold | 1924 Paris | Team | |
| Gold | 1928 Amsterdam | Team | |
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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,<ref>Football's debt to Uruguay. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 15 October, 2006.</ref> 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 suprise 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.
[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.<ref>FIFA World Cup Origin, FIFA Media Release. Retrieved on October 16, 2006.</ref> 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 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.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Copa América record
[edit] Current players
Below were roster against Georgia national football team, 15 November, 2006
[edit] Recent call-up
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[edit] Famous players
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