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In 1992, the Uruguay national football team successfully added four stars on their football crest for the first time with approval from FIFA. [13] [14] [15] The request was put forward by Uruguayan football historian and journalist Atilio Garrido, who cited that in 1924, the AUF submitted their official reports to FIFA titled "Uruguay World Football Champion at the Olympics in Paris."
Uruguay hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, beating Argentina 4–2 in the final. They won their second and last title in 1950 , upsetting host Brazil 2–1 in the final match . The team have qualified for fourteen World Cups, reaching the second round in ten, the semi-finals five times, and the final twice.
Both teams have since competed in several Copa America title deciders and the iconic 1950 World Cup final match, where Uruguay lifted their second FIFA World Cup in front of a world record crowd in Maracana. The only other time they met in a World Cup was the 1970 World Cup semi-final where Brazil won 3–1 in Guadalajara. Since the 1980s, the ...
He was part of the Uruguay team in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, where he played as a striker, and is Uruguay's all-time record World Cup goalscorer with eight goals. He played club football for Peñarol, and finished his career with Sporting Cristal. [1] Omar Miguez scored five times for his country on the way to a World Cup winners medal in 1950.
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as the host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution and the Uruguay national football team had retained their football ...
This article contains the list of Uruguay national football team's all records and ... 2010 FIFA World Cup – Fourth ... Players in bold are still active with ...
Nasazzi is regarded by many as Uruguay's greatest ever football player. [5] He was known as El Gran Mariscal ("The Great Marshal "), and had already won the gold medal at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games , [ 6 ] as well as the South American Championship in 1923 , 1924 , and 1926 , by the time of the first World Cup .
Club Nacional de Football was the first criollo team of Uruguay. Club football in Uruguay is dominated by two big Montevideo clubs, Peñarol and Nacional, which compete in the AUF Championships (Primera División). [13] Peñarol have won the tournament 51 times (including titles by its predecessor, CURRC) and Nacional 49 times, since it began ...