Uruguay national football team

Uruguay
Nickname(s)	La Celeste (The Sky Blues)
Association	AUF
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Óscar Tabárez
Captain	Diego Godín
Most caps	Diego Godín (126)
Top scorer	Luis Suárez (55)
FIFA code	URU
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	17 (23 December 2021)
Highest	2 (July 2011)
Lowest	55 (December 1998)
First international
	Uruguay 2–3 Argentina ; (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)
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
Olympic medal record
Men's football
Olympic games
Website	auf.com.uy

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.

Most appearancesEdit

As of 20 November 2018^[6]

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Diego Godín	2005–	125	8
1	Maxi Pereira	2005–	125	3
3	Diego Forlán	2002–2014	112	36
4	Cristian Rodríguez	2003–	109	11
4	Edinson Cavani	2008–	109	46
6	Luis Suárez	2007–	106	55
7	Fernando Muslera	2009–	105	0
8	Diego Lugano	2003–2014	95	9
9	Egidio Arévalo Ríos	2006–2017	90	0
10	Diego Pérez	2001–2014	89	2

As of 20 November 2018^[6]

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Luis Suárez	2007–	55	106
2	Edinson Cavani	2008–	46	109
3	Diego Forlán	2002–2014	36	112
4	Héctor Scarone	1917–1930	31	52
5	Ángel Romano	1913–1927	28	69
6	Óscar Míguez	1950–1958	27	39
7	Sebastián Abreu	1996–2012	26	70
8	Pedro Petrone	1923–1930	24	29
9	Carlos Aguilera	1982–1997	22	64
9	Fernando Morena	1971–1983	22	53

↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
↑ "Historia del Fútbol Uruguayo" at Deportes en Uruguay
↑ "Historias, curiosidades y estadísticas de la Selección, tras sus "primeros" 900 partidos", El Gráfico, 4 July 2012
↑ Pelayes, Héctor Darío (24 September 2010). "ARGENTINA-URUGUAY Matches 1902–2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 After 1988, the tournament has been restricted to squads with no more than 3 players over the age of 23, and these matches are not regarded as part of the national team's record, nor are caps awarded.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Uruguay – Record International Players

Notes

↑ Although the first match ever recorded by both, Argentina and Uruguay sides, was played on 16 May 1901, this is not considered an official game due to the match not being organized by Uruguay's Football Association but by Albion FC in its home field, "Paso del Molino". The Uruguayan team had nine players from that club and the remainder from Nacional.^[2] Argentina won the match by 3-2.^[3]