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URU
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'' Charrúa s''<br>''La Celeste Olímpica'' (The Olympic Sky Blue)<br>''La Celeste'' (The Sky Blue)
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Asociación Uruguaya<br>de Fútbol
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CONMEBOL ( South America )
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Oscar Tabarez , 2006-
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Diego Lugano
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Rodolfo Rodriguez (78)
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Héctor Scarone (31)
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Estadio Centenario
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21
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August 1993
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14
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May 1994
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76
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December 1998
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16
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various dates 1920-31
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46
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March 1980
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Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina <br/>( Montevideo , Uruguay 16 May , 1901 )
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Uruguay 9 - 0 Bolivia <br/>( Lima , Peru 9 November , 1927 )
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Uruguay 0 - 6 Argentina <br/>( Montevideo , Uruguay 20 July , 1902 )
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10
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1930
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Winners, 1930 and 1950
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Copa América
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39
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1916
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Winners, 1916 , 1917 , 1920 ,<br> 1923 , 1924 , 1926 , 1935 ,<br> 1942 , 1956 , 1959 , 1967 ,<br> 1983 , 1987 , 1995
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1997
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The is controlled by the
Asociación Uruguaya De Fútbol .
Uruguay is one of the most successful national
Football teams in the world. They have won two
FIFA World Cup s, 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 Medal in
Football At The Summer Olympics twice, in
1924 and
1928 , before the creation of the World Cup. They have also won the
Copa América fourteen times, tied most with Argentina. 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.
However, Uruguay has failed to achieve the same kind of success in the second half of the twentieth century and are no longer seen as a major powerhouse in world football at the international level. However they continue to produce exceptional individual talent, currently boasting the highest number of exports to the major European leagues, even outnumbering neighbor soccer powerhouses Brazil and Argentina, quite a feat considering the country's population is a fraction of that of other countries in South America and the world.
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,
1 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 surprise 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.
Since 1930, Uruguay have played their home games at the ,
2006 . 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.
Current Uruguay kits were adopted in 1910 as an homage to the now defunct
River Plate F.C. (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. In that occasion the Uruguay national team used
Albion F.C kit: Albion, in fact, had won the first game outside Uruguay, over Argentinean club 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.
The red kit was used in all the
Copa América of Santa Beatriz in
Peru in 1935 where Uruguay won the tourney.After that was never used again until 1991 when it was finally adopted as away jersey.
Four
Stars Appear Above The Team Logo on the jersey. Two represent Uruguay's 1930 and 1950 World Cup victories whereas 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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