Federation
founded: 1900 |
FIFA
member since: 1923 |

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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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1930 - CHAMPIONS |
1934 - Did not participate |
1938 - Did not participate |
1950 - CHAMPIONS |
1954 - 4th
place |
1958 - Did not qualify |
1962 - First
round exit |
1966 - Quarterfinal
exit |
1970 - 4th
place |
1974 - First
round exit |
1978 - Did not qualify |
1982 - Did not qualify |
1986 - Second
round exit |
1990 - Second
round exit |
1994 - Did not qualify |
1998 - Did not qualify |
2002 - First round exit |
2006 - Did not qualify |
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STATISTICS
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Played |
40
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Won |
15
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Drawn |
10
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Lost |
15
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Goals for |
65
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Goals against |
57
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Points |
55
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Uruguay
are 12th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
8-0 vs Bolivia
in 1950.
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Biggest
defeat:
1-6 vs Denmark
in 1986.
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Overall
topscorer:
Juan Schiaffino,
7 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz,
13 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
1930
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1930
URUGUAY qualified automatically
as host nation, but no qualifying rounds
were held as teams were invited to take
part in the inaugural tournament.
1934
URUGUAY qualified automatically
for Italy 1934 as defending champions, but
refused to come because Italy snubbed their
World Cup in 1930.
1938
URUGUAY did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1950
(WCQ Group 8)
Peru and Ecuador withdrew so
URUGUAY and Paraguay had
walkovers to Brazil 1950.
1954
URUGUAY qualified automatically
for Switzerland 1954 as defending champions.
1958
(CONMEBOL Group 3)
16.Jun 57 Colombia 1-1 URUGUAY
30.Jun 57 URUGUAY 1-0 Colombia
14.Jul 57 Paraguay 5-0 URUGUAY
28.Jul 57 URUGUAY 2-0 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Paraguay 4 3 0 1 11- 4 6
2.URUGUAY 4 2 1 1 4- 6 5
3.Colombia 4 0 1 3 3- 8 1
URUGUAY failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.
1962
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
16.Jul 60 Bolivia 1-1 URUGUAY
30.Jul 60 URUGUAY 2-1 Bolivia
URUGUAY qualified for Chile 1962.
1966
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
23.May 65 URUGUAY 5-0 Venezuela
30.May 65 Venezuela 1-3 URUGUAY
06.Jun 65 Peru 0-1 URUGUAY
13.Jun 65 URUGUAY 2-1 Peru
P W D L Gls Pts
1.URUGUAY 4 4 0 0 11- 2 8
2.Peru 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4
3.Venezuela 4 0 0 4 4-15 0
URUGUAY qualified for England 1966.
1970
(CONMEBOL Group 3)
06.Jul 69 Ecuador 0-2 URUGUAY
13.Jul 69 Chile 0-0 URUGUAY
20.Jul 69 URUGUAY 1-0 Ecuador
10.Aug 69 URUGUAY 2-0 Chile
P W D L Gls Pts
1.URUGUAY 4 3 1 0 5- 0 7
2.Chile 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4
3.Ecuador 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1
URUGUAY qualified for Mexico 1970.
1974
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
24.Jun 73 Colombia 0-0 URUGUAY
01.Jul 73 Ecuador 1-2 URUGUAY
05.Jul 73 URUGUAY 0-1 Colombia
08.Jul 73 URUGUAY 4-0 Ecuador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.URUGUAY 4 2 1 1 6- 2 5
2.Colombia 4 1 3 0 3- 2 5
3.Ecuador 4 0 2 2 3- 8 2
URUGUAY qualified for West Germany 1974.
1978
(CONMEBOL First round - Group B)
09.Feb 77 Venezuela 1-1 URUGUAY
27.Feb 77 Bolivia 1-0 URUGUAY
17.Mar 77 URUGUAY 2-0 Venezuela
27.Mar 77 URUGUAY 2-2 Bolivia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Bolivia 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7
2.URUGUAY 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4
3.Venezuela 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1
URUGUAY failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
09.Aug 81 URUGUAY 3-2 Colombia
23.Aug 81 URUGUAY 1-2 Peru
06.Sep 81 Peru 0-0 URUGUAY
13.Sep 81 Colombia 1-1 URUGUAY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Peru 4 2 2 0 5- 2 6
2.URUGUAY 4 1 2 1 5- 5 4
3.Colombia 4 0 2 2 4- 7 2
URUGUAY failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
10.Mar 85 URUGUAY 2-1 Ecuador
24.Mar 85 Chile 2-0 URUGUAY
31.Mar 85 Ecuador 0-2 URUGUAY
07.Apr 85 URUGUAY 2-1 Chile
P W D L Gls Pts
1.URUGUAY 4 3 0 1 6- 4 6
2.Chile 4 2 1 1 10- 5 5
3.Ecuador 4 0 1 3 4-11 1
URUGUAY qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
27.Aug 89 Peru 0-2 URUGUAY
03.Sep 89 Bolivia 2-1 URUGUAY
17.Sep 89 URUGUAY 2-0 Bolivia
24.Sep 89 URUGUAY 2-0 Peru
P W D L Gls Pts
1.URUGUAY 4 3 0 1 7- 2 6
2.Bolivia 4 3 0 1 6- 5 6
3.Peru 4 0 0 4 2- 8 0
URUGUAY qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
25.Jul 93 Venezuela 0-1 URUGUAY
01.Aug 93 URUGUAY 0-0 Ecuador
08.Aug 93 Bolivia 3-1 URUGUAY
15.Aug 93 URUGUAY 1-1 Brazil
29.Aug 93 URUGUAY 4-0 Venezuela
05.Sep 93 Ecuador 0-1 URUGUAY
12.Sep 93 URUGUAY 2-1 Bolivia
19.Sep 93 Brazil 2-0 URUGUAY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Brazil 8 5 2 1 20- 4 12
2.Bolivia 8 5 1 2 22-11 11
3.URUGUAY 8 4 2 2 10- 7 10
4.Ecuador 8 1 3 4 7- 7 5
5.Venezuela 8 1 0 7 4-34 2
URUGUAY failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(CONMEBOL league)
24.Apr 96 Venezuela 0-2 URUGUAY
02.Jun 96 URUGUAY 0-2 Paraguay
07.Jul 96 Colombia 3-1 URUGUAY
08.Oct 96 URUGUAY 1-0 Bolivia
12.Nov 96 Chile 1-0 URUGUAY
15.Dec 96 URUGUAY 2-0 Peru
12.Jan 97 URUGUAY 0-0 Argentina
12.Feb 97 Ecuador 4-0 URUGUAY
02.Apr 97 URUGUAY 3-1 Venezuela
30.Apr 97 Paraguay 3-1 URUGUAY
08.Jun 97 URUGUAY 1-1 Colombia
20.Jul 97 Bolivia 1-0 URUGUAY
20.Aug 97 URUGUAY 1-0 Chile
10.Sep 97 Peru 2-1 URUGUAY
12.Oct 97 Argentina 0-0 URUGUAY
16.Nov 97 URUGUAY 5-3 Ecuador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Argentina 16 8 6 2 23-13 30
2.Paraguay 16 9 2 5 21-14 29
3.Colombia 16 8 4 4 23-15 28
4.Chile 16 7 4 5 32-18 25
5.Peru 16 7 4 5 19-20 25
6.Ecuador 16 6 3 7 22-21 21
7.URUGUAY 16 6 3 7 18-21 21
8.Bolivia 16 4 5 7 18-21 17
9.Venezuela 16 0 3 13 8-41 3
URUGUAY failed to qualify for France 1998.
2002
(CONMEBOL league)
29.Mar 00 URUGUAY 1-0 Bolivia
26.Apr 00 Paraguay 1-0 URUGUAY
03.Jun 00 URUGUAY 2-1 Chile
28.Jun 00 Brazil 1-1 URUGUAY
18.Jul 00 URUGUAY 3-1 Venezuela
26.Jul 00 URUGUAY 0-0 Peru
15.Aug 00 Colombia 1-0 URUGUAY
03.Sep 00 URUGUAY 4-0 Ecuador
08.Oct 00 Argentina 2-1 URUGUAY
15.Nov 00 Bolivia 0-0 URUGUAY
28.Mar 01 URUGUAY 0-1 Paraguay
24.Apr 01 Chile 0-1 URUGUAY
01.Jul 01 URUGUAY 1-0 Brazil
14.Aug 01 Venezuela 2-0 URUGUAY
04.Sep 01 Peru 0-2 URUGUAY
07.Oct 01 URUGUAY 1-1 Colombia
07.Nov 01 Ecuador 1-1 URUGUAY
14.Nov 01 URUGUAY 1-1 Argentina
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Argentina 18 13 4 1 42-15 43
2.Ecuador 18 9 4 5 23-20 31
3.Brazil 18 9 3 6 31-17 30
4.Paraguay 18 9 3 6 29-23 30
5.URUGUAY 18 7 6 5 19-13 27
6.Colombia 18 7 6 5 20-15 27
7.Bolivia 18 4 6 8 21-33 18
8.Peru 18 4 4 10 14-25 16
9.Venezuela 18 5 1 12 18-44 16
10.Chile 18 3 3 12 15-27 12
URUGUAY forced to play off with winner of
OCEANIA for one spot in the World Cup.
20.Nov 01 Australia 1-0 URUGUAY
25.Nov 01 URUGUAY 3-0 Australia
URUGUAY qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(CONMEBOL league)
07.Sep 03 URUGUAY 5-0 Bolivia
10.Sep 03 Paraguay 4-1 URUGUAY
15.Nov 03 URUGUAY 2-1 Chile
19.Nov 03 Brazil 3-3 URUGUAY
31.Mar 04 URUGUAY 0-3 Venezuela
01.Jun 04 URUGUAY 1-3 Peru
06.Jun 04 Colombia 5-0 URUGUAY
05.Sep 04 URUGUAY 1-0 Ecuador
09.Oct 04 Argentina 4-2 URUGUAY
12.Oct 04 Bolivia 0-0 URUGUAY
17.Nov 04 URUGUAY 1-0 Paraguay
26.Mar 05 Chile 1-1 URUGUAY
30.Mar 05 URUGUAY 1-1 Brazil
04.Jun 05 Venezuela 1-1 URUGUAY
07.Jun 05 Peru 0-0 URUGUAY
04.Sep 05 URUGUAY 3-2 Colombia
08.Oct 05 Ecuador 0-0 URUGUAY
12.Oct 05 URUGUAY 1-0 Argentina
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Brazil 18 9 7 2 35-17 34
2.Argentina 18 10 4 4 29-17 34
3.Ecuador 18 8 4 6 23-19 28
4.Paraguay 18 8 4 6 23-23 28
5.URUGUAY 18 6 7 5 23-28 25
6.Colombia 18 6 6 6 24-16 24
7.Chile 18 5 7 6 18-22 22
8.Venezuela 18 5 3 10 20-28 18
9.Peru 18 4 6 8 20-28 18
10.Bolivia 18 4 2 12 20-37 14
URUGUAY forced to play off with winner of
OCEANIA for one spot in the World Cup.
12.Nov 05 URUGUAY 1-0 Australia
25.Nov 01 Australia 1-0 URUGUAY
[4-2 ap]
URUGUAY failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
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