Football World Cup 1962 / Uruguay

This article covers the Uruguayan national soccer team at the 1962 World Cup .

qualification

Bolivia	-	Uruguay	1: 1
Uruguay	-	Bolivia	2: 1

Uruguayan contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Roberto Sosa	Nacional Montevideo	06/14/1935
12	Luis Maidana	Peñarol	02/24/1934
Defense
2	Horacio Troche	Nacional Montevideo	02/04/1935
3	Emilio Walter Álvarez	Nacional Montevideo	02/10/1939
4th	Mario Omar Méndez	Nacional Montevideo	05/11/1938
14th	William Martínez	Peñarol	01/13/1928
15th	Ruben Soria	Club Atlético Cerro	1935
17th	Rubén Adán González	Nacional Montevideo	07/17/1939
18th	Eliseo Álvarez	Nacional Montevideo	07/27/1940
midfield
5	Néstor Gonçalves	Peñarol	04/27/1936
6th	Pedro Cubilla	Rampla Juniors	May 25, 1933
8th	Julio César Cortés	South America	March 29, 1941
10	Pedro Rocha	Peñarol	December 3, 1942
16	Edgardo González	Peñarol	09/30/1936
19th	Ronald Langón	Defensor	08/06/1939
attack
7th	Domingo Pérez	Nacional Montevideo	06/07/1936
9	José Francisco Sasía	Peñarol	December 27, 1933
11	Luis Cubilla	Peñarol	March 28, 1940
20th	Mario Ludovico Bergara	Nacional Montevideo	December 01, 1937
21st	Héctor Silva	Danubio FC	02/01/1940
22nd	Ángel Rubén Cabrera	Peñarol	10/09/1939
23	Guillermo Escalada	Nacional Montevideo	04/24/1936
Trainer
	Juan Carlos Corazzo

Games of the Uruguayan team

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	8: 5	5
2	Yugoslavia	8: 3	4th
3	Uruguay	4: 6	2
4th	Colombia	5:11	1

• Uruguay - Colombia 2: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn ( Arica )

Spectators: 7,908

Referee: Dorogi ( Hungary )

Goals: 0: 1 Zuluaga (19th) 11m , 1: 1 Sasía (56th), 2: 1 Cubilla (75th)

• Yugoslavia - Uruguay 3: 1 (2: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn ( Arica )

Spectators: 8,829

Referee: Galba ( Czechoslovakia )

Goals: 0: 1 Cabrera (19th), 1: 1 Skoblar (25th) 11m , 2: 1 Galić (29th), 3: 1 Jerković (49th)

• Soviet Union - Uruguay 2: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn ( Arica )

Spectators: 9,973

Referee: Jonny ( Italy )

Goals: 1-0 Mamykin (38th), 1: 1 Sasía (54th), 2: 1 Ivanov (89th)

In Group 1, ex-world champions Uruguay were at least classified as one of the favorites, but things turned out differently. Although the Urus won against the underdog Colombia 2-1 in their first game, the South Americans lost the game against Yugoslavia (1: 3) and against the USSR (1: 2). The Yugoslavs failed in their first game against the Soviet athletes 0: 2, but against the Urus and Colombia (5: 0) drove the filigree technicians from the Balkans, who later played well-known Bundesliga players with Soskic, Jusufi, Skoblar and Sekularac , convincing victories and qualified for the quarterfinals as second in the group. The group winners were the USSR, which only allowed themselves a little slip up against bottom-bottom Colombia (4: 4).