The is controlled by the
Asociación Uruguaya De Fútbol . Uruguay were the first winners of the
World Cup , beating
Argentina 4-2 in
Uruguay in
1930 . They also won the
1950 Edition on Brazilian soil.
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 América 14 times, the first coming in the inaugural tournament in
1916 and the last in
1995 .
Uruguay also won the 50th anniversary World Champions tournament that it hosted in
1980 .
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.
- 1930 -
- 1934 - ''Did not enter''
- 1938 - ''Did not enter''
- 1950 -
- 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''
