Uruguayan national soccer team
Nickname (s) | La Celeste (The Sky Blue) | |||||||||
Association | Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol | |||||||||
confederacy | CONMEBOL | |||||||||
Technical sponsor | puma | |||||||||
Head coach | vacant (most recently Óscar Tabárez 2006 - 2020) | |||||||||
captain | Diego Godin | |||||||||
Record scorer | Luis Suarez (59) | |||||||||
Record player | Diego Godin (135) | |||||||||
Home stadium | Estadio Centenario | |||||||||
FIFA code | URU | |||||||||
FIFA rank | 5. (1645 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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Balance sheet | ||||||||||
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921 games 408 wins 219 draws 294 defeats |
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First international game Uruguay 0-6 Argentina ( Montevideo , Uruguay ; July 20, 1902)
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Biggest win Uruguay 9-0 Bolivia ( Lima , Peru ; November 9, 1927)
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Biggest defeat Uruguay 6-0 Argentina ( Montevideo , Uruguay ; July 20, 1902)
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Successes in tournaments | ||||||||||
World Championship | ||||||||||
Participation in the finals | 13 ( first : 1930 ) | |||||||||
Best results | World champion: 1930 , 1950 | |||||||||
South American Championship | ||||||||||
Participation in the finals | 41 ( first : 1916 ) | |||||||||
Best results | South American champions: 1916 , 1917 , 1920 , 1923 , 1924 , 1926 , 1935 , 1942 , 1956 , 1959 (II) , 1967 , 1983 , 1987 , 1995 , 2011 | |||||||||
Confederations Cup | ||||||||||
Participation in the finals | 2 ( first : 1997 ) | |||||||||
Best results | 4th place (1997, 2013) | |||||||||
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(As of November 18, 2019) |
The Uruguayan national soccer team represents Uruguay at soccer matches on an international level. It was one of the world's strongest national teams , especially in the early days of professional football, and is back today after a few less successful decades. It is the national soccer team with the most international titles.
From 1924 to 1930 she won five major titles in just six years: the Olympic football tournaments in Paris and Amsterdam , the first football world championship in history in 1930, and the Copa America in 1924 and 1926 . In 1950 she won the World Cup for a second time in Brazil . In 1954 and 1970 she was fourth in the World Cup, but then failed to qualify for the World Cup several times or did not get past the World Cup round of 16. It was not until 2010 that the team managed to move into the semi-finals of the World Cup and finally finished fourth again. However, in the past few decades (1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011) the Uruguayan national soccer team won the Copa América as a success. With a total of 15 titles, Uruguay has been the record winner of the Copa since 2011. In June 2012 Uruguay climbed to second place in the FIFA world rankings . This ranking was the best in the country to date, but had to be handed over to Germany in July 2012.
history
From the beginning until 1930
English workers brought the game to Uruguay in the late 19th century and football soon became a national sport. It is largely thanks to the Uruguayans that the English kick-and-rush style began to take a back seat in favor of a modern combination and dribble game.
The team from small Uruguay won the Copa America in 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926 and 1935 . In 1919, 1922, 1927 it took second place. The class of the football country Uruguay already showed itself here.
In 1924, the Uruguayan style also led to overwhelming success on the world stage over the continental European nations: The team made up of butchers, shoe shiners and vegetable sellers traveled in 3rd grade to the Olympic Games in France. The trip was financed through mortgages and spontaneously scheduled friendly matches. In the first game of a South American team in Europe in front of about 3000 spectators, the "Urus" defeated Yugoslavia 7-0, the second game against the USA (3-0) came 10,455 spectators and the quarter-final match (5-1) against hosts France 30,868 Spectator. The 3-0 success in the final against Switzerland was finally seen by 40,522 spectators.
How superior the South American style was to the European style was shown again four years later at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam: the final took place between Uruguay and Argentina. It was only in the replay that Uruguay beat their neighbors after a goal from Hector Scarone to make it 2-1. In 1950, FIFA recognized the two Olympic victories as world championships.
The rivals from the Río de la Plata also met two years later in the final of the first World Cup . In the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, 93,000 spectators saw the 4-2 for the host. Victory Day was simply declared a public holiday .
Uruguay: Ballesteros; Mascheroni, Nasazzi; JL Andrade, Fernandez, Gestido; Dorado, Scarone, Castro, Cea, Iriarte. Argentina: Botasso; Della Torre, paternoster; J. Evaristo, Monti, Juarez; Peucelle, Varallo, Stabile, Ferreira, M. Evaristo. SR Langenus (Belgium). - Goals: 12th Dorado 1-0. 20. Peucelle 1: 1. 22. Stable 1: 2. 57. Cea 2: 2. 68. Iriarte 3: 2. 89. Castro 4-2
The outstanding player of this golden period of Uruguayan football was the charismatic José Nasazzi . The stonemason was the team captain and playmaker. The "black pearl" José Leandro Andrade , the great star of the 1924 tournament, was his congenial partner in midfield. Not to be missed are strikers Hector Scarone and Héctor Castro , who continued to score goals for Uruguay despite losing his right hand.
Soccer world championships
Balance sheet
With two titles and fourth place three times, Uruguay is among the ten best national teams at soccer world championships.
1930 in Uruguay | World Champion |
1934 in Italy | not participated |
1938 in France | not participated |
1950 in Brazil | World Champion |
1954 in Switzerland | 4th Place |
1958 in Sweden | not qualified |
1962 in Chile | Preliminary round |
1966 in England | Quarter finals |
1970 in Mexico | 4th Place |
1974 in Germany | Preliminary round |
1978 in Argentina | not qualified |
1982 in Spain | not qualified |
1986 in Mexico | Round of 16 |
1990 in Italy | Round of 16 |
1994 in the USA | not qualified |
1998 in France | not qualified |
2002 in South Korea / Japan | Preliminary round |
2006 in Germany | not qualified |
2010 in South Africa | 4th Place |
2014 in Brazil | Round of 16 |
2018 in Russia | Quarter finals |
Participation in the Summer Olympics
1908 in London | did not take part, the association was only admitted to FIFA in 1923 |
1912 in Stockholm | did not take part, the association was only admitted to FIFA in 1923 |
1920 in Antwerp | did not take part, the association was only admitted to FIFA in 1923 |
1924 in Paris | Olympic champion |
1928 in Amsterdam | Olympic champion |
1936 in Berlin | not participated |
1948 in London | not participated |
1952 in Helsinki | not participated |
The amateur, Olympic and U-20 teams either failed to qualify between 1956 and 2008 or did not take part. Only for the Olympic Games in London was a Uruguayan team able to qualify again. They competed as U-23, in which there were seven senior international players. a. the current record goal scorer Luis Suárez as team captain and Edinson Cavani . The team was eliminated in the preliminary round, with Uruguay on July 29, 2012 against Senegal for the first time losing a game in an Olympic football tournament.
In 1924 and 1928 Uruguay played in the three finals with the following players:
- Goal: Mazzali
- Defenders: Arispe, Nasazzi
- Runners: Andrade , Fernández (only 1928 in the 1st final), Gestido (only 1928), Ghierra (only 1924), Plirz (only 1928 in the 2nd final), Vidal (only 1924)
- Sturm: Arremún (only 1928 in the 2nd final), Borjas (only 1928 in the 2nd final), Campolo (only 1928 in the 1st final), Castro (only 1928 in the 1st final), Cea , Figueroa (only 1928 in the 2nd final) . Finale), Petrone (1928 only in the 1st final), Romano (only 1924), Scarone (1928 only in the 2nd final), Urdinarán (1928 only in the 1st final)
- (Players in bold were also in the World Cup final in 1930)
Record at the Copa America
Participation in the Confederations Cup
year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | Result | Trainer | Comments and special features | |
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1992 | Saudi Arabia | not qualified | |||||
1995 | Saudi Arabia | not qualified | |||||
1997 | Saudi Arabia | 3rd place match | Czech Republic | Fourth | Víctor Púa | Semi-final defeat against Australia by golden goal | |
1999 | Mexico | not qualified | |||||
2001 | South Korea / Japan | not qualified | |||||
2003 | France | not qualified | |||||
2005 | Germany | not qualified | |||||
2009 | South Africa | not qualified | |||||
2013 | Brazil | 3rd place match | Italy | Fourth | Óscar Tabarez | In the 8: 0 in the last group game against Tahiti, Uruguay increased their own record for South American teams against oceanic team by one goal defeat in the game for third place on penalties |
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2017 | Russia | not qualified | |||||
More Achievements
- Mundialito (1980): Winner
- Pan American Games 1983 and 2015 : Gold Medal (2015 only with players under the age of 22)
- Copa Lipton (11 ×): 1905, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929 and 1973.
- Copa Newton (10 ×): 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1929, 1930 and 1968.
- Copa Río Branco (4 ×): 1940, 1946, 1948 and 1967 (shared).
- Copa Juan Pinto Durán (6 ×): 1963, 1965, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1988.
- Copa José G. Artigas (6 ×): 1965, 1966, 1975, 1977, 1983 and 1985.
- Copa Miami (2 ×): 1986 and 1990.
- Copa Banco República (1 ×): 2010
Juniors
U-20
Main article: Uruguayan national football team (U-20 men)
- Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 (7): 1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981
- U-20 World Cup 2013 : Vice World Champion
- Junior Football World Cup 1997 : Vice World Champion
- Junior World Cup 1977 : 4th place
U-17
- South American Championship : Vice South American Champion 1991, 2005 and 2011
- World Championship : Vice World Champion 2011
U-15
- Vice South American Champion: 2007 and 2015
Record player
Record international
Players still active in the national team are shown in bold.
- Status: November 18, 2019: (data updated based on the players' rsssf data)
# | Surname | Period | Games | Gates |
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1 | Diego Godin | 2005 – active | 135 | 8th |
2 | Maxi Pereira | 2005-2018 | 125 | 3 |
3 | Edinson Cavani | 2008 – active | 116 | 50 |
4th | Fernando Muslera | 2009 – active | 116 | 0 |
5 | Luis Suarez | 2007 – active | 113 | 59 |
6th | Diego Forlan | 2002-2014 | 112 | 36 |
7th | Cristian Rodríguez | 2003-2018 | 110 | 11 |
8th | Martín Cáceres | 2007 – active | 98 | 4th |
9 | Diego Lugano | 2003-2014 | 95 | 9 |
10 | Egidio Arévalo Ríos | 2006-2017 | 90 | 0 |
11 | Diego Perez | 2001-2014 | 89 | 2 |
12 | Alvaro Pereira | 2008-2016 | 83 | 7th |
13 | Rodolfo Rodríguez | 1976-1986 | 78 | 0 |
14th | Fabian Carini | 1999-2009 | 74 | 0 |
15th | Enzo Francescoli | 1982-1997 | 73 | 17th |
Record goal scorers
# | player | Period | Gates | Games | cut |
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1 | Luis Suarez | 2007– | 59 | 113 | 0.52 |
2 | Edinson Cavani | 2008– | 50 | 116 | 0.43 |
3 | Diego Forlan | 2002-2014 | 36 | 112 | 0.32 |
4th | Héctor Scarone | 1917-1930 | 31 | 52 | 0.60 |
5 | Ángel Romano | 1911-1927 | 28 | 69 | 0.41 |
6th | Omar Oscar Míguez | 1950-1958 | 27 | 39 | 0.69 |
7th | Sebastián Abreu | 1996-2012 | 26th | 70 | 0.37 |
8th | Pedro Petrone | 1923-1930 | 24 | 29 | 0.83 |
9 | Carlos Aguilera | 1982-1997 | 22nd | 64 | 0.34 |
Fernando Morena | 1971-1983 | 22nd | 53 | 0.42 |
(As of November 18, 2019)
Other well-known players
Coach history
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International matches against German-speaking national soccer teams
date | place | Home team | result | Visiting team | occasion | |
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1. | June 9, 1924 | Paris ( ) | Uruguay | 3-0 | Switzerland | Olympic finals |
2. | June 3, 1928 | Amsterdam ( ) | Uruguay | 4: 1 | German Empire | Olympic quarter-finals |
3. | May 23, 1954 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 3: 3 | Uruguay | |
4th | 5th June 1954 | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 1: 7 | Uruguay | |
5. | 3rd July 1954 | Zurich ( ) | Austria | 3: 1 | Uruguay | World Cup game for 3rd place |
6th | April 11, 1962 | Hamburg | FRG | 3-0 | Uruguay | |
7th | May 14, 1964 | Vienna | Austria | 0: 2 | Uruguay | |
8th. | January 2, 1965 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 0: 2 | GDR | |
9. | July 23, 1966 | Sheffield ( ) | Uruguay | 0: 4 | FRG | World Cup quarter-finals |
10. | June 20, 1970 | Mexico City ( ) | FRG | 1-0 | Uruguay | World Cup game for 3rd place |
11. | February 10, 1971 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 0: 3 | GDR | |
12. | 15th February 1971 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 1: 1 | GDR | |
13. | May 27, 1972 | Leipzig | GDR | 1-0 | Uruguay | |
14th | May 31, 1972 | Rostock | GDR | 0-0 | Uruguay | |
15th | June 8, 1977 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 0: 2 | FRG | |
16. | December 18, 1980 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 4-0 | Switzerland | |
17th | January 29, 1985 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 3-0 | GDR | |
18th | 4th June 1986 | Santiago de Querétaro ( ) | Uruguay | 1: 1 | FRG | World Cup group game |
19th | April 25, 1990 | Stuttgart | FRG | 3: 3 | Uruguay | |
20th | December 20, 1992 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 1: 4 | Germany | |
21st | October 13, 1993 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 5-0 | Uruguay | |
22nd | March 3, 2010 | St. Gallen | Switzerland | 1: 3 | Uruguay | |
23. | July 10, 2010 | Port Elizabeth ( ) | Uruguay | 2: 3 | Germany | World Cup game for 3rd place |
24. | May 29, 2011 | Sinsheim | Germany | 2: 1 | Uruguay | |
25th | 5th March 2014 | Klagenfurt | Austria | 1: 1 | Uruguay |
Games against Germany
Germany and Uruguay have met eleven times so far. Uruguay's only victory was when they first met at the Olympic Games in 1928 . For Germany it was the first game against a non-European team. The later Olympic champion won the quarter-finals 4-1. Germany lost Richard Hofmann and Hans Kalb by sending off, with Kalb being the first German to be sent off in an international match. Since the Uruguayan José Nasazzi did not see the end of the game on the pitch, it is the international match with the most dismissals in German football history. The 1966 World Cup quarter-finals did not go off without being sent off. There it met the two Uruguayans Héctor Silva and Horacio Troche , who then ended up in the German leagues for a few years. At the game on October 13, 1993, Lothar Matthäus set Franz Beckenbauer's record with 103 international matches. Both teams met twice in the game for third place at a World Cup. This makes it the most common pairing in the game for third place.
National jersey
From the first international match in 1901, Uruguay had no official national jersey until 1910. So you played in the first game in the jersey of the Montevidean club Albion Football Club . In the period that followed, a large number of different jerseys were experimented with, until the official decision in honor of the River Plate Football Club , which existed between 1897 and 1929, for its alternative jersey and thus the sky-blue shirts in 1910 .
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About the shape of the logo
The national soccer team wears four stars on its jersey: two for the World Cup titles in 1930 and 1950 and two for the victories at the Summer Olympics in Paris in 1924 and Amsterdam in 1928. The stars for the two victories in the Olympic soccer tournaments have been added since in the years 1924 and 1928 no soccer world championship was held and the two Olympic victories have the same status as a world cup title in the opinion of the Uruguayan soccer association.
See also
- List of the international matches of the Uruguayan national football team
- Copa Lipton
- Torneo America del Sud - Centenario
- Uruguayan National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
- Uruguayan National Football Team (U-20 Men)
literature
- Stefan Thimmel: Uruguay. Nostalgia and crisis in the country of the two-time world champions · »I am crazy about football«. A conversation with Eduardo Galeano . In: Dario Azzellini , Stefan Thimmel Futbolistas. Football and Latin America: Hopes, Heroes, Politics and Commerce. Association A, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-935936-46-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Olympia Siege , report on dailymail.co.uk from June 21, 2014, page in English, accessed on July 15, 2018
- ↑ Facts Sheet - FIFA World Cup TM : All-time ranking (PDF; 126 kB). FIFA
- ↑ Title shared with Paraguay
- ↑ José Luis Pierrend: Copa Artigas. In: RSSSF . September 30, 1998, accessed May 26, 2010 .
- ↑ Statistics of the international matches of Uruguayan international players on rsssf.com (as of November 20, 2018)
- ↑ Histórico de Entrenadores , on.org.uy
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax Juan Ramón Carrasco es el 44º técnico de la Selección (Spanish) on lr21.com.uy on June 12, 2003, accessed on November 10, 2016
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Los 45 partidos mas nefastos (Spanish) on lr21.com.uy from February 22, 2004, accessed on November 10, 2016
- ↑ South American Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament) on rsssf.com, accessed on November 8, 2016
- ↑ Uruguay on fifa.com, accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Uruguay - World Cup Qualifiers on rsssf.com, accessed November 7, 2016
- ↑ South American Championship 1967 on rsssf.com, accessed on November 8, 2016
- ↑ Uruguay - World Cup Qualifiers on rsssf.com, accessed November 7, 2016
- ↑ Uruguay - World Cup Qualifiers on rsssf.com, accessed November 7, 2016
- ↑ Uruguay - World Cup Qualifiers on rsssf.com, accessed November 7, 2016
- ↑ Uruguay - World Cup Qualifiers on rsssf.com, accessed November 7, 2016
- ↑ DFB.de: duels against Uruguay: slap, Overath, Olympia
- ↑ Wayback Machine. November 11, 2012, accessed July 3, 2018 .