Uruguay national football team records and statistics

This article contains the list of Uruguay national football team's all records and statistics.

Management record

Competitive matches only as of 6 June 2024

Years Coach Pld W D L GF GA Win % Tournaments
1902–1914 Selection committee 30 10 7 13 45 46 33.33 Gold 1905 Copa Lipton – Champions
Silver 1906 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Silver 1906 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Silver 1907 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Silver 1907 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Silver 1908 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Silver 1908 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Gold 1908 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions
Silver 1909 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Silver 1909 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up
Silver 1909 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Silver 1910 Copa Centenario de la Revolución de Mayo – Runners-up
Gold 1910 Copa Lipton – Champions
Gold 1910 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions
Gold 1911 Copa Lipton – Champions
Silver 1911 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Silver 1911 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up
Gold 1911 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions
Gold 1912 Copa Lipton – Champions
Gold 1912 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions
Gold 1912 Copa Newton – Champions
Silver 1912 Copa Montevideo – Runners-up
Silver 1913 Copa Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña – Runners-up
Silver 1913 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Gold 1913 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions
Gold 1913 Copa Newton – Champions
1915–1916 Uruguay Jorge Pacheco
Uruguay Alfredo Foglino		 11 4 0 7 18 20 36.36 Silver 1915 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up
Silver 1915 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Gold 1915 Copa Newton – Champions
Silver 1916 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Silver 1916 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Gold 1916 South American Championship – Champions
Silver 1916 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up
Silver 1916 Copa Círculo de la Empresa – Runners-up
1917–1919 Uruguay Ramón Platero 17 10 4 3 31 15 58.82 Silver 1917 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Gold 1917 Copa Newton – Champions
Gold 1917 South American Championship – Champions
Gold 1918 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions
Silver 1918 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up
Silver 1918 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Silver 1918 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Gold 1919 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions
Gold 1919 Copa Lipton – Champions
Gold 1919 Copa Newton – Champions
Silver 1919 South American Championship – Runners-up
1919–1920 Uruguay Severino Castillo 4 4 0 0 15 4 100.00 Gold 1919 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions
Gold 1919 Copa Círculo de Prensa – Champions
Gold 1920 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions
Gold 1920 Copa Newton
1920–1922 Uruguay Ernesto Fígoli 9 5 1 3 14 7 55.56 Gold 1920 South American Championship – Champions
Bronze 1921 South American Championship – Third place
Gold 1922 Copa pitote – Champions
Gold 1922 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions
1922–1923 Uruguay Pedro Olivieri 6 2 3 1 5 3 33.33 Bronze 1922 South American Championship – Third place
Gold 1922 Copa Newton – Champions
Gold 1923 Copa Lipton – Champions
1923–1924 Uruguay Leonardo De Lucca 6 3 1 2 8 9 50.00 Silver 1923 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up
Gold 1923 South American Championship – Champions
Silver 1924 Copa Newton – Runners-up
1924 Uruguay Ernesto Fígoli (2nd time) 5 5 0 0 20 2 100.00 Gold 1924 Olympics – Champions
1924–1925 Uruguay Ernesto Meliante 8 5 2 1 11 2 62.50 Gold 1924 South American Championship – Champions
Gold 1925 Copa Bossio – Champions
1926 Uruguay Andrés Mazali
Uruguay Ernesto Fígoli (3rd time)		 4 4 0 0 17 2 100.00 Gold 1926 South American Championship – Champions
1927–1928 Argentina José Lago Millán
Uruguay Luis Grecco		 6 3 0 3 16 5 50.00 Silver 1927 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Silver 1927 South American Championship – Runners-up
Gold 1927 Copa Lipton – Champions
Silver 1928 Copa Newton – Runners-up
1928 Uruguay Primo Giannoti 5 4 1 0 12 5 80.00 Gold 1928 Olympics – Champions
1928–1932 Uruguay Alberto Suppici 12 6 2 4 24 16 50.00 Silver 1928 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Gold 1929 Copa Newton – Champions
Gold 1929 Copa Lipton – Champions
Bronze 1929 South American Championship – Third place
Gold 1930 FIFA World Cup – Champions
Silver 1931 Taça Rio Branco – Runners-up
Silver 1932 Taça Rio Branco – Runners-up
1932–1935 Uruguay Raúl Blanco 4 3 0 1 7 2 75.00 Silver 1935 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up
Gold 1935 South American Championship – Champions
1935–1941 Uruguay Alberto Suppici (2nd time) 24 11 1 12 47 46 45.83 Silver 1935 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up
Silver 1936 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up
Gold 1936 Copa Héctor Gómez – Champions
Bronze 1937 South American Championship – Third place
Silver 1937 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Silver 1937 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Silver 1938 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up
Silver 1938 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up
Silver 1939 South American Championship – Runners-up
Gold 1940 Taça Rio Branca – Champions
Gold 1940 Copa Héctor Gómez – Champions
Silver 1940 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up
Silver 1941 South American Championship – Runners-up
1941–1942 Uruguay Pedro Cea 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.00 Silver 1942 Copa Newton – Runners-up
1942–1945 Uruguay José Nasazzi 16 10 3 3 41 15 62.50 Gold 1942 South American Championship – Champions
Silver 1942 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
Gold 1943 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Champions
Silver 1943 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up
1945 South American Championship – Fourth place
Silver 1945 Copa Lipton – Runners-up
1945–1946 Uruguay Aníbal Tejada 3 1 1 1 7 10 33.33 Silver 1945 Copa Newton – Runners-up
Gold 1946 Taça Rio Branco – Champions
1946 Uruguay Guzmán Vila Gomensoro 5 2 0 3 11 9 40.00 1946 South American Championship – Fourth place
1988–1990 Uruguay Óscar Tabárez (1st time) 34 17 8 9 50 28 50.00 Silver1989 Copa América – Runners-up
2006– Uruguay Óscar Tabárez (2nd time) 133 66 35 32 225 187 49.62 2007 Copa América – Fourth place
2010 FIFA World Cup – Fourth place
Gold 2011 Copa América – Champions

Player records

As of 21 November 2023, after the match against Bolivia.[2]
Players in bold are still active with Uruguay.

Most caps

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Diego Godín 161 8 2005–2022
2 Luis Suárez 138 68 2007–present
3 Edinson Cavani 136 58 2008–2022
Fernando Muslera 133 0 2009–2022
5 Maxi Pereira 125 3 2005–2018
6 Martín Cáceres 116 4 2007–2022
7 Diego Forlán 112 36 2002–2014
8 Cristian Rodríguez 110 11 2003–2018
9 Diego Lugano 95 9 2003–2014
10 Egidio Arévalo Ríos 90 0 2006–2017

Top scorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Luis Suárez 68 138 0.51 2007–present
2 Edinson Cavani 58 136 0.44 2008–present
3 Diego Forlán 36 112 0.32 2002–2014
4 Héctor Scarone 31 51 0.61 1917–1930
5 Ángel Romano 28 69 0.41 1913–1927
6 Óscar Míguez 27 39 0.69 1950–1958
7 Sebastián Abreu 26 70 0.37 1996–2012
8 Pedro Petrone 24 28 0.86 1923–1930
9 Fernando Morena 22 53 0.42 1971–1983
Carlos Aguilera 22 64 0.34 1982–1997

All-time head-to-head record

Below is a list of all matches Uruguay have played against FIFA recognised teams.[3][4] Updated as of 26 March 2024.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Best result
 Algeria 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1  Algeria 1 – 0 Uruguay 
(Algiers, Algeria Algeria; 12 August 2009)
 Angola 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2  Angola 0 – 2 Uruguay 
(Lisbon, Portugal Portugal; 11 August 2010)
 Argentina 203 60 49 94 236 325 −89  Uruguay 5 – 0 Argentina 
(Guayaquil, Ecuador Ecuador; 16 December 1959)
 Australia 9 4 1 4 8 6 +2  Uruguay 3 – 0 Australia 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 25 November 2001)
 Austria 4 1 1 2 5 6 –1  Austria 0 – 2 Uruguay 
(Vienna, Austria Austria; 14 May 1964)
 Belgium 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4  Belgium 3 – 1 Uruguay 
(Verona, Italy Italy; 17 June 1990)
 Bolivia 47 31 8 8 113 35 +78  Uruguay 9 – 0 Bolivia 
(Lima, Peru Peru; 6 November 1927)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 – 2 Uruguay 
(Cochin, India India; 18 January 2001)
 Brazil 79 21 20 38 100 142 −42  Uruguay 6 – 0 Brazil 
(Valparaíso, Chile Chile; 18 September 1920)
 Bulgaria 1 0 1 0 1 1 0  Bulgaria 1 – 1 Uruguay 
(Hanover, West Germany West Germany; 19 June 1974)
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4  Uruguay 4 – 0 Cameroon 
(Tehran, Iran Iran; 13 August 2003)
 Canada 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4  Canada 1 – 3 Uruguay 
(Miami, United States United States; 2 February 1986)
 Chile 86 49 19 18 150 87 +63  Uruguay 6 – 0 Chile 
(Guayaquil, Ecuador Ecuador; 6 December 1947)
 China 6 3 2 1 9 2 +7  China 0 – 4 Uruguay 
(Wuhan, China China; 12 October 2010)
 Cuba 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2  Uruguay 2 – 0 Cuba 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 20 June 2023)
 Colombia 46 21 13 12 66 49 +17  Uruguay 7 – 0 Colombia 
(Santiago, Chile Chile; 28 January 1945)
 Costa Rica 14 8 4 2 25 19 +6  Uruguay 2 – 0 Costa Rica 
(Miami, United States United States; 4 February 1990)
 Czech Republic[a] 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3  Czech Republic 0 – 2 Uruguay 
(Bern, Switzerland Switzerland; 16 June 1954)
(Nanning, China China; 23 March 2018)
 Denmark 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6  Uruguay 1 – 2 Denmark 
(Ulsan, South Korea South Korea; 1 June 2002)
 East Germany 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3  Uruguay 3 – 0 East Germany 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 29 January 1985)
 Ecuador 49 31 10 8 115 46 +69  Uruguay 7 – 0 Ecuador 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 18 January 1942)
 Egypt 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3  Egypt 0 – 2 Uruguay 
(Cairo, Egypt Egypt; 16 August 2006)
 England 11 5 3 3 15 11 +4  Uruguay 4 – 2 England 
(Basel, Switzerland Switzerland; 26 June 1954)
 Estonia 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1  Uruguay 3 – 0 Estonia 
(Rivera, Uruguay Uruguay; 23 June 2011)
 France 10 3 4 3 8 7 +1  France 1 – 5 Uruguay 
(Colombes, France France; 1 June 1924)
 Finland 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7  Uruguay 6 – 0 Finland 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 8 December 1984)
 Georgia 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2  Georgia 2 – 0 Uruguay 
(Tbilisi, Georgia (country) Georgia; 15 November 2006)
 Germany[b] 11 1 2 8 12 29 −17  Germany 1 – 4 Uruguay 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands; 3 June 1928)
 Ghana 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2  Uruguay 1 – 1 Ghana 
(Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa; 2 July 2010)
 Guatemala 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5  Uruguay 5 – 1 Guatemala 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 6 June 2015)
 Haiti 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1  Haiti 0 – 1 Uruguay 
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti Haiti; 23 March 1974)
 Honduras 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1  Uruguay 2 – 2 Honduras 
(Bogotá, Colombia Colombia; 29 July 2001)
 Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3  Hong Kong 1 – 3 Uruguay 
(Hong Kong Hong Kong; 9 January 2000)
 Hungary 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2  Uruguay 2 – 0 Hungary 
(Maldonado, Uruguay Uruguay; 17 February 2000)
 Iceland 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1  Uruguay 2 – 1 Iceland 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 10 January 2001)
 India 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2  India 1 – 3 Uruguay 
(Kolkata, India India; 25 February 1982)
 Indonesia 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6  Indonesia 1 – 7 Uruguay 
(Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia; 8 October 2010)
 Iran 2 0 1 1 1 2 –1  Uruguay 1 – 1 Iran 
(Hong Kong Hong Kong; 4 February 2003)
 Iraq 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3  Iraq 2 – 5 Uruguay 
(Tehran, Iran Iran; 15 August 2003)
 Israel 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9  Uruguay 4 – 1 Israel 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 26 May 2010)
 Italy 11 4 4 3 11 12 –1  Uruguay 2 – 0 Italy 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 3 January 1981)
 Ivory Coast 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1  Ivory Coast 2 – 1 Uruguay 
(Lens, France France; 26 March 2024)
 Jamaica 5 4 0 1 9 2 +7  Jamaica 0 – 3 Uruguay 
(Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica; 28 March 1974)
 Japan 9 4 3 2 24 18 +6  Japan 1 – 4 Uruguay 
(Tokyo, Japan Japan; 26 May 1985)
 Jordan 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5  Jordan 0 – 5 Uruguay 
(Amman, Jordan Jordan; 13 November 2011)
 Libya 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2  Libya 2 – 3 Uruguay 
(Tripoli, Libya Libya; 11 February 2009)
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1  Luxembourg 0 – 1 Uruguay 
(Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Luxembourg; 26 March 1980)
 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6  Malaysia 0 – 6 Uruguay 
(Osaka, Japan Japan; 1 June 1985)
 Mexico 22 7 7 8 31 29 +2  Mexico 1 – 4 Uruguay 
(Houston, United States United States; 7 September 2018)
 Morocco 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2  Morocco 0 – 1 Uruguay 
(Casablanca, Morocco Morocco; 25 April 1964)
 Netherlands 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2  Uruguay 2 – 0 Netherlands 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands; 30 May 1928)
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 30 December 1980)
 New Zealand 2 1 1 0 9 2 +7  Uruguay 7 – 0 New Zealand 
(Paysandú, Uruguay Uruguay; 25 June 1995)
 Nigeria 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1  Nigeria 1 – 2 Uruguay 
(Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Brazil; 20 June 2013)
 Nicaragua 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 Uruguay  4 – 1  Nicaragua
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 14 June 2023)
 Northern Ireland 4 2 0 2 2 4 −2  Northern Ireland 0 – 1 Uruguay 
(East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States United States; 21 May 2006)
 Norway 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1  Norway 0 – 1 Uruguay 
(Oslo, Norway Norway; 14 June 1972)
 Oman 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3  Oman 0 – 3 Uruguay 
(Muscat, Oman Oman; 13 October 2014)
 Panama 4 4 0 0 15 1 +14  Uruguay 6 – 1 Panama 
(Santiago, Chile Chile; 6 April 1952)
 Paraguay 77 33 19 25 116 94 +22  Uruguay 6 – 1 Paraguay 
(Santiago, Chile Chile; 1 November 1926)
 Peru 70 38 16 16 113 64 +49  Uruguay 6 – 0 Peru 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 18 June 2008)
 Poland 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1  Poland 1 – 3 Uruguay 
(Gdańsk, Poland Poland; 14 November 2012)
 Portugal 4 1 1 2 3 7 −4  Portugal 1 – 2 Uruguay 
(Sochi, Russia Russia; 30 June 2018)
 Republic of Ireland 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1  Uruguay 2 – 0 Republic of Ireland 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 8 May 1974)
 Romania 5 2 2 1 8 3 +5  Uruguay 4 – 0 Romania 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 21 July 1930)
 Russia[c] 9 2 1 6 8 15 −7  Uruguay 3 – 0 Russia 
(Samara, Russia Russia; 25 June 2018)
 Saar 1 1 0 0 7 1 +6  Saar 1 – 7 Uruguay 
(Saarbrücken, Saar Protectorate Germany; 5 June 1954)
 Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0  Saudi Arabia 0 – 1 Uruguay 
(Rostov, Russia Russia; 20 June 2018)
 Scotland 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6  Uruguay 7 – 0 Scotland 
(Basel, Switzerland Switzerland; 19 June 1954)
 Senegal 1 0 1 0 3 3 0  Senegal 3 – 3 Uruguay 
(Suwon, South Korea South Korea; 11 June 2002)
 Serbia[d] 7 3 1 3 17 8 +9  Yugoslavia 0 – 7 Uruguay 
(Colombes, France France; 26 May 1924)
 Singapore 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1  Singapore 1 – 2 Uruguay 
(Singapore City, Singapore Singapore; 21 May 2002)
 Slovenia 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4  Slovenia 0 – 2 Uruguay 
(Koper, Slovenia Slovenia; 28 February 2001)
 South Africa 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4  South Africa 0 – 3 Uruguay 
(Pretoria, South Africa South Africa; 16 June 2010)
 South Korea 10 7 2 1 15 7 +8  South Korea 0 – 2 Uruguay 
(Seoul, South Korea South Korea; 24 March 2007)
 Spain 10 0 5 5 8 16 −8  Spain 0 – 0 Uruguay 
(São Paulo, Brazil Brazil; 9 July 1950)
(A Coruña, Spain Spain; 18 January 1995)
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3  Uruguay 3 – 2 Sweden 
(São Paulo, Brazil Brazil; 13 July 1950)
  Switzerland 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9  Uruguay 4 – 0 Switzerland 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 18 December 1980)
 Tahiti 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8  Tahiti 0 – 8 Uruguay 
(Recife, Brazil Brazil; 23 June 2013)
 Thailand 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4  Uruguay 4 – 0 Thailand 
(Nanning, China China; 25 March 2019)
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2  Uruguay 3 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 28 May 2016)
 Tunisia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0  Tunisia 0 – 0 Uruguay 
(Radès, Tunisia Tunisia; 2 June 2006)
 Turkey 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1  Turkey 2 – 3 Uruguay 
(Bochum, Germany Germany; 25 May 2008)
 Ukraine 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1  Ukraine 2 – 3 Uruguay 
(Kharkiv, Ukraine Ukraine; 2 September 2011)
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2  United Arab Emirates 0 – 2 Uruguay 
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia; 13 December 1997)
 United States 8 2 4 2 9 7 +2  Uruguay 3 – 0 United States 
(Colombes, France France; 29 May 1924)
 Uzbekistan 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6  Uruguay 3 – 0 Uzbekistan 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 7 June 2018)
(Nanning, China China; 22 March 2019)
 Venezuela 33 19 9 5 64 23 +41  Uruguay 5 – 0 Venezuela 
(Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay; 23 May 1975)
 Wales 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1  Uruguay 1 – 0 Wales 
(Nanning, China China; 26 March 2018)
Total (88) 989 443 236 310 1547 1203 +344  Uruguay 9 – 0 Bolivia 
(Lima, Peru; 6 November 1927)
  1. ^ Includes matches against  Czechoslovakia.
  2. ^ Includes matches against  West Germany.
  3. ^ Includes matches against  Soviet Union.
  4. ^ Includes matches against  Yugoslavia and  Serbia and Montenegro.

World Cup records

Bolded names indicate that the player is active.

Most participations in the World Cup

Player Participations World Cups
Pedro Rocha 4 1962–1974
Edinson Cavani 4 2010–2022
Diego Godín 4 2010–2022
Fernando Muslera 4 2010–2022
Luis Suárez 4 2010–2022
Martín Cáceres 4 2010–2022
José Giménez 3 2014–2022
Sebastián Coates 3 2014–2022
Martín Silva 3 2010–2018
William Martínez 3 1950–1954, 1962
Julio César Cortés 3 1962–1970
Víctor Espárrago 3 1966–1974
Luis Cubilla 3 1962,1970–1974
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz 3 1966–1974
Diego Forlán 3 2002, 2010–2014
Maxi Pereira 3 2010–2018

Most goals scored in the World Cup

Player Goals World Cups
Oscar Míguez 8 (5–3) 1950–1954
Luis Suárez 7 (3–2–2–0) 2010–2022
Diego Forlán 6 (1–5–0) 2002, 2010–2014
Edinson Cavani 5 (1–1–3–0) 2010–2022
Pedro Cea 5 1930
Juan Schiaffino 5 (3–2) 1950–1954
Carlos Borges 4 1954
Alcides Ghiggia 4 1950
Peregrino Anselmo 3 1930
Juan Hohberg 3 1954

Most matches played in the World Cup

Player Matches World Cups
Edinson Cavani 17 (6–4–4–3) 2010–2022
Diego Godín 16 (5–4–5–2) 2010–2022
Fernando Muslera 16 (7–4–5–0) 2010–2022
Luis Suárez 16 (6–2–5–3) 2010–2022
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz 13 (4–6–3) 1966–1974
Martín Cáceres 12 (2–4–5–1) 2010–2022
Egidio Arévalo Ríos 11 (7–4) 2010–2014
José Giménez 10 (3–4–3) 2014–2022
Julio César Cortés 11 (1–4–6) 1962–1970
Diego Forlán 10 (1–7–2) 2002, 2010–2014
Maxi Pereira 10 (7–3–0) 2010–2018
Pedro Rocha 10 (2–4–1–3) 1962–1974
Luis Ubina 10 (4–6) 1966–1970

World Cup winning captains

Year Player Career Caps Goals
1930 José Nasazzi 1923–1937 41 0
1950 Obdulio Varela 1939–1954 45 9

Record against teams in the World Cup

As of 2 December 2022 after the match against Portugal.
Opponents Pld W D L GF GA
 France 4 1 2 1 2 3
 Germany[a] 4 0 1 3 5 9
 England 3 2 1 0 6 3
 Russia[b] 3 2 0 1 5 2
 Italy 3 1 1 1 1 2
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 6
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 3 1
 Brazil 2 1 0 1 3 4
 Scotland 2 1 1 0 7 0
 Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0
 Serbia[c] 2 1 0 1 7 4
 Argentina 2 1 0 1 4 3
 Colombia 2 1 0 1 2 3
 Spain 2 0 2 0 2 2
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2 2 5
 Denmark 2 0 0 2 2 8
 Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 3
 Ghana 2 1 1 0 3 1
 Bolivia 1 1 0 0 8 0
 Romania 1 1 0 0 4 0
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 3 0
 Czech Republic[d] 1 1 0 0 2 0
 Israel 1 1 0 0 2 0
 Egypt 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Peru 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Senegal 1 0 1 0 3 3
 Bulgaria 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 2 4
 Austria 1 0 0 1 1 3
 Belgium 1 0 0 1 1 3
 Costa Rica 1 0 0 1 1 3
Total (32) 57 25 12 20 89 74
  1. ^ Includes matches against  West Germany.
  2. ^ Includes matches against  Soviet Union.
  3. ^ Includes matches against  Yugoslavia.
  4. ^ Includes matches against  Czechoslovakia.

Minor tournament records

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Argentina 1905 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0
Uruguay 1906 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 2
Argentina 1906 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Argentina 1907 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Uruguay 1907 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Uruguay 1908 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 2 2
Argentina 1908 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Argentina 1908 Copa Premier Honor Argentino Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
Argentina 1909 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Uruguay 1909 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 2 2
Argentina 1909 Copa Premio Honor Argentino Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 3
Argentina 1910 Copa Centenario de la
Revolución de Mayo		 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 4
Uruguay 1910 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
Argentina 1910 Copa Premio Honor Argentino Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 7 3
Argentina 1911 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 0
Uruguay 1911 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 2 3
Argentina 1911 Copa Premio Honor Argentino Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 2
Uruguay 1911 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 4 1
Uruguay 1912 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 0
Uruguay 1912 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 3 0
Argentina 1912 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 3 3
Uruguay 1912 Copa Montevideo Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 3
Argentina 1913 Copa Presidente
Roque Sáenz Peña		 Runners-up 2nd 2 0 1 1 2 3
Argentina 1913 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 4
Uruguay 1913 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
Uruguay 1913 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
Uruguay 1915 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 2 3
Argentina 1915 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Uruguay 1915 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 0
Uruguay 1916 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Argentina 1916 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 3
Uruguay 1916 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
1916 Copa Círculo de la Empresa Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 5 8
Argentina 1917 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Uruguay 1917 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
Uruguay 1918 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 4 2
Argentina 1918 Copa Premio Honor Argentino Runners-up 2nd 2 0 1 1 1 2
Uruguay 1918 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 1 1
Argentina 1918 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 2
Uruguay 1919 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 4 1
Argentina 1919 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
Uruguay 1919 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
Argentina 1919 Copa Premio Honor Argentino Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 6
Uruguay 1919 Copa Círculo de Prensa Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 4 2
Uruguay 1920 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 0
Argentina 1920 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 3 1
Argentina 1920 Copa Premio Honor Argentino Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Uruguay 1922 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
Uruguay 1922 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
Argentina 1922 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 2 2
Argentina 1923 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0
Argentina 1923 Copa Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 2 2
Uruguay 1923 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo Runners-up 2nd 2 0 1 1 2 4
Argentina 1924 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 4
Uruguay 1924 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 0
1925 Copa Bossio Champions 1st 5 3 1 1 3 1
Uruguay 1927 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Argentina 1927 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
Argentina 1928 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Uruguay 1928 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 2 2
Uruguay 1929 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
Argentina 1929 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0
Argentina 1930 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 1 1
Brazil 1931 Taça Rio Branco Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 2
Uruguay 1932 Taça Rio Branco Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Uruguay 1935 Copa Héctor Gómez Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 1 1
Argentina 1935 Copa Juan Mignaburu Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 3
Argentina 1936 Copa Juan Mignaburu Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Uruguay 1936 Copa Héctor Gómez Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
Uruguay 1937 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 3
Argentina 1937 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 5
Argentina 1938 Copa Juan Mignaburu Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Uruguay 1938 Copa Héctor Gómez Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 2 3
Brazil 1940 Taça Rio Branco Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 5 4
Uruguay 1940 Copa Héctor Gómez Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 3 0
Argentina 1940 Copa Juan Mignaburu Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 5
Argentina 1942 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 4
Uruguay 1942 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 1 1
Argentina 1943 Copa Juan Mignaburu Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 3 3
Uruguay 1943 Copa Héctor Gómez Runners-up 2nd 1 1 0 0 0 1
Uruguay 1945 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 2 2
Argentina 1945 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 2 6
Uruguay 1946 Taça Rio Branco Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 5 4
Brazil 1947 Taça Rio Branco Runners-up 2nd 2 0 1 1 2 3
Uruguay 1948 Taça Rio Branco Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3
Brazil 1950 Copa Trompowski Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 2 3
Brazil 1950 Taça Rio Branco Runners-up 2nd 3 1 0 2 6 7
1956 Taça do Atlântico Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 4
Uruguay 1957 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 0 0
Argentina 1957 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 1 1
1960 Taça do Atlântico Third place 3rd 3 2 0 1 3 5
Argentina 1957 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 3
1963 Copa Juan Pinto Durán Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 3 2
1965 Copa Artigas Champions 1st 2 1 0 1 5 2
1965 Copa Juan Pinto Durán Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 1 1
1966 Copa Artigas Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3
Uruguay 1967 Taça Rio Branco Champions 1st 3 0 3 0 3 3
Argentina 1968 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 2
Brazil Taça Rio Branco Runners-up 2nd 2 0 0 2 0 6
Uruguay 1968 Copa Newton Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
1971 Copa Juan Pinto Durán Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 5
Brazil 1972 Brazilian Independence Cup Final round 8th 3 0 1 2 1 3
Argentina 1973 Copa Lipton Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 1 1
Uruguay 1973 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 1 1
1975 Copa Artigas Champions 1st 2 1 0 1 1 1
1975 Copa Juan Pinto Durán Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 4 1
Uruguay 1975 Copa Newton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 2 3
Argentina 1976 Copa Lipton† Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 4
1976 Taça Rio Branco† Runners-up 2nd 2 0 0 2 2 4
Uruguay 1976 Copa Newton† Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 3
1976 Taça do Atlântico Fourth place 4th 6 0 1 5 5 14
1977 Copa Artigas Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 3 2
1976–77 Copa Juan Pinto Durán Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 3 0
1979 Copa Juan Pinto Duran Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 2 2
Uruguay 1980–81 Mundialito Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 6 1
1981 Copa Juan Pinto Durán Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1
India 1982 Nehru Cup Champions 1st 4 2 2 0 7 3
1983 Copa Artigas Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 3 0
Uruguay 1984 Copa William Poole Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
1985 Copa Artigas Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 4 1
Japan 1985 Kirin Cup Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 18 10
France 1985 Artemio Franchi Trophy Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 2
United States 1986 Miami Cup Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 4 2
Colombia 1988 Copa Jiménez de Quesada Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Paraguay 1988 Copa Boquerón Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 4
1988 Copa Juan Pinto Durán Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 4 2
1988 Copa MUFP Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 3 0
United States 1990 Marlboro Cup Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 4 0
Uruguay 1992 Copa Lipton Runners-up 2nd 1 0 1 0 0 0
Peru 1994 Copa Parra del Riego Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
Uruguay 1995 Copa El Inca Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 1 0
China 2002 Phillips Cup Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 0
Singapore 2002 Tiger Beer Challenge Trophy Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
Hong Kong 2003 Carlsberg Cup Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 4 1
Iran 2003 LG Cup Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 9 2
Tunisia 2006 LG Cup Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1
Japan 2008 Kirin Challenge Cup Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 3 1
Uruguay 2011 Copa Confraternidad Antel Champions 1st 1 0 1 0 3 1
Uruguay 2011 Copa 100 Años del
Banco de Seguros del Estado		 Champions 1st 1 1 0 0 3 0
China 2018 China Cup Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 3 0
China 2019 China Cup Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 7 0
Total – 71 Titles 201 82 52 67 286 256

†played consecutively with Taça do Atlantica in 1976

References

  1. ^ "Oscar Tabárez Uruguay's national team manager achieves world record". Marcapais Uruguay.
  2. ^ Uruguay – Record International Players
  3. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Uruguay".
  4. ^ "Uruguay's records vs opponents". fbref.

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