Uruguay national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Los Charrúas La Celeste (The Sky Blue One) |
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| Association | Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) | |||||||||||||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | |||||||||||||
| Head coach | Óscar Tabárez | |||||||||||||
| Captain | Diego Godín | |||||||||||||
| Most caps | Maxi Pereira (116) | |||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Luis Suárez (47) | |||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | |||||||||||||
| FIFA code | URU | |||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | ||||||||||||||
| Current | 9  (22 December 2016)
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| Highest | 2 (July 2011) | |||||||||||||
| Lowest | 55 (December 1998) | |||||||||||||
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| Current | 11  2 (21 December 2016)
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| Highest | 1 (Various dates 1920–31) | |||||||||||||
| Lowest | 46 (March 1980) | |||||||||||||
| First international | ||||||||||||||
 Uruguay 2–3 Argentina  (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) |
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| Biggest win | ||||||||||||||
Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia  (Lima, Peru; 9 November 1927) |
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Uruguay 0–6 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902) |
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| World Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1930) | |||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 1930 and 1950 | |||||||||||||
| Copa America | ||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 45 (first in 1916) | |||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995 and 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Confederations Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1997) | |||||||||||||
| Best result | Fourth Place, 1997 and 2013 | |||||||||||||
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Medal record
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The Uruguay national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez. The Uruguayan team is commonly referred to as La Celeste (The Sky Blue) or Charrúas.
The Uruguayan team recently won the 2011 Copa América. They have won the Copa América 15 times, being the team that has won the tournament on most occasions. The team has won the FIFA World Cup twice, including the first World Cup in 1930 as hosts, defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final. They won their second title in 1950, upsetting host Brazil 2–1 in the final match, which received an attendance higher than any football match ever.
They have won the Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics twice, in 1924 and 1928 recognized by FIFA as World Cup, before the creation of the World Cup. Uruguay also won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament among former World Cup champions. In total, Uruguay have won 20 official titles, a world record for the most international titles held by any country.
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